New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-10
IN THE NAME OF JUSTICE.
JOHN Y MKANE AND HIS MINIONS TO BE
BROUGHT TO THE BAR

A MEETING HELD IN BROOKLYN TO ARRANGE
FOR THE PROSECUTION OF THE LAw-DEFYEB
BY THE PEoPLE-DAY LABoRERs EVEN
SEND MONEY FOR THE PURPOSE.
At a meeting held last night In the directorS
room Of the Brooklyn Academy Of Music. which
was attended by representatives Of Republican.
Democratic and Independent organizations, In.
itiatory steps were taken toward placing the
prosecution Of John Y. McKane and his lieu
tenants for outrages on peaceabe citizens. on
the basis Of a public prosecution rather than
contest between William ]. Gaynor and Mckane.
It is proposed to call mass-meeting In few
days. at which a committee will be appointed
with full power to carry the prosecution to its
proper end A committee Of seven was ap-
pointed last night with power to call the mass
meeting and to make all arrangements for II.
It will probably be held in some large hall, 80
as to give the citizens of Brooklyn ample oppor-
tunity to express their indignation.
Some Of the men attending the meeting last
night were James McKeen, Willis L. Ogden.
Alfred T. White, Thomas p Ryan, Robert
Baker. Benjamin F. Blair, Charles A. Moore.
Elijah r. Kennedy. Thomas McCann, d. s.
Ramsey. Henry p Schmidt, William G.. Low. F.
S. Squires A. S. Haight, S. l.. Woodhouse'
William H. williams, A. l.. Sessions and ST.
Clair McKeIway The meeting had been called
by a committee Of three. consisting OF Elijah
r. Kennedy William G.. Low and Alfred 1.
White who had been appointed for this pur.
pose by an informal meeting held at the HAM
ilton clubhouse Wednesday night.
james McKeen was appointed chairman OF the
meeting last night, and he named Tor the coh'
mittee of seven to arrange for a mass-mee,ihs
Elijah r. Kennedy. Benjamin F. Blair ROBERT
Baker, William G.. Low, S. L. Woodhouse' J'
Warren Greene and A. l.. Sessions. Ihis com,
mittee Is to appoint treasurer 10 whoni All
money contributed toward the fund Tor prose-
cutting the Gravesend evil-doers will be paid
Large sums have already been sent voluntarily
to Mr. Gaynor and to several newspapers, put
as soon as the treasurer Is appointed all that
money will be turned over to him, and the pup
lie will be formally asked TO contribute.
The committee to be appointed by the mass
meeting will not only inquire into the elecuon
outrages of Gravesend. but it will take up all
the election frauds in Brooklyn and Kings
County. 1t is proposed to put an end II pos
sible to election frauds. AS one of the mea
attending the meeting expressed it to Tribune
reporter: ut is the moral of the thing that we
are after. We are going to teach these re-
peaters and other fraudulent voters lesson
that they will not forget in twenty years. we
will build new jails to accommodate them II
necessary. 1t will be money we'll expended"
CHARGES WHICH MAY BE MADE.
Colonel Alexander S. Bacon said yesterday
.Some of the charges that can be properly
brought against McE4ane are premeditated con-
spiracy, contempt OF court assault on inni-
viduals, melting to riot many violations Of the
election laws, and refusing to protect voters.
A Tribune reporter saw William J. Gaynor at
his office in the Real Estate Building yesterday.
Mr.. Gaynor, in speaking of his plans, said:
ct am not In the habit OF telling in advance
what am going to do, but~you can be pretty
well assured that John Y. McKane and some Of
his henchmen will be summoned before Judso
Barnard, at Poughkeepsie. In very snoIt .iir,e:
7 have received hundreds Of letters urging me
70 prosecute McKane for the registration ana
election outrages Even II these letters were
not sent to me, / should see that the matter
was pushed to it's legitimate end, anyway, Tor
7 regard ii not as a personal matter, but one
in which the public welfare Is vitally concerned.
II had been defeated | should have gone on
prosecuting him with just as much persstency.
II is not an issue between me and John T. Nc.
Kane but an issue between the public ana
John Y. McKane
In reference to the evidence he had on which
to convict McKane, Newton and others, Mr.
Gaynor said that besides the men under Colonel
Bacon. he had force Of twenty-five expert
detectives who took ample notes OF the mis-
doings at Gravesend.
MIR. ZIEGLERS OFFER.
Here is the telegram which William Ziegler
sent 10 Mr.. Gaynor offering financial aid in the
fight against McKane and his heelers:
william j. Gaynor:
You have the brains. I have the money. Draw %
me to the extent of for the punishment of the
<irlvcsend scOundres. LlE"i1rLs
1t was rumored last night that McKane ana
Newton were to start to-day on the hunting
trip to Virginia
Elijah r. Kennedy. in discussing the Graves
end outrages, said to a Tribune reporter last
night THE demand for the punishment or the
men who defied law and everything else de-
cent down at Gravesend during the last two
weeks is universal. Republicans, Democrats.
Independents and Prohibitionists call FOR the
punishment of these men, That they will be
prosecuted to the full limit of the law Is as
sured There are men of wealth in this and
other cities who stand ready TO pay the entire
costs Of such prosecution, no matter what II may
be- We particularly desire TO keep from making
1t a prosecution backed by few rich men. We
are in receipt of letters from hundreds OF men
in ordinary circumstances Of life urging us to
accept the money for the prosecution OF Mckane
and his underngs. The most significant feature
about these letters is that the most OF them
come from laboring men who can afford to pay
only %, 80 and 70 cents, and they want 10
know to whom they send the money. So
you see that ii is uprising Of all classes
against the blot on our elections"