Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1906-05-04

Term OF imprisonment for Completely
IN These Frauds.
On a warrant charging him with un-
lawfully soliciting and posuading Albert
i. Matlack TO violate his official duties
as an election officer in the Shcllpot dis
triot, during the Regular Republican
primaries on September oath, 1904 and
upon another warrant charging him with
tampering with the ballot box and ballots
OF the district upon the day following
the primary election. which was Sunday,
Abraham l.. Tyre, former Representa-
tive in the Legislature, and a well-known
Republican, WAS arrested by Detective
James l.. Hawkins, yesterday afternoon.
Mr. Tyre was taken before Magistrate
Hollis where he was held in $1,000 bail
for q hearing George +. Robinson Of
ll2 West Tenth street and james keenan,,
painter. were accepted as bondsmen
for Mr. Tyre
Acknowledgement Richards was present
at Magistrate Hollis office when the
prisoner WAS brought in but did not 60
into hearing. Tho bail was fixed at
81 500 IN each charge The time set for
the hearing Is 10 o'clock tomorrow morn-
| ing. Mr.. Tyre was not represented by
| counsel yesterday afternoon.
The warrants upon which the arrest
was made are as follows;
"That Abraham L1yro on the twenty
| fourth day OF September, in the year Of
our Lord one thousand nino hundred
and four, at Brandywine hundred in the
county nf New Castle and State Of Della
ware. did by solicitation and persuasion
unlawlully cause one Albert r. Matlnck
10 violate his official duty, he, the said
| Albert u. Matlack, then and there being
an officer. 10 wit, the inspector and pre-
siding officer, at q certain primary clcc
tion of the Republican party then and
thcro held under the provisions Of chap
ter 393, Volume NA, Laws OF Delaware
In the hundred aforesaid, in the Ihir,
election district Of the Sixth Repre-
sentative district Of the county and stat
aforesaid. said violation of the oticla
duty by the said Albert y. Matack con
sstinr In this. that he did not then anS
there cause the ballots that had beer
then and there taken at the said primary
election 10 be fully read and ascortained
and did not then and there cause a trul
statement of ballots then and there takei
at said primary election to bo made ac
oording TO the hest of his knowledge an,
ability in that he read certain ballot
then and there cast at said primary
election for Isaac C. Elliott as Lev,
Court Commissioner for the Third Low,
Court district in said county of Nov
Castle in favor of q candidate or candi
dates for said office other than the SAID
Isaac G. Elliott. all of which violation @
tho official duty by the said Albert /
Matack was caused by the said Abraham
L. Tyre and against the law, peace ant
dignity of said state
The other warrant dealing with IN
question Of tampcring with the ballo
boxes is as follows:
That Abraham L. Tyre, on the twenty
fifth day Of September, in the year q
our Lord one thousand nine hundro
and four. at Bmndywine hundred, m th
county of New Castle and State OF Della
J ware having the custody of a certai
ballot box within which said ballot bo
was contained the ballots that had bee
taken at certain primary election q
the Republican party held under IN
nrovisions of chapter 393, Vol. Xxx
Laws OF Delaware, in Brandywinc hun
dred in the Third election district OF th
Sixth Representative district oil IN
county and State aforesaid, ON On
twentv-fourth day Of September, IN th
year Of our Lord one thousand mne nun
dred and four, did wiliully hlsiiy am
did wilfuny and iraudulently remo,y
and secrete 80 Of the said ballots, ne IN
said Abraham H. Tyre, not then an
there being an officer oi said prnar
election, and against the law, peace an
L dignity Of said State
The Shellpot election fraud was on
of the greatest political steals ever mad
public in this county and has already I
suited In the imprisonment OF Albert }
= Matlack and James Watson, two OF IN
election officers They were convlcte
several months ago and sentenced to on
year each.
Mr.. Tyre was a candidate for th
!. Regular Republican nomination for Lev
Court Commissioner from the lhir
district. as also were Isaac q. Elliott an
William J. Brown When the ballot
we're read. in making the returns irol
the Shellpot district, which IS part
tbe Third Lew Court district, 1t W;
found that Mr. Brown received vote
Mr.. Elliott Is and Mr.. Tyre 1873. III
> supporters OF Mr.. Elliott protested, an
IS voters made affidavit that they ha
voted for Mr.. Elliott. As result OF Oh
protest Albert +. Matlack, James wa
n son and John M. Donohoe were arreste
; and tried, upon the charge OF improper
r reading the returns from the dlstuc
4 Donohoe was acquitted, but the other tv
4 officers were convicted and sent to q
II workhouse. These cases were prosecute
n bv Attorney-General Robert II. Richar
e and Deputy Attoney-General Daniel
le Hastings.
'e Matlacz and Watson have ea'
N served seven months Of their sentence
h and with commutation for good b
h bavior have but three months yet
d serve. An application has been ma
for their pardon, but the Board OF Pc
le dons this week postponed action un
1t the June meeting
v Attorney-Gcneral Richards is said
M have considerable information again
a Mr.. Tyre including the statements ma
s. bv Albert b Matlack.
10 "I cannot say that Matlack has CO
n tossed nor did ask him 70 confess, sa
.n Attorney-Genoral Richards thia mornil
leonunnsd On second paEel