New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-06
TIE CPOUNING OUTRAGE.

The foul work done yesterday in Gravcscnd
is enough to make every honest man, every
good citizen. hang his head for shame. We
cannot recall any election outrage of equal
atrocity and infamy. The story is told in de-
tail in our news columns. and it Is unncccs-
sary to repeat it on this page 1t reveals an
intocrabc condition of lawlcSsncss in Kings
County, which renders the intervention of the
Governor almost Indispensable
For week Mr. Gaynor, candidate for
Justice of the Supreme Court, has been en-
dcavoring to obtain copies Of the registration
lists of Gravescnd The law entitled him TO
those copies He had as good Il right to have
them as he had TO breathe the free air of
BROOKLYN. When he was deprived Of his legal
rights he appealed to the Supreme Court
Justice Cullen decided that he ought to have
the copies and that the registrars must allow
his agents to make them The Supreme
Court was deGed by McIlancs undcrlings
Warrants were issued for the arrest Of the
registrars a party Of twenty-five respectable
men dispatched under the authority Of the
Supreme Court to Concy Island by Mr.. Gay
nor's Committee were arrested by McKanc
and his police as Migrants and drunkards
locked up in cells and finally sent in the Black
Maria to Raymond Street Jail. Indignities ana
insults were hcaped upon them; and every
effort on the part of their friends to secure
their release had failed up to a late hour last
night.
This is the worst outrage ever committed on
tho eve of IN election in this State. John
V McKanc personally led the attack upon Mr..
Gaynors representatives when they stepped
off the train in Gravcsend. His creature
and accomplish Police Justice Sutherland, held
a midnight session Of his court and clappcl
into foul Jail these honest citizens who were
armed with writs from the Supreme Court
and whose business wGs the prevention Of cleo
ton frauds of alarming magnitude. Mob law
has triumphcd over civil law. The authority
Of the Supreme Court has been delied. John
Y. McKane. with a mob behind him. has set
ND his will against that Of the laws Of the
State, as interpreted by the Supreme Court.
He has refused To allow Mr.. Gaynors men To
have access TO registry lists which are false
on their face lie is bent upon casting thou
sands Of fraudulent votes tomorrow upon those
fake lists
What the Governor Of Ncw-York ought TO do
is TO telegraph to the Sheriff Of Kings County
instructions to restore the authority Of law in
Gravescnd without an hours delay. II that
result cannot be accomplished by Il sheriff's
posse the militia should be called out in order
to enforce the writs Of the Supreme Court
The Governor will neglect his sworn duty II
he allows existing conditions Of lawlcssness
to prevail in Gravcsend another day As fol
John Y McKane, for once he has clearly lost
his head and rendered himself liable not only
to suits for false Imprisonment, but also &c
criminal prosecution. The Democracy viii
gain nothing by these mOnstrOus outrages
The whole poll cast tomorrow at Gravcsend
will be tainted with fraud and thrown out by
the courts The foul work Of yesterday viii
astound the community arouse public indigna
ton and throw thousands Of votes to the Re
publican side. Whoever votes with tht
Democracy tomorrow will be a deliberate &C
, complice with criminals and lawbrcakcrs