The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-12-15
MKANE SENTENCED TO JAIL.
JUSTICE BARNARD FINDS MN GUIL1Y
OF CRIMINAL CONTEMPT

NFopstNs Hhu vobuNoh are ALSO
Guiity and Mus, GO TO Jau VITA the
Grave-end chief for Thirty Dnys-Be-
sides Each Must Pay n Fiuo of $3.50
Their Chance for stay and an Appeal.
The extreme penalty provided by the law
must be imposed for such an offence thus bru-
tally carried out The accused are fined each
$3.50 and imprisoned for thirty days in the
county Jail OF Kings county"
Thus ends the decision OF Justice Joseph +.
Barnard in tho case OF John Y. McKane. chief
OF Police OF the town OF Gravesend; II. '. ID.
Newton, Justice OF the Peace OF tho same
place. and Harlan Crandall. James II. Cropsey
and Nicholas j. Johnson election inspectors
each and all OF whom so runs the legal
phrase had on election day refused to obey
an Injunction issued from the supreme Court
and had aggravated the contempt which they
thereby expressed by assaulting the bearers
OF the order Of Injunction
When this decision was read aloud by clerk
in one OF the side rooms Of the supreme Court
in Brooklyn yesterday morning. it created an
amount o! explosive excitement that spread
like big ripple all over the city
Newsboys on every corner were bowling:
"Uxtroe Uxtree! John y. McKane goin' to
Jail" Upon every public bulletin board tho
news was hoIsted in big lcttcrs. The tickers
flashed it in every direction. The police in the
luiet districts heard it in their station houses
and spread it along their posts Twenty news
paper reporters wrote out the hurried d eta
ton OF the clerk who held tho decision in his
hand, and by noon million people knew that
John Y. Mckane. one OF the most interesting
mep who ever attract ed q cItys attention. had
be IN sentencei to jnil.
Oithe Justice OF the Peace and the three
Election inspectors who share the same fate
very little was said. John Y. McKane was the
big. interesting figure; to the others one
seemed to give much attention.
McKane left his home at Sheepshead Bay
early in the morning. and went at once to his
Office at Az Court street. He retired to an
sinner ROOM and though his callers during the
day must have numbered 200. hardly more
than dozen succeeded In seeing him. Until
he heard the decision. Mckane was exceed
fngly restless and anxious The calmness
which he had displayed throughout the trial
seem to have forsaken him. leaving him ner-
vous and irritable. And whether 1t was tho
result of a magnetic transfer OF feeling or
merely n deep symp atby for tho Chief. as they
all called him, 1t Is an actual fact that the
crowd that filled the ante room OF the office
was equally nervous aud irritable.
erick. counsel for McKane were in Clerk
when II. d n Go %r. b hSS:S
lawyers pressed around Stevens as he Gu, the the
Spon the taS S k Toy who Snd Ss
gun to bite his nails in his nervousness.
III read 1t. Judge. II you please" said the
Wh-wh-what is the nndingp" exclaimed
the lawyer. quite red from SUPPRESSED excite.
melt. The clerk turned 70 tho Last page and
The accused are fnod each $3.50 and i'm;
Z; KRL,;sd ,Sr ,hllts days In the county Jail
A great cheer went up and everybody but
the clerk and the reporters rushed out OF the
TSFeS as as he eoSd acKse oc
hurried by the questioning faces OF the crowd
In the outer office. and entered the private
How McKane felt when he heard the decision
OF the Court will never be known. His face.
der nor pSsr Iii brss ne eye. Spensd
to their full, extent and looked straight and
The only Sign that would Be taken for an ind.
cation Of change OF feeling was that for an
resumed its former position. For the rest OF
the day John Mchsne was calm. uncom-
Ty o on" in ahe
office heard the decision they became tense
was one Of the auietsst Offices in BrookIyn'
~ Later In the day Mr.. Roderick and ex-Jndge
Troy appeared 10 the supreme Court. Cham;
Pratt were sitting MIR. RoderIet wrote a note
and handed it up to Justice Pratt. WHO, after
the rrcess OF the court the two lawyers saw the
other Justices. Then the rumor was started.
u
that Mr.. hoderiek had applied to each OF these
Justices for a stay for Mckane pending an APP
had been denied.
Sun reporter sent n note TO Justice Cullen
been made. and Whether it had been granted
or not. The answer was:
Meme granted a. yet and counsel were told by court
sh order upon Justice BArnard's decision ENC.
One of the best known lawyers in BROOKLYN
explained the method OF procedure which
must be followed in this case in these words:
The ease has been tried before Justice
Barnard. lie Nled his decision to-day. The
next step Is for the prosecuting lawyers to en-
body that decision in "a formal order, which
present that order to Barnard who signs il,
They then enter II Ia the County Clerks office.
lawyers, have also To draw that. When Il is
drawn they present II to the Judge. who signs
ahd S 70 t6s Sse he tbo
Most people think that when Judge says
against man the Sheriff PUSHES in and locks
the man NJ, But all this formality has TO to
iiled In the County Clerks ONCE the commit.
ment Is handed to tho sheriff. who then must
:, After the order is nled-no matter whether
the commitment has been made out or not
Justice Of the supreme Court Tor a stay u sx-
sStd it - granted ne can appeal hls
he must go to Jail. Commitments for con
TEMPT Of court are very rare, tut STAYS OF exc
euiloh are IHuch rareT. do not recall a sim
gle case where Justice Of the Supreme Court
granted stay In q commitment ordered by
Col Albert T. lanL one of tha Ioyvors Tor
MIR, Gaynor. was busy all the afternoon pre-
pairing the order and the commitment. lie
thought he woul ID have them ready 10 send to
Justice Barnard. who Is in Poushkeepsie. NJ
pightall. In which event. unless M@Kane's
lawyers can get stay, the Chief o. ro!ico OF
Grayesend may be- arrested to-day. In an in-
teTylsw yesterday afternoon, Lawyer RoIerirk
made the following significant statement
WHICH ought 70 bring considerable cheer to
hekane:
Tho punishment in nletsd by Judge Barnard
simply means that for, thirty days the de-
PENDANTS are to remain In the county lAl the
same as a poor debtor They are not con-
nned 70 any portion Of the building They
are simply restricted from leaving II. They
have the run Of the building. can receive their
friends. and dine and lodge with the warden
Well, now. that Is not 50 very lad. IL the
bill OF fare includes tsrrapin a la rrenton, ths
days viii PROBABLY pass RAPIDLY. MT derrick
and eN-Judge Troy ana Gen. Catlln, who IS
also counsel for Mcbane. all expressed them
selves as confident that stay would lie