Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1894-02-23
BAD FOR TIE BOSS
Holm y. N'KANE GETS SIN
YEARS IN SING SING.
JUSTICE HEROIcALLY APPLIED
BY A BROOKLYN JUDGE.
Every Motion to Avert tn Inevitable
Overruled- Severity Of the Sen
1en,. Fairly Staggers the Baf-
fed Grlvesend Dcspot-l1istoi'y Of
The Man and His Crime.

Brooklyn, Feb. 19.-John \. Mckane
was this morning sentenced TO six
years in Sing Sing prison.
When the judge pronounced sentence
Mckane turned deltlly pale and
clutched the railing before him, and
tears rolled down his cheeks.
Counsel james made motions for Il
new trial, arrest Of Judgment, suspen-
sion Of Judgment and for twenty days
time u prepare exceptions for L stay.
Justice Bartlett denied all Of these mo-
tion,.
John Young Mckane was born i'll
County Antrim, ireland. ~ years ago.
When John WAS years old his fAther
rlnigratcd with his family and set
lied Ill Shenp>head Bay The head
Of the family faIne;l Il little and kept
a small store Young john began 10
strike ont for himself early III life. He
records with pride tlrat he earned his
first money picking Wberries 1T 80
cents week He got his first real
start by engaging III I'll" lumber bust
ness IN the early war days. Later he
built nj the stables and "rHnd stands
Of th" COMFY Iaand jockey Club,
Brighton Beach Racing Association
and Brooklyn Jockey club.
\ few years ago McE[anc practically
retired frttn active cuisines His for
tune was then @onSrrvatiyrly estimated
ut SJWtUDo. The story Of Mckane'H
ris" tGf extraordinary power III Grave
send is well known Every Inbabtant
81 that bailiWick almost WitnOur o.
"eption tenders McI[ane allegiance.
lie has been called the Chief. the
BOSS. the cldi, the Pooh Bah. and
every other name that inIlic, power
without responsibility. These were
some Of the offices he hold SUPERVISOR
president Of tho town board Of Grave
send, president Of the police board,
~ sIdent Of rhe bou.G of h"} ill., pr -
dent Of the town improvement board.
chief Of police, chief Of Jie fire depart
mcn, superintendent Of The Methodist
Snr day school Ninr-tcnthS II thn votes
If GrIvcSend have always been cast
~ John Y. McKane wished.
Mrkanc WHS called 10 the bar be
fore Justice Bartlett on january 80, to
answer SiX indictments. charging him
with aiding and ahctting The inspectors
in thG six election Districts of Grave
send III violating tn" law. The SDe-
elite charge Was that of refusing to
permit w j Gayuor or his agents 10
obtain i copy Of III" registry lists in
each OF the six districts Although
~ -
VAS asserted that he exercised such
authority over the inspectors that they
refused to permit any on" u copy the
lists without his permission
From the tcstim9n: il appeared that
the registration lists had been eX-
rcssiveIy padded. Although the town
Of Grayr>rnd contains, S.lNO residents
there were recorded G.1'W voters; and
III the second diStri.-. where. the cen
Slls the year before showed the popu-
iation 10 IL 1865, there were 9,G45
E0t"rS regiSt, rel.
Ills startling regiStr1jlu9 caused
William J Gaynor, candidate for
justice Of the supreme court. to send
men To GrstvCSend on Friday, October
-. TO copy the registry lists \ police
man i'll charge Of the town hall refused
tt let them see the lists without ne7.-
mission from John Y McKane w
H. q. Mayer, Mr.. Gaynor'~ partner
met Mcl<ane in BROOKLYN on Monday.
and according to his account. NIcKanc
said Yes that is right | did give
~ucn an order. If Mr.. Gaynor wants
4 copy Of these lists I'll see Johnny
Murphy and have it arranged.
On the Monday after Gaynor,S first
copyiSts called To- see the registration
list Nckane hired local 'copyist>'' to
obstluct Gaynor'S mcn when they
Shnul c:Ml AGAIN N1.Kane'S men
then booked the narrow cuhhy holes
used rs voting places in the town
hall ~ that the Gaynor men could not
get Near the lists they were working
ut. They remarked that the Gaynor
men might have the lists after they
We're Through, but that they might
not IL through until after election.
Fourteen inspectors who were sent To
GraveSend We're arrested by Mc.kane's
orders ami sent 10 jail
Scores of witnesses testified TO the
uctatorEn policy OF AIckane and the
facts that Went IL show that there had
been conspiracy, of which he was al
the head. to prevent the exposure Of
alleged fraud in the registry lists.
There We're many exciting scenes
during the trial. and some very fertile
swearing of IN Imaginative nature
hN witnesses FOR the defense. The
climax Of Inconsistency was reached
on February ;, When Mckane teSti-
ned that he had not examined the
GrayeSend registry lists Then Gen
frSl Tracy recalled m affidavit made
hF hckane for the use in ro;i.t :. {. w
weeks before. in which he declared
he Ind examined the registry lists
and that they were correct.
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