The evening world., 1894-03-13
THE OLD Story TOLD AGAIN.
Second Trial of Justice Suther.
land for Oppression.
With Night Sessions It May Be Fin
ished in Two or Three Days.

land, the Gravesend Justice Of the Peace
who locked up the Gaynor copyists and
otherwise oppressed and maltreated
them. as the indictment charges, on the
Sunday before last election day, began
In earnest this morning before Justice
Brown, In the Brooklyn oyer and Ter
miner.
The jury which Is to try him this time
was completed late last evening, and is
made up as follows:
vAUPEL. potter. sol waiIabout
ISAAC p. sLAIGHT, express. $40 Myth. avenue.
WILLIAM yREELAND. FISH dealer. Fiatlands.
WILLIAM H. HuLsE. salesman. 2iS LsTerts
ERBER JENKINS. printer. 1856 Sterling place.
JOHN D. manager. 72s st. Mark 8
ALFRED M. WILDER. salesman. ISL Putnam
DAVID H. THOMPSON. produce, lis Ryerson
GusTAvE NJ. ERICSSON. teacher, ssi Dean
FRANCIS L. STRICKLAND. ~srsntter. sa5
RoDER E. M'NEIL. artist. IS Fort Greene
THoMA j. DOW. jeweller. 46 Blocker street.
This jury, as in the case of the Nc
Kane trial and the previous trial Of
Sutherland. is under the continual care
and supervision of a court officer. n
as long as the trial lasts will be kept at
the st. George Hotel and not allowed to
communicate with any outsiders until
they have rendered their verdict or have
been discharged.
Justice Brown is determined that there
shall be no delay IN the prosecution Of
the Gravesend cases, and so long as he
Is sitting in Oyer and Terminer there
VIII be three sessions Of the court daily
instead of two, as heretofore.
The evening session will continue from
till 10 o'clock every day until the case
Is finished; Under this arrangement the
trial should not last more than two or
three days at the most.
O'Clock. Edward n. Shepard. Col. 4. i:
District-Attorneys. were on hand to take
care of the prosecution, while Col. E.
G. James, who will take a more. prom
erland than he did in the first, was pres
ent. to reinforce Lawyers Backus n
Roderick IN looking after the interests
Col. Lamb began his opening address
to the Jury as soon as the court con:
vened. He went over the same ground
fully the provisions Of the election
laws and describing how these had been
ignored by the election officers of Graves
Then he went on to describe the efforts
registry l1 ,vas Of the W and finally
end Town Hall the Saturday night prior
to Election. Day; their arrest by Nc
depot; their arraignment before Suther-
land, who, held a special session Of his
e %ens rs r. The he Tf STy ,d asl!; their e tb bgPCEi nnsy
Island Police Headquarters. and finally
their commitment the next morning by
IN Ha' BrooEiyn where they hs'S We're S Obliged Ito to
o'elock the next %ornlngs when they
Supreme Court on writs Of habeas
col Lamb pointed out sutherland's in
s s%isss t he0 sOpsiss. had t eome pS to- srav fs-
egai purpose. and yet he had imprisoned
shadow "t of probable cause and " Without t
them.
sworn complaints, said Col. Lamb. was a
MONDAY. morning. that the men knew
What charge had beer made against
II was not necessary for the prosecu-
Son 70. show that Sutherland actually
rs enough any 70 % pro 5Re msa' he Da' aided ID yang and
&spriving them Of their liberty, disre-
Eoi Lamb said. the prosecution could
enrnish ample proof.
Sutherland, wa assisting in commit
an e cons Il Ute srs BY em spiesfS A' his az,
Ehority as an officer of the law to will
4uiiy and maliciously Cypress innocent
estisens ana deprive s : them OF the pro-
CoG Lamb spoke for ~three-quarters Of
m hour. and then called as the first
s S1sTs Of '9 aray ns n90r Whc i pTod Eie io tSe
Gravesend registry lists filed in his Of.
dee. and described the yotins,PlacTss ESQ Of
Ia 81 Th s,f lists and Sis a map Of the Town
Lawyer William E. G: Mayer the
fetold the story Of his attempts to get thu
Gravesend registry lists from the firs'
visit. Tuesday. Oct: q: He met net S nn !
places. The latter with Justice Newton
evidently controlled the men In charge o.
the lists, and told them that they need no
eriand himself told the Gaynor party tina
they needn't think they could come
down there and bull-doze him
The lawyers for the defense made In
Vulnerable objections to this testimony
the examination and admitted It all. Mr.
Mayer also &c tod OF othep 'hh snd the % men
who pretended to be copying the lists II
the various polling places. ,.,
up. All the seats were taken and {
large number were standing.
Edward NJ. Grout corroborated tn
story told by his partner, Mr.. Mayer
On cross-eXamination Lawyer Backus ob
tanned from him the admission that WIN
he received a retainer to prosecute cleo
ton fraud cases he had contribute'
nothing to the fund hat was beini
raised by the Committee.
Mr., Grout was badgered for about nal
an hour by Lawyer Backus, who finally
at Col; James's suggestion. gave up IN
struggle.
Law Student John p. Mcnamara, fror
Mr.. CIRCUITS office, also corroborated MI
Mayors testimony, his story varying J
no way from that which he told on IN
McKane and the first trial OF Justc
sutherland. He also gave an ACCOUNT 9
the doings at Gravesend Saturday nigh
when he and the thirteen other copyist
Were arrested by McKane and his ponce
men,. and were afterwards locked up =
the Coney Island Police Headquarters o
order of Justice Sutherland. !.
Sutherland, he said, held court In IN
Town Hall after the arrest, and he an
the other members OF the party weT
arraigned before the Justice twice. IN
nrst time they went In all together, an
the next time singly.
John Y. McKane, Charles r.. Morris
the Tax Collector. who acted as clerk {
sns court, and Lawyer George ". Hoc