The evening world., 1893-11-10
HOT AFTER KANE.
Brooklyn's Citizens Committee
Organized for Business
Contributions from The Masses TO
Further Punishment.
Nass-Meeung at the Academy oil
Music Monday Night.

Could John Y. McKane see the nun
dreds of letters piled high on the desk OF
Jpdxe-elect william j. Gaynor, In BROOK
fvn. and the hundreds of others received
nv the different members of the Citizens
Committee organized to prosecute him.
the self-satisfed smile which he is try
Ing 10 wear would quickly disappear.
Tn letters come from every section OF
BROOKLYN. from all classes of people,
representing every shade of politics. One
and all demand swift punishment of the
Crayesend chieftain and his satellites.
with every letter comes Il remittance
In amounts ranging from 81 to 500 to
helm defray the expenses. These smaller
sums are even more welcome than such
contributions as 800, coo offered by Will
lam A. Ziegler, because they Indicate
The Committee itself does not pro
pose to lose an instant in pushing the
work. 1t was found that the large Com.
mittee would be too nnwieldiyi For cp, tn%l
ence held in the Academy OF Music
last night to appoint a Subcommittee
to carry on the prosecution: ,s
That subcommittee got down TO busl-
ness the first thing this morning, py
meeting in the office of eX-Park COM
missioner Eliza r. Kennedy; The other
members present were Robert Baker'
BENJAMIN r. Blair, william G. Low, >.
u. Woodhouse, ]. Warren Greene. A. l..
Sessions and the Chairman. James Nc
Keen.
After a few minutes conversation and
the exchange Of news and letters re-
ceived, the entire party proceeded TO the
Office. of Mr.. Gaynor in the Real Estate
Exchange building. where they were
3oined by Edward NJ. Shepard, who was
promptly added to the committee. Mr..
Gaynor arrived at 10 o'clock Al tneh
went into a conference ehind closed
doc rs.
by Mr.. Gaynor during the campaign ne
has found time during the past few days
to make himself conversant with the
McKsne outrage in all its details. Every
provision of the penal code that could
be construed. as bearing. upon the case
has beer gone over. Extracts from the
code were put before the Committee.
n evidence in hand was sifted, as far
as could possibly be done in the time
at the Committees disposal and a COM
plete programme arranged.
1t was decided to hold a mass-meeting
in the Academy of Music next Monday
light. That place has already been Sc
cured for the purpose.
The following. address was also drawn
up and signed by every member of the
Committee present:
T u who are interested In the purity
of elections:
''The offenders against tho laws II
the recent election in Kings County VII
be prosecuted. The work will be carried
on In an orderly manner. with the view
of vindicating the laws and the right!
of citizens. The authority of the Govern
ment viii be invoked, but heavy ex'
penses ave already been and must here
after be incurred in preparing the numer
Gus cases and in employing counsel.
"An who will subscribe for these pur'
poses are invited to send their contribu
ions to Gen. C. T. Christensen. Presi
dent Of the Brooklyn Trust Company
1T Montague street, who has consented
to serve as treasurer of the fund"
Contributions will also be received by
the Brooklyn papers except the rims
A full list of speakers at Monday
nights meeting could not be given on
for the reason that none save Mr.. Gay
nor has as yet been invited. He is con
eidering the propriety of speaking. Setl
Low will nrobably speak.
While the subcommittee Is busy wit
the Gravesend frauds, Col. Bacon, o
the Committee of One Hundred Is bus,
with the election crimes committed gen
orally throughout the city of Brooklyn
His office In the Gerinania nuilding wa
like a beehive this morning. Complaint
of all kinds were being received.
The latest outrage reported this morn
ing shows what tricks the ~ringster
resorted, to in the last campaign TO ayoio
the landslide. The victim is Edward l.
Wubber, a milk dealer. of 2o7 Ever
street. He had the temerlty during tn
campaign to display a schieren litho
ordered by the Democratic captain Of tn
district. Patrick FinneGan. to take In
Autograph down: Finnegan's brother
made a detective-sergeant.
Wubber refused to take down tn
Autograph, %whereupon Tinnegan sal
an Inspector from the Health Office Al
rived and took samples of the mill
He refused to say whether II was goo
or bad, nor did he comply with the la
by destroying the milk and giving tn
dealer a sample.