New-York tribune., 1912-11-02
.FR|EDEL DENIES FRAUD |
Eiqhth A. D. Leader, Accused by
Mr.. Mills, Makes Statement.
FIFTY WARRANTS ISSUED
False Registration Inquiry Re-
suits Also in Seven Indict-
ments Being Found.

ments Being Found.
Seven indictments, fifty warrants and
statement by Louis Friedel were the sum
total of Yesterdays work In District At
torney Whitmans office on the alleged
registration and primary frauds. The war
rants and indictments are for false regis
tration. The former will not pe served
until the men for whom they are issued
attempt to vote. Bench warrants which
were issued by Judge Swami yesterday in
General Sessions for the men indicted may
be served at any time.
Louis Friedel, who Ogden l.. Mills,
treasurer of the Republican County Com
mittee, told the Senate investigating COM
mittee turned the Sth Assembly District
over to Roosevelt at the last primary,
called at the District Attorneys office in
response 10 a summons sent by George H
Medaie. the Assistant District Attorney
who was assigned to investigate the ar
fair. Friedel said that IL there had been
fraud and padding in that district ne dld
not know il. He was more inactive than
usual at the last primary election, he said
Medalie's Investigat ton showed that while
the district had apparently voted almost
it's full enrolled strength for Roosevelt at
least half the voters consulted swore they
did not vote at all, and many more testi-
fed that they cast their ballots for the
Taft delegates.
He refused TO say how he stood political
ly on primary day-whether on that day
he was working for more than one party,
or whether he had taken money from the
Progressives as well as from the Republi-
cans. He consented, however. TO give
some account OF the $50 he said he re-
ceived from the Republicans.
Charity Of a District Leader.
lie said he hired an automobile which
cost him $50. that he gave S25 to each OF
six captains OF election districts and to
each OF ten others he gave =. lie would
not explain the remaining 500 except 10
say: You know a district leader has 10
be charitable" When he was asked
whether he had spent the balance on
primary day he would not answer.
The seven indictments were handed up
by the grand jury before which william
A. DE Ford. an Assistant District Ati"r-
ney. took the charges made by elem
and Gene" Driscoll and others OF colon
ization I'm the ID Assembly District II
was said that none Of those indicted was
an election official, that the indictments
were aimed at those who had registered
Illegally.
Many other complaints besides that con-
corning the sth Assembly District went
To AR. MedaIic. He has had at least four
hundred complaints OF false registration.
Yesterday he applied to Chief Magistrate
McAdoo for ifty warrants. Owing TO the
fact that this year the last registration
day fell about a week later than hereto
fore the police have still lot or "orh
ahead of them. and Mr.. Medalie expects
that to-day aud Monday will each turhlsh
fully as many complaints as he mas hau
I'm all the time heretofore. Application
for nfty more warrants will probably be
made to-day, and it is expected that htty
mon. will he asked for on Monday.
The fact that 400 or more complaints
we're sifted down 10 nifty warrants SHOWS
the tnoroughness Of Mr.. Medaiie's inVesu-
cation In many cases II was found that
! =, rI.ricaI error was responsible for the
comulaiut. I'm all cases where II was ap-
pareut that there was no criminal intent
a summons was issued instead OF war
! rant. and II the Information given by the
defendant bore out the previous judgment
Of the case he was discharged by Magls-
trate NcAdoo with the warning that he
had been registered under a misapprehen-
sion and that he must not attempt 10 Note
or he would be arrested,
! y Sample Registration Mistakes.
| one such case was that Of man who
! had lived In the state thiTty-hye years
He was challenged when he registered
and on his challenge affidavit stated
| frankly that he had not lived In New
York County the required four months
| Another case was that OF man VINO had
| moved from the election district Whefe
he sought to register to that adjoining FOR
q week. In the latter case when the man
appeared in answer to the summons a
Deputy Attorney General came forward
and said he had a warrant for him. Mag
! istrate McAdoo decided that no crime had
| been intended, and sent the man nome
| with a warning not 10 vote.
4 representative Of the Honest Ballot
| Association called on Mr.. Medalie yester-
| day and asked him TO take up nifty cases
which that organization had Investigated
! lie was assured that the District Attor-
ney would he glad to cooperate with him'
especially since 1t appeared that the work
done by the organization might be OF
! great assistance to the District Attorney
, i'm his attempt to prevent fraud at the
! polls. The Honest Ballot Association, 1t
was explained, had employed number
of young men. many Of them college stu
/ dents, who were stationed in the polling
/ places both on registration days and on
| Election Day. The young men wrote
down the descriptions OF all of whom they
had any suspicion. When those men come
! TO vote on Election Day the young men
will compare their descriptions with the
/ men attempting to cast their ballots.
! JOHNsON'S SALOON CLOSED