New-York tribune., 1905-11-24
ARREST FOUR INSPECTORS
LOCKED UP IN TOHBS.
accused of Counting Protested Bal
lots and Diwegarding Watchers.

The four election inspectors Of the 18th Elec-
ton District of the 26th Assembly District who
served Election Day in the polling place at
No. 1869 1st-ave. were locked up in the Tombs
last evening. They had been indicted on charges
OF neglect OF duty. and were arrested on bench
warrants issued by Recorder Goff.
The prisoners are George Rice, No. 4Io ID
ave-; Joseph Pokorney, No. 30S East 44th-st;
Charles Muse. No. 1863 1st-ave., and Gustav
Wooley, No. 34S East 74th-st. Rice is said to
be one of the ieutenants Of ex-Sherif Dunn
Tammany leader of the Goth Assembly District,
while Pokorney is stated to be of Jastrow
Alexander's Republican captains.
Conviction of the offence with which the men
are charged might mean both imprisonment and
a fine of $1,000 for each of them. They are
accused of refusing to heed protests of watchers
at the polling place and of counting ballots
which had been protested by the watchers az
void James S. Lehmaier, acting as the
deputy of Attorney General Mayer for the pros
ecution of the four inspectors. said last even
ing:
The Attorney General regards these violations OF
utmost Importance. to be dealt with in a drastic
way. is important that the law shall be respect
law affords them the safeguard of the assistance
tors of election in district.
The Attorney General feels that there can be few
more serious violations of the law than TINS, IN
which the inspectors refuse accede to the wishes
the pgoseop Of & Class of Gases with view
to bettering conditions along this line in future
their services as watchers at the polls, with no
The law says they shall have certain privileges
which the election inspectors are bound to con-
where the rights of citizen watchers have been
eral will prosecute the case to the utmost.
The case against the men in the Tombs was
a5 bIT 0f Attorney General
Mayer and State Superintendent Morgan. Court
officers last night served bench warrants and a
short time after the arrests the prisoners were
taken to the Tombs. Then there scamper-
ing about to get bail for the arrested inspectors
and efforts We're made to get judge of court
of record to accept bail. Up to a late hour these
efforts had failed
Superintendent Morgan said last night that
the case would develop into greater proportions
as the prosecution advanced, adding:
We are charging these men with neglect of duty,
They declined to indorse protested and void ballots
them in enVeIopes allowed them in some instances
TO get into the ballot boxes. | understand This is
one of many cases along similar lines; we are TAX
ing this instance first
Two more illegal voters were started for Sing
Sing yesterday. being sentenced by Justice Davy.
in the Criminal Branch of the Supreme Court. to
not more than three years and six months at
hard labor Their punishment might have been
heavier, but they pleaded guilty, and thus saved
the county the expense of trials.
One of the is Thomas Halle a Iaborer of
No. 53 Bedford-st. who voted in the name of
Thomas Hail. of No. 80 Downing The other
is Thomas d. Brennan, laborer, of No.
698 Greenwich-st., who voted in the name of
Thomas Kennedy, of No. 443 Hudson-st. In
both cases yesterday lawyers made the plea that
voted illegally. Justice Davy ignored the plea.
saying: IF that excuse held good every one
charged with election offences could make the
same defence
John Elder, an aged man, living at No. 1t3
West 115th-st, was arrested and held for
animation in the Harlem police court yesterday
on charges of perjury and illegal voting. His
bail was fixed at $4,000 to make sure that he
would not escape and he was locked up. At
the same time James Gallagher, janitor of the
house No. 122 East 125th-st., was held for ex-
animation charge of perjury, and locked up
in default of $4,000 bail. Elder registered from
the house No. 122 East 120th-st 1t is said, and
was challenged when he appeared to vote. He
swore In his vote, supported by Gallagher.
Frank D. Batting, Tammany member of the
election board of the 9th Election District of
the 9th Assembly District was arrested yeSter-
day charge of neglect of duty in the count
ing Of void" ballots after protests had been
made. He taken before Recorder Goff, and
held in $1,000 bail for trial on an indictment 1t
was said yesterday that other members of the
election board had been indicted, but had es-
Attorney General Mayer yesterday person
ally conducted the trial of Samuel K. Ellen
District, who is indicted for alleged perjury.
Barnett Mendelsohn and his son, Jacob of No.
60 RutgeTs-st, testified that they had registered
from No. So Mott-st., at Elenbogen's request,
and that Ellenbogen had promised to have
Mendelsohn who is serving a term released
from prison. They also testified that Ellen
bogen swore falsely in the Office Of Superintend-
ent Morgan that he had seen them within half
an hour of the time they tried to vote as from
No. 80 Mott-st, They declared they had not
slept in the MOtt-st. house, and had not seen
Ellenbogen for two days before the election.
Four indictments, which supposed to be for
froud in connection with the recent election
were handed in by the grand jury in Brooklyn
Yesterday Great secrecy was maintained about
the indictments, and it was impossible to get
any one connected with the District Attorneys
Office to talk about them, bur there rumor
that one of them for man in the I'd AS
sembly District He will be arraigned this
morning and such of the three others the