Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-01-09
Commissioner DOOLIAG NOT EASY
Armed With a Court Order Jackson's
Hirelings Rout Bank Official Mt
Night and Make Him Open the
Vaults Where Some of the Boxes
Were Deposited.
fBy Associated Press.)

General William Schuyler Jackson
had not tonight been able to locate
all the ballot boxes used in the Nc
Clellan-HearSt mayorality election,
entrusted TO his possession by SUI
Dreme Court order and intimatcd that
he might he obliged TO bring contempt
proceedings against the board of
elections.
Certain boxes containing ballots
used in Manhattan we're stored under
the direction Of the board and search
that lasted until late today failed to
reveal their whereabouts.
According to the Attorney General,
Commissioner Dooling refused to sur
render these particular ballot boxes
or make known where they might be
found.
To prevent, he says, possible tam.
nering with the ballots which may be
needed for recount under the action
begun by the state TO GUST Mayor Nc
N'"'lan and seat w. r. Hearst as
Mayor, Attorney General Jackson
acting under orders from the Supreme
Court. caused raids to be made early
today at such storage places through.
out Greater New York as were known
to his representatives. After some
delay the greater number of the boxes
were located, newly sealed and placed
under guard of officers representing
the Attorney General. 1t was learned
tonight that deputies assigned to the
work reported that many boxes stored
In that borough could not be located.
Later Commissioner Dooling was
found at the office of Corporation
with n copy of Justice Hendricks or.
der commanding these in charge of
the ballot boxes to deliver the same
to the Attorney General.
Jackson's Statement.
Attorney General jackson said TO.
night: ~ took possession of the bal
lot boxes containing the ballots voted
at the last Mayoralty election and
had them officially sealed because I
wanted them as evidence in the quo
warranto and also incriminate pro.
ceedings. I deemed It for the public
interests to safeguard them and to
take possession of them. | have no
intention of spiriting them away. They
will remain where they are If the To-
cations are secured from fire"
Early Morning Call at Bank.
The first place visited by the At
torney Generals men was the Staten
Island savings bank at Stapleton, S.
l., where the Staten Island ballots are
stored. The call was made long be.
fore daylight and the men were re-
fused admission to the building by the
Waterman. From the bank the men
went to the home of President Her
man Hagadorn, three miles away
routed him out of bed. served this
court order on him and directed him
to comply at once with the order to
open the bank vault.
President Hagadorn protested on
the ground that there was no certain
ty that the court order was authentic.
After conference, however, it was
decided to send for Robert Ross. chief
clerk of the election bureau of the
Borough Of Richmond. Ross was
Obliged to walk several miles from
his home to the bank. and in his pres
ence the vault was opened and the
new labels were affixed.
Richards Hot Comment.
Eugene L. Richards Jr., of Mayor
McClellan's counsel issued n statement
late today in which with reference to
the seizure of the ballot boxes 1t is
declared that the action adds
chapter to work which could be
properly entitled How to Practice
Law with Mask and Jimmy"
The statement continues: "The
news of the night raid on the ballot
boxes in the Staten Island Savings
Bank only confirms our Judgment of
the methods and purposes of Attorney
General Jackson.
eve are willing To work in daylight,
but he has in the dark hours before day
light. without hottie to the board of
elections. attempted to take from their
present legal custody the ballot boxes
of the last mayorhlity election, turn
ed them over to himself. that is to
Shearn, his new deputy Attorney Cen
eral, that is to Htarst. OF course in
the custody of Hearst they will be
safe and inviolatt and of course, too
it would be presumptive for Mayor
Mcclellan to protest against such
or even to suggest that he /
should have hid notice of such