Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-11-11
EVIDENCE OF FRAUD
FOUND IN GOTHAM
Election Return Boxes Were
Thrown in North River.
HEARST OFFERS LARGE REWARD

Sum for the Arrest and Conviction Of
Tammany Leader Who is Guilty of
Committing Election Fraud.
New York, Nov. 10.-Attorney Gen
eral julius Mayer before leaving ais
office after midnight this morning ar
ranged to appear before magistrate
in the criminal courts buildings today
to prosecute several persons charged
with violation of the election laws Ar
rests, it was said, would be made at
an early hour and the prisoners in
clude one or more police officers.
These arrests, it was said. would be
the result of the accidental discovery
OF an unlocked and unseaIed ballot box
full of protested ballots in the rear
OF barber shop that had been used
as polling place in an election dis
trict in the Twenty first assembly dis
trict. Today the matter may be put
before the grand jury. 1t Is said that
it will not be a question of John Eo,
proceedings, but direct evidence will be
presented
The first information regarding the
finding Of the ballot box came to the
district attorney yesterday through a
policeman who walked into Mr.. Je-
rOme's office with a bunch of ballots
and said that he knew wnere more of
the same kind were to be found, but
that he had not dared to bring In all
he had found until he had been assured
of protection.
He was sent back with a county
detective, whom he escorted to the bar
bersnop where the ballot box was
found. When the policeman returned
with the ballot box wrapped up in
piece of ordinary newspaper he was
taken into Mr.. Jerome's private office
where were also the attorney general,
state Superintendent Of Elections Nor
gan and several deputies Later AS
s1stant district Attorney Sanford and
several stenOgraphers were called in.
Six Morgan deputies were sent out
soon afterwards with subpoenas. There
was q report that men on the tug boat
Robert White picked up four ballot
boxes floating in the river early yes
terday.
Before going nome this morning, At
torney General Mayer was asked if he
had received any information of the
finding of four ballot boxes in the East
river by the tug Robert White have
not had any such information, Mr.
Mayer said.
Have you been told OF the finding
of ballot boxes in the North river?"
ne was asked.
'Yes, the North river. 1 have had
such information -
At the headquarters of the Municipal
Ownership League it was announced
that two ballot boxes had been found
in a tailorshop window in Gravesend.
This shop was used as polling place
on election day. The 0oxes, it is said,
were discovered by Bernard Wayne.
epresentativeof the league who report
ed that one contained mutilated bal
lots and the other supposed to contain
the ballot stubs, was empty.
Evidence of the gross carelessness in
the care of election returns developed
when the official envelope containing
the official return and tally sheets for
the seventy-third election district of
the tnirty-fifth assembly district was
found In baby carriage IN the cellar
OF house in the Bronx. How it got
there no one in the house was able to
exulain.
The tally sheet showed that 26 votes
had been cast for William NJ. WINS.
80 for Mayor Mcclellan and 139 for
William R. Hearst. Both Mr. Jerome
and Attorney General Mayer at once
began an investigation
L, Archibald, clerk who signed the
tally sheet, said he sealed the returns
and gave them to the chairman of the
election board. The latter wnen found
said he had turned the returns over to
a man named Dawson, who was to ta1{e
them to the proper place Dawson
could not be found last night.
W. r. Hearst announced today that
an additional reward Of $4,000 for evi.
dence for the arrest, conviction and
Imprisonment of the first Tammany
district leader to be convicted OF
frauds against the ballot in Tuesdays
election. This is an addition to the
other evidence here Is proof of crimes
against the ballot and registration laws
in the election. This makes the total
Of rewards he mas offered $4,000.