New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-10-19
TAMMANY COLONIZATION
SCHEME IS UNEARTHED
Detectives Lay Evidence In
voIving High State Official
Before District Attorney.
SLEUTHS WORRY MURPHY
He Complains Mysterious Auto
Follows Him-700 Illegal
Registrations Charged
in Ahearn's District.

IN Anedrn s OlSIIlCL.
Evidence Of a city-wide Tammany
scheme Of colonization. In which city en-
ployes are involved. has been unearthed
by detectives employed by the fusion
forces, the Honest Ballot Association and
other agencies. This evidence has been
laid before District Attorney Whitman.
and on Tuesday Arthur c. Train, special
Assistant District Attorney, will present
some Of the alleged colonization cases 10
the grand jury.
zone OF these cases" said Mr.. Train TO
a reporter for The Tribune last night. rs
against a high state official The evidence
in this case was obtained by officers OF
the Honest Ballot Association. | expect
that ten or fifteen indictments charging
Illegal registration will be found on Tues
day"
The state official referred TO is deputy
in one OF the state departments. Evidence
that he has been In active charge or the
Tammany colonization plans was brought
10 the attention Of Mr.. Train yesterday
afternoon by Z. Stage Within. of tho
Honest Ballot Association.
Auto Trailing Murphy.
The charge made by Charles F. Murphy
earlier in the day that he had been shad-
owed by two private detectives in an au-
tomobile for the last three weeks was
called 10 Mr.. Whitn's attention. He was
asked II he or his associates had hired
the detectives and the car. lie refused 10
answer directly. but said;
big Tammany leaders for the last three
weeks Why, you can draw your own
conclusions. We have found that the
Tammany guerllas, repeaters and col
cnizers are buster this year than ever be-
fore. We have two thousand students
helping US 10 run down these election
frauds, and, in addition, we have num-
Der OF detectives employed
While Mr. Murphy was complaining oil
the annoyance a trailing automobile was
causing him. the Honest Ballot Associa-
ton detectives found car. the number
of which they took, that was used TO run
repeaters from the various Tammany dis
tricts In Manhattan to The Bronx yes
terday.
All the bridges crossing the Harlem
RIVER were W diA I'A " pA''NN'
who took notes OF the number OF trips
the car made and descriptions Of the oc-
cupants Before nightfall the association
believed IL had enough evidence 10 wal
rant the arrest Of several men, and on IN
structions from the District Attorney
office Chief Inspector Schmittberger as
signed detectives TO the case. Most OF tho
repeaters were taken from Tom Foleys
district.
The Honest Ballot Association said that
it's watchers had challenged ninety-four
men in Tom Foley's district In three days,
and that Of these sixty-eight dropped out
OF the lines without, attempting to register
Colonization in tho 18th.
An Official OF this association said re-
ports from it's watchers indicated that
wholesale attempts at colonization were
being made I'm the 18th Assembly District
Of which Ross Williams is the Tammany
leader. The headquarters Of the man In
charge OF the work is said 10 be a saloon
on Columbus avenue. This man is city
employe.
Another hotbed OF Tammany COLOMBIA
ton was discovered in the upper East
Side. Most OF the colonizers were re-
ported living in the homes OF city en-
ployes
A detective in the employ OF the Honest
Ballot Association visited the home OF
one OF these employees and asked who
was living in the house. The mans wife
Is said TO have replied:
And what Of It. II there were twenty
four repeaters living here? It's none Of
my business"
Then she slammed the door in his face.
The headquarters OF this particular
gang is a cafe on Second avenue, in the
SOS.
Charles F. Murphy. besides having the
usual calm. has also taken offence at
some remarks that John Purroy Mitchell
has ten making about him, particularly
the one charging him and Tammany Hall
with participation In the registration
frauds. Mr.. Murphy wrote letter TO Dis
trict Attorney Whitman yesterday. asking
him to investigate Mr.. MItchels charge
There will be warrants issued shortly"
said Mr.. Finch, OF the Honest Ballot AS
ISOLATION, last night. land the whole
Tammany scheme OF repeaters will be
then shown up in open court. In one
Assembly district, the 4th, OF which
Johnny Ahearn is leader, there have been
about 700 Illegal registrations, and we ex--
pect at least 200 more before the night ls