New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-31
INDICT TIGER CAPTAINS.
ELECTION FRAUD CHARGE.
Morgan,s Deputies Search Boroas"
President 4hsarn's Clubhouse.


- +,.-r araiust Tarnnlany district captains ioi
.r.~.a violations of the election law foiio"-
~ .hese indictments, which were ootAaiie0 "
Attorney General Mayer. bench warrants "e'.
,.ss,e1 for those indicted Up to miohish' u.s.
night Isaac Barnett and Abraham Heshi-' -
publican election inspectors In the iolh h'ieo''o.
District of the 9Th Assembly District ia" oeeA
arrested City Marshal Samuel X hlenposeh'
one OF the seven men, has agreed to appear IN
court tomorrow. and the Morgan deputies are
,,ou- searching for tbs two Tammany inspectors
IN the 14th Assembly District. and for two other
Tamrnany election district captains' James a
Mnllsgan. in the 14th Assembly District, ana
As-on 7 levy a former Citizens Union leader
in the 18th Assembly District
BOROUGH President Ahearn last night deniea d
report that his house had been searched py no'
gan men. and said:
Any report that my house was searcnedb bonse at
take standing In front OF my MAKE my head
quarters and transact god deal OF my 81 SIZED
WEI tTo eoa fa tell them where they could 9 36ea
man replied that didn't know aIlI replied that
hadn't seen him and with the TWO n sen- Tbey
no the a is man they were looking for and then
force he mandate of the law should nave gIscea
done So Too maoa ns,ia from McCulaSh
mean Morgans ONCE That's al 5 per ny house was
You
not searched.
-. of Aaron J. Levy the former Citzens
f-,,o, leader as told by ore of the olslio. 49,.
&c Tribune reporter last night is typical % -
q, believed to be the effort OF the IaInnsis 70 -,
=. .u.n The rolls In their own DISTRICTS 1n
- past side Jew living in LevyNs election
x,.~lc. started to register on october lo 1he uas
after the Jewish Day Of Atonefneht- ,Ss
met in the street by a man. WHOLE ho - 80
e.. ,.~ra stout man." who has not yet peeh
and then said: .h,r not
registered?' , MIN was
Il don't know as they can, salo beVii' WIZ
,sturaIized only on March H.
.ryrell ri take YOU to Levy. said the stout NAL
..t5e,u fix YOU up all right. He knows how 10 se'
them fixed" - law Of
Gro He told Levy that he had four sons-AprA-
ham. thirty-three years old; Aaron t"ent ioas
wears old: Charles twenty-three years oio' anu
Isaore still younger; that they had not .aAen o.
naturalization papers. and he supposed iHes '"N-N
not vote
ct know about these things, and I'll take he re-
sponsibility and it will be all right IL there's any
,roubIe IL will be worse for than Tor you
Accordingly Levin went out and found inc lnIes
Older sons and brought them TO the place OF regis
ration Here he declares that ne found Levy, END
that Levy superintended the work of getting them
registered While they were being registered. Levin
q GU
and explained the age Of the elder as twenty
six instead Of thirty-three. In this case bench
warrant has been obtained against Levy under the
section IN the Election law which makes II felony
punishable with five year sentences. to advise an
illegal registration. Warrants have also been Drawn
against the election inspectors for apparent failure
10 do their duty. and two have been arrested
The case in the 14th Assembly District, where
Commissioner John T. Oakley. the sponsor for the
unknown MCGOWAN, rules, illustrates another Tam
many attempt TO defeat an honest election. Depu-
ties from Superintendent Morgan's office had been
fer several days searching for a man who had
registered Arthur Smith. OF No. 1s7 Avenue B.
Last Saturday they were at the house when James
A Mulligan, the TaInnlany election district cap
TAIN who keeps nearby saloon brought man
into the where the deputies and the landlady
Mrs. sulzer and said. This Is your boarder
Mrs. Sulzer?'
Taking the tip Mrs. Sulzer at said, Yes.
It is my boarder." Thereuron the deputies at once
subpenaed both the Iandledy and her boarder and
took them to the superintendents Office. at No. q
William-st- There both of them made clean
breast Of the matter. The supposed Smith admitted
that his George Walsh. and declared he
was sitting in Walshs saloon when girl came
gone across: that he had been Instructed to say
that he was Smith. and that he had obeyed orders
net 65ogga Fsd pgan o wh9 had also been sub
sworn Null them deSiared that VASE p was
Smith: that he lived at No. 1a Avenue B. where
he had seen him there frequently at racket" and
l2rleS and that. SO lar he knew, he lived there.
The superintendent then asked him if there was
any part of his testimony he cared to correct and
he said there was not. 1t is q felony TO make
false statement under oath to the Superintendent Of
Elections, and the warrant against Muigan has
been issued on this ground. These facts were Sc
cured by Tribune reporter, who visited the l4th
Assembly District last night
The third TaInuany official in trouble is City
Marshal Samuel K. Elenbogen. In this case a
poor Jew, Jacob Mendelssohn, living of the
son out Of the Randalls Island House of Detention.
The TaTnmany official. Mendelssohn testifies,
put him In touch with Ellsnbogen, who Is q Tam
1pany captain in Alderman Foley's district, the I'd
Assembly. Eilenbogen, so Mendelssohn swears.
said that his boy could be released before that
done Mendessohn and his both regis
ter from Lewis Blochs house. No. So Mott-st. The
anxious father with his son, forthwith registered
there, although In point of fact they lived In
other district. The Superintendent Of Elections
Mendelssohns and Mrs. Bloch his office At first
ali three insisted that the two actually lived
there, but finally they broke down aid confessed
Elenbogen was called Into another room In the
confession the whereabouts OF the two men, and
promptly that they had lived at No. So Mott
ct. time, and that he had Just from
thera and had seen them sleeping in the house.
The men at the time were in the next room. A
warrant for perjury at once drawn against
him. and he yesterday taken before the grand
fury and indicted. Attorney General Mayer, three
deputies and number Of deputies from the Office
OF the Superintendent Of Elections appeared before
the grand jury in this matter yesterday.
In addition to these cases Attorney General
Mayer yesterday obtained a conviction In the case
Of Charles Splitter, who registered and voted as
Robert Splitter IN the Both Assembly District. He
voted fl the primary in the recent Burre- Sinnott
case OF Illegal voting.