“The is intense indignation on the West Side among Republicans over the way in which the Clark gang voted the inmates of the county infirmary.”
“It is stated that each inmate was supplied with an unofficial ballot on which the blocks or squares opposite the names of the gang candidates were cut out. When the inmates voted they were instructed to lay the unofficial ballot, agent up, directly over the regular ballot and mark in the open squares. In this way they were certain to vote for the gang candidates for county offices, committeemen and delegates.”
“One man who got onto the scheme made an infirmary inmate give up his unofficial ballot and also induced him to tell how he was instructed to use it.”
“Voting infirmary inmates has ever been a favorite pastime of the Clark gang, but never before has there been such open and flagrant violation of the law as in this instance.”1
