The Washington herald., 1907-11-04
EVIDENCE OF FRAUD
Heavy COIOnizing of Voters
i'll New York.
LODGING HOUSES SEARCHED
As Result of Sunday Raid, Superin-
fendent of Elections Leary Will
Charge of Illegally Registering
Bunk TO Bunk Canvass Made.

New York, Nov. 3.-William Leary. su-
perintendent of election; twenty-five
deputies and a corps of attorneys on the
superintendent staff, paid a visit early
to-day TO a batch of lodging houses in
the First, Second, and Third assembly
districts in search Of evidence that some
body or other had got up enthusiasm
enough over the election to do a little
coionizing. AS a result of the swoop
the superintendent has the names of 50i
man who he believes have registered
illegally. Warrants viii be sworn out
for their arrest
The law requires all landlords TO send
in complete list of persons who claim
voting residence at their places. This
list. sworn to before a notary, is TO be
made out twenty-nine days before the
election
Supt. Leary and his men were armed
with these landlord lists when they start
ed out shortly after midnight. Part of
the squad descended on the First dis
trict. where Battery Dan Finn leads
the Democratic hosts and George S.
Husch the Republicans, and the others
between them. Tom Foley. candidate for
sheriff, is the Tammany leader of the
Second. Joseph Levenson is the Repub-
lican leader. The Third Is Little Tins"
district. Jimmy March is the Republican
leader there.
Bunk TO Bunk Canvas.
Supt Leary and his men made a bunk
10 1fal,s 81,
hand and a long white list in the other,
the superintendent poked one lodger after
another in the ribs and called for his
pedigree Dawn was breaking when the
tired deputies and their leader headed
toward the superintendent Office, at 29s
Broome street, and finally sat down tc
compare notes.
The Globe, at 1SS Park Row, is one OF
the lodging houses visited in the FRS
district. 1t rents beds for 15 cents a
night, or if a chair is preferred, the guest
is accommodated for a nickel.
The landlord of this lodging house re
ported ninety-four eligibles on October 6
The registration list shows that 116 mer
are registered from the Globe
Seventy-fOur Illegally Register.
A lodging house at James street. il
the Second district, reported twenty-five,
TO the superintendent as eligible, as com,
pared with ninety-nine that have reg.
istered.
The Phoenix, a 15-cent house. at 8
Bowery, in the Third district. reported
sixty-one to the superintendent, and 10.
have put their names on the registry
list.
There are also" said Mr.. Leary. I'll.
legally registered from several other Iodg
ing-houses in the First. Second, anC
Third assembly districts les men, who
the proprietors Of these various houses
have sworn, do not reside in them and
have not resided in them since October
s. There are twenty-one such cases in tn,
logging house. 173 Park Row.
In addition to the above, there ar,
about 12O men illegally registered il
smaller lodging houses in the First, Sec
Ond, and Third assembly districts in ex
cess of the names sworn to on the lodg
ing-house reports TO the superintendent
dated October 6.
Warrants have already been apple,
for, and in most cases obtained, 70
113S men Illegally registered in the dis
tricts below Fourteenth street"
Superintendent Leary said that h
would appear before the grand jury to
morrow and ask for indictments for falls
registration