New-York tribune., 1905-11-11
MANY TO BE INDICTED.
TUELVE IN FIRST BATCH.
Grand Jury 1cts IN Election Cases
Hearst Appeals to GoUernor.


laws in the election on Tuesday and two indict-
ments for assaults in connection with the cleo
ton were ordered by the grand jury yesterday.
previous to the adjournment to Monday. The
indictments were not signed. however, and there
will be no arrests on them before Monday
The ordering OF the indictments the
suit of two hours work in presenting testimony
in election cases to the grand jury by direc-
tion Of Attorney General Mayer. The men
against whom the indictments are ordered are
Tammany men who have already been arrested
and held in police courts, and they are under
hail.
messenger sent to Albany yesterday
bearing a letter from Mr.. Hearst which
quested Governor Higgins to allow the ballots,
which are now stored in warehouses, to be
placed In armores here. Up to a late hour last
evening no reply had been received from the
messenger. Mr. Hearst wants to get the ballots
where they will be beyond the possibility Of
their being tampered with.
The Municipal League last night announced
that positive proof had been received yesterday
that two ballot boxes had been thrown into the
North River. The boxes, it is announced. were
seen from the deck Of a tug near the Battery
The league has the of the tug and the
names of three men who saw the boxes the
boat.
The boxes. it is reported, were seen at 1880
o'clock Wednesday morning. the day after
election. They floating with one corner
up, and the two brass padlocks plainly
seen. The boxes said to have foated SO
close to the tug that several deckhands reached
for them with hoathook, but they were un-
successful.
The tug was in charge OF a car float at the
time, the pursuit of the boxes was given up,
but when the tug had tied up the floats, she re-
70 for how
ever they had fioated away
Attorney General Mayer had another confer
ence with District Attorney Jerome yesterday
morning. Mr.. Jerome said later that he was
going to his summer home at Lakeville, Conn,
to rest for a week, but his deputies, Mr.. San
ford and Mr. Perkins. will devote all their time
to assist Mr.. Mayer in the presentation of cleo
tion cases to the grand jury. Mr. Sanford said
he expected many indictments next week.
George W. Morgan, State Superintendent of
Elections, and Mr.. Mayer busy in their
offices at No. 81 William-st. until late last
night, directing the work of their assistants in
the preparation of evidence in election cases
Many witnesses were examined and many affi-
davits were drawn for presentation to the
grand jury next week Most of the cases
said to be violations of the ballot laws by
voters, but in Of the cases election officers
involved.
Attorney General Mayors deputies appeared
in several of the police courts yesterday to
prosecute men arrested for violations of the
election law, and in nearly every case the law
yers representing the prisoners pleaded for
delay in the examinations. In the Of John
f, Jerte, who was accused of trying to vote twice
in the 14th Assembly District, Commissioner
Oakley's the prisoner was missing and his bail
was forfeited. but the magistrate promised to
reopen the case next Thursday if the bondsmen
could produce the prisoner then.
Walter Cushman held for the grand jury
yesterday at the Essex Market Court. He was
arrested Tuesday for voting Illegally from No.
73 Bowery, and when arraigned in court he
broke down and admitted illegal voting. but
said he didn't know at the time he break
ing the law.
WHO asked you to vote?" asked Attorney
General Mayer.
why began Cushman but he stopped
Immediately on catching the eye of well known
politician.
go on said Mr. Mayer.
'I really don't know who asked me. L was
drunk
Were you paid for voting?"
'eWhy-er- Ohe politicians on hirI1)
no." replied the prisoner bursting into tears.
"I am telling the truth
''If thought you WERE" said Mr.. Mayer, I'D
order your discharge. But I don't believe you"
Mr. Mayer had seen the eagle eYe' of the
politician 1t is believed Cushman will tell who
paid him to vote.
Counsel for William Randolph Hearst yester-
day were preparing hundreds Of affidavits by
witnesses of frauds in The election Of Tuesday.
The evidence of frauds and errors. counsel said,
was pouring in at such rate that there would
be difficulty in showing to the courts the
necessity for a recount of the vote in nearly
all the election districts i'll the strong Tam
many Assembly districts, where the greatest
frauds are alleged 10 have been perpetrated.
1t will take several days to prepare the appli-
dence. Mr. Hearst said yesterday:
am Just as much interested in the criminal
prosecution of these cases as l am in the re-
count The prosecution of criminals is for the
benefit OF The community. Every once In a
while il is necessary for the people that they
shall send TO prison Tweed and Mckane,
and when that occurs We have period of re-
form In this case it makes no difference
whether am declared elected not in COM
r-arison with the greater duty of sending GRIM
inalS TO tail.
The law committee has discovered some very
amazing things, and the deeper we go into
this thing the uglier it looks. We have
evidence against twelve district leaders. and
I am confident that we shall send two or three
of them to prison
II was for this purpose and to strengthen
evidence against certain district leader that
7 made the offer Of $4,000 reward to-day for
srch evidence. We have at least sufficient evil
,7ence to prove the necessity of a recount, and
I believe that recount will show difference of
10000 votes in my favor.
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