The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-10-02
THE BENCH AT THE PRIMARY.
WALSH'S Political ACTIVITIES
A HARLEM SCANDAL.
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Ss1oGn's vStes the Haat O. Pretty
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Police Learn sem 60 Ptck Their Jadge.

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bench 80 q reward for his work o a. .
di1tnct Ieader IN violation Of judicial FRO
pncty willie acting asa NJ gistr4tNGn and AFRO
for lis ssrv ices at the Buffalo Convention
IN belping 20 aoninate Hearst. walsh and
his two ielloE delegates from the Twenty
Gua AL ably district stood by Murphy
fr.. E4t an4 all the time. and in addition
the Magistrate brought his legal abilities
into MAY by eonolrring in the opinion that
the best way % keep the Mcclellan distrtct
leaders, Williams, Rush and Maggie, out Of
the Tammany executive committee was 10
haye them thrown out Of the convention.
The political ms.hOds OF Walsh have
sstonishe1 even many Of the Tammany
workers. He took With him TO Buffalo
ss delecs ties John r. Cooper and Patrick
Potter, wbose work IN the recent primary
won the admiration OF all the strong arm
men IN the entire organization. Cooper
is a saloon keeper and was Walsh's captain
IN the Twentieth Election district. IL was
cha -zed at the police trial Of Inspector
Mo voy that Cooper ran a poolroom above
hiA saloon, and A. has also been charged
taat the room continued TO run until a few
days ago. New that poolroom activity has
CO sed, nothing more serious than a hand
book IL run near the Cooper saloon. .
Cotter was Walsh's district captain In
the Second Election district OF the Twenty
fint and he figured In a peculiar episode
IN the counting OF the votes there on primary
night. There were more votes In the box
OF the district than there were voters. When
the ballots we're thrown on the table for
counting IL waa with such violence that q
lot Of them slipped on the floor. Some one
conveniently dropped a lot OF Wahh bal
lots on the floor Just then, and when the
mass was picked up there were % votes
n excess Of the list. There was a mighty
wrangIe, and IL was decided that all must
be put in the box and % Withdrawn, hit or
miss. This was after it vas decided not to
caeck up a lot more names on the ground
thai the votes came in so fast that the clerks
could not &c, the names down. BY some
piece OF legerdcmain only Savage votes
Joseph W. Savage being the candidate
against Walsh for l~eader-were withdrawn
Even then it was found that there were
fourteen too many votes in the box. and
these we're returned az cast legally. For his
valiant work in looking after Walsh's inter
cts Cotter was made a delegate to Buffalo
with Walsh and Cooper and at Buffalo a
spread was given especially in his honor
a. the lafayette Hotel and he was toasted
as the rising young mar Of Tsmmany Hall,
the greatest politician OF his age and the
young Bourke Cochran"
During the count Of the votes in the SEQ
ond district a telephone mesa &c came that
Magistrate Walsh was on his way TO the
place from his club, the Shenandoah, at
2sO5 Seventh avenue. The doors had been
locked In violation OF law, but the Magis-
trate was admitted promptly and he lent
the weight Of his presence to his supporters
while they actively engaged in reducing
the Savage vote.
Earlier in the day the Magistrate visited
the same polling place. 1859 Eighth avenue.
A young man named Clarence z. Behringer
Of 305 West lO5th street, duly enrolled. had
tried 70 vote three times and thrice had been
turned away on the ground that he was a
nonresident. He came back the fourth
time and swore in his vote. The Magis-
trate stood by and the Savage men have
declared openly that Walsh ordered Beh-
ringers arrest for illegal voting. A man
named Shevlin was got to go 10 court and
swear out the formal complaint. Magis-
trate Moss, Murphy's intimate friend. was
sitting in the Harlem court and held the
young man in $500 bail. which was furnished
promptly. Moss adjourned the case to
September %, when Walsh would be sitting
In the court himself. The case came up
and Walsh dismissed it on the ground that
It was IAN unfortunate mistake, the young
man being proved a resident at the address
he gave.
Liquor Dealers' Association, whose political
methods have time and again been por-
trayed as unsa worry. 1t is known that he
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violating the excise law and on the bench
has referred 70 arrests in such cases as
high handed. The police have practically
ceased to take such cases before him.
On August % last, however. two detectives
nad tho temerity to bring one. 1t was the
% one Higgins, a bartender for James
Creamer. a Walsh district CO plain and so
proclaimed by Walsh himself on the bench
ct the time. The detectives bought whiskey
and beer in Creamer's place on Sunday
evening at 8 O'Clock. Higgins pleaded
guilty. Walsh's probation officer, Police
man Hickey. had had a session with him
outside the court room trying to get him to
change his plea. He didn't succeed.
Waleh's anger knew no bounds. He
charged from the bench that the police
we're protecting poolrooms and he men
LlOneQ bEIse TOOn1b. ne uu nct UbenbiOu
his friend Cooper's place az one Of them.
Two nights later he made the rounds
Of the district and called on 2 Savage
leader, James Kenny, who keeps a saloon,
and so ~persuesiye were the words Of Walsh
and Cooper that az once the Savage vote
fell of. Up 10 that time Kenny had sent
in his estimate Of the vote as 90 for Savage
and 70 for W5lah. When the returns came
in Sewage had only a., sad Kenny no longer
figures Is a Savage worker. Other districts
showed c similar s~hrinkGee and the Savage
men have openly declared that it wss
through Wslsh's influence as a city Mssis-
trrte that their votes we're taken way.
Walsh seldom holds men in poolroom
cases. or if he does the old adjournment
dodge Is brought into play until finally the
case ia dropped. A notable case Of this
kind occurred August IA last. There was a
rnid on a poolroom at 1915 Third avenue.
There vsS tho usual crowd Of men in the
place. and the customary apparatus was
seized, racing sheets and tho like. -Four
msn were held as principals in the game.
Walsh was at his club and was brought to
court and look bail. A hearing was hxcd
hen Walsh would be sitting at the Harlem
court. Most Of the men in the pooiroom