New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-01-30
occupied the stand In direct and cross examina-
Is C0RTLANDT STREET,
NEW YORK.

occupied the stand in direct and cross examina-
ton.
MORE COPYrSTS GIVE EVIDENCE
Then came William Popped, who said he was
b. trade n brass-moulder and had been employed
to go to Gravesenl and assist in copying the
registry lists for Mr.. Gaynor. He also detailed
the experiences of those engaged In that mis-
sion The examination u this witness was inter-
rupted by the recess at ! o'clock and was re-
sunled and concluded SHORTY after the reassem-
bling Of the court at o'clock.
During the forenoon considerable amusement
was caused by sealed envelope addressed TO
Of the jurors being handed 20 Judge Bartlett,
who asked the juror II he would permit II to be
opened by the Court. ON. that wait, /
guess" replied the juror ar blush swept over
his face. Later the letter was read by Judge
Bartlett who ordered II 20 be har ded 10 the
Juror Judge Bartlett had discharged legal
function. though It was apparent that 1t was
h. did not relish.
PROCEEDINGS AT THE AFTERNOON SESSION.
At the afternoon session, on the conclusion OF
the witness Poppers crOss-examinaton. Francis
T. Prtzn was sworn. lie. too. was one Of Mr..
Gaynor's copyists. lie repeated the experiences
Of the men who had gone on this Grand. Cues
tons were Introduced by the prosecution bear
ing upon his Journey ID C0ney Island from
Gravesend He alleged that he and his compan-
ions had been followed on late train from the
latter 10 the former place. Judge Bartlett ex-
pressed doubt as to the propriety d admitting
The evidence in the absence Of sufficient testi-
mony previously offered to justify the inference
that four men, apparently belonging TO NC.
Kanes gang. had taken the same tram az
Gravesend with any hostile intent General
Tracy argued that Mr.. P:GZn and his COM
panions had received treatment al Coney Island
Identical with that suffered b. the associates
they had left behind and the fact was an evi.
dencc Of conspiracy. Judge Bartlett held thai
there evidence as yet when connecteo
them with McKane: that they might. I'm fact
have been acting entirely independently Of the
defendant. and certainly At that stage the testl-
mony was not admissible" Long arguments py
Judge Troy and General Tracy enSucd: and
finally the Court withheld decision until this
morning
Denis Buckley. sr., another q the copyists.
was sworn but he too was Withdrawn pending
the decision Of Justice Bartlett this morning.
Charles A. Clayton. law clerk in the office OK
Colonel Lamb. of counsel for the prosecution,
testified to his endeavors to serve man1amns
papers on Inspectors Murphy Morris and Brown
hill lie told among other things how he had
taking the train az Coney Island ana between
that point and Cravesend. entered car ana
seeing man pass into the car forward pursued
him and served paper upon him Returning ne
was accosted by Mckane. whom he knew per-
sonally. Mciane asked him IL he was serving
papers on inspectors If election. He replied that
he was. McKane told him the man he had fol-
lowed was not Morton Morris. the Inspector. hut
Charles Morris. the collector and that he had
better go and recover the paper This point
being brought out on crosse animation by Mr.
Backus. the latter asked the witness, When MI:
McKane told you this didn't you believe III,
YES believed it, was the reply.
WOULD HE TAKE MKANE's WORLD
you knew Mr. McKane." continued the coun-
sci. "and knowing his word to be reliable you
accepted his statement as true?" Before the
witness could answer there was a roar Of laughter.
which brought the hammer OF the Judge upon
the table in a succession If sharp raps. and In
the confusion the reply WAS not audible al the
reporters table.
The last witness OF the day was William NC
Namara, the law student in the office or Mr.
Gaynor who led the copyists who were taken
to Raymond Street Jail and on the Monday,
preceding election were released on habeas
corpus proceedings. His testimony was In SUBJ
sanitation Of the history Of their treatment
from the time Of arrest to the time OF their de-
liyerance. With respect to the lack or nourish-
ment from which they suffered so intensely
Judge Bartlett held II to be his duty not to ad-
nit evidence linking responsibility therefor with
McKane. though General Tracy argued that the
responsibility rested with Mckane to see that
proper nourishment should be provided. Judge
Bartlett declared that McKane could no more
be responsible for the taken of the pris-
oners by the custodans OF the institution than
he himself would be after sentencing a convict
to the penitentiary.
At . o'clock the court adjourned until O'CLOCK
this morning. when Mcnamara will be cross-ex'
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