The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-30
wEANE IN OUTSIDERS EYES.
ann mr. APPEARED TO eATNOR'S MEN
NV ON ms SAIITE HEA III.

rh,s, orv Of the arrest OF the men who went
. gra,esend on Nov 4. and their previous
.,nccess'ul efforts to copy the registration
w.. was again told By the witnesses in the
,.,J NJ John \. McKane In the Court OF Oyer
.,J Terminer in Brooklyn yesterday There
~ little OF nothing added to the public
rsorleige OF these events by the evidence
,bieh the witnesses gave.
T,. evperience o, those OF the Gaynor men
ubo went to Coney Island would have been
,Iit,r the first time yesterday. but Justice
n's,io,, on tho objection OF the defence. de-
.tIod that he would wait until to-day before
hamnle UP his mind whether or not evidence
IN ,hpt subject was admissible.
Tbs witnesses yesterday were. with one ex-
,.r,i,D members Of the Gaynor party which
rsnt down to Gravesend for the registry lists.
1bare were twenty in all. and i've OF these
b,ystestItled for the strong case the prosecu-
,on has m ade up to this point Each OF these
- will bn called as well as William J. Gay
nor and A number OF others. so that the prose-
sn,i,n will scarcely close before the end OF the
-saE. The lawyers for the defence are silent
ssto their Intentions
Tho court room was crowded. and for the
srst tine since the trial began the Graves
snders in the gallery grew noisy. That was
late Yesterday afternoon. after Witness Me-
Namafa had tOlu tlht Jopn Mchaue shlu W
bin
well. I'll lock you up for all night. any
how
rbe solemn young man who told this was
.stonishcd at the laughter which followed his
snsvcr nnI whom tho laughter had died out
,hsrs was a distinct round Of applause from
the gallery. Il subsidized quickly. however
when Justtcn Bartlett threatened to close
A., gallery during the rest OF the trial 10 it
Was heard again.
The cross.examinntion Of Frank j. Cottrell
was resumed and conducted by the defence
with the evident intention OF impeaching tho
witnesses crediblity by attacking his charnc
ter Lawyer Noderick put series OF aues-
tons to tne witness. in which ne asked. among
other things. whether he had ever stolen n
pair OF ACE curtains from a laundry. n black
silk dress from a colored woman. suit Of
clothes from q barkecper. and n hawser from n
,uchoa' and II lie had not left Bemis Heights
and Mechanicsyile rather suddenly. The wit
ness denied that he had done any OF these
things and questions by the prosecution to
hiring out what had occurred on Sunday night
when Connolly. letter carrier. went to Cot
trell : house to see him. we're excluded by
Justice Bartlett. 50 the witness lett tho stand
without telling what had happended during
the interview The Irosr cution intimates that
Connolly visited Cottrell in the interests of the
defence.
one Of tho Young women whose presence in
court on SatUrIac interested tho defendant 50
deeply was called to the stand. She had en-
tered the court room 50 quietly TINT scarcely
anyhOdy knew she was here. and the presence
ola woman on the witness stand during the
trial wac something bat nobody expected.
The most Interesting thing the witness had to
,N was that her name was Clara DAILY. an!
tnat she was a school teacher in the On. public
school at oney Island. These personal details
c1mp.sed chiefly hrr testimony. for she gave
only some figures ms to the number OF cholars
.t.N IFaV
w. f. Ryan. who was principal OF tho school,
Jii no, attend on the Thursday. Friday. and
Monday before election.
1he experience of Justice Gaynor's m on in
their efforts to secure CORES uf tho registry
lists at Grayesend was retold by Dennis buck.
ley one OF thoss sent down there. He added
nothing new o what has already been told
about hat trip; The question about the adj
!rg to the whereabouts aud movements OF the
inspectors was argued at length by the coun-
SCI for 18th sides. ana finally excluded.
the registry books. the two men at work. and
ttheir failure to find the inspectors. William ii.
Assem- olyman in the Tenth Assembly dis
trlct. TOOK the stand. lilo told OF a con versatlon
with Mchane at Gravssend on election, day.
Mckane was standing on the steps OF tho
Town hall when Friday drove up The Chief
spok 10 20 him, ana during the conversation
I'm not hurting YOU down here. but I'm Go-
inc to down Gaynor"
=. The defence failed to make the witness say
that he understood that the words had sne-
cial significance: Another copyist. Wilhelm
rappi, repeated the story OF the Gaynor mems
other of the copyists. testified to the same
story, and told his experience in the Fifth dis
1.-THE table with the registration lists in front.
The man was leaning back and doing nothing.
g.. You're not working now, said the witness.
The man began TO write again and asked
Pruzlne II he wanted to copy the registry lists.
ne ar a IA lvn N n lff r IN mi
,wer, yonll have TO wait until after election
ton Of tho witness by asking him II his mem-
oV was so good that he remembered things
which never happened.
= will not allow such a question" said
!Hsl,a BARTLETT quickly 1t Is an insult to
Charles \. CLAYTON. a lawyer in Colonel Al:
bert l. Lambs office, who went to Grayesend
Or the morning of Nov. and served Charles
ess ' WIN coy sfs STfS Il
iof whom he was looking. told OF a CONVERSE
ton IN the car with McKane. who said to the
nayno- refused copy Of these lists once
s W., qfered Il to him. and now he'll have to
Another witness who told OF the efforts TO Sc
cure copies OF the lists on Nov 3 and 4 was
Sohn McNamAra. a law student in Justice
that the party Of twenty went to Grayessnd on
we night Of Nov. !. He said he went to the
boiling place Of the Second district at 2 o'clock.
AaH me Two men were copying at the etter
- AZ O'Clock they had reached the letter
I. and an hour later they were still on the
names names beginning with q" At the polling
Narr OF the Third district the men working at
eolylng the lists were writing the names be-
nhalng at +" at > o'clock. An hour later
thry had reached the latter s." and at 4
oeioek they had gone back to 81. )"
hcNamaTa - young imam with spectacles.
Shn lakes himself very seriously. Tie gave
hls evidence Yesterday in a tone which showed
NV panty he tet the great public benefit
tnat MS individual acts were bound TO confer
IN tDe community lie described the body OF
.ptN-nNe men armed with clubs that. under
.e guidance OF Chief MckAne. awaited the
a'tNal nt the bRYnOI men,
,leNAmaTa was the first to Alight from the
, lam anu ne was the nrst to be seized, The
Au'een other men were treated IN the same
~ ana al led into room in the Town Hall
t,nlel Achane followed the last man in and
t0S a seat, while the men stood about the
~Me az which he sat MckRns called McNa-
S Sats out into the hall and asked him why he
E-HeoiLe 10 such peaceful little village as
taiaMsTnd at midnight When the witness
'StL u Name who he was, tho boss said;
Vel Mac, | don't know anything wrong
Ioo4t YOU, hut you're in bad company. and III
1G,e 70 lock YOU ~ TO- night"
"a the mean time the other prisoners names
sssie taken and LAWYER KOdeTick who was as
ItuS Judge sutherland in the proceedings
vwnHeI his back when the witness returned
f'u achane, 10 order that his face might not
H1eeh he prisoners were kept In the Town
~ until > o'clock and then hud,. ed into the