New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-05-04

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cast the ballots as indicated above. and
then, Of course. the results were counted
and the returns made by the same men
who committed the fraudulent voting or
connived at It with repeaters.
Following the finding Of the indict-
ments, at the request OF District Attorney
! Whitman, Police Commissioner Wood as
signed several picked men, under the d.
rection OF Lieutenant John Hennessey'
of the sth 81. police station, 20 locate the
men named.
Daniel W. Brosnan, the Democratic IN
spector arrested, lives at POI First ave
He is a chauffeur twenty-nine years old.
/ George Wasen, one OF the Republican In
spectors. is ffty-nine years old. sales
man and married. living at t3 East 10Th
st Joseph Koch. the other Republican IN
spector, is forty-nine years old and mar
ried. living at 3l6 Second ave. He is
/ storekeeper, dealing in perfumes at the
same address. The fourth man, LOUIS
( BOIL, poll clerk. is forty-fve years old
married, and lives at 81 East l'th ST
He is employed as a clerk.
There were three other election districts
in the 18th Assembly District in which a
unanimous vote was counted for the con-
ventlon. Tammany district workers did
all they could to get heavy vote In favor
OF the convention. The purpose was SAID
TO be 10 get Tammany constitution
and arrange for q greater representation
from New York County, so that Tammany
would have stronger hold on the state
II was said that bipartisan corruption
methods, as indicated IN yesterdays ar
rests, were being used for this end.
Abraham 5. Gilbert, legal adviser OF
the Republican County Committee. and
counsel TO Sheriff Grifenhagen, when
asked what effect the fraud exposures
would have on the validity Of the consu-
tutlonal convention said yesterday i
should think there is no way In which the
constitutional convention vote can be up
set. even though ;here are frauds shown
sufficient TO have changed the result III
Hearst against Mcclellan over the may
orally election. the Court of Appeals held
that. when the ballots are in the box ana
the count is officially canvassed. there
could be no recanvass
THE law provides ways in which the
ballot boxes can be opened by the Dis
t,tct Attorney seeking evidence IN a
criminal prosecution. but II the Court OF
Appeals stands by the law laid down IN
the Hearst case. the result cannot De
changed. even though the open boxes DIS
close that the people were cheated IA
,ha frauds were discovered before the
official canvass. a. proceeding could nave
been started and the entire vote thrown
ont in all districts where gross FRAUDS
we're shown.
ct might be possible for citizen 10
start an action in equity to test the
validity OF the election certificate Issued
nv the Secretary of State II could be
brought. perhaps. on the ground that the
certificate was issued on the returns from
New York County. as well as the o'"e'
parts of the state. and that the vote
from this county was fraudulently re-
rortaa bv officials who had committed a
crime. 1t is possible the courts would
: NOT hermit tho convention to be held
based on violations Of the law
, TON" Foley, one Of the BIG chiefs Oh
Tammany Hall. when asked to comment
on the arrests, said:
'I don't know any OF the men, or any
thing about the situation. except as l
read It IN the papers. AS TO Tammany
Halls activity IN the election, we simply
did I'm that as we do in every election
urged the district leaders TO do all they
could 70 get out the vote. We sent out
nrinted matter in this. as In other cleo
lions. that the people might understand
It's significance
Albany. May 3.-The only comment
Governor Glynn had 20 make on the ar
rest Of the four election officials IN New
York follows.
ct believe in the sacredness OF the bal
lot and an honest count Any man I'M
nucated IN stufing ballot boxes or ialsi-
fving election returns. no matter wher@
} should be punished 10 the extreme limit
Of the law"
No statewide investigation Is planned
nv Attorney General Carmody.