Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-05-30

They've arrested every one or these
election officers on trumped-up charges
Just then the patrol wagon arrived
with its uSua noisy Clangor anu ,hs
arrested officials were meek'y heroeo
into 1t.
But here. what are those fellows
DOING" and Jerry pointed to knot OF
men on the sidewalk apparently CON
ducting some kind of game or simon
says thumbs down
"Tbat's the Deutsch men. holding a
curbstons election to name Officers 10
take charge Of the polls here: Before
those other fellows can get bail ana Get
back here. the Dsutsch people Will be III
charge Of the ballot-box."
We'll I'm dashed!' said Jerry. Al,
though becoming Injured to shocks ana
establishments of this sort, ne Eazed
with a kind of sickness IN MS heart
the curbstone proceedings concluded. q
group of nondescripts stepped INSIDE ana
proceeded to take over the parapner-
MALTA Of election from the policeman
who was guarding II.
Let's go round to the station, sug
gested Rissman, "and see what's hap
pening there"
The police station was crowded with
these same nondescript. types from tne
ward, and every few minutes the patroi
wagon dumped a fresh load.
Same thing" explained Rlssmap,
men have got bale OF blank attidavits
provided by some Complaisant Magls,
trate. They're filling in any sort OF ola
charges from assault and battery on the the
Kaiser to eloping with the scrub ladies'
at the City Hall, and they're, around
pulling these Carey election on1clals as
fast bssss as hsy n can ,hs w0rx Way Sf they
over in that other division.
"But-but can nothing be done in
quired Jerry. sti'l prompted by no
special sympathy for the carey men;
the ballot. why this is equivalent to
stealing the election
Stealing it? OF course. That's the
idea. Carey's here tailing his men out
as fast as he can. hut the harhI done
many of these camoufiaged policemen
around that are sure to get into every
fight and to happen &lways to be on me
Deutsch side OF II. that the Careyltes
to regain their positions at tine polling
places. Besides, there's that rumor
about gunmen.'
Carey! Is Carey here? Id like to get
a look at him.
I'm introduce you PROPOSED Kiss; Kiss
Jerry into the crowd before the rail
and presented him to heavy man who
wore derby hat pushed back and
whose big face carried a prn,,s,r prinmas,rry tX- TX
ilocence that was just now illumined by
a gleam of excitement in the eyes. the
impression conveyed by the Carey en-
semble was that Of patient adhesive
sort of personality. rather than force
full one.
The leader bestowed only a casual
ha ndshake and nod IN Jerry his mind
too enRrossed to recognize in him the
Archer of recent newspaper fame, and
turned again to his task as. with M
Deyau the bailRoer, inside at the desk
of the Magistrate-a Carey Magistrate
bail bond after bail bond was being
executed and accepted. There were
others In the Carey party. but Jerry
did not meet them. content to stand
aloof in the steaming crowd and absorb
impressions, while Rissman gathered the
news. which in this instance consisted
mainly of the names of the arrested
parties.
THE telephone for me-" Rissman an
nounced presently Want to come out
side and get some air?"
While the reporter went into drug