New-York tribune., 1893-12-02
MKANE TO THE BAR.
THE GRAvESEND PACHA AND HIS LIEU
TENANTS ARRAIGNED.

The GRAVESEND PACHA AND HIS LIEU
TENANTS ARRAIGNED.
uE FLATLY DENIES TIE CHARGES OF MIS-
CONDUCT ON AND BEFORE ELECTION
DAY-AN ATTEMPT TO EXPLAIN
THE OUTRAGEs
John Y McKane and five Of his heutenaMs
appeared before Chief-Justice Barnard III Brook
lyni yesterday morning to answer the charge OF
contempt of court. f. NJ. Shepard. the special
prosecutor; A. E. Lamb and ]. A. weinberg
counsel to the Committee Of Twenty-Five, ap-
peared for the prosecution. The defendants
were represented by G. w. Roderick, James
Troy and Isaac s. Catlin- Mr.. Shepard opened
the case by a review Of the outrages COM
mftted In Gravesend just before election. lie
read the affidavits Of A. s. Bacon, f. NJ. Graut
the Rev. Mr. Kent, H. S. Worthley and others
who went down to Gravesend to see that justice
was done After reading these affidavits. the
afYldayits of McKane and fifteen or twenty OF
his supporters were read These papers had
been carefully kept from the public. They deny
point blank the most serious charges made by
the prosecution.
In introducing the affidavits Mr.. Troy said
II appear for Mr.. McKane only. My client
congfatulates himself on this opportunity to
free himself from the cloud Of obloquy which
has been stirred up about him by clever means
ever since election. He has submitted 70 that
without complaint, reserving his answer for the
courts. I don't wish to make technical objec-
tions until the afidavits in answer to these
charges have been heard. We have heard the
history Of Election Day in Gravesend from
not impartial standpoint 1 have nothing to
do with the defendants here other than Mr..
A9C(o opdX yin O1c IA
IL only one point before the Court. The injunc-
ton provided that the legally appointed
watchers should not be interfered with in the
performance of their duties. This is the point
involved here and not any habeas corpus pro-
ceedings with which Mr.. McKane had nothing
to do. any riot, If there was one. whether
stirred up by turbulent strangers or otherwise.
WHAT M'KANE SAID.
The affidavit of John Y. McKane said in SUBJ
stance that as he is the Superintendent and
Chief Of Police Of Gravesend it was his duty
to protect the rights Of the citizens living
there. He denied that there only S,4lS
people and only 1000 voters in the town. He
had lived there forty-eight years, and he be-
lieved the population to be nearly 1900. He
denied entering into conspiracy or frauduiently
putting the names Of temporary residents on the
poll lists, and declared that there was only
slight increase this year over the vote OF last
year. He expressed the greatest friendship
for William j.. Gaynor. and said that he had
ordered copy of the poll lists 10 be made for
Mr. Gaynorg personal use but Mr.. Gaynor.
using profane' language. had declared that he
would make his own copies. The deponent de-
cided that Mr.. Gaynor wanted merely to ex-
plot himself in the newspapers"
McKane declared that when he heard that
force was going to Gravesend ON Saturday
night before election, to. copy the lists. he or
dered his police to hide behind the Town Hall
until they knew what the strangers wanted
Hearing that the strangers were to stand
guard over the houses Of the inspectors and take
no bluffs" he had told them that they seemed
TO be in a bad business. They had replied
that they thought So too. as they had 9een %sa
deponent added that he had heard that Colonel
Bacon would go to Gravesend on Election Day
with 300 armed men, and believing this to be
On the day of the election, he declared, Colonel
Bacon and some other men had approached MIN
with drawn revolvers, and tried to use their
On being taken to the police station. they
had said that they were trying to serve papers
'of some sort on depOnent.' This was the
first the deponent had heard OF papers FOR him.
He had supposed from the flourishing OF canes
that they intended to make an attack on him.
Had he known that they were trying to serve
papers on him he would not have resisted.
other parts of McKane's affidavit fatty contra
cic;ed all charges of misconduct on his part
ELECTION INSPECTORS PROPERLY APPOINTED.
Ahidavits were read saying that all the Re-
publican election inspectors were properly ap-
pointed and performed their duty Election
Day.
Edward Moran and Michael Dunn. the con-
ductor and brakeman on the train which took
Mr.. Gaynors men to Gravesend on Saturday
night before election, made affidavit that the
men were drunk and disOrderly.
Henry Reimer of No. 9 Gwnnett-st.; William
OBrien, of No. 10 Fourteenth hist. John DAILY, OF
Wyckoff-st, and Edward Phelan, Of No 90
Court-st all testified that they had been engaged
by Mr.. Gaynor to go to Gravesend that Satur-
day night with "unsharpened lead-pencls and
without paper" and had become drunk and dis
orderly.
AfRdavits were read from Justice Newton.
Michael +. Murphy and Inspectors Crandall.
Johnson and Cropsey denying the charges
against them Of contempt of court and dis
orderly conduct
The case was adjourned to 10 a. m. Tuesday.