New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-06
new VOTING FRAUD
EVIDENCE PILINC UP
Whitman Hears Election
Was Fixed Throughout
Twelfth District.
CASE is COMPLETE:
MORE TO CONFESS
Grand Jury Will Take Up Matter
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS May
Upset State Result.

With the extension of the election fraud
investigation in the 18th Assembly Dis
trict yesterday evidence came TO Dis
trict Attorney Whitman that conditions
fully as bad as those brought out in the
9Th Election District, which resulted in
the indictment of six officials. were wide
spread in other sections Of the 18th AS
sembly District.
This new evidence will be laid before
the grand jury tomorrow. and it is ex-
pected to involve not only the members
OF other election district boards, but out
siders as well. Louis Boil, the poll clerk.
who was arrested Sunday, has told the
District Attorney that there were two
men not members Of the election board
In the polling place, and that they read
off names from the register which the
inspectors entered as voting. The bal
lots cast In these names were in favor
of the constitutional convention.
These men were said 10 be organization
workers, acting as agents in the general
conspiracy to get a favorable vote for
the convention Evidence has also been
obtained pointing TO an alderman as TAX
ing part in the plot. 1t was also said
that so complete is the evidence against
the men already indicted others are
expected to follow Bohls example and
confess. They cannot. however. obtain
any consideration in return for this. as
the District Attorney already has SUM-
cient evidence to make out his case.
The investigation thus far has been
confined TO the 18th Assembly District
The official figures Of the vote returned
from that district, on file in the County
Clerks office. have been obtained by the
District Attorney, and An analysis Of
them has brought out indications Of an
entire lack OF shrewdness in polling the
Overwhelming vote for the constitutional
convention. The only idea seemed to be
to get as many votes for II as possible.
In the 9Th, 9Th. 7th and 18th dis
tricts every vote was registered In
favor OF the measure. being $50, 300
2O2 and 49, respectively. Many other
districts were returned as almost unan-
imous. In the sth, Charles F. Muir
phys own election district, the count was
l02 for and against This district will
also be investigated.
Tho total vote for the 18th Assembly
District was 2,705 for the convention and
lo4 against It, II even approximately 1.-The
same proportion of fraudulent voting
obtained throughout the whole district
as has been shown in the 9th Election
District this would alone overthrow the
state majority of 1853 by which the
measure won.
1t was thought probable that supple
mentary proceedings would be brought
against John r Voorhis, State Superin-
tendent of Elections, for failure to detect
and report these frauds. Charges have
already been filed against him by mem
bers of the Honest Ballot Association in
connection with the regular election last
fall. Mr.. Voorhis said yesterday:
THE pollbook OF the 18th Assembly Dis
trict was brought TO me one afternoon
about o'clock, and It was subpenaed
by the District Attorney next morning
That was the last ] saw of it
he said he had not begun an investiga-
ton in any other districts.