Show MY JiffY GATHERED HI IN I Congressman W Bourke Cockran Arrested in New York but Promptly Turned loose New ew York Nov 5 Congressman W V Bourke Cockran was arrested on a charge of ot illegal voting this afternoon at the poll polling pollIng polling ing place The policeman man who made the arrest said he could not verify verIty the address given by Mr Cockran at East Seven Seventeenth Seventeenth Seventeenth street from which Mr Cockran had registered The congressman was taken to the police station and thence to toa toa toa a police court Mr Cockran Is s grand sachem of Tam Tammany Tammany Tammany many hall hail A servant at the East Sev Seventeenth Se street house had sworn that no noone noone noone one named Bourke Cockran Cochran lived hived there and Magistrate Cornell issued the war warrant warrant warrant rant while under the impression that some someone someone someone one was trying to vote On lIn the congress mans name When he was arraigned In Incourt Inc incOurt court c urt one on f the states attorney gener generals generals als ats assistants denounced the arrest as asan asan asan an outrage and Mr Cockran was prompt promptly ly discharged Mr Cockran said the East t Seventeenth street house was his resi rest residence residence dence before he went to congress and that he had never forfeited his right to vote from that address When I registered he said I told the inspectors Vho who I was and explained the entire situation I was not challenged when I registered nor today toda I fail fall to understand under what authority the ar arrest arrest arrest rest was made |