The evening world., 1894-02-10
TO FINISH MONDAY.
So Says Lawyer Roderick Of Gar
MoKane's Defense.
Gravesend Town Hall Storm-Housa
Exhibited in Court To Day.
Inspectors Wife Says Gaynor's Men
Didn't Ask for Registry Lists.

Before the trial of John Y. McKanc
was resumed to-day in the Brooklyn
Court of oyer and ,Terminer. Lawyer
Rodcrick. senior counsel for the de-
tense, announced that his side would
finish its case Monday. providing no
unforeseen circumstances arose which
would neccssitate the calling of more
witnesses.
An exhibit in to-day's proceedings was
the storm door which did duty at the
entrance oil the sixth District polling
place at Gravcsend election day. The
boN-like structure was Set UP on four
chairs and made an imposing exhilit
for the defense, although there was
considerable speculation az to what
could be proved by It which would ben
eft Mcliane's case.
The first witness Of the day was Mrs.
Kate Crandnll, wife OF Election Inspector
Crandall, of Gravesend. After telling
that her husband was in the real estate
business at lSo Washington street.
Brooklyn, Mrs. Crandall testified that II
registry book, containing the names of
the voters of Gravesend, had been In the
house for ten days or two weeks previous
to election.
Nov. Q, according TO the witness. a gem
tleman with black whiskerR called at the
house while she was getting ready to 40
to the matinee In Brooklyn. The black
whiskered man asked II Mr.. Crandall
was AT home. Told that he was not. the
visitor said:
The law demands that the registry
II saw another man with u light
,%hS a ,am: s, stan on the s'lgwalk at
with the whiskers asked If MIR. Crand""ii
had the registry book. told him yes,
and that my husband kept 1t on The
parIor table, The man on the sidewalk
tine my husband would be home, they
ca T ms y; %,'n; u.s. s rn;2. 'n n2,.r Dq ,ns, rye sSSsr
evening Mrs. Crandall went to her
bro,ner,s home. in Fass,ic,, \; j., and
s sSst, ntiEse a y fss o 5S'd ,n her two n"s s,9nnre 81,
Mr.. .Crandali told his wife that sa,e
should have shown the book, hut she
excused herself by saying thai the men
Henry r. Williams, President of the
Gravesend Republican Association, and
q member OF the Board Of Assessors,
watchers certMcates az the same in
which he and Arson NJ. Strntton had in
watchers who acted on election day.
The witness said he took very little in
terest IN the election, but was "around"
on election day.
On cross-examinatlon by Col, Lamb,
the witness swore that ne couldn't re-
member all the names OF the men Sc
lected as watchers, but finally called off
the names of eight of the twelve men
appointed. The witness was not sure
whether or not the names were filled in
before StratOn came.
In argument for the admission Of a
question which the Court thought was
not material to the issue, Gen. Tracy
said:
we want to show that this man is an
n%ppointee of Mckane and that John y.
McKane runs both the Democratic and
Republican organizations ut Gravcsend,'
With this end In view the line of ex-
animation was allowed. but did not seem
to bear out Gen. Tracy's assumption
that Mckane ran both ends of the poll
Mrs. Mary Jane Brownhill. who took
the witness chair next, said she was the
About the middle OF the week before
election "A man. whom she couldn't de
scribe, came to the house and asked for
Mr.. Brownhill. The latter was not at
called and asked for Mr., Brownhill, who
Questioned by Mr.. Shepard as to her
sons occupation Mrs. Brownhili con-
fessed that she did not know What ne
son worked for Mcl>ane In OCTOBER ana
November last.
Her son never told her what he did
for a living and she asked no CUES
lions. The only thing she ever knew
about her sons occupation since h"
reached his majority, six years ago, was
that he had been appointed an %slecti34
Inspector at the last election lie tod
James McSherry. a bartender for
Inspector Nicholas j. Johnson; at
Mayer to the place the "Wednesday, pre-
ceding election, Mayer asked for John
son, and Mcsherry told his employer;
The witness didn't know what passed
between Johnson and Mayer nj that in
tCTVicW.
The following Friday night Mcsherry
said johnson brought the reGistry-roll
book downstairs ana old the witness to
show 1t to anybody who asked 10 see u.
James J, Brown was called to TESTIFY
to having seen Johnson around Graves
end frequently during the week before
election.
Ex-Judga Troy here interrupted the
proceedings by rising and asking Justice
Bartlett II he would please see that bet
ter order was preserved in the court,
room. His Honor looked SURPRISED, and
said, that he thought he had preserved
There are people sitting around here,
feeling with broad grins on !.helr faces
The Court can't prevent persons, from
Justice nartlstt,s reply, 80,
peopl. who had been offending his sense
of propriety by showing their amuse-
ment at some Of the answers gwen. 10y
the Witnesses for the defense, and then
sat down.
Samuel =. Butler. a builder, Of Graves
end, told the jury that he built the poll-
ing booths In the Town Hall, He be
gan the work Oct, II, and finished II in
three DAYS. The witness used TO lock the
doors OF the entrances To the polling
places every night and open them every
morning,
Mr.. butler showed how he did it, using
the storm door exhibit TO illustrate how
he performed that Office. Tn pad.ocks
used for the purpose were put In evil
denCe.
Alanson T'readwell, OF the firm OF
Treadwell, Slote g. Co, cloth!ers, was
then called. MIR, Treadwell Ii the AS
slstant Superintendent OF the Gravesend
Methodist Church Sunday-School. OF
which John Y, McKane is Superintend-
ent.
MIR. T~readweli was evidently called to
testify to the good character OF the de-