The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1905-11-17
TAMMANY Men
ARE INDICTED
TEN ELECTION INSPECTORS ARE
CHARGED WITH VIOLATION OF
ELECTION LAWS.
MAY CATCH THE BIG LEADERS
HEARST DECLARES HE WILL
SHAKE TAMMANY FROM TOP
TO BOTTOM.
HE HAS A MASS OF EVIDENCE
REAL ESTATE MAN TELLS OF
BOXES GARFIELD AWAY BIZ
TAMMANY CAPTAIN.


General Mayer, the grand jury an
nounced to Recorder Golf yesterday af-
ternoon that when it reconvenes Mon
day it would issue ten indictments
against Tammany election inspectors
for violation of the election laws and
two Indictments for assault at the
polls.
The men indicted by the grand jury,
1t is said, are election captains III the
Eighteenth, Sixth, Ninth, Fourteaath-
Thirty-second Thirty-third and ax-
ty-fifth assembly districts. The lead
ers of some IF these districts are
Charles f. Murphy, Timothy d. Sui
livan. Thomas Prendergast and John
Oakley.
Mr.. Mayer made vigorous argu-
ment after presenting his evidence
and produced a deep impression on the
minds of the grand jurors.
Find Two Ballot Boxes.
Two ballot boxes were found yester
day in a barber shop at 1856 Third ave
nue.. One OF them was full of half
soiled and torn ballots, and the other
polling place of the First election dis
trict of the Eighteenths assembly dis
trict, which is the district OF which
Charles F. Murphy, head of Tammany
Hall, is the leader Hearst watchers
found the two boxes.
Deputies from State Superintendent
of Elections Morgans office took pos
session of them.
President John r. Voorhis of the
board of elections said that the grand
jury yesterday required him to deliver
to them the registry book of the Fifth
election district of the Twenty sixth
assembly district. The official in
sDectors of that election district were
arrested yesterday.
Some Win Go to Prison.
William r. Hearst in an interview
stated that evidence had been collect
ed against twelve Tammany district
leaders. Two or three of them, Mr.
Hearst thought, could not escape i'm
prisonment on the evidence obtained.
Mr. Hearst talked bitterly about his
defeat. and said that before he got
through he would shake Tammany
Hall from top to bottom.
"There is no doubt whatever" said
the defeated candidate. but that wils
be able to bring these election frauds.
home to high Tammany officials. | ann
getting plenty Of evidence every day
and numerous af1idavits come III every
nail, from foes as we'll as friends. II
! had a fair chance there is no doubt
but that my plurality would have been
fully 6O.00O | know for fact that
$3.50 ballots which were marked in the
circle over mine and Jerome's names
Were Not Counted.
The conditions in this city now are.
every bit as bad as in Tweed's time
81 can prove that Tammany import
ed men from Massachusetts, Connect
cut. Pennsylvania and New Jersey
who voted from six to twelve times.
They We're r;id SIS each for thesr vote,
and they went back home Boosting
about the fine time they had while in
New York.
Tho-e is much speculation as to who
the indicted inspectors are to be-.
! There was a rumor around the GRIM
inal courts building that District At
torney Jerome would try to secure the
indictment Of man very high In
Tammany circles whose arrest would
cause sensation.
Ballot Boxes Carried Away.
One of the most sensational charges
which have been made since the con-
test over the official returns began
deals with the carting away by Tam
many captain on the morning follow
ing the election Of two ballot boxes
containing votes.
Patrick Monahan, a we'll known real
estate dealer, whose offices were used
as a polling place Tuesday, is authori-
ty fc- this charge.
The Citizens union ordered reports
from all its captains and win investi-
gate the charges of fraud against
Tammany with the intention of pros
ecuting guilty persons to the extent OF
the law.