Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-11-11
PROBING ELECTION FRAUDS
Prominent Politicians Threatened with
Prosecution in New York lily.
TEN INDICTMENTS ARE NOW DRAWN UP
Two Ballot Boxes Found in Barber
shop in District of Charles
Murphy-Hearst Discusses
situation.

NEW YORK. Nov 10.-Ten indictments
for violations of election law and two for
assaults committed at the polls at the cleo
ton last Tuesday were today drawn up by
the grand jury.
Il was said tonight that Attorney Cen
ersl Mayer and state superintendent of
Elections Morgan had Instituted search
ing Investigation OF the alleged elections
frauds which would be continued until the
legislature meets.
The attorney general and Mr. Morgan to-
night examined a number Of witnesses in
connection with the frauds and also con-
ferred with Henry u. Yonge. special coun-
sci for Mr.. Hearst and discussed plans TO
prosecute persons against whom charges
may be brought
Two ballot boxes were found today in
a barber shop at 1856 Third avenue, one of
them full of half soiled and torn ballots,
and the other empty. This barber shop
was the polling place of the First election
district of the Eighteenth assembly district,
which is the district of which Charles Muir
ply head Of Fammany hail. is the leader.
Hearst watchers found the two boxes.
Deputies from State Superintendent of
Elections Morgan's office took possession of
the boxes.
President John r. Voorhis of the board
of elections said that the grand jury to-
day required him to deliver to them the
registry book of the Fifth election district
| Of the Twenty-hfth assembly district. The
book was given to the jury.
Hearst Discusses situation.
The situation today was described by
| William r. Hearst as follows:
| The law commission has discovered some
very amazing things and the deeper we go
| into this thing, the ugler II looks. We
4 have evidence against twelve district lead
| ers and / am confident that we shall send
| two or three OF them to prison. l am just
| as much interested in the criminal prosecu-
/ ton OF this class as ] am in the recount.
/ In this case il makes no difference whether
| / am declared elected or not in comparison
with the greater duty of sending criminals
to jail.
the evidence against certal IN district
leader that made the otter OF $l0'UO re-
ward today r-such evidence. We have
at least sufficient evidence to prove the
| necessity of a recount, and L believe that
| recount will show difference of 2O,OOC
| votes in my favor.
Here Mr.. Hearst said that many letters
had been received by his managers pur-
porting TO show that men from Connecticut
MASSACHUSETTS and New Jersey had come
to New York on election day and after
voting fifteen or more times for The Tam
many ticket, for which they received a
IS note each time, returned to their
homes.
Mr.. Hearst denied the report that he had
retained Joseph H. Choate as his special
counsel.
Tammany Cries Fraud.
II was announced at Tammany hall today
that Tammany district captains have Sc
cured evidence showing frauds committed
by Hearsts supporters on election day
Several leaders said that while recount
might lessen McClellan's vote. the counter
charges of fraud which they intend to
bring against the Hearst organization will
likewise bring about the lessening of the
Hearst vote, and that in this way an equal
reduction will be made in the vote which
will n I affect the result
An offer was made in Wall street today
TO bet $4,000 against $4,000 that w. R.
He ust will be seated as the next mayor OF
New York.
Mr. Hearst made public a postal card
received today and signed merely Truck
Driver" which read:
ION Wednesday night five ballot boxes
were taken from a boarding stable at %:
Front street."