New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1908-11-03
AFTER REGISTRY BOOK
PLOT IN nth DISTRICT.
Aftempt to Mutilate Public Copy
Learns Plans for To-day.


ant Of Elections and President John t. DoohnS OF
the Board of Elections. bold attempt was maze
last night 20 mutilate the public copy OF the regis
try book in the 22d Election District of the lI'h
Assembly District. The attempt old h"' su
and the man escaped.
Superintendent Leary was of the opinion that the
effort might have been planned to destroy possl0ie
evidences of false registration As result OF X
he suggested that every public registry Dook ae
each polling place in the 18th Assembly District
be taken TO the West 47th street police station
and placed IN the keeping OF the ponce uhtl tLis
morning This it was said had been ordered by
Deputy Commissioner Bugher-
According to the information furnished to super
intendent Ileary a man. described as exceptionally
well dressed. entered the polling place. cigar
store at No S43 Eighth avenue and asked the
proprietor to see the register. The latter VIII
lam Siegel took 1t down from hook behind the
counter and laid 1T out before him
The man looked at it for a moment or two
thumbing the pages. and then. quickly gather
ing the leaves together In both hands started 10
tear them loose. SiegeI jumped to the counter
and stretched out both arms the book, AT
that the man ran from the store and up Elghth
avenue.
The McManus is the Democratic leader IN the
18th District and George w. Wanmaker is the Re
publican leader.
Superintendent Leary and his deputies were busy
until an early hour this morning at the Offices Of
the Superintendent No Il West 42d street, work
ing out the final details of their campaign to-day
voting A
been Issued the application of the state super
intendent and MANY more it is said will be issued
this morning.
Commissioner Bingham has said that the police
would aid the state officials whenever possible IN
making arrests for Illegal voting He says he Will
hold his men a strict accountability for any
failure to do their full duty at the polls IL was
announced about a week ago that General Blng
would transfer every captain on Election Ddy'
Last night it was said that he had abandoned ms
80 CTY1Cf
ers hut the commissioner let it be understood that
he would deal severely with any captain VINO N
terfered In the election in any other than MS ON
cial capacity
Deputy Commissioner Baker cautioned the BROOK
lyn police captains yesterday against needless ar
rests Twenty-one hundred policemen Will be ABOUT
the seven hundred election districts across lH7
bridges one hundred of them drawn from Man
haitian Inspector Holahan will have charge OF q
reserve force of forty men at the Borough man
station. Inspector Hussey, of twenty-five men in
the Williamsburg section Inspector Miles y Ren-
H. of twenty men in the Brownsville section, ana
Inspector Harkins. of fifteen men IN the Gates
avenue district.
owing to the many disputes that certain to
arise TODAY over the Interpretation of the revised
election laws by the various boards OF electoh' I'VE
justices of the Supreme Court have Oeeh assIse u
sit all day in Manhattan and The Bronx The new
signature amendment to the election la"s' !" - Ga
pected, will furnish many tangles
The Democratic and Republican organizations
will have lawyers in all the courts Justices NC
Lean. Bischof and Platzek will sit at the county
court house Justice Brady at the Morrisania Mu-
nicipal Court Brook avenue and 1S2d street and
Justice Ciegerich in the Union Market police sta
tion at Houston and Sheriff streets
Az the reouest of Attorney General Jackson
udges Nuloueen and Rosalsky, OF the Court OF
General Sessions will sit in the Criminal courts
building as MAGISTRATES help out the regular city
MAGISTRATES in case of overflow OF election
cases District Attorney Jerome will have num-
her Of his assistants Criminal Courts Build
ing to prosecute alleged violations The Attorney
General will also be represented
The grand Jury indicted Policeman Thomas P
Madieau of the Mercer street station. yesterday
for illegal registration The evidence given
bv Superintendent Ieary and several of his as
sstants. The illegal registrations are alleged 10
have taken place in the 18th Election District OF
the 1st Assembly District. at No rs Varick street.
and in the 9Th Election District Of the 5th AS
sernbv District at No 312 Blocker street. Pages
I'm the registration book in the 5th Assembly Dis
trict where the policeman lives, were torn out
after Madigan had been arrested He is now out
in 900 bail pending examination in police court
Samuel Aronson. proprietor of the store at No
302 BIeecker street used q polling place in the
sth Election District of the 5th Assembly District.
was arrested last night. charged with violating
the election laws in reference to the safeguard
ing of the registration books. He was admitted to
bail and Will have hearing to-day
Theodore Connolly Acting Corporation Counsel
sent Yesterday to President Dooling of the Board
of Elections an opinion that electors who were
properly registered entitled to vote notwith
standing that their signatures in the register have
been mutflated destroyed This opinion Mr.
Connolly expressed upon oral decision given yes
terday afternoon by Justice Mccall He added
that III All identity of an elector is disputed he
may be challenged and obliged to swear in his
vote"