The sun., 1907-11-04
KIDNIGHTHUNF PORFhOAEERS
LODGING HOUSES IN DISTRICTS
TURN UP SOC SUSPECTS

Wh0 Are ncBigtefeu Although Nos on I'm
LAndlSrsls' EASts a. Oct. B-WaRrancs
Have BecA AppsIed Fsr for HISS Mon
-POlHOo CsODerAtlng wnth sUpG. Lsary.
William Lcary, Superintendent OF Rlec-
tiOns, twenty-five deputies and a corps
OF attorneys ON the SUPPLEMENTARY stan
paid a visit early yesterday morning
TO a batch of lodging houses in tho
First, Second and Third Assembly dis
tricts in search OF evidence that SOME
body or other had got up enthusiasm
enough over tho election 20 do "A little
colonizing. As a result OF the swoop the.
Superintendent has the names OF 5OS men
who he believes have registered illegally.
Warrants win be sworn out. for their
arrest.
Mr.. Leary pridcs himself on the fact that
he IL the first superintendent that has made
q careful comparison Of the sworn lists sent
In by the proprietors of hotels and lodging
houses with the actual registration records.
The law requires all landlords TO send In n
complete list OF persons who claim a voting
residence at their places. This list, sworn
to before a notary, Ia to be- made out twenty
nine days before the election.
Supt. Leary and his men were armed
with these landlords lists when they started
out shortly after midnight Part OF the
squad descended on the First district, where
Battery Dan Finn leads the Democratic
hosts and George 8. Husch the RepubIi-
cans. and the others split the Second and
Third districts up between them. Tom
Foley, candidate for sheriff, is the Tam
many leader OF the Second. Joseph Leven-
son Is tho Republican leader. The Third
is Little Tins district Jimmy March is the
Republican leader there
Supt. Leary and his men made a bunk
TO bunk canvass. With light in one hand
and long white list in the other the super
intendent poked one lodger after another
in the ribs and called Tor his pedigree.
Dawn was breaking when the tired dep
uties and their lesder headed toward the
superintendent'8 Office at 100 Broome
street and finally sat down to compare
notes.
The Globe. at Isa Park row. is one of the
lodging houses visited i'm the First district.
IL rents beds for Is cents a night. or IL a
chair is preferred the guest 10 accOmmO-
dated for "A nickel.
The landlord Of this lodging house re-
ported ninety-fOur eligibles on October 9.
The registration lists show that IlH men
are registered from the Globe.
lodging house at James street, in
the Second district. reported twenty-five
to the superintendent as eligible. as COM
pared with ninety-nine. that have regis
tered.
The PhOenix, a IS cent house at So Bowery.
I'm the Third district. reported siKty-Ons
TO the superintendent, and 400 have put
their names ON the registry list.
There are also, said Mr.. Leary yester-
day. illegally registered from several
other lodging houses In the First. Second
and Third Assembly districts I0S men
who, the proprietors OF these various houses
have sworn, do not reside In them and have
are twenty-one such cases in the lodging
house at l79 Park row.
-In addition TO the above there are about
l2O men illegally registered in smaller lodg-
ing houses in the First. Second and Third
Assembly districts in excess of the names
sworn TO on the lodging house reports TO
tho superintendent. dated October Q.
Warrants have already been applied for
and in most cases obtained for I, i3S men
Illegally registered In the districts below
Fourteenth street"
Mr.. Leary said that in many Of tho houses
visited not only were the names of men who
had registered missing from the lists sent
in by the landlords, but so far az he could
find Out good many OF these men were not
even n the hotele at the present time
SupV Leary said that he would appear
beforeI the Grand Jury to-day and ask for
indictments for false registration. Up 90
November the Grand Jury had found fifty
one indictments in election cases on evi-
NlenC6 presented DIV NAE. hlCAFY. IN tn0 wear
1908 only eight indictments we're returned
Supt. Leary said that Police Commissioner
Bingham is acting in hearty and cordial
cooperation with him.
Tho aid which We have received from
the department" said Mr.. Leary, "is suifi-
cient assurance that the police will work In
harmony with Va on election day and that
every voter will be properly taken caFeof."
The Hearst managers at the Gilsey House.
who really believe that there are 10000
repeaters in town. laid their plans yester-
day for watching the election. There was
"a meeting at the Murray Hill Lyceum of
the watchers appointed by the Indepen-
dence League. and talks were given to
them by Clarence Shearn and Nathan
Nidavor.
More than 500 watchers we're Oh hand
to hear the lesson. In the campaign of
1905 the Hearst manag gers had a peck OF
trouble keeping their watchers az the polls
ana there were Wholesale dSeoTtion which
they laid to TaynInany money. This year
they hope, with the aid of their Bepub-
lican allies, to be more successful. All of
the watchers who were talked at yester-
day gave their word that they would stick.
In the instructions that have been sent
out from the Gilsey House TO Independence
League voters attention IN called to a de-
cisiOD of the Appellate Division 90 the
sheet that the election inspectors must re-
ceive the vote Of a duly qualified eleOtor
even II they find that his name has been
voted on. In the 1905 campaign. h. was
stated, there we're Innumernble instances
where the inspectors refused to receive
Ruch votes and where the courts refused
70 grant mandamuses. One Of these cases
was carried zap to the Appellate Division,
which handed down the decision referred
to. The Hearst people say that they ex-
pect that there will be lot Of cases of this
kind happening this year and that any
voter turned away by the inspectors should
proceed at once 90 the supreme Court.
which will have to follow this decision and
promptly issue q nnandamus which will