The evening world., 1893-11-09
The Gravesend Boss Will Surely
Be Prosecuted.
Case Not to Be Left 10 the Present
Local Authorities.
Others, Besides M'Ksne, May BE
Brought to Bar.

he will escape punishment.
Even now dozens Of men, including
some Of the most expert lawyers Of Kings
County, are at work upon his case. Link
after link in the chain of evidence Is
being welded together, and when the
proper time comes he will be called to the
bar.
McKane should not imagine for a
moment that his friend, James w.
Ridgway. will nave charge OF the prose-
cution, or that any member of the ring
! or any of its servants, will have hand
or part in the proceedings. Well do
the outraged citizens who smashed the
ring on Tuesday know that in such an
event the prosecution would be a farce.
umphant, and DULLES like the Gravesend
boss YOU be encouraged to repeat the
performance in elections hat are to
James w. Ridgway. the District-At-
torney of Kings County. who. under
ordinary circumstances. would have
charge of McKane's prosecution, Is not
trusted by the men who are hot on Nc
Kane's track. Only a few months ago
the Grand Jury returned a present
%%sut, r ssost and its s0s ineaSd!lniItSY T f. iadiG!
members of the Board Of Aldermen. be.
cause Mr.. Ridgway said the jury could
Not. Members OF the Grand Jurles
fterwards told similar stories OF Mr..
Highways interference with their sup
psed ~prerogatives.
No mar remembers all this better than
Ward M: Shepard, who no. In c ben hall OF o
al case against McKane. He was
s,hd this morning at his home, liz
rAgress street, Brooklyn. by an Even
oppressed his Indignation at the Graves
nd outrage.
Z Sa imagine ssa,sse for We a are m %nSIns no ne ou saaa;
; are sleeping. AS a matter of fact,
re- have, rot even rested, nor shall we
est until John Y; McKane and his gang
re placed behind the bars, where they
lght to be. To admit for a second that
ere was even a, possibility of that
= ANS escape would be admitting thai
acre is no law In this State to punish
.Eiminals.
There is something more in his case
than merely putting the matter before
t bo, courts Rns u,b nha wo S1Hiq i p sya IGn us m now?
gentlemen who will push this thing
TO the bitter end were actually In con-
!ultation about 1t last .at night and you %nr ian
You cannot state 1t too strongly that
tir, James w. ,Ridgway viii rave moth
l3g to say to the prosecution 5000
the reporter. There is a suggestion
there that ~
Never mind what it suggests" broke
s My. S we are nanimou in saying
that Ridgway, should have neither hand
nor act in this matter. John y, Nc
Kane viii be p~roseGuted to the tui oo eX-
1t is more serious than that. 1t has
been committed against the state. ana
after Jan l next we shall have an Az
turney-General who knows how to take
I'VE shall have, after Jan. l, an Attor-
ney-General who can properly deal with
Son%sp prt Grand ana J Wne VIII ro perl " as to
their duties under the law. We DO not
believe Mr.. Ridgway can or Will do
this. - u,ru Ia
lost that can possibly be avoided.
This matter is not in the hands or Mr..
Gaynor or any Individual: II VIII De
,m90 i Bny DO be s that Mr. MScKane win not
be the only one brought to the bar"
While Mr.. Shepard would not say
positively exactly what charge would pe
preferred against McKane, 1t was stated
In other well-informed. circles that an
effort will be made to have the Graves
end boss arraigned on a charge OF
some lawyers contend that in order to
establish such a charge the people would
have to show that arms had been taken
up against the States authority. IL Is pos
sible that even this may be shown.
McKane himself affects not to be dis
t,irbed over the outcry against him.,
nor the threats of the citizens. he says
he was served with no injunction, and
the first he knew that, any had been
issued was when he read It In. the news.
papers. He Is also making the "blun'
Of threatening to bring suit against MS
'slanderers."
While Lawyer Shepard apparently
counsels delay until the Republican Az
torney-General takes his office, Col, Al
cXander $. Bacon, who headed the he
publican and citizens forces that We're
captured at Gravesend, is anxious 70
prosecute as speedily as possible. ne
spent all the morning at ms Once tbb a
penal code with half a dozen members
lof the Citizens Committee seeking out
)charges upon which they could arralsh
This list of charges was finally pre-.
pared: First, premeditated conspiracy
to defeat the whole election law; seGond'
a assault upon Republican Watchers thitS'
riot; fourth, contempt OF court; nun
refusing to post the registry lists; siXtn,
refusing to allow watchers to act at
At ~ O'Clock Col. Bacon was still
going over the penal code, jottinS down
other charges. 1t was limited that ne
might even look for warrants during me
day, but this was not generally creulteu'
He declined to outline his policy.
Lawyer Var Colt. who was prominent
In the citizens movement, declined thls
mSSrnilng to express an G yeseDd as vote
'NNiN VI nv nv -.
would be thrown out. II 1t is not, then
John McCarty. the Democratic, canal,
date in the Sixth Senatorial District, VIII
be declared elected. II the returns from
that place are thrown out, Wolfert, the
Republican candidate. will go to Albany.
A meeting will be held tonight In the
ACademy OF Music assembly, rooms,
which all members of the independent
orgP nizatlons in Brooklyn are inNItcd
to attend. The whole matter or Sc,
curing the punishment of Mchane VIII
then be gonC yer ana Il plan OF action
Will he decided upon.
EN-Park Commissioner Elisha X: Ken
nedy Ia speaking of the matter to-day
The rumcr that u mass-meeting IS TO
ne held to celebrate our victory IS raise.
What Is the use of spending N,bOO Tor, a
mass meeting when the money can De
better spent in furnishing this man?
We Will be guided by Mr.. faynor =
advice until our movement Is organized
and, thcn he will be allowed time to at
tend to his " affairs ,
JuSuCe-elcCt GaynOr was seen TINS
morning at his office, lie said:
., 4" .ln@ ilrSt place, | desire 70 say
,H'i he does NOT run away, he WI
y, taken 10 ~Poughkeepsie before Mr..
'uSIice Barnard In 4 few days.