The evening world., 1905-11-02
COURT DENOUNCES
MORGAN DEPUTIES
Magistrate Finn's Ire Aroused
by the Manner of Arrest
ing Election Officers,

Magistrate Finn, In YorkvIlle Police
Court to-day severely denounced Dep
uty Superintendents of Elections Hooker
and Silverman for causing the arrest
OF the entire saec,ion board OF the Fifth
Election Distytct OF the Twenty'slxth
Assembly Dbtrict Without opportunity
10 get bail, they were locked up In the
East Slxty-seventh street station.
The deputies charged the members OF
the board with a violation OF the cleo
tion law In permitting three men to reg
lister on their fathers naturaliza ton
papers.
Tho persons arrested were Francs
Moran, Of No, 1872 East Seventy-first
street, and Peter Klernan, No 1860 Sec
ond avenue, Democrats; and Albert
Schalnfeldt, No ll62 Third avenue and
Harry Kulke't, No. 325 East Sixty
ninth street, Republicans.
schainfeldt and Moran were arrested
IN their homes at o'clock this morn.
Ing and locked up, Kfrnan was ar.
rested about o'clock, before he had
tLsen for the day, and Kulkert was ar
rested as he was going to work.
Magistrate Finn did not 80 into the
merits OF the case against the prisoners,
dsferring that until thei- adjourned exc
animation mex, Monday, ou; he de.
bounced the deputies for making the
arrests In such fashion.
ITO make these arrests In such a
way was an outrage upon citizenship "
ne declared. THESE men, sworn Of
flcers Of the State, were treated like
felons, and lodged In cells without op-
portunity Of release by bail. 1t is high
time that such treatment OF reputable
citizens by supt, Morgan be stopped"
But they committed a felony, Your
Honor, We have affidavits TO that Of.
feet" said Deputy Supt Hooker.
What do l care for your affidavlts?'
retorted the Magistrate. You can get
en- Tor 70 or 30 cents piece easy TC
arrest men at O'clock In the mornins
Tor such cause 10 drag them out o,
uheir beds ami lock them up In cells
as II they were burglars-as II YOU
were afraid they would leave town-wa,
Outrageous.
But We have the evidence agalns
them said Deputy Sllyerman, 1T wa,
submitted to Supt Morgan and he or
dered the arrects."
Il don't care: II was an outrage I,
treat them as you did" retorted tht
Tho prisoners said they had no ide,
that they had done anything illegal an.
didn't believe they had. and that the,
were unable to understand their harsl
treatment,
The case on which the arrests ver,
made was that of Simon Bauer. afty
nine years old, OF No 3S7 East sixty
ninth street lie came from Germany
fifteen wears ago, with his four sons
Gottlieb, now thirty years old: Rudolph
twenty-eIght; Ferdinand, twenty-sour
and Richard, tweNty-one,
The youngest, Richard, and the father
have become naturalized. THE three
older brothers have not, ana have no
votei before, When the father wen
to the registration booth of the Fftl
Election District OF the Twenty-slxti
Assembly District he spoke about hi,
three older sons, and says he was tOl,
bv the board 10 bring them around (,
register on t1er fathers naturalization
papers. He did so.
The sons registered. The matter cam,
IN the attention OF Supt. Morgan anC
the arrests followed. Among the am
dacits held ty the Superintendent o
HtctionH are ones by Bauer and hi
Oldest son.
waglstrate Finn paroled the fou
rterlbers Of the boari until Monday IL
the custody Of their counsel.