The evening world., 1894-02-05
Ez-secretary Tracy Again Puts
Him on the Gridiron,
Didn't Order Col. Bacon's Arrest
Nor Know the Reason for Il.
Knows Nothing About Sunday Liquor
Selling at Coney Island.

Ign Court OF Oyer and Terminer.
McKare went on the stand with the
avowed determination of clea ring himself
of the suspicion of perjury, which rested
on him after his declaration under oath
Saturday that he had sworn falsely to an
at1daNtt drawn for the purpose of defeat
ing the mandamus proceedings
Gen. benjamin F. Tracy continued the
cross-examination. He began in the
same gentle, ~insinuating manner which
characterized his tactics Saturday, first
asking Mckarc IL he had not recon-
msndcd the appointment of the enumer-
ators who took the Gravesend census of
1892. The witness said that lie did
u YOU know who they were?'
81 can't remember their names now"
was It ever brought to your atten-
ton that the census OF February, 1892.
showed n population of s,4lS, and that
the registry list showed 6.2lS voters?"
Eyes, l read it in the newspapers"
You have made somewhat OF a study
of elections returns. have you not, MIR.
McKane?"
Yes, sir; l have looked into that n
little"
Then you know thai that would be
a proportion Of about six voters to every
eight people,,
About that
How many names appeared on the
registry list Of the Second Gravesend
About 1000. or, to be correct, 1904"
when did you learn that In 1893 the
registry list bore 1900 namcs?"
i don't know just when"
Have you any Idea how these 1880
new names got on the list"
"I know pntbjnp about ~. had rpth-
Ing to do with It,"
d you know who 1t was that told
Mr.. Maxfeld in the Town Hail Oct. q
that Mr. Gaynor couldn't sc, a copy of
the list without an order from your"
u understand that 1t was OFFICER uriah
j.. Ryder, Of the Grayesend District.
he saw you afterwards"
Il told him / had better sense than to
give such an order to a policeman when
l iPfd NC You 'a eTsf SaaRe that statement, be-
? ~ wink said it in an AFFIDAVIT. but
How many a%fidavits have you made
since these proceedings began 2"
-Four, l think.'
Did you ever tell Inspector Murphy
to make a copy OF the list for Mr.. Gay
nor ?"
~ asked Mr., Murphy II he didn't
think 1t would be a nice thing to do to
make a copy, of the list and give it to
This answer raised a smile throughout
the courtroom.
II knew continued the witness,
:" that Murphy had mads a copy Of the
he saw Mr.. Gaynor. He made the list;
at least | saw a paper sticking out of his
pocket, which he said was a copy. He
was in my office at the time"
After Mr.. Gaynor insisted on making
his own copy. what old you tell Muir
II don't remember"
Gen. Tracy then came down to the
night OF Nov. 4, when Mr.. Gaynor's
copyists went down to Gravesend.
The witness in answer to questions re-
message from Coney Island Police Head
quarters to the effect that a crowd OF
drunken men was gathered around the
Gravesend Town Hall.
tween his evidence to-day and that
given on his direct examination except
that he did not remember to-day that he
he could 10 the Town Hall, He thought
he only told the sergeant to send some
men to Ora vesend.
that the sergeant told you that the men
were going to seize the registry lists?"
DO you think they would have seized
the records"
Il don't doubt It,"
Have you ever made that statement
before In an aindavit?'
81 don't know what Is in the a'idavIts
McKane finally admitted that he did
not make any such statement in the
anldavits he had ALREADY sworn to.
end Town Hall that night, and how he
found the crowd Of strangers near the
Town Hall. Most of the men were
he had with them he was satisfied that
none of the men knew what they were
there for, except Clerk Mcnamara.
Cahill and Gardner,
that he was ashamed of his errand
and to be found In such company. He
told me that the men were drunk and
'h It ms asa ! MsKa IN a ssid, Psr thsm because
the men We're Intoxicated and partly be
cause Of their errand that he ordered
their arrest.
Gen. Tracy brought the Witness down
to the events Of election day. McKane
said he arrived at the Town Hall a
short time before the carriages rive
He went ever TO the porch OF Herr
lein's Hotel ard saw about thirty DO
liccmen congregated around the Town
Hall.
ii went there to see that nobody 70,
nurt." was Mechanics reason for being Ia
the neighborhood.
When the carriages drove up con,
tlnued the witness, Il was on the hotel
The men jumped out Of the carriages
and rushed In a CROWD. towards me.
Col. Bacon caught sight OF me, and way
ing his arms shouted, Here he is, here
he H. meaning me.
II had nothing to do with the arrest
OF the party except giving a general
must be allowed around tho, polls"
"Did you see Gel. BACON do anything
which would warrant hts arrest?"
No, sir not personally"
'Do you know what they were ar
rested for?'
nc. sir"
Did You see the wagon drive away
with Col. Bacon ard three others"'
''Yc3. sir"
Police you should know for VIVA; they
had been arrested"
at did not"
"Did YOU see Mr.. Witte that day %
Yes, ] think ] saw him. IN the bar
room OF Herrlein's Hotel. ] went in TO
get my breakfast.
ia replied that he lived In New Utrecht,
I said: You had better go there and
Continued on StaA Pu0e.