The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-11-03
FOUR OF NAGLE'S MEN JAILED
CHARGED WITH FORGERY ~ IHE
COWAN PRIMARY FIGHT.
jerome Acts on the Case 10 Nhicn Justice
Ieventriti called His Attention -PrIs-
sners Alleged 10 Have Filled blank
Aandavtts win Names OF Voters.

teventrttt called HIS Attention -PrIs-
sners Alleged to Have Filled blank
Astdavtts win Names OF Voters.
Foul members OF the Kanawha Club.
Peroival E. Nagle's organization in the
Thirtieth Assembly district, were arrested
AZ the District Attorneys Office last night
on charges Of forgery and Civ ing false
testimony. Two OF the arrests were made
early In the evening and two at II 30 o'clock.
The four we're locked up in the Elizabeth
street station.
The charges grow out Of Nagle's effort
to be declared the Tammany leader of the
Thirtieth Assembly district. II is charged
that a number Of false affidavits were sub
mitted to Justice Leventritt in Nagle's
fight to- be declared leader over John T..
Cowan, who was the Hearst candidate,
and whose delegates were seated at the
Buffalo convention after Maggie had got
the most votes at the primaries.
After looking over the sffidavits Justice
Leventritt sent the papers to the Board OF
Elections. saying that there were so many
contradictions that he couldn't decide
on the papers. At the same time Justice
Leventritt felt that there had been dis
honesty and called District Attorney
Jerome's attention to the case. Mr.. Jerome
a. soon a. the Board OF Elections had de-
cided In favor OF Maggie assigned Assistant
District Attorneys Hart and Marshall to
make an investigation.
The investigation showed that a number
OF the signatures TO the afidavits were in
the same handwriting. There were be-
tween 900 and 1000 affidavits. In all 100
UubpRnas were sent out. Thirty-eight
witnesses swore that their signatures were
genuine. A number of others swore that
they had never signed the afidavits or
sworn to them. Some said that they had
signed blank afidavits, but had not sworn
10 them.
The two men brought to the District
Attorneys Office last night were John
kavsnaugh. who said that he was in the
lumber business and lived at 253 East II6th
street, and Michael j. Barry, a painter in
the Fire Department, who lives at 2433
Second avenue. K~avanaugh was a mem
Der Of a regist ration board in the Thirtieth
Assembly district.
1t is charged hat Barry vent TO Kava-
naugh with a blank affidavit and that Kava-
naugh filed In names and addresses from
the registration lists. All the afidavits
were for the purpose OF showing that the
signers had voted for Maggie at the pri-
maries.
Acting District Attorney Smyth and Mr..
Marshall and Hart examined them for
some time. They finally got enough from
Barry and K~avanaugh to put them under
arrest. hen Detectives Berry, Reardon
and Greer were sent out to bring in Harry
A. O'Brien. who said hat he was a real
estate dealer as S)S East I1sth street, and
Daniel II. Coleman, who is an inspector
in the Water Deartment and secretary
OF Nagle's club. They were both found at
the club. When a lawyer showed signs Of
interfering with the men going to the Dis
trct Attorneys Office Maggie shooed him
OF.
O'Brien and Coleman are accused Of
having acknowled ged the false affdavits.
After they had been questioned for several
hours, making explanations of what they
had done, they were put under arrest and
X over to the Elizabeth street station.
According to the information in the Dis
trict Attorneys office the plan OF getting up
the affidavits was made in the Kanawha
Club. Two or three notaries were in one
room In the clubhouse and there the afi-
davits were sworn to. In many. cases the
aftidavits were genuine, but in others the
District Attorneys Office has found that
names and addresses TO afidavits we're
plain fakes. Coleman il said to have adj
mitted that he sent Barry out with blank
afidavits to get signatures.
The prisoners are accused Of ~felonies,
it being a crime to prepare forged instru-
ments to be used as evidence.
While the prisoners were being ques-
toned at the District Attorneys office a
message came from the Kanawha Club
saying that il they were locked up a Magis-
trate was ready to accept bail for them.
The message said that Magistrate Zeller
was the man.
Magistrate Zeller came TO the Elizabeth
street station at 1890 O'Clock and bailed
the men out, Percy Maggie acting a. surety. /
The bail was 5000 in each case. Maggie