The evening world., 1894-05-29
SUTHERLAND
SENTENCED.
A Year in Grow Hill, 5000
Fine; Then a Year and 8
Months in Sing Sing.
he CONFESSED HIS CRIME.
Admitted Stuffing Ballot-Boxes
in the Second Graves
end District.
COURT SHOWS HIM LENIENCY.
Must Serve at Crow Hill Before
Going to Sing Sing Other
Indictments Quashed.
COURT SHOWS HIM LENIENCY.

. conspirator, who returned to Brooklyn
yesterday from Montreal and surren-
dered to Sheriff Buttlng. pleaded gull
ty, this morning. In the Kings County
Court of Oyer and Terminer. to an in
dictment charging him with procuring
a false canvass of votes in the Second
Election District of Gravesend. at last
Falls election.
On this plea he was sentenced to i'm
prisonment in Sing Sing for a period
of one year and eight months, the SEN
tence to begin at the expiration of the
sentence of one year in the penitentiary
and $500 fine, imposed by Justice Brown.
This will keep Sutherland behind the
bars for two years and eight months.
The convict will probably be removed
from Raymond Street Jail this afternoon
or tomorrow morning.
Sutherland was taken into court by
Sheriff Buttling. Before Justice Bart
lett arrived the prisoner chatted with
Lawyer Weinberg and few friends.
Immediately after court was opened
Deputy Attorney General Shepard
moved that Sutherland be arraigned to
plead to the new indictments. Mr.. Shep-
ard selected the second indictment to be
read first.
He Pleads Guilty.
''How do you plead?" asked Clerk
Byrne.
Guilty" said Sutherland
do you waive your right to having
sentence postponed?"
Yes; prefer to hear 1t now"
Mr.. Shepard then arose and. addressing
the Court. said:
'In moving sentence upon Kenneth F.
nj w
state to the Court, for its approval, the
assurance 1 feel justified in giving the
prisoner.
"In addition to the indictment to which
he has now pleaded guilty, he Is under
nst to
the casting Of fraudulent votes in Graves
end and under seven other indictments
found against him last week.
"Of these seven indictments three are
for procuring, aiding and abetting the
election inspectors in the First, Second
and Third districts of ,Gravesend to CON
ceal the registration lists, being indict-
ments OF the same character as those
upon which John Y. Mckane was con-
'"The fourth is for procuring the In
spectors OF the Third District to make
a false canvass of the votes. and is the
which the plea of guilty has been en-
tered The fifth and sixth are for, pro,
hra hs M to
false statements of canvass, and the last
OF the indictments is for inducing the
Sutherlands, name, on the registration,
list the numbers of the several hundred
ballots which were fraudulently de-
liyered 70 him in the Second District.
q A portion Of the means by which the
false canvass was procured. for which
the prisoner is now to be punished. was
Of several hundred ballots. prepared for
that fraudulent purpose by the hands OF
the prisoner himself. and placed in the
box by his procurement and with the as
sent CT the inspectors.
II have from the inspectors OF the
Second District, and from this prisoner.
The prisoner has made to me a state
ment at length and In detail Of his en-
tire participation In the crime at Graves
that statement. or require the prisoner
to testify to facts unless in the contin-
gency that testimony about these mat
ters must again be produced upon a
Grim nal trial in court.
I'm addition to this account in detail,
the prisoner has made and signed
statement touching the general fea-
lures of the Gravesend crime which,
with his approval. l now read to the
Court as follows:
sutherIand's Startling Confession.
".From my knowledge of the election
of 1898 held at GraVesend, including the
direct knowledge l had and the knowl-
edge which came to me indirectly !
es3mate the number of fictitious votes
cast at that election ava IN nean the Second second
eirht and nine hundred; the total num-
her of fictitious votes on that day cast
IN ali OF the districts to have been be-
t,aen fourteen and fifteen hundred.
:'The actual votes cast at that election
were about 2, 100 or 2,2oO in number. The
actual number of votes cast in the year
1900 at the election In Gravesend was
1000 or 2lOO: and there were cast in 1892
about 1000 or aiW nG!iilops eailots ,or IN
what is known as the straight Demo-
In Gravesend the DemSerats "a and r., Re,
Practically no difference in Gravesend
Between Democrats and Tya Reppu6Ii5Sa,p1as; Rep 5 In
the elections Of lSSS 1859 iSsv ana @ tS iSSl M the
publican tickets. and the. votes. in those
years were to some and an increasing
sXtSSnt 6raUdnlfnt ana IN ii5Gps S5 or ss su'
"I am unwilling to inculpate any
other person and am wiling 10 take axe
one one" else, @ the the tI burden Of what myself
did IN the Second Election District on
last election day. folded Tifh TiI1in my eoSI owl
'I one hundred T '0i' or two w Hundred in number
which were ictitiously cast in my pres
ence that day | have place foI,in IN M
torney-General, full statement OF my
participation in the whole crime, inc!mg
Ing. the concealment Of the reSLstry iis iis,
and the casting of fictitious Votes slNei
upon his examination of me.
I'm my view of all the several crime'
[ committed by the prisoner Tor winch I'M
: indictments | have mentioned have beer
found. and also the crime OF oppression
J OF which he was convicted in Fcnruhr!
last although in law they are distinc
4 onenses, they still formed a part OF on
/ criminal transaction, the object of Whic'
j was 10 fraudu!cntiy increase the vote o
| the town of GrlYcsend,
II think proper, therefore,. that m
punishment TO be now imposed upon TN
due regard To the fact that the prisune
has to serve term OF one years i'm
prisonment under his first conviction
The crime of the prisoner was seriou
. one. and especially serious because o
the position OF official power and infu
ence which ne held In Gravesend.
( "On tho other hand. II Is consistent II
[ my opinICn with the administration q
Justice that \ very ampie aioWdne