New-York tribune., 1922-11-04
District
Is C.ornlbed for
Illegal Voters
Big Force of Men Sent
Into Harlem After Re-
ports of More Than
Score of False Registrants
Soldiers Ballots an Issue
NoLoss of Citizenship forAb-
sence-Without-Leave Com
victions, US. Official Rules

Deputy Attorney General Gilbert, in
vestigating fraudulent registration
sent a large force of men into the
Harlem negro district yesterday after
more than a score Of instances had beer
| reported In which registrants could
not be found at addresses given by
them. Mr.. Gilbert said last night he
intended to comb the section thorough.
iy. Twelve Brooklyn men charged with
false registration were erraigned be-
fore County Judge Martin. Six pleaded
guilty and were held in $500 bonds
each. The others pleaded not guilty
and we're held for trial.
Deputy Attorney General Moscowitz
was notified last night by United
States District Attorney Ralph C.
Greene that former soldiers who were
tried by courts martial during the war
and convicted did not forfeit citizenship
through such convictions except where
the offense was desertion. The opin-
ion of the United States District AT
torney specifically states that convic.
tion for absence without leave does
not involve loss of citizenship.
Many to Lose Votes
Later Mr.. Moscowitz said the number
Of former soldier voters affected by his
investigation would be materially
lessened through this Interpretation OF
the law, but that there remained sew
eral thousand in the greater city whose
votes would be thrown out. Additional
evidence affecting ore than 1000 men
proved to have been admitted to citi-
zenship after conviction of crime in
a,,l
obtained yesterday and will be sub
rditted to the Federal authorities Mon
day.
Mr.. Moscowits appeared before the
Brooklyn grand jury with forty wit
nesses yesterday afternoon. 1t was said
last night fifteen additional indict-
n1ents will be returned Monday morn
ing. Twenty persons charged with
fraud await trial next. week in tho Su-
preme and county courts. Three hun
dred special investigators were engaged
by Mr.. Moscow yesterday for service
at polling places on Election Day.
Those charged with fraudulent regis
tration who appeared before Judge
Martin and pleaded guilty were julius
Brody, 1882 Bergen street; julius
Sehillowitz, 44s14 Thirteenth Avenue,
William Gaze. Iii Fleet Place; Edward
underhill, 257 Powers Street; Victor
Smith, 568 eHars Street, and Martin A..
Bauer, 342 Jay Street, all of Brooklyn.
Those pleading not guilty are Rocco
Cireillo, 491 Keap Street, Alexander
GoaseleY 81 Sumpter Street; John
Mahoney, STA Hart Street; John Gior-
dani, 28S Hudson Avenue; Israel Wal
wick, 1873 Prospect Place, and Cosimo
Casonoya, 45 Spencer Street.
s..l Woman Accused Of Fraud
Miss Mary Malloy, fsrty-fsur years,
a dressmakef, was charged with fraudu-
lent registration when it was iound
she had given her address as 24l East
Sixty eighth Street. Investigators said
Miss Malloy had not lived at the East
Sixty-eighth Street address since Oc-
tober, 1921.
When Miss Malloy was arraisned
Frederick j. Hackenburg, candidate for
reelection to the Assembly, told Mag
istrate Cobb her arrest was due to DO
litical tricksry and without justifiea-
ton. Miss Malloyr said her brother-in-
law occupied the house and that a
quantity Of her furniture remained in
it. She had regarded it as her home,
she said, although she had not actually
resided there for some time.
Samuel Talsky and his wife, Rebecca,
who registered from 446 Cherry Street
were held in $1,000 bail each by Magis-
trate Renaud when proof was offered
by an investigator for Deputy Attorney
General Gilbert that their legal resi-
dence is at 358 Pulaski Street, Brook
iyn. The defendants were represented
in court by E. M. Hass, Of 302 Broad
way, who said the apparent false reg
istration had been due to a misappre-
hension on their part.