The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-12-02

and To SEE a taii man With glasses" lie sent
them to Coney Island, with the assurance mat
they arrived there They were to remain all
night. licKano said he eIplai91cd that
Monday. and expressed his surprise that 50
midnight. when the Town. Hall was guarded
~ only one man lie told the man that he
and that it was lpcky for him that they bad
been arrested. as they all ran the risk OF being
around. Thcteupon, said man admitted, that
they ,ES all SSn nG In oGl HHiins ss
cause eau thog were arrested, and H. was
ashamed ~ the disordcrly conduct OF his
Esns said he sent detectives to tho ad.
drcsscs given by these men. and In nearly
every instance they found that nc. such per-
were recognized 10y the detectives AS sneak
thieves. nnd some were armed with deadly
mtted to the Court upon their examination
tut Tor tn" fast that they were discharged
Ts went on to say in the af1davit that tho
minds OF citizens OF brooklyn and New YORK
had been poisoned by yennmous and untruth.
ful reports ~ kepubicnn Newspapers and
others SUPPORTING MI. Gayn9rs candidacy.
down to Graycsrud On election day. IL was
rumnrcd that Cot lacon. an Intense Nepub,
lean partisan agi known enemy o. uepon,ehiI,o
armed mon. 'eGuipped Tor any emergency.
and would take control ot the polls" Mchgne
that lawful v6tcre would be ,in!lmldated
10y Col Bacon and his men" At % \. NJ.
posite the Town Hall. to get his breakfast.
There he learned that number Of carriages
were men on Conev Island also. "and gangs OF
strange men elsewhere" The people were
%Sai bs snH stureans% umStSrs
person et thG line OF ca1riaSrs Snd VIM WIZ
Ss BACK 70 again the zen enTamS 10 S "ne the
voting booths" He went over TO see VINO IL
was, and recognized CT lacpn h He sG ETd to
what heard l have been expecting yoq win
dramatically that he had come with sufficient
men to see law and order enforced and tho
Hepub lcan watchers at the polls, lie replied
that there were properly appointed Kepubilcan
watchers at the polls. and that he. as hiet Of
Police was there to preserve the peace. lie
ordered Col Bacon to remove from the en-
trance to the polling booth and not D op SSgS
| yelling to his people. -" Here he is here he Is
MIhHGS thought he saw some sin woSt p8b as
| to Hcoreins to avoid a row. Then Col.
Bacon, s companions rushed 70 the Town h9it
| they Attempted to use a row enaued and
some Of the Bacon attacking narty. lnclnd-
ing Col. Bacon. were arrested and sent to POLICE
Headquarters. not in II prison van, but in n
| summer concourse wagon" Justice Newton
prisoners 10 bal! on their own. recoGnizance.
It was upon Newton's return; Mdhhne added
| ALI statements to the contrary beng ahso-
| lutely false aud untrue" He had 10 desire
dates si'' Of T The courts and always respected
| and complied with said orders.
pas.s OF th" 9i,ldaylt were taken up with
| specific denials Of every allegation contained
In the CHARGES against him: When the read
| moro Indignant than ever. while tho Coney
Islanders thrust their tongues in their checks
But iTthis an lavlt was surprising in its cool
| denial OF the testimony for the complainant US
| Newtons reply To- tho charges of Mr. circuit
! and dozen others. that hehad forced them
near the Town Hall or Mckane and had
asserted that he hs,g lid not c S%5s Of the
state" Newton simply alleged an aliDL lie
| had not seen Mr. Grout or any II his party. he
used any OF the language attributed to him.
| lie was busy all day ut tho polls and booths,
minutes at a lime except when no went to
| Coney Island to hold court for Col. la 'ons
party. The latter acted in very friendly
Sergeant Murphy added another alibi de-
| fence. lie had not been served with any la
| junction at the police station. he said. for tho
| excellent reason that no was not there, but
was acting as an election inspector a..
Chief. Looked upon the next move as tho trump
card. This was the preseutn ion OF n lot Of
MIR. Gaynor to Grayesend to secure copies ~
! the registry lists There were eight such
| flannigaa. who Was supposed to DO in charge
q porti9,n o. the r"T1y' neGry tGnhsSeT
Joseph Elannigan. Joseph MglliGan, and
Ihlilp W; FessieT submitted anidaytsii
Most Of then ia r 'HrE %sr' d at S
| County Court House and asked II they wanted
to earn -. Others were picked up Ia the
| streets Then they were told to 60 to Mr.
| Gaynot's office. whore each received an IN.
sharpened pencil aud a pncEaGe % CIGARETTES
| They made no demand there !or copy OF the
registry lists upon any one iheIan said that
was SerS dunk and boistsr"us. 0'Erien said
they all had heer and sandwiches at IaS,s
| saloon. opposite the depot Of the Prospect Park
| and Coney Island Railroad, before going TO
| Grayesend. Al tOney lsand everybody had
ali he could drink. aud they played pool and
| went tack 10 Bro0klyn they had more drinks
at paly's and when thsy returned 10 Tr"T To
| others corrnborated him. and Michael Dunn
and Edward Moran, conductors on tho u ans
| drinking and that they were drunk ana dIsor-
Nicholas J. Johnson. Harlan Crandall. and
! james n. Cropsey. election inspectors aud co.
| DESCENDANTS with MrLane, furnished aAllaNits
served with the injunction orIer 10y petor
| Eosenbarh or had assaulted MN. liner" weIo
also afildayits 10y watchers and other ~
spertors IRON which II appeared that no in
! function was heard Of ON that eyenltul Day
and there We're no rows. no nshts' 10 fraud
An aiioufnment was taken at 3 o'clock until
TUESDAY morning when moro athdayits Will 10
| read FOR the defence. ,.,-.
Messrs. shepard and Lamb said to Tue SIN
| reporter that al the alldHvits eNceI'thE NC
| tarial Chief Mckaua said he guessed mhklns
| the other sides servants witnC-5es Ter mo
| defence was pretty me stroke. aud The Judge
! would probably have something 70 say about
| their being material lie wus followed rom
the court IS about hundred OF his admirers
RED Called ms GANG.