Philadelphia Inquirer, November 13, 1910View transcription
MORE IN THE NET OF BAR COMMITTEE
End of Arrests of Persons Suspected of Election Frauds in Camden Is Not in Sight
In carrying out their plan to bring to justice all persons who are alleged to have been guilty of fraud in connection with the recent election in Camden, the members of the special committee of the Camden County Bar Association, of which Lawyer F. Morse Archer is the chairman, yesterday caused several additional arrests George Murray, a policeman, was held in $500 bail by Justice Thompson on a charge of illegal registering of a voter while Charles D. Crane, an election officer in the Third precinct, Third ward, was held in $1000 bail on two charges, one of attempting to vote illegally, made by Jacob Wagner, and another of aiding and abetting illegal voting, the complainant being Daniel J. Hiland. The complainants are Democratic workers.
In addition to these, John Stockton, Martin Carrigan and Joseph Sparks were held in $500 bail on a charge of "urging" a vote declared to have been fraudulent. It was stated there are numerous other cases, so many in fact that it is impossible to state where the end will be. The prosecutions will involve persons scattered throughout the city and county, and it is asserted that both the grand jury and Prosecutor Scovel will be kept busy for weeks to come.
With respect to the Crane case, it is alleged that he was an election officer in the Third ward, and that he left his station for several hours, visiting several other districts, where he is said to have attempted to vote. In one instance he is alleged to have gone in the Fourth ward, where Stockton and the others are said to have urged his vote be taken, although knowing that he was not the man he represented himself to be. After an absence of four or five hours, Crane, it is said, returned to his district. Murray, the policeman, is alleged to have placed the name of a man on the list whom he knew was not a resident of the precinct.
While Democratic election workers have thus far been the complainants, it is declared that much of the information was gathered by members of the Bar Association's committee, which visited most of the precincts in Camden. They assert that the conditions were nothing short of appalling, as will be shown in good time. Not only Republican, but Democratic workers and election officers are said to be involved. It is the intention of the committee to go ahead irrespective of who the investigation strikes, and prosecutions are to be vigorously pressed.
End of Arrests of Persons Suspected of Election Frauds in Camden Is Not in Sight
In carrying out their plan to bring to justice all persons who are alleged to have been guilty of fraud in connection with the recent election in Camden, the members of the special committee of the Camden County Bar Association, of which Lawyer F. Morse Archer is the chairman, yesterday caused several additional arrests George Murray, a policeman, was held in $500 bail by Justice Thompson on a charge of illegal registering of a voter while Charles D. Crane, an election officer in the Third precinct, Third ward, was held in $1000 bail on two charges, one of attempting to vote illegally, made by Jacob Wagner, and another of aiding and abetting illegal voting, the complainant being Daniel J. Hiland. The complainants are Democratic workers.
In addition to these, John Stockton, Martin Carrigan and Joseph Sparks were held in $500 bail on a charge of “urging” a vote declared to have been fraudulent. It was stated there are numerous other cases, so many in fact that it is impossible to state where the end will be. The prosecutions will involve persons scattered throughout the city and county, and it is asserted that both the grand jury and Prosecutor Scovel will be kept busy for weeks to come.
With respect to the Crane case, it is alleged that he was an election officer in the Third ward, and that he left his station for several hours, visiting several other districts, where he is said to have attempted to vote. In one instance he is alleged to have gone in the Fourth ward, where Stockton and the others are said to have urged his vote be taken, although knowing that he was not the man he represented himself to be. After an absence of four or five hours, Crane, it is said, returned to his district. Murray, the policeman, is alleged to have placed the name of a man on the list whom he knew was not a resident of the precinct.
While Democratic election workers have thus far been the complainants, it is declared that much of the information was gathered by members of the Bar Association's committee, which visited most of the precincts in Camden. They assert that the conditions were nothing short of appalling, as will be shown in good time. Not only Republican, but Democratic workers and election officers are said to be involved. It is the intention of the committee to go ahead irrespective of who the investigation strikes, and prosecutions are to be vigorously pressed.
