New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-06
EFFORTS TO BAIL THE PRISONERS.

MR.. KENNEDY's ACCOUNT or THE AFFAIR
Tribune reporter saw Mr.. Kennedy yester-
dow afternoon at his home No. SO Ninth-ave,
and received from him the following story: A
gentleman called on me- at breakfast and ex-
nIaned the arrest Of Gaynors men, and asked
! II I would accompany other gentlemen 10 pan
them out. I answered yes. and instantly put on
my hat and overcoat. We took the 'ra'" vi
! Culver's road and went to GraVeseho'
1--WE were interested in the thoroughness WIN
which the conspiracy for revolution "orheo
when Mr.. Grout. having been recognized as we
went into the station in Brooklyn, the pohce-
man on duty there went to the telephone. we
| ,snac,ad that tidings Of our departure would
| arrive ahead of u.s. and therefore. were not
surnrised. on stepping off the train at Coney
Island to find several tough looking customers
who logged our footsteps until we 'ooh
another train to return to Brooklyn
"Our entire party first went to the police sta
t,on Grout explained to the sergeant In charge
| that we had come offer bail for the men ar
| rested the night before, and Maxwell informed
| the sergeant that he personally would give pail
for 800 900 or any other sum that was deeiheo
necessary The sergeant said that he couio not
take bail and then told us that the arres'eu
men had been sent to the Raymond Street jail
in Brooklyn.
THE SERGEANT SMILES.
Eve conferred among ourselves and decideo
to find Justice Sutherland and demand 'ha' he
should take bail. The sergeant smiiihs' re-
marked that we probably would not oe aoie ~
| find Sutherland. as he was out Of town. we
then divided ourselves into two parues ~ A'u
onotber iistice of the peace The party with
canning ont of liquor store. Mr.. Grout In
formed the Justice that we had come 10 oier
hail for Mr.. Gaynors men. Justice Newton re-
nlied that he did not know anything ABOUT 'he
case. and turned on his heel and started 10
Ill, o,,ov Mr. Grout told him he could find out
all about it at the station house, when was
not more than a few steps away. Newton re-
piled that he was not going to the station mouse
inst then. Mr.. Grout, still talking to the back
| Of tho Justices head said that 1t was great
hardship to be locked up all Sunday ana that
we has, bondsmen able to furnish millions Oh
dolIa re but Newton refused to have anything 10
do with it.
"Neitber Of our parties being able to ma a
i.tica NJ the peace we returned to BROOKLYN
Here we again divided our forces into TWO
parts: one under Mr. Mayer went to ma some
Justice of the peace in Flatbush or In some
other county town. Late in the AFTERNOON l
learned that they had been unable 10 nhu d
Justice of the peace. with MI. TROUT ai'u
COM. other gentlemen who stood ready to fur
Mich hail we went to Raymond Street jail.
I-non Grout informing the keeper. VINO came
IN the door that came To see the PRISONERS
W. were promptly shown into the reception
room. and Mr. Mcnamara and MI Earoher
were brought from their cells
hat
Il can say from my personal obserVauo" '"a'
,,oso man were covered with vermin. which
was crawling about their clothes. We conferred
with the two prisoners and heard their accounts
Of the arrests Charles II. Hyde. OF Mr. Gay
nors office. remarked that the civil treatment
r.o roceive1 differed somewhat from that he re-
ceived when he called at the jail few hours
earlier on the same Grand On handing in his
card and saying that he was counsel for the
prisoners the jail attendant grufiy told him
that he could not prisoners on sunday ana
slammed the gate in his face
JUDGE CULLEN ANXIOUS TO ACT.
From the Jail went TO Judge cullen
house Upon sending our names up ne came
into the parlor. Hearing our account ne eN-
nressed a readiness to act any application
70 bring the men before him. He said that we
need make no apology. and that the serious
/ n.S
expressed n fear however. that he would not
! he able to issue Il writ of habeas corpus as the
seal Of the court could not be procured in
Time but that he would be- ready by daylight
Monday morning If action was not had at an
earlier hour.
After a long ana patient search Justice Steers
who t. connected with the 18th Regiment was
found at the armory. He went to the Jail in
pavmond-st but Warden Doyle would not
recognize his authority To issue bail in behalf
~ the prsoners Mr.. Doyle put himself on
| rocord by saving that he would not recognize
the authority Of any justice Of the peace ex-
cont Justice Sutherland Doyle seemed to think
that only the justice who committed the pris-
oners could accept bail for them.
7, regard to the conduct of the Gravesend
| officials Justice Steers, who was seen at his
home by a Tribune reporter last night. said:
| 1T have no sympathy with these people at
| Crovesend who call themselves Democrats.
They appear to throw all law and order to the
winds and If that's the way they are going to
act while I'm a Democrat would rather wash
my hands and declare that 1 can be member
of no political party any longer.
1T Is UTTER LAwLEssNEss.
Tinted States District-Attorney Johnson said
In discussing the matter: This is the most
high handed proceeding have ever known. 1t
shows a spirit of lawessness that exceeds any
thing in my experience. We took the matter
Of getting a copy of the registration into court
after access to the lists had been denied. The
court issued an order to show cause and we
were unable to serve the persons in charge
| Of the lists. as they absconded from the town.
"F,nallv one OF them surrendered himself on
criminal charge and we were enabled to serve
him. On that we got a mandamus 80 that the
list in his possession could be copied Armed
with the process Of the court man went to
Grayesend accompanied by others who desired
to find the other registers OF election, and they
were arrested as soon as they left the cars on
trumped-up charges This is case of the most