The evening world., 1893-12-01
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| thty had been hired in gn-mills and on
! iaynOr's office. where u man wearing
glasses would hire them.
Mckane arrested the men and then
,told them that If they had not been ar:
caught prowling about the town.
Some of them, McKane says in his
aiidavlt' were we're armed with deadly
found near the Town Hall next day.
Mckanc then deals with the case of
CO... BACON and the others, who went
down after the first episode. McKane
says he expected Col. Bacon would come
down on election day with armed men.
ana ana that ,nt he had every reason to believe
tempt to intimidate him.
For this reason, he made preparations
to give Col. Bacon and his party
warm reception.
Mcfane says people had gathered at
the Town Hall In fear and terror that
| Col. Bacon would create q riot when he
and his party arrived. When the Colo.
said:
"Oh, 1t is YOU is 1t, Col Bacon; ex-
pectcd you with n body of armed men"
Then deponent turned and walked
across the street to the Town Hall.
when he heard some one in Bacon's
party cry:
There they are
! He then saw the enemy rushing
over with drawn revolvers and loaded
canes ready to to cut down the towns
people If they were interfered with.
Mr. Kane further says he was not
served with any injunctions or other
legal papers from the Court. nor was
anything said to him about such service.
He denies that Col Bacon showed such
papers to him or to any OF the others
who were present when he met the party
from Brooklyn.
Everything, he says, contained in the
af'ldavits of Col Bacon and others lis
absolutely false and untrue" In fact,
Mckane admits nothing claimed by the
prosecution.
Col Bacons party had drawn revolvers
and loaded canes, Mcltane refers to the
finding of revolver and a cane next
day which he says were wrested from
one of col Bacon's party.
MckaEe claims that Col. Bacon and
his party had no legal ribht to act as
watchers at the polls of Gravesend.
because watchers had already been pro-
vided
He denied that Col. Bacon had been
thrown into u Black Maria reekins with
with new bus from one Of the hotels,
and that he had occupied "A neatly ar
ranged cell and not closet. as alleged.
John Y: Mechanics affidavit was pecu-
liar In the fact that except where he
denied the personal part played In the
alleged riot and the alleged disregard for
Justice Barnard's order, everything Is
based on Information and belief
Lawyer Roderick read an affidavit
from Arson NJ Stratton. who says he
received from the Republican General
for watchers at Gravesend, and that
these certificates were given to persons
who acted as watchers.
BY this 1t is claimed by the McKane
people that Col. Bacon and his party,
sent by William j. Gaynor, had no right
to act as watchers Of the Gravesend
election.
other watchers having been appointed
Adidavits were read from the persons
who had acted as watchers at Graves
end saying they had performed their
duties. there was no illegal voting or
unlawful practices during the whole
election day.
be based on these atfilavits, because jus
tifcatiun Will be argued for the arrest
of BacOn's party.
Atiidavlts were also read from Conrad
and other election in
spectors, who denied that they had re
fused William j. Gaynor or his copyists
the privilege of copying the registry lists
Dennis T. Cahill, one OF the men en-
ployed to go down to Gravesend on the
night of Nov; 4, testified in an affidavit
in favor of John Y. Mckane He said |
they left brooklyn on the midnight train
and it was the general opinion among the
men that they would be arrested The |
sent to Gravescnd with the object of
" having them arrested for the sake Of
notoricty."
Nicholas ]. johnson swore that no
copy OF Justice BarnardS order or any |
other legal papers We're served on him or
any of. the election inspectors under |
him.
one OF the Republican watchers, |
was made because he came to the poll |
ing place and created u disturbance,
crying; - am a Republican ~, watcher"
When the Constable, says Johnson, or
dered Rosenbeck out he grabbed one of
the inspectors and kicked over scvera!
Dallot-OoXes. He was then arrested
Although when Roscnbeck came be-
fore Justice Cullen ON writ Of ha-
heas corpus election day his clothes
by Johnson that he prisoner was not
roughly handled.
Edward Moran. a brakeman on the
Coney Island road, swore that the men
VINO went to Gravesend Nov. were
noisy and bOisterous
Abraham +. Stillwill. an undertaken Of
GraXesend says Gaynors men came to
of them got intoxicated.
Henry Rymer swore that he was hired |
by Mr.; Mayer Of Mr., Gaynor's office, on
he met dozen more men. Before they
went to Gra"esend each vas furnished |
with an unsharpened lead pencil and "a
package OF cigarettes.
Afidavits from many OF the men hired
by Mr.. Gaynor to go to GraVeSand to
copy the registry list wer read by Law
yer Roderick
The reading Of these affidavits caused
amuseUE-fIt among the peo-
pie in the court :->em.
All Of the a.ndavits seemed to seek to
show that at GraveSend Mr.. Gaynor's
clerks had entertained them by furnish
ing them with beer and sandwiches.
Some Of the men swOre they played pool
Off two hours at GraVeseul and that Mr..
one of Mr.. GaynOrs clerks,
who Is said by his friends 10 be TEN
advocate, was drunk on the
night OF Nov. 4.
Gen. Callin said he Appeared for Jus
tice of the Peace 4. V. Il. Newton. Ic
sd Il he had only been retained IN the
case this morning.
Justice Newton swOTe that the state
ment OF Edward VI. GrOut that the de
ponent had been served with the order
from Justice Newton and that he said TO
Grout: II don't care - --- for the
order" was untrue and false.
Judge Newton defense is that he was
not the man addressed by MIR. Gruut
when Mr.. Grout came to GraEesou2 On
Election Day. He denies thai on Eicr-
ton Day he saw or spoke 10 Edward n,
GrOut.
He claims that when Mr. Grout ar
rived at Gravesend he was busy AT the
Town Hall distributing the stationery
for the polling clerks, and that when
Col Bacon came down he was eating
yt..,t I.lli I,t.