The evening world., 1893-11-07

force. I said / was an authorized watcher
and produced my certificate from the
Republican General Committee. McKane
said:
I'D you, get out OF here. You've
got two minutes to leave the town.
and fred me through the door Of the
snd BEAT an me e0T The sne / s esfsped they KICKED
IT was rumored In Brooklyn that Nc
Kane claims that he secured from viii
lam J nuttlinc, Republican candidate
(Mckane's) henchmen 10 act as watch
ers in the interest of the Republican
party.
The rumor could not be confirmed.
Early this afternoon a rumor was cur
rent In Brooklyn that the Thirteenth
Regiment, had been ordered to. 10 to
Gravesend to preserve order. The ru-
NOR, however, proved to be ~unfounded.
Nlt. was also reported that John III.
ford, a reporter from a Republican news
paper printed In Brooklyn. had been ar
rested. Elford went down to the scene
OF hostilities on the first train which
left Brooklyn, this morning. AS he vas
stepping of the train he was surrounded
by a gang Of MCkane's men, who hus-
tied him away to the lookup. He de-
manded to know upon what charge he
was locked up. but The roughs in con
troll Of the town refused to give him
any satisfaction.
a report was circulated in Brooklyn
this morning. that Rev Mr.. Kent was
among those who were arrested. The
re was erroneous. In the general
scrimmage Mr.. Kent disappeared. and
1t was thought that he had been taken
to the lookup.
Constable George r. kleist, OF Coney
Island. brought Rossback before Justice
cullen, In the supreme Court. Brooklyn,
on a writ of haheaS corpus.
The return Of the writ was to the eff
feet that Rossback had disturbed the
CANVASS. and had INTERRUPTED the pro-
Geedinss Of the Inspectors Of Election,
N the sixth Election District of the
Town of Gravesend.
Lawyer f. NJ Grout and Lawyer ]. s.
Ross appeared for the writ.
they said that the papers committing
Johnson. the Inspector of Election. and
rot by a Justice of the Peace or polio"
Inag!strate; They said that no unlaw-
full act had been shown.
Justice Cullen called Rossback to the
stand. He said:
Il am fifty years old. ] have lived in
BROOKLYN thirty years. and am a travel
ling salesman.
Il went to Gravesend his morning to
assist In effecting a fair election. / went
into the POLLING place armed with a
watchers certificate and an order of in
spectlon issued by Justice Barnard. I
said. Good morning, gentlemen and sew
eral Of the men in the room said Good
Il then tried TO take bundle OF
papers from my pocket. I said: Gen.
tlemen, have an injunction in my
THAT is all I could say. ] was sat
upon by several men. who pounded,
mauled and hammered me horribly. /
was then dragged out into the street
and put in jail"
George F.. Kleist, the office who
brought Rossback into court, was put
on the stand, He said that he had ar
rested Rossback. He said he was
called into the polling place just as the
voting commenced this morning.
when I went in" said the constable,
81 saw Roseback kicking down the bal,
l~ot-boXes. Inspector Johnson told ms tc
arrest the man and / did so. l took him
to the jail"
on the reorganization of Nj. Ross.
back he said that Kleist was not the
Uar who arrested him at all. He SaiC
the man who arrested him was Officer
No.. Al OF the COney Island Police.
ard that he vas in Uniform. He SaiC
the fist time he saw klicst was wher
he came to take him out of the cell tC
take him to Brooklyn.
Judge Cullen. on hearing the Testimony
of kleist, dismissed Rosshack from Gus.
tody.
Rossback's clothes were badly tori
and he showed signs Of having had :
hard struggle. He left the court-houst
to go to his polling place and vote.