New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-12-15
MKANE IN CONTEMPT.
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TO the Town Hail. and upon Mr. Bacon aligh hna
rom the carriage stated to HIN that he had Deen
Expecting him Cp n Injunction. Mr. McKane stated
that ntunctions do not go and ordered Bacon's ar
rest lie WAS Hs n6a nd fGnpsd II eKane
this but the treatment OF MI bacon Is No. pncon
is supported by his companions in the carrage Mr.
The evidence is so clear and ccncuse th hn p Ns
ceding evil which had been done and the ponce naa
been ready to arrest on ms oroer against
the election laws 4 not the chiii OF s pprning
uond he in accord with his previous acts He knew
of the Injunction order and defed IT, and must De
Thn proef shows that Richard V. b. Newton met
Mr. Grout who riding in a carriage toward var,
rom p0 the Town Hall lie was told that the men
under protection OF an in)9Som Wv nroceel
further. 4 policeman then threatened to club Mr..
Crout II he went further Mr. NewtonS cphd iS lon on
yious conduct. and he had been very active In pre-
venting ns of the Peaee e of the The
davIts OF the persons who accompanied Mr. froul
fGH sustain the ms fact that Mr. '' Newton violated the
Injunction and should be Judged guilty OF q GRIM
Johnson Crandall and Cropsey, guilty OF GRIM
iRal contempt for violation OF the injunction orue''
AN EXTREME CASE.
One Rosenbaoh appeared at the polling place and
told these inspectors that he had an injunction or
der to serve lie started to produce copies. and
lie threw the papers the table N front OF the
inspectors lie was belten. thrown down. arrested
by policeman and locked up The inspectors SUD
seouentlv signed warrant for this arrest. Inc
arrest was therefore presumably MADE At their dis
rectOn in defiance OF the injunction. Inc vote OF
the town was over 500. which called FOR popuia-
ton OF some 1900 inhabitants. upon a registry
which called for over SOCJ) inhabitants what snail
the punishment BE-? ,., .t.,
An extreme case is made; combination when
included the Registry Board. the watchers nrst ap-
pointed and the police through its chief IL estab-
ished against the purity Of an election Ihere was
false registry. There Illegal refusal 10 make
II public. The copysts had been arrested ana put
In cells without the least criminal act on their
part, and the friends and watchers or those VINO
wcr, interested in the illegally arrested
beaten and imprisoned BY the inspectors ana police
acting with them 10 accomplish result injurious
In the highest degree 10 popular sovereignty Whlch
rests upon a fair vote. fair count or the ND,e,
extreme punishment provided by the law must De
imposed for such an offence thus brutally carried
out o , ,,.,
thirty days in the county Jail OF Kings County
Albert f. Lamb. who argued the case for the
nlaintiff said Yesterday that he had not yet
drawn M the order to be signed by Judge Bar
nard under which McI<ane and the others would
be committed. :,
McKane refused to say anything about the de-
cision, but his appearance showed that IL was 4
severe blow to him. So
Judgc-elect GaynOr. who figured as the pam
tff in tho proceedings said: THE opinion OF Judge
BARNARD Is terrible II fully illustrates MS great
character and his marvellous intuition. lie
seems to have absorbed and TO share every 1eel-
ing which I had while contending with the
Gravesend situation in the midst OF my other
difficulties