The sun., 1894-02-16
John Y. M'KANE IS GUILTY.
,HE JURY AGREES AFTER BEING oUr
twenty HOURS

N.,,s nnd spirit All Gone Whes He
started Tor R.rmoud Street Jsn-Wm
n. ssptsncsd on Mondny-Mu-t stay In
s.u TIL Then, when rii- Counsel Hope
an get H,m Out on Bsii-Justice Gaynor
.,s tbe Prosecuting Lawyers Pleased
s., There t. No Chsaes for n Reversal
Join Y. McKane King OF Coney Island.
pespot OF Gravesond. Chief OF Police. Chief OF
the Fire Department, President OF the Police
Boarl President OF the Town Improvement
poard Supervisor, Superintendent OF the
Msthodist sunday School-Pooh Bah John Y.
MeKane spent his FIRST night In Jail last night
By the verdict OF a jury felon. In his sum
ming up for the prosecution on Wednesday,
Gen. Tracy said; "
Had anybody asked John Y. McKane be-
tore election day which was the most likely.
that he would be translated or that no would
he indicted and tried for the crimes he was
then com m lttinE, he would have said without
snoment's hesitation. Translated
Great as was the surprise and shock OF an
indIct m ent and trial. It was as the popping OF
hrscracker TO the explosion OF a bomb. to the
shock Of the conviction.
E1.Judge Troy. McKane's counsel. In his
summing up said:
yicted." and as the despot Of Gravesend was
led oil to Jail yesterday he looked as II this
vas truo. He was tho picture Of a heart
broken man. His moral courage. II he had
possessed any was gone His usually ruddy
face was as white as tho snow through which
he walked to his carriage. His gait was not
steady. The hundreds Of his friends who
crowded about and who would have cheered
him had they dared. got no recognition from
his eye. To men who had witnessed execu-
tons in the prison at Sing Sing. the
short and quick walk from the rear Of
the Court House to that carriage seemed
almost like the last journey OF a condemn
cd man from the cell to the death chair. and
probably no condemned man ever felt worse
on his last journey than John Y. NIckane. once
the absolute ruler OF . town. felt In this. the
beginning OF his first walk to prison. This is
not an exaggeration. for McKane's spirit was
manifestly gone. The narve that had enabled
him originally to defy the law and spit In the
face Of the Supreme Court and set at naught
It's DEGREES. and that later had enabled him to
hear up under the strain Of the long and con-
stantly losing race with justice. was gone. His
manner. his face. his very movement showed
Il. His friends admitted 1t. Some OF them
went SO fer even as to say that II his conviction
resulted In q long term Of Imprisonment, he
nEa the in his case
was made under the most impressive circum-
MeRsps sf stnS ss
to the lurymeh as II he dared not look at them.
WAS Tor the moment forgotten, as every eye
was turned on the solemn faces OF the twelve
men who were about to announce his fate and
scs er5 va. strained to tas
Ss99,'yn sns asss and n' fs:dd' sSs sseSis
that any demonstration on the announcement
punishment Beside him sat Justice William
vas responsi6lo for It all 1t would BE- per
4aps, unfair to say that the look that Justice
vindlctive. but II was certainly q look that had
soms meaning. and beneath it McKanes eyes
The silence In tho room was almost painful.
IT was broken by the formal question Of the
clerk. and then the ann nouncement OF the lore
m an In voice. which, while 1t may not have
been louder than ordinary, sounded with the
:nsTPnsss .oI1 usy Il the cracking Of whip the one
=. 1t was followed by ten seconds Of silence.
then rumble OF voices that increased to a
roar. 4 wild rush for the doors and shouts
sf and dpSn rh. the eSTrdOss les
hall Ii'' we're S swept away ike Gi nine pins Men
seemed to Be frantic. as the, rushed sT.,
Out Into the street and away some men
This is the most importsut event to the
tsr vas H literally tras "S The Tue eSclts%sp9 dii
not sqbsids quickly. though the noise did. IL
journey to Prison when the crowd about the
Court House resumed its normal quiet. and
the Mekape case for the time being was
At hall iTS past seNb 8. the time for tho court to
Sofs we're "s vS srowdsd % SIX T poiss%sp were on
dSuty; hut they eSuldnt hana9 ths hf. crowd
The court room and through, the narrow pas
sage to the bench. He call ed the court TO
iiy that he hadn't heard anything from the
S,Goei h I'm In the hem nornns; Ii that then
eosrss % S he saia @ :'p sent NIT no a answer to
them. win be In, attendance at the court or
M fns tns ar tR.
WI be used by Justice Gaynor. who Ii trying
Mekaue. with Sheriff Buttiing, had been on
hand promptly. He Listened to the Judge with
sgparently very small degrees OF interest. and
iounded SS 1 the Ss crowd. ' which was So com posed
aree!y OF people from his domain. and was
= fsf. iouRd III him aHI guilty. t' G ESstybodS told
aim i was an excellent sIgn; that there
sgts ssaut.t FiSs %aatss alter S the the
iSdss had left the bench. Nc Kane and the
sour room went, out into the corridor which
bartlett Vas seen @ i'm %sdiatsls alter he left the
es?eh, and was asked:
hsjury Ia the BseeheT case sew was heldp"
L. dSntG At tho moment remember Just how
iissin'ttsi, shall IL eertsnlS be- within call at
fspS fnG4rs B9 .99'day and TO- night except between
Indeed sites S this long %S sSs % and s' the Gfsst
result IL ml6trlAL
Justice Gaynor. with Justice Smith OF
hIhira, opened Court In the court room little
eeiOds ~ O'clock. The case before them was
ss1it lor damages BY a woman against a
srooshdnaai Il was Just ii 30 o'clock when the
ssIosd IN the corridor began to shout. " The
'-Sb coming In! The luTy's coming In
.hshs onleeTs In the court room cleared twelve
tbsIr tbrs opposite the Jury that was sitting, and
ssbb asb had hardly done 1t when the doors opened
tna tsn bang, and the people In the hall began
hIiusA n. The court officers and the police
shh44 hai been stationed outside the doors
mn M INSTRUCTIONS to admit nobody hut re-
Il hsSts aud persons who had business with
inNoutt 10 enter were swept on their feet
sssS,u uoIleht the room was damned almost to
sauocatiOu and the crowd outside pushed and
ss,eI ssSm,eI and fought for admittance; II was
H. minutes before the police could recover
tIsmss!yes, and then they succeeded in get
ssA 'he doors closed They were opened
II fSsa 10 a lew minutes 10 admit the jury aud
s9te niystorOus fashion a passageway
'TOIgh Me choksd court room was forced.
totel Oy reman Sackett. the Jurors marched
Gsnell seats and sat down. linn ediateiy after
uonu uSu Gale Lawyer shepard for the Drosecu-
a. az, taWYer Glendenning, the Junior coun-
E,Igl me defence. was already there. Justice