New-York tribune., 1905-11-08

Then ruffian hit Mr. Baldwin with brass knuckIes
in the face and felled him the sidewalk
As soon as Mr. Webster recovered his senses he
got up and at his assalant with his fists
Mr.. Baldwin also jumped into the fray The two
lawyers were making good fight against odds
when the from the Eldridge-st. station
arrived and scattered their assaiants. Then order
restored
W. A. De Fold, Jerome watcher in the 4th
Election District of the Sth Assembly District
votes at s. apiece there, and making the men
who sold their votes prove delivery of goods by
taking carbon paper into the voting booth and
marking a sample ballot when they voted. De
Fold noticed that were being taken into
barber shop at No. 80 Canal-st before and after
voting and he went into the shop to see what
going there. He one of the men who
had voted deliver a sheet of carbon paper and a
marked sample ballot to Tammany worker. and
saw the worker pay S to the voter
De Fold telephoned to State Superintendent Nor
gan, telling him what he had seen. Mr.. Morgan
sent two deputies to the barber shop, but the
Tammany workers who had been operating there
had become suspicious of De Fold and had fled
Several disturbances created In tEe SD AS
sembly District by alleged members Of the Paul
Kelly gang of whom were voting Illegally
In the names of rightful voters Patroiman Was
serman arrested of the gang, who gave his
John Totten, at the polling place at NO
SOC Lexington and had the prisoner held in
court for examination. On his way back TO his
post of duty, Wasserman said later, he was
abused roundly by ex-Assembyman Dooley and
Edward Featherson. brother OF Dock Commission
er Featherson Tammany workers in the district,
for making the arrest. They threatened to obtain
his transfer Ito the goats" He says that when
he returned to the polling place party of twenty
members of the Paul Kelly gang" friends OF
Totten threatened him with violence
Through the courtesy of Magistrate Moss Attor-
ney General Mayer sat on the bench with me mag
strate in the Essex Market court Yesterday AFTER
noon and tried the case of John CusEman, charged
with Illegal fr0 y5ng was ged them ena6 moTed ne e No
I 2d-st, and then back to his first address. from
cross-examination by the Attorney General Cush,
admitted the charge and was held in $500 ban
ffty-five other election cases on the docket, the
prisoners being arraigned on similar charges but
for first time in the history of the court there
Magfstrate Wahie, in the Tombs court had before
him up to 80 p. m twenty-one election cases, the
defendants in all of them except one being promptly
were caused by clerical errors in registra-
ton.
oners before Magistrate Wahle in the Tombs court
cation Of Deputy Attorney General Kingsbury Fos-
ter At 43O O'Clock Attorney General Mayer called
with Magistrate WahIe. who then adjourned court,
Magistrate Wahe at the close Of the court said:
plinenting the representatives the Attorney Gen
business of the court In spite of the clamor in
the public press, at no time SO far as know, has
the business of the court been SO harmoniousy and
satisfactorily conducted"
MANY ARRESTED-FEW HELD.
Six late prisoners at the Yorkve court made
total of 10. with only six held for trial during
the day. The last man to be arrested and held
Bernard Wallace, OF No 235 East 45th-st..
who. it is alleged. is genuine "hoater" He
held in $1,000 bail for further examination on
Friday.
A total Of seventy-one election cases was heard
by Magistrate Walsh in the Side court yester-
day and all the prisoners. with the exception of
four, dismissed. Three late cases were those
No. 2s1 West esth-st. and Edward McGinnis of |
No Sl2 West 44th-st. all of whom tried to vote
arrested them: All were held in $500 bail for fur
The total number of cases that came before the
Harlem court was sixtyzfour, and of this mum
Of ,1 THONGS % : 9 Ggady Of No No s so 2daye who was
He had Several Witnesses in court. ali of Shom
differed as TO the time he lived at that address,
during the day at the Morrisania court but Magis-
BTeen re @ dssaarged them all exesp6 one M
ker tried to get an adiournmert This was the /
At No $50 East issth-st He gave that address
when he appeared to vote, but David Sehiff, who |
OWNS the house at that number. and who was a
Hearst watcher h r., at the polling place challenged
the polling place but in the afternoon he returned
shff caused his arrest e When
The ne decided that ane thes he NV was
kers vigorous contention that he should be held |
vote in Brooklyn, the greater part Of Which
polle6 early, there little excitement, and only
here and there trouble at the, polls yesterday In
many of the districts the Hearst watchers de- |
serted, because ii said, money had been
furnished by the Municipal Ownership League !
While, on the other hand, the Democrats had lots
# it, which they were ready and willing to part |
with. Many rumors of bribery were heard. but few
complaints made the courts.
Many arrests for Illegal registration and voting |
were made. but in many cases it was dlscoveTTea |
hat a mistake had been made by the registration |
officials by those who had looked up the records
IF the voters There Were number of instances |
where men, who had registered under their right |
names We're arrested because they We're known IN |
odging houses where they lived under what they |
said assumed names. In most of these cases |
he magistrates decided that the had right |
% vote.