The evening world., 1894-02-12

for fifteen or sixteen years, ex-Judge
rs MIR. McKane's reputation good or
bad"
Good" replied Mr.. corbin, decI-
That was enough for the DEFENDANTS
COUNSEL, coming, as 1t did, from such Il
Gen, Tracy began the c~ross-examIna-
you have large interests at Coney
Island. have you not, Mr.. Corbin =
Yes. sir"
Your rule on the east end of the
island, and John Y. Mckane's on me
west end, are about the same, are they
not? 20 and there was a merry. WIKI
in Gen. Tracy's eye as he asked it.
The question was excluded amid much
laughter.
bins Knowledge of Mcl<ane's alleged
m~a..tpulatior OF the Gravesend elections
wh,,h were gut to the other witnesses;
wers asked OF the banker. He answered
them in about the same way.
Mr.. Corhin's testimony did not bear
out the statements Of tn" defense that a
great many of the hotel employees
said that only six to ten people remained
all the year around at the Oriental
ana Manhattan Teach Hotels. Mr.. Cor
hin was excused without having helped
Mechanics case materially.
Gustav Il. Cohen, father of Inspector
Cohen. gave unimportant, testimony.
John Hay Cook. VINO, followed him,
keeps the Clarendon Hotel at tOney
Island. He was asked "a great many
questions, but the gist of his testimony
was that he had told Mcliane that he
had heard that ~" men we're going
down TO GraVeSend on election day to
take charge of the town.
Conrad Stubenbord, father of Inspector
Conrad S~tuhenbord, jr., swore that Mon
day or Tuesday before election, his son
tolI him To show the copies, of the regis
try rolls, which were In the house, to any
one who called to see them.
Six men came to the hotel kept by
about 2 l.. NJ, and asked for the wit
ness's son. The latter wasn't at home,
and the men remained at the hotel all
the afternoon drinking.
They did not ask to see the rolls.
DR.. John .. Hill, President of the Graves
end school Board, and postmaster OF
Coney Island, told Of the 5000 letters he
handled every day, during the summer
season, but couldn't remember how
many letters went through his office
now. on cross-eNamination Or. Hin
admitted hat the malls fell off 50 per
cent. He also admitted that he was ap-
pointed postmaster on Mckane's recon-
m%endation.
r. Kennedy. a former Park Commas
sioner OF Brooklyn. was called as the
first witness in rebuttal by the prosecu-
ton.
Mr.. Kennedy was called in rebuttal of
the evidence given by the. witnesses for
the defense to the effect that Clerk Nc
Npmara was greatly intoxicated on the
occasion of his taking MIR. Gaynor's copy
lists down to Gravesend.
Mr.. Kennedy testified to having gone
to Raymond Street Saii sunday y nif dma 1rm,rs
copyists. He there saw Clerk Mcnamara
and talked with Tim. notwithstanding
thathis sense of smell was eXtra0rdlnarliy
keen, the witness said he could perceive
no sign of liquor about Mcnamara.
Frank Squier. the Brooklyn Park Com
missioner, and Charles A. Murphy. both,
Street Jail about noon on Sunday. after
his arrest, contradicted the defense's
witnesses in that they perceived no
evidence of Mcnamara having taken
On Mir. Roderick's objection that that
was not competent evidence, the Court
ruled that + 3 man had drunk az as in Men
Namara had imbibed, there would un-
~donbtedly have been signs Of 1t next day
Royal NJ. Stickel and Francis j.. Irui,
see the copyists were not intoSicated
and were orderly on the cars on the wa!
down 10 GraYesend. ~
DIR. Crawford ID. Beasely. of ookiy
was called next to explain about the
revolver which McKane's witnesses IN,
sisted s had .Ss EEl clay yyssen an sc fesr f PrFt their III
lives. Or. Beaslev told of going down
with Mr.. CIRCUITS party OF watchers. he
was in the thick of the trouble when,
as had been testified to. Mckane's poilce-
men hustled and thumped the members
The doctor described how he was
punched and hustled. and how, after
having stood 1t awhile, he ~endeavored to
serve a copy Of the injunction papers on
an officer, The papers were torn from
his grasp and thrown in the road. lie
was again thumped and hustled until ne
thought it time to protect himself, He
mn his hand in his overcoat pocket,
where he habitually carried a revolver
when making professional calls at night.
While his hand was In his pocket ms
the revolver drawn from his pocket.
The doctor at once offered the revolver
to a policeman who stood. near by, ana
asked him for protection. The policeman
said he didn't want the weapon, anu IL
,uns iaknn from him.