The evening world., 1894-02-06
M'KANE WAS AFRAID.
That's Why He Ordered Out So
Many Police at Gravesend.
Gaynor's Men We're Arrested for
Being There at Midnight.
One OF the Cars Bright Witnesses
Forgets Where He Lives.

With the assurance that this would be
his last day of torture in the witness
chair. John Y. McKane resumed the
stand this morning. in the Brooklyn
Court of oyer and Terminer.
For a day and n half he had suffered
under the keen dissecting knife of Gen.
Tracy's cross-exam!nation. The dam
aging nature of his testimony needs no
comment. 1t was a comfort anyway
that he was in the hands of his own
counsel this morning, for a time at
least.
Lawyer Roderick resumed the redirect
examination, begun just before court ad-
journed yesterday afternoon. by asking
McKane II he was actuated by any per-
sonal fear when he gave the orders to
sergt. Murphy about the police arrange
ments or election day.
Yes, sir, in some measure. John j.
McGinnis had told me that a man came
to Republican headquarters and threat
ened to shoot me-"
Why did you walk away from Col.
Bacon when he began to shout Here he
Il didn't know but what 1t was a plot
better to get away"
What was Col. Bacon's name at
that time?"
Very excited"
Did you believe Gardner when he told
you that the men had come dow to
watch !, the houses of the election inspec-
II did not"
You say you did not believe him?"
asked Justice Bartlett. turning around
NO, sir; I did not" ID,
Il thought You told Gardner that the
private houses at midnight" continued
yes; / said that. but I didn't believe
This finished the redirect examination,
ard once more the Car was in the
hines of Gen; Tracy for re-Gross-exam
as the gray-haired lawyer arose to be-
gin mis- interrogations.,
srrst. Murphy got. leave Of absence
on election day McKane knew what he
was doing.
What do you nean by fixing up
= think he was building a house"
Don't you know for a fact that he
was doing police duty that afternoon"
II don't remember"
Now, you have sworn that the copy
lists were all drunk, except two or
three. Who were the sober ones?"
IAN were manifestly under the in
hnence of liquor except Gardner, Cahill
anil a man whose name. / think. is
slckles. | can't say that any of them
staggered or rceled."
Can you say now why they were ar
rsted?'
They were arrested for being down
there at that time of night"
Here Justice Bartlett interrupted by
asking:
b you mean to say that those people
sad no right to be in Gravesend at mid
HNFal1 tta ~1;nt to hnra - nnSuynra1
the witness n%epvousiy. I'VE were told
mat they. were all drunk at the depot
s ssIio couldn't give an n account ans an of of them them
ny: Here is the Town Hall. let's get
Gen, Tracy was at the witness in an
..Dtd you ever make that statement
's aSo in these proceedings"
why did you leave 1t out?"
l wanted other witnesses to bring 1t
truly vHou we were sworn 90. to tell the whole
,,McKane wiriggied, but would not ex-
ss,n t Tey cr he Of had adet not re sa the Anything roIlsla
Gen. Tracy then produced again the
afidavit made by McKane in the manda-
mus proceedings, in which he had sworn
that he had examined the Gravesend
registry rolls. and which statement he
GGontradicted on the stand. After read
~ that part of the affidavit Gen Tracy
s seS you S11 reaa that h part of the af'davtt
Il never heard of that part of it until
neard II here In court"
The WITNESSES attention was called to
SSM,e lnterlineations made. with nen and
SS between the typewriter lines Just
y%tr MCkane's signature, and asked II
,heyy were there when he put his name
NE document. .
Ms GNane couldn't say. He explained
Ms lapse of memory by aging that he
NY glanced over the afidaVit.
that s sGR,t y1t ppbp%@s ] read snsd fiTe lines OF
Justice Bartlett locked at McKane
harnly: wy " us e III"
t,spEid anybody tell you what was in
No, sir,
r,DDn vow mean to say" continued Gen.
s%sssisitlnrt ha q You four signed tynewr ~ aff, pn a
VII reading only four or five lines
al ri asan o6 to say ! y,I .ha, supposed it was
hess .mf S. asamlssIon on the par, @, the wit
NctK;sa a visible effect on the Jury;
,a ddVN NsT ieft the stand at 1O.25 o'clock;
s6ippsd, boy who had just been severely
n he relief from Mechanics supporters
mentor.
). ae eRs defense, then. called William NJ
. aa%es H G~lendenning took hR" Up the direci
, TNnmaination OF the witness.
: ,ax,..usns the registry rolls. He was en-,
/. ksmaa IN that task when Clerk Nc
: nlndeSS came to the Town Hail and de-
: IA" bSNamara and the men with him
!, traanSn Drinking. Mcnamara said: =
Y 9osea "a those registry lists for the pur
? hst or copying them I told hin
: |hishenSs could have them when I hat
sod 5SId him that IL he was in a hurr,
~ n ma begin where I was and call OF
Nee nWe I SO we could all copy them a
, "hen l had finished they coult