Show TAMMANY LEAD SIGHT OF P ten indictments by the grand jury in the new york election frauds Ballots found in back yards new york nov 10 evidence ot fraud in last tuesdays election was prepared for the grand jury today by both states attorney general mayor and by the law committee which is conducting wm R henreta He areta contest tor the mayoralty election the law committed commit tea applied for 16 indictments and ita members said that the names ot some prominent clana were among the indictments requested mr mayer announced that the evidence in his possession would justify him in asking for the indictment of several persons both on charges of violating the election laws and also for committing assaults at the polling booths on election day this evidence was prepared by mr mayor working in conjunction with district attorney geromes Je romes staff air hearal made public a pontal tard received today and signed merely truck driver which read on wednesday night alre ballot boxes were taken from a boarding stable at front street the situation today was described by william R haardt as tol lowe the law committee has discovered some very amazing thing s and the deeper wo go into this thing the uglier il looks we have evidence against 12 district leaders and I 1 am confident that we shall send two or three of them to prison I 1 am just as much interested te in the criminal prosecution of this case as I 1 am in the recount in this case it makes no difference whether I 1 am declared elected or not in comparison with the greater duty of sending criminals to jail it was for this purpose mr hearst slated and to strengthen th evidence against a certain district leader that I 1 nade the offer of reward today tor such evidence we have at least sufficient evidence to prove at least the necessity of a recount and I 1 believe that a recount will show a difference of ates in my favor here mr hearst said that many letters had been received by bis managers purporting to show that men from connecticut massachusetts and new jersey had come to new york on election day aej after voting fifteen or more times for the tammany ticket tor which they received a 5 note each time returned to their home mr hearst denied the report that h had retained jos H choate as his special counsel president voorhis his ot the board of elections today said the talk about ballot boxes was foolish the board he said anew how many boxes it gava out and as far as he knew all that should have come back have been received lie declared that the story about ballot boxes being found in the river is all false it was announced at tammany hall today that tammany district captala have secured evidence showing frauds committed by hearsle Hears ls supporters on election day several leaders said that while a recount might lessen mcclel lans vote the counter charges ot fraud which they intend to bring against the hearst organization will likewise bring about the lessening of he hearst vote and that in this way an equal reduction will be made in the tote which will not affect the result an offer was made in wall street today to bet against that wm R hearst will be seated as the next mayor of new york |