The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-10-06

Deputy Registrar Michael slavin, met Miss Egan and Q group of Fusionists at the bank ct noon. Attorney John McLinden acted for Miss Egan, and advised her to turn over the documents to MT. Mo. Mahon.
 Named Chief MOderator
 Under Q special act, passed in 1929, the moderator of the third election district in Waterbury is the chief moderator of the election. It is his duty to turn over to the town and city clerks @ complete set of election results. Tn other cities and towns, 0 general statute provides that the first district mod erator shall be the chief moderator.
 Presents Demand
 on meeting Miss Egan, Mir. Me- Mahon presented the following for- unal demand in writing:
 Miss Dora Egan,
 Town Clerk.
 Dear Madam:
 hereby request that you
 turn over to me, aS general
 moderator of the ele:tion held
 At Waterbury, Connecticut, Dot.
 [. 1887, all the moderators' rec
 turns and checkers tally sheets
 6r reports, as compiled In the
 different districts used as poll-
 ing precincts at the above elec-
 ton so that ! may make my
 returns aS provided by lew.
 Very truly yours,
 JAMES MCMAHON,
 General Moderator
 Disputed For Time
 Miss Egan then consulted with MT. McLinden. For time they dis- puted with Corporation Counsel O'Connor as to who was the chief moderator in yesterdays election. However, the special act was shown them and they agreed that the papers should be placed in the custody of MT. McMahon, inoder- atoy for the third district.
 h further difficulty ensued when MiGs Egan prepared @ receipt for MT. McMahon to sign, stating that he had received the tally sheets. MT. O'Connor insisted that the i1loderators' records be also includ- ed, and the wording of the receipt was changed.
 Returns to City Hall
 On receiving the documents, Mir. MCNAahon returned immediately to the City Hall to begin the first official tally of votes iil last nights election.
 Checking Long Job
 NKoderatorS and their staffs pre- dicted that the job of re-checking the election figures would take 24 hours" Calls were arriving ct city hall from all sections of the state, interested persons and newspapers and news services demanding that they get some statement on the status of the Waterbury election. None was forthcoming, because the figures, yet unofficial in the face of the question raised by the close vote, were unavailable even in their original form. Checks made by both headquarters and newspapers last night were ct variance one with the other.
 Where Is Dora?
 Cameramen "shot" views of the questioned machines, guarded by police, and joined the common chorus, "Where is Dora?"
 Members of her office staff took the burden of complaint and raised their hands in hopeless gesture aS the mystery deepened. Reports cir- culated that the town clerk had left for her home during the inid-hours of last evening when the unofficial vote showed that she had lost to Mrs. Mary Q. Kilmartin, Democratic candidate, by c figure in excess of 400 votes.
 With the arrival of the missing town clerk, action started and Ut- ficials accompanied her to the bank to get the documents, returning the moderators' books and tally sheets to the office of the registrar of vot- CTS for the recount.
 VI Excitement Prevails
 Excitement prevailed when 1t ap- peared for Q time that Miss Egan would not show Up at all today, and that the official tally of the voting yesterday would be still further de- layed. Charges were heard that tal. ly sheets were incorrectly prepared in some districts, and that in other instances there was Q discrepancy between the total vote cast and the number of votes listed unofficially. One charge was that in Brooklyn