New-York tribune., 1922-11-08
Vote Cleanest
Ever Cast Here.
Officials Say
Myriad Inspectors, Watch
ers, Policemen and De-
tectives Guard Polling
Places in All Parts of CITY
Only 20 Arrests Ordered
All Released Except One;
Attempts OF Others Are
A cr b e d to Errors

| Eight hundred inspectors. operating
| unaes Deputy attorney General A. s.
gilbert, with 300 representatives of
the Honest Ballot Association. 5000
specially assigned patrolmen and hun
dreds OF detectives employed BY civic
| societies, watched voters in polling
places throughout Greater New York
/ all day yesterday. Out of twenty ar
rests made in the course Of the day
but one man was held last night.
SPECIAL Deputy Attorney General
the cleanest in New York City's his
tory. large number of persons
would have voted illegally, he declared,
put for fear inspired by the campaign
| conducted by the Attorney Generals
department. In view of the rigorous
investigation carried on by his men
for several weeks. he said, persons
who had contemplated violations cf the
law had been afraid to appear at poll
ing places.
The man held, Samuel Horowitz,
dress as 224 Madison Street, was ar
rested by Patrolman John Dolan, of
the Clinton Street station. who said he
had been informed Horowitz did not
live there. Hoorwtz was taken into
custody on warrant issued by Chief
aaglstrate McAdoo and held in S100
bond for examination November ID. In
ell other cases the men arrested were
dismissed by magistrates. Nearly every
case proved due TO an error. In the
majority of instances mistakes had
been made by registration clerks.
Little Trouble in Brooklyn
In Brooklyn, where Deputy Attorney
General Mescowitz had more than 500
watchers, with q large force concen-
trated in the waterfront districts, not
single arrest was made at the in
stance of officials representing the At
torney Generals department. Nearly
all arrests were made by police officers
on their own initiative. In most in
stances dismissal of the cases was
urged by representatives of Mr.. Gil
bert's office.
The second arrest made during the
day for illegal registration took place
at Public School 1870, at the northeast
corner of Baxter and Hester streets.
Barry Flynn, fifty years old, who regis
tered from the Uncas House, 72 Bow
cry, was arrested by Patrolman Thomas
F Haynes, who said Flynn did not live
there. Deputy Attorney John G. Fem
ster and Assistant District Attorney
John T. Hogan moved discharge on the
ground that his explanations had
proved satisfactory to both officials.
After statements by Deputy Attor-
neys General Gilbert and Moscowitz
had been read to John r. Voorhis, pres-
dent of the Board of Elections, Mr..
Voorhis declared all the talk about
fraudulent voting and disorder at poll
ing places had ben "hot air" He said
there had not been at any time the
slightest probability of disorder so far
as he had been able to judge in ad-
vance. The peaceful character of the
election had been no surprise to him, he
said.
Gilbert's Ire Aroused
Deputy Attorney General Gilbert be-
came cxasperated when Magistrate
Oberwager, in Tombs Court, dismissed
a charge Of illegal registration against
Leroy Raymond, fifty five years old. an
assistant steward at the Hotel Astor.
Magistrate Oberwager said Raymond
was we'll known and it was a shame to
deny him the right of suffrage He re-
marked that the Attorney Generals de-
partment ought to exercise more care
in ordering arrests. When objection
was was made to Raymond's discharge
Magistrate Oberwager said 1T appeared
to him there were more deputy at
torney generals in New York than colo
nels in Kentucky.
District Attorney Banton and his
aides visited polling places throughout
the city yesterday. Mr.. Banton's as
sistants were assigned throughout the
city, but they found little to do. The
District Attorney said last night he
felt that his position in the contro-
verrys with Deputy Attorney General
Gilbert would be thoroughly justified
by results.
Virtually the only disorderly Incl
dent. took place outside the polling
booth at 112th Street and Broadway.
1t was due TO remark made casually
by Eugene Komanski 392 Manhattan
Avenue, that women in politics made
him SICK Komanski was attacked by
two women who were untacking sign
outside the booth. The mans glasses
were smashed and he suffered contu-
sons before being hailed before Magis-
trate Smith In West Side Court.
charged with disorderly conduct. The
magistrate discharged Komanski with
warning. Five women witnesses