New-York tribune., 1920-09-16
arly Returns Indicate
the Mayors Candidates
Carried Cook County
by $4,000 to 100000
Terrorism Rules
AT Chicago Polls
Four Men. kidnapped i'm
Fray; Efforts to Steal
Ballot Boxes Defeated

CHICAGO, Sept. 15.-Candidates
backed by William Hale Thompson,
Mayor of Chicago, in his struggle
with Governor Frank o. Lowden
over political control of Illinois, were
leading tonight on early returns
from Cook County (Chicago) and
from the state.
The voting to-day followed one Of
the bitterest campaigns in the his
tory of the state, and, despite elabo-
rate precautions by both state and
city police authorities there were
many disturbances. In Chicago one
man was killed, four kidnapped, sew
eral beaten and half dozen arrest
ed on charges ranging from election
fraud to assault to commit murder.
Several women here were hurt in
the fighting at the polls.
o Several = unsuccessful attempts to
steal ballot boxes were made and two
precinct captains were included among
the four men kidnapped, in each case
by gangs in automobiles.
Returns indicate that Mayor Thomp-
sons machine carried Cook County by
from $4,000 to 100000. Len Small is
the Mayors candidate for Governor
and Representative Frank L. Smith his
candidate for the Republican nomina-
tion for United States Senator
Governor Lowden supported John G.
Oelesby, Lieutenant Governor, for the
gubernatorial nomination, and William
b. Mckinley for the Senatorial nomi-
nation.
Figures Shown by Returns
Returns from 664 precincts out OF
o,137 in Illinois, including 234 outside
of Cook County, give for the Repub-
lican nomination for Governor:
Carlstrom, 2,901; OgIesby, 29,9o6:
Small, 1860; Woodruff, 1858.
Returns from 639 precincts, includ-
ing 209 outside of Cook County, for
the Republican nomination for United
States Senator give Chiperfield, 5,64S;
Mckinley, 1886; Smith, 40,891.
Returns from $50 precincts, includ-
ing fifty outside Of Cook County, for
the Democratic nomination for Gov.
ernor give:
Lewis, ZO,453; OHara, 3,7f2.
Returns from 585 precincts, includ-
ing forty outside of Cook County. for
the Democratic nomination for United
States Senator give Burke, 12,o89;
Waller, 1852.
Among the Democrats two close races
developed. Maclay Hoyne, seeking a
| third term as States Attorney for Cook
County, was running behind Michael
L. Igoe. Robert E. Burke, of Chicago,
and Peter a. Waller, of Kewanee, were
within few votes of each other in re-
turns from 80 precincts, including ten
outside of Cook County, for the DEM
ocratic nomination for Senator.
Joseph G. Cannon led on carly res
trict, with 56 out of 211 precincts in.
He had 1862 to 2,676 for +. B. Cooley.
Charges that the assailants in most
cases were Thompson adherents brought
statements from the Mayors faction
that many of the 1000 special deputies
syorn in by Sheriff Peters. a Lowden
adherent, were ex-convicts and that
they had started most of the fights.
Sheriff Peters said few "disreputable
characters" might have been included
among his deputies, but that they were
discharged as soon as discovered.
Women Workers Active
Women workers were out in force in
every ward in the city and every
county down-state, despite the bad
weather, and they made good their
their sex TO the polls before they
closed at 5 o'clock.
| The fighting at the polls in Chicago
during the late afternoon amounted to
terrorism. The deputy sheriffs sent to
the polls to prevent fraud were looked
upon by the policemen as lawless ele-
ment. The deputies, on the other hand,
vested with county authority. refused
to leave the polls at the orders Of the
policemen.
The entire Democratic organization
| ticket, state and county. was expected
to win, with the possible exception Of
| States Attorney Hoyne, who was OPP
posed for denomination by Michael L.
! Igoc.
Never before have so many marked
ballots been carried to the polling
places, and those who did not have
any were readily supplied by the many
factional workers who congregated d
near the ballot boxes.
Heavy Slush Fund Reported
There was a deluge of money OIL the
Thompson side. The City Hall forces
expended an average of at least $500 in
each precinct in their effort to infuence
voters, it is said
Michael Fennesy. thirty-five years
old, precinct worker, was shot and
killed at 18th Ward polling place by
a policeman. Detectives who arrested
the slayer said he had been drinking.
In the fighting in Chicago severa
women were hurt. One of them was
Miss Emily Geary, election clerk, while
another was Mrs. M. L. Spree, another
election clerk. They were knocked
down and bruised in the general melee
In their ward.
An instance Of the trouble between
deputies and policemen is illustrated
by the following:
Detective Sergeant Anthony Nagel
according to witnesses. attempted tc
drive away Lee Thornton. a negro
special deputy sheriff assigned to !
polling place at Twenty-eighth ans
State streets, in the heart of the Sec
ond Ward. Thornton showed his sta,