The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-05
TWO MORE ARRESTS
IN MURPHY'S DISTRICT
Only Thirty Honest Votes Were
Cast There, One Poll
Clerk Believes.
SIX MEN NOW ACCUSED
Court Of Appeals May Pass on
Validity Of Convention
Election.
SIX MEN NOW ACCUSED

Abram Green. president Of the election
'oard OF the sixth election district Of the
twelfth Assembly district, and Peter Con-
ion. a poll clerk. were arrested yesterday
charged with completely in the fraudulent
voting OF 40 ballots in that district on
April last. when the constitutional con-
rention election was held. Both are
Democrats.
Six members Of the board have been
arrested as "A result OF the District Attor-
ney's Investigation Of the alleged ballot
box stufiing by which a big majority was
billed up In Charles +. Murphy's district
Tor n constitutional convention. Daniel w.
Brosnan, n Democratic Inspector George
Wasen and Joseph Koch, Republican in
epectors. and Louis Boil. Republican poll
clerk were arrested on Sunday.
Bohl will he the principal witness against
the election officials. He made statement
10 the District Attorney yesterday In which
he described how the ballot box was stuffed
and In which he accused members OF the
board. Boil lives at 5l4 East Seventeenth
street.
II worked as polr clerk until about
O'Clock In the morning of April T." he told
Assistant District Attorney DE Ford. AT
that hour there had been thirteen votes
tAst. I was gone about fifteen minutes
When came back somebody had voted all
the way up to seventy. When I left the
full board. with one exception. was there
When came back. they were all there.
They spoke as II they wanted to get In
300 votes.
AS no votes came In, they simply said
that SO and So votes yes They stood at
tho table and said. so and So registered
Tor him. They read from the registra-
ton book the names Of men who hadn't
voted at all. myself called OF the
names In the registration book whether
there were any votes there or not. OF
course they did not tell me not to do II.
sf Il l
When the ballots were ready they sim
ply laid them all on one side and a men,
Der Of the board folded them. 1t was not
only In the morning that this went on II
was all day long. When a number OF the
ballots were got ready they were put to-
Uether and showed into the ballot box"
Boil was asked how many votes were
put Into the ballot box In this nonchalant
fashion. He said he didn't believe that
more than thirty votes were honestly cast
n the district, that the rest were fraudu-
lent He said he didn't forge any OF the
signatures in the signature book. but that
some OF the inspectors did.
Other important evidence was given "a
the District Attorney by Boil. but was not
made public. 1t is expected that numsr-
Gus indictments will be handed down by
the Grand Jury on Thursday. The case
has been shifted from the Court Of Gen.
eral Sessions to the Supreme Court, and
the men under arrest will he arraigned
before Justice Seabury this morning. Al
have obtained bail
Republican leaders limited yesterda,
taat the Court Of Appeals will be asked
to rule on the validity Of the special cleo
ton IL II is shown that enough fraudulen
votes were cast TO overturn the ma jorit,
recorded for the convention. william
i'arpes. Jr.. Republican State chairman
rad this To say:
THE Republican organization Is takin,
no action at the present time toward de
terminng whether the election is void
There liz only one district in which
prima facie case OF fraud has been mad
out. Whether there were frauds sufYicicn
TO cause the overturning OF the majorit.
Ii matter for the Court OF Appeals. Bu
the court will act only II 1t is show
that sufficient fraudulent votes we're cas-
to change the result"
Republican County Chairman Koenii
agrees with District Attorney Whitma,
that there Is no possibility OF reversing
the convention result. Even II II wer
proved that 1853 ballots-the majorit
for the convention--were cast in tn
names OF men who did not go to tn
polls the result would not be affected, 70
there Is no way OF proving that an
fraudulent ballot was cast for q conven
ton rather than against II.
Secretary of State Mitchell May doubt
that the result OF the election will b
affected.