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TENDER 70.
DEPUTY sHERIFF ARRESTED.

arrests for illegal voting. A few were as
sault cases. Among the men arrested was
John Leonard of 72 Second avenue, a
special deputy sheriff on duty at the Twenty
ninth election district Of the Thirtieth As
sembly district. Leonard was charged
with putting his hand over the hole in the
ballot box. He told Magistrate Moss that
he thought he saw n man trying to vote two
ballots at the same time and wanted to make
sure that there was no crooked work going
on. The Magistrate held Leonard in 81 ZOO
bail.
HOT PIoHTs IN THE FOURTH.
The fight between Philip Rosenthal and
Jacob Newstead for the Republican leader
ship in the Fourth Assembly district was
one long riot. There were assaults n
districts. Early in the day Roeenthal. who
was the Parsons candidate. caused the re-
moval OF the entire board Of inspectors for
the Seventh and Eighth election districts
at the polling place at ?sO East Broadway.
He also caused the removal OF an inspector
in the Sixteenth. Thirteenth, Twelfth and
Tenth districts.
When the polls closed at go East Broad
way Lawyer John Henry Hammond, who
was looking after Mr.. Rosenthal's inter-
ests, undertook 20 remain in the room as
a watcher. He was ordered out by Deputy
Sheriff Philip Orenstein, and when he de-
clined % 20 was thrown out. He asked the
policeman on post TO arrest Orensteln on a
charge OF assault, and the COP did 70. Then
Orenstein made a counter charge of assault
against Mr.. Hammond, and he also was
locked up. Both were quickly bailed out.
Mr.. Rosenthal, in Analysing the vote, said
he found that in the Thirteenth election
district % MEN had been marked on the
books as voting and lbs ballots were taken
out OF the box. In the Nineteenth there
were 10 more ballots than names checked;
in the Ninth Is more ballots than were re-
corded.
JOHN HENRY HAMMOND ARRESTED.
Former Deputy Attorney General John
Henry Hammond was arrested last night
and locked up for a few minutes in the Madi-
son street station house. MIR. Hammond was
charged with assaulting Philip Orenstein,
a deputy sheriff, OF 81 Grand street, at the
polling place at go Fast broadway, in the
Seventh election district OF the Fourth As
sembly district.
Mr.. Hammond made a counte charge
Of assault against Orenstein and he also
was held. Both were bailed out after a wait
OF twenty minutes.
Mr.. Hammond il a lawyer. with Offices
at so Wall street, and lives at Q East Ninety
first street. He was at the polling place
down on the East Side yesterday as a worker
for Philip Rosenthal, the Parsons candidate
for leader against Jacob NewEtead, the
present leader. About + o'cloc one OF
the election inspectors assigned to that
district was taken sick and it was necessary
to get another to take his place. Mr.. Ham
mond hustled over to Police Headquarters
to nave another inspector assigned there
and hack again with an order from the
Commissions appointing a substitute.
When he got back TO the polling place the
sick inspector had recovered or was per-
suaded to stick on the job. Anyway there
was an argument as to who should inspect.
Deputy Sheriff Orenstein was there TO
look out for trouble, az were two policemen
from the Madison street station house.
Things were getting warm all through the
district and just after supper they were
coming real hot. Orenstein butted into
| the argument bet W the two sides and
finally ordered Hammond ont Of the polling
place. Hammond would not go and the
| Deputy Sheriff started to force him out,
There was a clinch and Orenstein alleged
that Hammond struck him. He then
placed him under arrest. Hammond said
that HI had been assaulted Inc ordered
a policeman to arrest Orenstein. All
hands went to the station house in Ham,
mond's automobile.
John Henry Hammond is a son OF Gen
John Henry Hammond ana married Emily
v. Sloane. He was graduated from Yale ir
1892 and was Deputy Attorney General from
1899 TO 1901 and had Oh aTge Of election
cases. He brought the Oh argos against AS
Bird Gardiner, who was District Attorney o.
New York count Y, which resulted II
Gardeners remova | by the Governor.