The evening world., 1894-01-25
M'KANE IS SOLEMN.
The Gravesend Cars Trial For
mally Begun This Morning.
Prosecutor Shepard's Opening Ad-
dress a ForcibIe Statement.
He 10 Entirely Satisfied with the
Men in the Jury Box.

The real business OF trying John Y.
Mchahe VI ~ 49, '.,e''e .i,
with unlawfully aiding' abetting and
,rocuring the election inspectors of the
ptoN' ,a. -, cr,yoso,a % oo,oo,I
First District VI " ,o"ee'
the registration lists from public in
snection during the last election. was
begun In earnest .h's morning pelore
Justice willard Bartlett in the Brooklyn
' rl"n, - over and Terminer,
That the sheepshead Bay Sunday
School Superintendent appreciated the
ara,ity of the situation was shown in
gravity nnssuu =, ,ts sa.,aa,an
the painful soieHlhlty Oh MS ueHleahor
as he took his place beside his counsel
-, t,o.d for tho arst limo. the Jury
which is to try him on these charges.
Justice Bartlett mad told MN on the
first day of the proceedings that convic-
,,on In this case meant ten vears, i'm
'on III III ea'e ,en
which the law could ,mnose. and MIR.
- a"Ntru
McKane could not regard this possibili-
" IN any o'ner nan a very serious
light
de,s Eou ,n ,ha nrasoo ana, ,"e ere s ,nn ,s De
no delay N the proceedings, ana Tor this
reason Justice Bartlett has decided to
begin the daily sessions at Q o'clock, and
at that hour he was on the bench this
morning READY TO go on. The court
but the crowd was not as large as on the
preceding days. The empty chairs and
s.snain z ROOM n m however; were rapidly
present ready for the fray, the prosecu-
ton headed by Gen BENJAMIN F: Tracy
Tense by ex-Judge Troy and George w.
Roderick.
The jury, which is under the charge of
Bartlett, had occupied rooms at the Hotel
St: George during the night, and were
taken oyer to the COURTHOUSE at $50
the box as soon as the magistrate ar
rived. Here is the full list:
DAVID H. sAcKETT. publisher. As Eleventh
THEODORE A. HuRTELL' pickles. ass Flush
Ing aH ssssu Sr,cuAs r,.,,,,
yhAEs pEtGHAN mason, flate9sh;
jEREM1AH BTLzER, !sss. 50: MYRTLE ayena..
street.
LOUIS ILpEs. taxidermist. "a Broome street.
DENNIS REARpoN, cement, ~ Pacific street.
First street,
FRANK BONN. awnings. 5t Fifth avenue:
,tT SoshrH A. TRAIT plumber i' summit
HESpy zAuN ,-oc.- en- william ,,-o.,
There Vas copsIderabie talk before
court opened about the r,imor mat Dennis
Reardon, the eighth Juror, might be un-
VII rat uSn f hosS: in 1r6Sminently IN ef the
BroNRiyn Columbus Dsav Scandals. " Wv
TSIs fact cor n our on bis nreiirinarv
examination hut the prosecntinn ac.
enad dh,iLooIh' u ~ h,s Pdnoisuinn h hs,
he lived in the same house With Ross.
Lawyer s Shepard arc said; however; that
Ne pnardon's aIi,ibiIttv and rer,a ~ al nj
w. ~ uauId he 3 gnod thine - aYarv
mar: ii the box was as competent as he
believed ME-; Heardon 70 oe'
c,ar eS ,th,t there xss No eround for s,is.
picion against any one 81 the men in
the juryrboi X They had asf been ZEN selected ! c CITE
GmIy ,nvest,gation he said and ~ the nroa-
n ncsStinn knew ali that Could he known
et y r,am n,ho wa caIed
ag W 3 n wben the mrsii;mina res had
,a a," disp scv Ta of and and pJnstice Ra,tiett
t teedh ths Counsel to nroceeS with the
openin ngs acres hS TO inc ' tbs ,tsrt,or .,
ne ope.et ~ heir ~ ~ nens'bIutv
i ~ ta assn ense; W m me anS M nncss Tas
81 uneeneppiy uina ths ~ ,o az co mmnIetaiyy
from smv nrnr6ncaivnS nnin ion rea seny
LIN III paunu oPinLLoi, =
1 9 upoh me case. me issue was
~ Ne s.Sares' ,,,poa Az, ~ ohiS 10
'hs nerenoan. put % tne pubic: ,,,.
AL the prosecution desired was mat
Vii, = nomni otn a : as fo9r nia1 rs th y
WIN q cornpIete sense OF Ialr play 70 me
II
sne ophgati9h 70 Iesaru McfHahe as IN
sncent untli an VIZ evIotnee mao oeei
uissgT,SSsse4 anu tareiuhS "erSnen. ooo,rn
,,,i Nu ShaaarI ..,s az ~, otdet,S soGietg
ssa NJ. stepaiu, eassu uppm 49,
anu IoIess pa.iot; .heie mas peen
any pian OF CoHspiraey - ttNe one man
a powst "eteaa, LYLE ,hmneS siea 800
.nam r'ai any onrr, hnm w. .ht ~,
Hnuutty; IL is a se,iJus Ine a Jul
tnstr!u'iohs' anu IL Is 'He 10 call d
Tba counsel, then de6ned c,o,r,v what
me COUNSEL lnen uelIneu c!edrly WIidt
me charges agaihst Mch %ere unqer
eue NJ ~ 80 a. ~ .ns
ehenIns pL my. =. ne satu' was
GmarSeu ~ .he aesiStiy isus ndu oesn
nIaotieN 20 .me p ad u,d ina me
the !, 81 nspeG.os nau rstusep u allow
itw anS " c al ~ ~ unhn saItnnuI
rho roa nnoa ~ az
x,o,Id ne rhn'itted % he i,rpp iH ba INA
r,orid he arat tbat the fhre. nioctinr,
inSnanr "n,n'' ,ha Eirs, nist rict nf
GrawesenS Rrownhilll Norris and MIR.
rp eSi "a ,i st'Gdn n the norio6 u unued.
sesnndS that tbps Was Tope NV the cnm.
mana ~ ucKnn. and tbirJ that his
was lono hhv h9nn VIII orimino, intept
IN tSma gyonnnaI'rg and prnc,rinp ,
yin,, ton of thn la " q ress wn,,ld he laid
ON IN co., ia oKan VIZ" w. Mt " nn
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