Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-02-22
CRIMES AND ACCIDENTS.
SIX Years for NfcKane.

SIX Years for Mckane.
BRooKLYN, n. Y, Feb. 20-John Y.
McKane, the former Gravesend political
chief, who was sentenced to six years in
state prison yesterday, will not go to Sing
Sing to-day as was expected. Lawyer
Roderick, after considerable hustling,
succeeded in getting from Justice Edgar
NJ. Cullen II stay of proceedings until
Friday next, The hearing will take place
at 10 o'clock on Friday morning in the
supreme court, Brooklyn. After Mr.. Nc
Kane was taken to the Raymond Street
Jail, Lawyer Roderick and Colonel James
at once began work on the papers in the
case. They worked all day long and it
was dark before they hal finished the
task. shortly before o'clock the papers
on which an appeal for stay were to be
made were finished. Mr.. Rod rick hur-
rledly left the Clarendon hotel and, jump
ing into cab. hurried to the home Of
Judge Cullen on Willow street. The judge
was getting ready to retire for the night,
Mr. Roderick presented his case and after
a long argument Justice Cullen finally
granted stay as stated above.
When Mr.. Roderick received the judges
signature to the papers he left the house
and hastened to the Raymond street Jail,
where he served the papers on Sheriff
Buttling. Wen the lawyer arrived at
the jail Mr.. Mcl<ane was asleep He was
awakened and when told that a stay had
! been granted he merely said that he
thought it would. 1t il said that the
lawyer for Mr.. McKane appealed to Judge
Pratt for a stay, but he refused to listen
to them.
News from the Jail this morning is to tn
effect that Mckane spent decidedly
restless night and that he is comp, ete!y
dazed Mt the position he finds himself in.
He is trying to face the music as bravely
as possible, but there is no Disgusting the
fact that his conviction, the sentence of
six years, and the seeming hopelessness
of the efforts to prevent or delay his en-
tering state prison, has almost stunned
him.
Harris Held Up the Court.
BUFFALO. Feb. l9.-Leroy Harris, alias
| William II. Clark, undergoing eXamina
| tion in United States Commissioner Fair
child's Office in the federal building, held
up the commissioner, United States Dis
trict Attorney Mackay, Special Postofice
Inspector Latimer and Deputy United
States Marshal Watts at the point of his
revolver and then b1lted aud made good
his escape. Harris was arrested in the
po-toilice at noon by Special Agent Lati-
mer on the charge of forging the name
of William II. Clark to a money order
for 500 in Valparaiso, Ind, some weeks
ago. The inspectors had been after him
ever since and only know succeeded in
spotting him. He was taken to the
United States commissioners on the
thirl floor of the building and was put
under examination. Everything was go
ing on quietly when Harris jumped to
his feet and, pulling big gun, yelled:
Hold up your hands or Pll blow your
brains OUT
He had the drop on all present and
they quietly submitted Harris then
backed towards the door and with his
revolver still covering the court officials
he slipped the bolt with his left hanl
and opening the door dashed into the cor
ridor locking the door after him. Quick
as II flash Inspector Latimer threw open
a window and fired his revolver in the
air to attract attention and then yelled:
stop him, stop him"
A crowd quickly gathered but Harris
had got safely out of the building and
was gone before the police arrived.
Harris was for many years an employe
of the New York p stollice
Harris was arrested at o'clock in the
morning at Niagara Falls, Ont, by De-
tective Thomas Young, of Niagara Falls,
n. Y.