New-York tribune., 1921-11-02
400 Illegal
Votes Planted
ln ] District
Evidences of Flagrant Col
onization Frauds by
Tammany Found, Says
Attorney Generals Aid
Twelve i'm 4 Rooms:
To Ask Warrants
Householders i'm 4th, lst
and 9th Precincts Can't
Identify Their Boarders

Evidence tending to show that 400
ballot box suffers have been 'planted"
IN one Assembly district alone was pro-
duced at the first days investigation
into the charges lodged with the At
torney General Of the state that Tam
many Hall is attempting to use "ioat-
ers' on Election Day.
The investigation, which lasted all
yesterday, is in charge of Alexander
Wolf, Special Deputy Attorney General,
and is being held in the office of the
Board of Elections.
At the close of the hearing Mr.. Wolf
said that evidences of fragrant coloni-
zation had been found in the 4th As
sembly District, where he believes that
upward of 400 "foaters" have been
planted" Others have been found in
the LIST and Sth Assembly districts, he
said.
Will Recommend Warrants
Mr.. Wolf said last night that in
thirty-five alleged cases of colonization
investigated by him yesterday he found
cases to recommend the issuance of
warrants.
"under the law" said Mr.. Wolf, 81
cannot order arrests or the issuance of
warrants for arrests. All I can do is
to recommend to the Board of Elec-
tlons that warrants be issued. This. of
course, | shall do"
In many cases Mr.. VOLTS process
servers were unable to find any trace
of the "foaters" who registered from
places not their homes in the 1st, 4th
and Sth Assembly districts. Mail ad-
dressed to them at the addresses given
by them when they registered in scores
OF instances has been returned by the
Postoffice Department as mot known
at address given"
1--WE have issued subpenas for los
persons, who are charged with illegal
registration in the 4th Assembly Dis
trict alone" said Mr.. Wolf. eve have
succeeded in serving only sxty-fivc of
these, and about half of this number
could net be served personally. Of the
los we could not find any trace what
ever OF about forty"
/ Where the "fioaters' are coming from
the Witnesses yesterday did not dis
close. In the past, when Tammany re-
quircd ballot-box suffers and repeaters
sey City. Newark and Philadelphia.
Some of the witnesses examined d
yesterday were the householders with
whom the alleged illegal voters in their
replies to the registration officials said
they were living
Twelve Living in Four Rooms
In numerous instances householders
with three and four rooms, and with
families of husband, wife and three
! and four small children, swear that
they have from four to six boarders, so
that on their sworn statements ten to
twelve live in three and four small
rooms.
One woman swore that she had four
boarders-the alleged "Aoaters"-
that she did not know their names
their occupations or anything what
ever about them.
81 never see them," was her reply
when asked to describe how they
! looked.
From a saloon in Water Street one
man was registered. He swore that he
had been living for eight months in
the saloon, sleeping in the back room
Another man testified that he and
! his family of four who live in four
rooms on Lewis Street had four board
ers, who are on the suspect list.
"What do the boarders look like ?'
/ he was asked.
"I don't know" he replied.
One woman, who lives in three rooms
on. Water Street with her sister and
her child. was asked if she knew three
men who were registered as living in
her apartment.
"No," she replied
''Do they live there?"
"No. l know nothing about them
In another case three men and two
women were registered from a lawyers
Office.
The investigation will continue to-
day.