El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-02-15

= ~ Violence placed before the grand
r. jury now in session, it is reported
~ viii warrant me assertion that
close to 1900 Illegal poll tax certificates
have been secured in Ell Paso during
( the recent payment period. @
| The data has been secured through
/ a careful check of the places of resi-
/ dence. compared with statements given
/ by those securing the receipts at the
! collectors office In hundreds of these
places, no such person was found at the
I address given; in hundreds of others
! the address was Il vacant lot: in hun
! dreds Of other places, the residential
/ address given to the collector happens
to be, on investigation, a store or some
place where nobody lives
Jockeys, men employed at the stables
at the Juarez race track, messenger
I boys and many others have been found
to have secured poll tax certificates
Many have secured poll tax certificates
who have not lived in the city the re-
quired six months
Risky to Vote.
As many Of these as the grand jury
has been able to investigate and prove
beyond doubt to be illegal, have been
certified to the election judges. 1t is
understood, by whom they will be
challenged. The grand jury has warned
every person brought before it of the
Ille&aIlLy OF MS poll TAX Ger LlliCdNtg
where such was proved to be the case
and in the event of an attempt to vote
upon such certificate, it is most certain
that an immediate indictment would
result
That prosecution will follow in good
faith. the grand jury has no reason to
doubt, for the members have often ex-
pressed their appreciation of the SPLEEN
did cooperation given them by district
Judge Dan NJ. Jackson and district at
tOrney w W. Bridgers in their work.
Plenty of Work Ahead.
There will be the usual number OF
challengers at all polls during the Not-
ing Tuesday-bOth sides will be repre-
sented-and an effort viii be made to
prevent the voting of fraudulent poll
tax receipts where this can possibly be
done. There is q report out that many
MeXicans have been told by certain
Mexican leaders to vote, regardless OF
what the grand jury has done and that
they viii be defended in court If they
are arrested If this matter should be
prObed by the grand jury. some more
indictments may follow The grand 1u-
tors have announced their determine
tion to take every possible step to pro-
tect the purity of the ballot.
Some Examples.
In many cases men have stated that
they received exemption certificates by
mail without requesting them. These
were men past the age of Co. who do
not have to pay poll taxes, but who are
supposed to call on the collector and
secure their exemption certificates.
one man, a failrOad brakeman. who
resides in precinct s, and is only 81
years of age. received an exemption
certificate in the mails without re-
questing il.
the same precinct. declare they received
exemption certificates in the mails and
that they had not asked for them.
Lives Outside City.
In precinct 10. it was discovered that
a poll tax receipt had been issued to
man who lives eight blocks outside the
city limits, yet his poll tax receipt
showed that he lived Inside the city
limits
A few examples OF what has been
brought to light are cited below, the
numbers OF the poll tax receipts, the
names of the people and their addresses
being purpOsely omitted:
No. issued to ..... o.. West Over
land street. Investigation showed that
the man did not live there and the
landlady. had never heard of him.
No. =. issued to $500, Santa Fe
street. Man who really lives at the
number has different name entirely;
never heard OF the man getting poll tax
receipt. No record of man to whom re-
ceipt was issued having ever taken out
naturalization papers, though he is
Mexican and poll tax receipt showed
him to have been born in Mexico.
No. q, issuer to ...., residence given
at No. .. Canal. Inquiry showed him
to have returned some time ago to Chi
huahua; has never been naturalized.
Resident OF Junrez.
No. 80, issued to ... (American). e.
West Overland street Never has lived
at the address given. Located in Jua-
rez at Avenida Lerdo, where he
lives.
No. .., issued to ...., No. =. stevens
street. No such number on the street
No. -.. issued to &C.. (negrO),
West Overland street. No such num-
Der and nobody in that vicinity knew
him.
No. 80. issued to &C.. Investigation
showed him to be racetrack boy. who
came here in November with the
racers Not in city or state long
enough to vote
No. 90, issued to 800. (Mexican), e.
Stevens street; does not live there.
No. 80, issued to .... -(Mexican}, e.
Durango street. Investigation showed !
that the man lives in ConcOrdia, outside
the city limits
No. -. issued to .. CAmericanl, .
Hotel .-... Not known at the place.
Has never lived there, according to tie 8
hotel register.
No. e, issued to 49,. German name) |
given as bell boy at .. hotel Not ,
employed there and not known there.
Recently From Oklahoma.
NO. 90. issued to .... (American), 80. ]
hotel. Landlady says he came to lei |
Paso three months ago from Tulsa, |
Okla Register bears her out.
No. e., issued to 800 american
name), San Antonio street No such /
number. Vacant lot
No &C., issued to 800 american
name), South FL Paso street. There /
is no such man in the building His oc-
cupation was given on the poll tax stub !
as tailor. a man with a German
name, who followed the occupation of !
tailor and had the same initials as the |
name in which the receipt was issued, /
lived there at one time.
No. -., issued to . (Americar