The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-06-18
SIX Sent TO PRISON
FOR ELECTION FRAUD
Sixteen More Officials in MUIR
phys Assembly District, the
18th, Each Fined 800.
"HIGHER UP" rs SOUGHT
District Attorneys Men Are
Now Investigating Alleged
Dishonesty in the Second.

Justice Davis. In the Supreme Court,
Criminal Term. yesterday imposed prison
sentences on six election officials in
Charles +. Murphy's Assembly district.
the Twelfth and rined sixteen more 800
EACH, all having pleaded guilty to election
frauds at the special election held April
to decided the question Of a constitu-
tional convention. Several OF the men
fined did not have the money with them
and were allowed 10 10 until later In the
day. when they paid their ines with new
bank notes.
District Attorney Whitman asked jail
sentences for the six men who had been
In the Fifth, Sixth. Seventh. Thirteenth
and Nineteenth election districts. Three
were Republicans and three Democrats.
Louis BOIL. who had been a poll clerk,
pleaded guilty at the time Of his arrest
and made a confession TO the District At
torney. He will be allowed TO go and the
Indictment against him will be dismissed.
In another case IL was found that the
defendant was not In the room at TIL
time of the alleged frauds and he will
be discharged. one more Indictment re-
mains that will be tried should the de-
PENDANT refuse to plead guilty.
Mr.. Whitman's assistants arc now in
vestigating the Second Assembly district,
OF which Thomas y. Foley Is the leader.
Many officials of that district were exam
lined yesterday and subppnas are out for
more to be heard to-day.
When the prisoners were arraigned in
court yesterday they were represented by
Theodore Hackett Ward. Mr.. Whitman
said he wanted prison sentences for six
of them. for he was able to show they had
participated IN the commission of the
crime.
THE others indicted are unquestion-
ably guilty" added the District At
torney, but their offence is one OF
omission rather than commission. 1t
was their duty to see tina, the law was
not vio.ated, and this they failed to do"
Mr.. Ward said his clients violated the
law through weakness and deserved
clemency because they pleaded guilty.
The election was OF the highest i'm
portance." said Justice Davis Because
the people were not deeply interested in
II Is no excuse for the criminal acts or
these defendants. The District Attorney
has made "A careful Investigation into these
cases and l will rely on his recommends
tons"
The six men sentenced to prison were
Henry Hogan, poll clerk, and william
Sweeney. inspector of the Fifth election
district, both Republicans Abram Greene,
| inspector, Sixth election district. Demo-
crat; Charles II. Coolidge, inspector. Sew
! enth election district. Democrat Edward
| II. Lown, Inspector. Thirteenth election
district, Democrat, and William r. Beis-
Ter, inspector. Nineteenth election district.
Republican.
The following We're fined 800 for aid
ing and abettins the frauds: Louis Bach
man. Republican,, poll clerk, Fifth cleo
lion district: Peter ConlOn. Democrat, poll
clerk. sixth district; Edwin Kubea, Re
publican. Inspector. Seventh district; en-
bert J. Bagiey. Democrat, ballot clerk.
Thirteenth district; August Ramb. Repub-
lican. ballot clerk. Thirteenth dis
trict Leo Bleck. Democrat. inspector.
Seventh district George wasen, Repub-
| lican. inspector sixth district James Lar
rousse, Republican, Inspector. Thirteenth
district John u. Figliozzi. Republican.
Inspector Thirteenth district: Joseph
Koch, Republican. Inspector. Sixth dis
trict: Edward /. Stephenson. Democrat,
inspector, Thirteenth district; Daniel w
Brosnan. Democrat inspector. Sixth dis
trict: Thomas J. Lambert, Democrat. In
spector Nineteenth district; John j
Pagan, Democrat, inspector, Nineteenth
district; John Yuenglng, Republican, in
spector, Nineteenth district, and William
wertheimer, Republican, inspector, Fifth
election district.
All OF the defendants were permitted
to plead To misdemeanors, which does
not affect their citizenship. In their orig
inal pleas fourteen had pleaded to felony
indictments, but when this was called tc
the attention OF the court the pleas were
changed.
1t was said at the District Attorney,
office that nothing had been uncovered
that would show a man higher up" al
though II was admitted that the investi
gators had sought such person.