New-York tribune., 1911-10-30
MANY REGISTRATION
FRAUDS UNCOVERED
Republican County Committee
Reports Specific Cases to
District Attorney.
ENERGY OF SMALL FORCE
Results Far Exceed Evidence
Collected by Large Staff OF
Tammany's State Super
intendent of Elections.

BOYLE. ir.. secretary Of the Republican
County Committee. who has seen service
in the office OF the State superintendent
OF Elections, which made him familiar
with the task long list Of specific cases
of fraudulent registration was sent 10
District Attorney Whitman last night
with request for a rigid investigation.
Boyle worked with a small force Of men
for a few days last week and collected
more evidence Of illegal registration in
that limited way than has been turned
up so far by the entire force Of the pres
ent Tammany State Superintendent OF
Elections.
This is not matter Of general ac-
cusation," said Boyle yesterday, but
simply a list OF specific cases. each OF
them backed up with enough evidence TO
warrant a searching inquiry and prose-
cution. We do not even know what
these men are as to party aiilaton-
presumably they are Tammany men, but
we did not stop to make inquiry as to
that"
With the list Of specific accusations
sent 10 the District Attorney went list
of witnesses from whom verification or
the reports collected by Boyle's men may
be obtained Probably the most un-
usual scheme for padding registration
was found on BlackwelIs Island, where
the investigators discovered that some
forty-five men have been added TO the
city employees list, but without pay.
These men, it was found, report every
day at East Goth street, go over TO
Blackwelps Island, and apparently spend
the day there doing nothing much except
seeing to it that they are promptly on
hand for their meals.
| REGISTERED from Billiard Hall.
Down in East Broadway four men
were registered from billiard haH'
There are no cots or beds in the pace
and when an Investigator first called ne
,ras told that the men slept on the BILL
I'D and nool tables. That seemed rea-
sonablv possible, but later calt ne-
,.eloned the fact that the pool ana pil-
lard room was locked on the ou'side
o,,a,.v night with q paddock, and as tho
bl,rds were carelessly left up 1t was
discovered without any trouble that no
one was sleeping inside.
In the I'd Assembly District four men
were registered from a house In wnlch
orl, two lone Cinnamon lived, and the
Celestials lived on the top fioor' picture
theatre and a club filing the two lower
doors From a row of three ADJOINING
houses a little further up on the hdsl
side fftv-four men were registered Inc
houses are single plan, three stories
bigb and doctors occupy the lower hoorS
in each of them, leaving only TWO upie'
aoors in each TO accommodate the fitty-
! four
According TO the reports turned over
hv the Investigators to the Dlsulc' A.
tornev. two men registered from .i'
home OF an underkeeper on Blach"ei''
1s,ord His wife told the Investigators
,l,ot che did not know any persons pear
ing the names of the men VINO hdu leS
,ocod from her husbands house, ana
,,.ho, she was asked whether she kept
on,, boarders she replied: oh II you
| are asking ABOUT Dodi"'i' 49,
,,,. husband" 1t was a small nat anu
Tho rnderkeeper himself had reslsteleu
10, from his home but from Black"eH
rs,ord The eligible list on the lsiah"
{. oonsned by law to city employees
I'm in The Bronx" said Boyle last
r,oht. IN discussing the work ot the III
,.oa,igators. there are three men reg
;s,ored from the home Of city employe'
They give their occupations as 1raF-
oui,p salesmen.' The wife OF the en-
r,ova did not know them, and she APP
rarentlv had no knowledge of the part
ber home was playing in Illegal reg
,stration. Her husband knew more, and'
being in loquacious mood, he said that
of course he knew the men. He couldnt
recall their names offhand. tlt he was
sura they were travelling statesmen.
sure. he told the investigator' / am
certain l knew them; but they are traV-
Cling statesmen, and you know how un-
certain they are. | don't know who they
w,rk for nor where they are. but YOU
can bet they'll be here on Election Day
all right
Had Been Doing His Bit
"Tn the district controlled by Senator
Frawley there is a man registered under