New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-06
Democrats Held
In Primary Fraud
Offer to Confess
Swami Says Several Want
to Tell Who Ordered
Ballots Altered

Several Of the Democratic primary
inspectors. who are charged with after
inc the Mitchcl-Benrctt returns, have
offered 20 turn states evidence and
tell who instructed them to alter the
results OF the primary, according to a
statement issued last night by District
ATTORNEY Swami. twenty-five election
i-spectors nave been indicted in con
nection with alleged primary frauds.
81 think / can predict with consid-
cradle certainty that we will get, the
man higher up and that he Will oe
considerably bigger man than an cleo
ton captain" said Mr.. Swami.
District Captain Suspected
so far. it is pretty well established
that two or three men IN aulomoDHes
made a tour of the polling places where
fra,d WIS committed at about o'c.ocH'
In one instance district captain
visited the 18th Election District OF
The 18th Assembly District and spoke
10 William Ray, the chairman Of We
Kcpubiican board, who counted the
ballots. Mr.. Ray is public account
ant. The evidence SHOWS that MlIGne'
received twenty-four votes ana pen
nett three. The recount ShoNeu
Mitchell thirteen and Bennett thir'eeh'
we have been Informed that on .ns1
way TO the police station Dir. Kay "sngu
,tc ua.rolnan who was guarding the
ballot boxes who would nave cnaIEe 20
Nc boxes while they were IN the car :
If the police and how long they woulu
remain in that mans care H..
II was learned that this information
,.as riven by Adolph Calmbach, az
Fos4 Fiphty-frst Street, who, with pen
;a,,;, Harrison. go East Elghty-nrst
Street was the Democratic inspector
I'M Pay's election district. IL was also
io,rnod that the Democratic inspectors
Who have offered to put their iniorma-
tom in affidavit form reside in uptown
districts and have not yet been III
oicted. -, c..
tara inst beginning to appreciate now
ecrious is the situation that IS con-
fronting them, and they are beginning
90 talk f..
Abraham s. Gilbert. counsel for
Mayor Mitchell, informed Mr.. Swami
Yesterday lNdl If N'AN li4'1- 80
iorzer. Of the Mitchell Fusion commit
ice TO turn over TO the District Attor-
nov all the evidence he has IN has pos
session of alleged primary frauds.
More Inspectors Surrender
Seven more Of the indicted inspectors
surrendered Yesterday and were re
ieaced i'm $500 bail by Judge Null
queen i'm General Sessions. Only one
Of the original twenty-five has not sur
rendered. lie is Republican and -
now Al Yaphank and cannot be reached.
Those who came in yesterday were:
Calmbach and Harrison. Democratic
insuectors of the 18th Election DIS
trIct Of the 10th Assembly District;
Emanuel Krulcwitch, 1886 Madison
Avenue. nephew of Isidore Krulewitch,
ReuubHcan leader of the 4h Election
District of the eth Assembly District;
Abraham SlbCrlust. GO East lO6th
Street. and Harry Goldblatt, Is East
tooth Street, Democrats Of the 9TH
Election District of the nth Assembly
District. and Dr. Maurice BuchholtZ, 81
West illtn Street. and Samuel Kris
berg. is West Nth Street, Democrats,
Of The Goth Election District of the
nth Assembly District.
Fifty more Indictments are predicted
for Monday, when evidence Of fraud
will be submitted from the LIST. 18th.
nth, 18th and 18th Assembly districts.