The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1905-11-14
VAST IS AMOUNT
Of CROOKEONESS
Unearthed in New York's Elec-
ton Returns
BALLOT BOXES MISSING.
AND RECORDS FROM MANY DIS
TRicTs, IT is CHARGED HAVE
sreN pocToRED AGAINST
HEARST.


New York. November - The dis
covery was made today thar more bal'
lot boxes from Tammany districts are
missing Expert accountants todas
linearthed a vast amount Of dscrep-
ancies in the tally sheets, the registry
books and the RETURNS from the Dor'
ougns Of Manhattan and the Bronx.
The IL highly capable mathematiciahs
employed by the Municipal Govern
ment League are getting substantial
results from their careful search OF
the election documents.
All of the errors SO far discovered
hy the expert accountants are favor
able to Mr.. Hearst.
The check of the returns and the
records will be used as a basis for the
Municipal League Law Committee for
their plan of action. Where criminal
intent 70 falslfy has been found the re
sult Of the investigation Will be turn.
ed over to the Attorney General and
Superintendent Morgan and the elec'
tion inspectors will be prosecuted.
This check and reports of the expert
accountants will also be used 10 bring
the actions in the civil courts for re-
counts in the various districts
The attorneys for the Municipal
League stated today they could not az
this time make public the amazing re-
suits that the investigation had
brought out SO far They stated, how
ever, that the guilty persons, where
ever fraud was found. would be pun.
ished to the full extent of the law.
An example OF what the expert ae
countanta are finding was made public.
In one election district Of an assembly
district the rturns showed l.15l votes
for Kinnealy, socialist Labor candi
IUafe eanl none for Hearst. XGt, ia thi
same assembly district the record
show that the total vote for kinneal
ly was less than 80. Another exam
pie OF the some kind showed that \
one election district of a certain a.
semhy district the Inspectors cert
fed to rs votes for Kinneally an
meme for Hearst, and the returns 10
the whole assembly district in whic
this election district was located show
ed that Kinneally received only
votes in all. In siill another electio
district the records show that 20
ballots were voted and that there wer
200 blanks ballots yet the returns gay
Mcclellan 1S4 votes,
Never after an election has ther
been such activity az the office Of tn
Superintendent OF Elections Mr.. Mo
gan has been forced to retain lare
number of deputies to make arrest
serve subpoenas and gather eyidenc'
so as to assist Attorney General Maye
I'm the prosecution OF the electio
frauds.
The Attorney General District A
torney Jerome. superintendent Mo
gan and all the Hearst attorneys al
working in harmony in the gatherir
OF evidence and preparation of Il
prosecutions II is expected that q
number of indictments that will
asked for from the grand jury W
be the largest that have ever been pr
cured for illegal election acts.
Attorney General Mayer announce
today that the cases and reports
-, Illegal ana crooked acts had been I
parted TO both his and Sup arinteu
"A lent Morgan's office in such numb
/ that he had appointed Jay $ Jones
ro Brooklyn and James s Lehmaler,
.s. Manhattan as special deputies to q
a Attorney General to assist the Tef
90 lar STAFF IN the investigation and prt
m ecution Of the election cases report,