New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-11-08
IS SUEEHAN GOING A WAY D.!
A RI'MOR THAT HE WILL SAIL FOR
EUROPE TODAY


II was rumored last night that John { Shee-
han Tammany Police Commissioner. had sud
denly decided on a trip abroad. and that h" in
tended sailing today Sheehan is threatened
with prosecution for violating the Ballot law In
issuing instructions 10 election officers forbidding
fhorn To- glv,. out the constitutional amendment
ballots and n was hnt"i that NJ had decided II
got ont Of the counir, before N" arrangements
for his prosecution had been completed The
only European steamer which Is down among
the departures for to-day * th" Columbia of IN"
Hamburg American line which sails at j"
p. m from her pier In Iiobokcn.
\ Tribune reporter who went TO MIR She'hanS
house 40 is4 West Twenty -fourth-st. last night
ia inauiro - 10 the truth II th" report fo"nd
tn. place closed up nd apparently deserted.
No lights were visible. and although the reporter
rang the doorhcn repeatedly he was am" - "o-
tain no response to his persistent efforts.
In,uiry At tho Pequod club. ~. 267 West
rv.r,v-dfth-st brought the Information that
Commissioner Shcchan had not been th"r" eithcr
last night or during the day yesterday. and that
n. had mo-. been seen I'm the neighhorh'"d
Al 4 noiehb,ring Iquor-shop which NJ. Hhe'-
han has teen I'm the habit # frcGuentng me
hark,cper denied that the Commissi1n'i m",
hoeu thore during tn" last twenty -i"ui n"ui
lo tod the reporter. however. ihat ne hdu "'"''
! that NJ ShcchAn had gone ID bul'i"' -,,,.
James II Southworth. Tamindny Assr"p'' -
man from the Nllith District. ~ Wh,h % %on's'" s
| H. the Tamnany leader. wh1 VAS u,ieA,e" 49,,
| ,..,l.cfi.,u on TUESDAY by william hailhh' ."'
| Hcpuhlican candidate. 10y goo pluraIV .",ne, ne
! win Tribune reporter about nliuns"' ,r,
! ~. door of his room at No. 80 West wen
! .htr1 q, Ue was told II the rumOr that Ponce
! Commissioner Shechan vas to SAIL To-Day '''
hurope ,..,.oo,. s,keq. asked Mr.
| southXorth H. sad he had been with Sheeha I
| several times during the day. discussing "us'
| ms matters and that Shcchah had '0Iu mn
! nothing abpG, prospective" UP W hUnh
..Tbnrr's nothing in IT," hr said finally. though
rot oy.rfor '!by. nothing III H. 49,,
The columbia. of tne Hamburg me. tnc
....r,., on which ii was said Mr.. Shethah IN
,rl.d IA all to-day. was visited nj her no"
| hnkcu ui.r lv Tribune reporter a, Il la.e nou' @
! ,aa, nirht II ,.. as-ertcd there that no pas
! s.rrnrs had been taken on board ana Una.
/ nn tngeage for the steamer had arrived AZ
,hc pior This statement was nad" ai'nous' s, u
the suppositi"n was I,nnIv thn, n, AFTER nght In
ending 10 keep out Of sight until the Vesse'
was safely out at s-a. 80, c..,,,,.,o. q,
Thc Execurivc Committee II the COMMITTEE W oI
c,.n,tv discussed Mr. Shcehans case at lis
euecjal meeting yesterday afternoon " was uil-
drrstood that arrangements were i H','' '.,,,i,
t,,, chenhan's arrest. indictment ana lt"s'Cu'iuin
ss.n .i'l,,inp the election laws. The offence with
| rbich n. is charged is a felony punishapie ny
! imurisonneni for not M re thhh lhr'' Su y,
by fine Of not more 'nan S''ov'. i,1 - the
| u,as believed that Shcehan had got wlhu u Wv Wv
| ,lans being made for landing him IN the Pvl-
! i;nntiary-hencc his intention I" er, o"' 81 -"
| ,untrv with as little delay rs possible. -
william TraVcrs JcrOn" has brch re'h''''" '
| tb. Committee of seventy 10 push 'h' ~
| sgainsi Shecnan and Joseph H. th"dt' ma
| ,,r.rcd his services To- assist in ms prosecution
! and conviction. . ,.,,i, too
T,seph Ilrocque. chairman Of the commit, ~, "
! or seventh was seen at his home ~ "a.
/ Fifv-sixth-st By Tribune reporter iaI'. '"a' '
night He said that the rumor oi Shee"'n ~ - -
tent to leave the country hurrledly was new, !"
him II VAS the first hc had heard oi H. ana ~, ~
Gas inclined To- think the rurnor was "i'h""'
foundation. 49,, - S.ycrtv .
ynuId take any steps to prevent Sherh'th ieh''b
the country should ii find that hc ihteh"eu W"
ing So NJ. Iarocquc said ne couid h"' S"S q"
vol iust what the committee wouIh 40 ,
When told that certain newspapers mao puu
ushcd If as "A fact that the Committee ol 1'N
nnfv hal fully determined 10 prosecute onee
ha, and tha: he had given ii AZ his opihioh '',fi'
sh"ch,n had been guilty Of the grossesi Nioid.
kan If The law In the XlIIth Assembly plst'i''
-, Tucsdav Mr.. Larocquc said ne could hot p'
hnd responsible for all thai the newspapers s,,'
s.h'',Id thc Committee Of seventy decine una
.,hn,n nan had committed "A crime asdinst 'iie
LrIection laws, IT would certainly ho" MIN -
- strict accountability In the courts