New-York tribune., 1913-10-28
REPEATER'S CONSCIENCE
LEADS HIM TO JAIL
Mystic Stranger He Sought to
Challenge for Registering Of
ten Proves To Be Himself.
INDICTED FOR HIS ZEAL
Two Men Charged with Plan.
ming to Vote More than Once
Held for Court in
Jamaica.

Thomas Ward, Of No. IA Spring street,
| lodged in the Tombs last night because,
II is alleged, while his zeal urged him to
prepare to cast several votes at the com
ing election his conscience would not per-
nit a nagrant case of.illegal registration
10 go unchalieuged. lie Is under indict-
ment for Illegal registration.
Last Thursday Thomas Ward FASTENED
10 the headquarters OF the Honest Ballot
Association and told of mystifying eN-
perience Thomas had dropped into a
saloon for a drink-just one. IL was on
the last day Of registration. As he was
smacking his lips after his solitary drink
he became aware of a ghostly stranger
beside him who was impOrtuning him to
drink again. He drank again. And again.
Then he learned that the name Of the
generous stranger was Thomas Ward. SO
they drank again to the coincidence.
"Thomas Ward No p 40. l said, then
invited him to walk about n bit. They
did so and their walk took them past
many saloons. Also they passed many
registration booths Thomas Ward 40. /
said that he did not remember the num-
her of saloons they entered but he did
remember that they entered no less than
three registration booths and that Thomas
Ward No. > registered himself as a voter
| in each one of them.
~. tn
bed Thopas Ward No. 1 had pain In his
conscience Eventually IL drove him to
the Honest Ballot Association. That or
gani2ation turned the story over To Ar
thur Train, OF the District Attorneys
election bureau. Handwriting experts
were set to work and they reported that
! the handwriting Of Thomas Ward No. 2
in the registration books not only cor
tolerated Thomas Ward 40. !. but also
coincdcd exactly with the handwriting OF
! Thomas Ward No. ]. Mr. Train was
! forced to ,the reluctant conclusion that
4 Thomas Ward No. was a myth, that he
was the Mr.. Hyde in the case, so To speak.
/ The grand jury agreed with him and in
/ dicted Thomas Ward.
In general, however, Mr.. Train has
/ found that the complaints sent In by the
| Honest Ballot Association do not seem "a
/ have been so thoroughly investigated a.
| those which come from the police OF
which he himself has inquired into. out
Of twelve such complaints presented yes
terday to the grand jury eight Were
thrown out Mr.. Train has decided {,
| present no more cases sent in by th'
| Honest Ballot Association to the grand
Jury until he has had them investigated
by his own assistants.
4 dozen indictments were found yest"r.
day and eight more cases are praCticalJ
completed.
Two men charged with having regis
tered in Rockaway districts when not en-
titled 10 do 50 were held yesterday hj
! Magistrate Miller at Jamaica. Charlie
Taylor, a negro was charged with regis
tcrlng from a house In which he had no
lived FOR four months He said he ha'
not given up his home there, and the
landlord contcnded he stili paid rent fo
the place Other evidence seemed 10 SHOW
he lived elsewhere recently and h. wa
held under 81 500 bail for the grand jury
| Gioyania Skatino, Of New ocean ave
nue.. Edgemere. registered from hous
where ne lived until four months ago. a.
cordlng to the records, but he has moved
10 Lawrence and is registered there. li'
was held under $500 bail for the Court o
Special Sessions.