New-York tribune., 1921-09-24
Hines Claims
Frauds Prove
Him Victor
Lippe Ends Examination
and Tells Board 443
Districts Show Election
Stolen by Tammany
Boss Murphy Beaten
By 1862, He Asserts
Formal Recount To Be
Asked Monday; Shalleck
Gets Two Death Threats

Gets Two Death Threats
Vincent S. Lippe, counsel for James
]. Hines, yesterday informed the Board
of Elections that enough frauds had
heen discovered in an examination Of
less than half of the election districts
in Manhattan to show that the Dem
| ocratic nomination for Borough Pres
ident had been stolen from Hines. He
also announced that he would cease his
preliminary examination of the ballots
and apply to Supreme Court Justice
Wasservogel on Mondsy for formal
recount
The recount, if granted assuming
the frauds alleged by Lippe prove to be
borough wide-will show Hines nolni-
mated by an estimated majority of 12,-
692 votes over Julius Miller. Charles F.
Murphy's candidate, who. on the face
of the returns, was nominated by u.
majority of 8,511.
The Tammany lawyers, however, while
admitting that the official returns will
be changed by recount, insist that
Hines will not add more than 1000
to his vote, and that Miller will be
declared by the courts to be entitled to
the nomination.
1t was 4:30 yesterday afternoon when
the examination of the ballots ceased.
Up to that time ballot boxes in 448
election districts had been examined.
The frauds in these districts, which are
less than half Of the total number in
Manhattan, which is 998, showed, ac-
cording to Lippe:
THAT 4,500 fraudulent votes had
been counted for Miller.
2-That 1856 perfect Hines votes
had not been counted for Hines.
3-That 2,78O Hines ballots had
been deliberately voided.
4-That every device known to ballot
thieves had been resorted to by the
Murphy-Mi'ler election officials.
1--WE will now prepare our affidavits
for submission to Justice Wasservo-i
gel" said Lippe at the close of the ex-.
animation. "We expect to be ready
Monday, and we will ask the court to
institute quo warranto proceedings" ~
Predicts Prison Terms
Lippe declared that certain election
officials would 60 to prison as the result
of the frauds committed in the Tam
many primaries, and expressed conf
dence that Governor Miller would
grant his request for the appointment
of the State Attorney General to su-
persede District Attorney Swami in the
prosecution of the frauds.
Joseph Shalleck, associate counsel
for Hines, who was shot, blackj kjacked
and kicked by thugs while searching
for frauds in Charles T. Mulphy's dis
trict, has received two letters threat
ening his life.
One was received yesterday warning
him that if he attended the meeting
Of the Tammany Hall County Commit
tee he would be shot and killed before
he left the Fourteenth Street Wigwam.
Calls Writers Cowards
"The letters came from towards"
said Shalleck. "They did not dare
sign them, and if they thought that
they could intimidate me in the slight
est, they were greatly mistaken"
Shalleck, who told of the threatening
letters during yesterdays examination
of the ballots. was still mass of band
ages and splints, mute evidence that
they treat 'em rough in Boss Murphy's
district.
Some of the most glaring frauds dis
covered were in Murphy's own district,
the 18th Assembly. In the I'd Election
District the Big Chiefs home bailiwick,
where Shalleck was assaulted, twelve
votes which had been cast for Hines
had been altered with lead pencil and
eraser into Miller votes.
In the 25th Election District of Boss
Murphy's district, seventy-tive Hines
votes, which had been X-ed for Hines
in heavy pencil which deied the eraser,
were voided by the addition of cross
mark in front of Miller's name.
po1Io+ hoyoc Vuora stuffed cOd Ofharc
with broken seals. told silent story
of having been tampered with in the
police stations where they were re-
moved for "safe keeping" after the
polls closed
Sample Ballot Stuffed In
Wholesale discrepancies in the tally
sheets were found. Sample ballots
were also found to have been voted
wholesale for Miller Surplus ballots
are missing, showing that they had
been used by the election thieves to
stuff the ballot boxes.
In the 1st Election District of the
I'd Assembly District the signature
book bore the names of thirty voters
in the same handwriting. A note at
the bottom of the book, supporting to
have been written by the inspector, ex-
planned that. he had written the names
because the voters had such poor eye
sight that they could not write their
own.
"The frauds committed are too mani
fest for comment" said Lippe as he
left for the day with his associate, Jo-
seph Shalleck.