The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-07

trial in o.. 500 bail. Half q dozen Of the other
prisoners were held Tor examination. All
the others were discharged. Most Of the
arrests proved 70 be caused by clerical
errors or innocent mistakes.
The day was the Quietest in the West Side
polioe court in many Year,. Less than
thirty election prisoners we're A~rraigned-
a surprisingiy small number in view OF the
several thousand warrants issued
Most OF the arrests were found to be due
to mista res by registration clerks taking
addresses improperly. MIN prisoners were
held for further examination.
Magistrate Steinert started the ball
rolling shortly after s O'Clock by bearing
the troubles OF Policeman Driscon OF the
Leonard street station house. Drsooll
served a warrant for illegal registration
on John Brown Of 436 West Forty-eighth
street as t the latter stepped int the polling |;
b Eleventh Assembly district.
When Brown caught sight of the warrant
he ran for the door with the cop after him
Several l~oiterers on the sidewalk blocked
the latter's way and the COP struck one In the
face. sending him Keeling to tho pavement.
In the meantime Brown ran into a h .llw ~
and bid behind a door. Driscoll spied him,
but before he could get to the man several
Others stepped between The cop tourished
DrisooIl then arrested Leon Fuller of $50
West Forty-ninth street, who WIS standing
by, for interfering with him. The prisoner
was held In $500 bail for trial. .
bre sa,tSt'h hG sh. men Torkv Tese ou sI5est of wS snn
three were held. The first prisoners were
Bertram and Fred Cruger OF 4 Lexington
avenue. They bad registered from that
address although their home has been
closed all summer. Yesterday they came
In from Tuxedo to vote and we're chal-
lenged at the Twenty-fourth Election dis
triot of the Tw~enty-ffth Assembly district
at $50 Third avenue. Bertram, who V "a,
swore in his vote and was arrested. Fred,
who was to cast his, first ballot, preferred
to have q Magistrate pass on the matter
before voting. Magistrate Sweetoer re-
leased both men as soon "a he heard the
facts and Fred oest his vote.
j. Langdon Erviug OF III Fast sixty
second street, a member Of the Racquet
Club, had a similar experience. His house
too is closed. He voted at l04 East Sixty
third street. His vote was challenged and
he swore it in. BE also was discharged
When Magistrate Sweetser learned the
facts.
Middleton Smith OF WASHINGTON, d. c.,
b has voted from the Continental Hotel
ever since he entered the Agriculture De-
partment twenty years ago, Was also ar
rested. MIR. Smith was registered from the
hotel and came on Sunday with his wife. In
the meantime the police had made an in
vestigation and found no such resident at
the Continental. He was arrested after
swearing in his vote and subsequently
discharged.
The only prisoner who appeared to he a
real repeater was Jacob Truchensky OF 233
Avenue A. He was arrested upon COM
plant OF Adam Rump of rs Lexington ave-
nue., a Judiciary watcher, who swore he
saw him vote twice, the second time under
his own name. Despite protest, the second
vote was allowed.
The prisoner was held in 81 500 FOR ex-
animation,
Ethel ert Low. a cousin Of former Mayor
I Seth Low, who lives at II East Fifty-hfth
street and was registered from a new house
he has Just bought at 80 East Sixty-fnur th
street. was arrested because the police
Upon investigating found only workmen
there renovating the house. He was also
discharr ed.
The rest Of the h~fty-three prisoners were
arrested principally because Of clerical
! errors.