The evening world., 1894-01-22
MkANE TO The BAR.
Getting a Jury to Try the Gar of
Gravesend.
The Boss Demands a Separate
Trial and Gets II.
A Great Crowd Literally Packs the
Court Room.

Brooklyn Courthouse was besieged
with politicians of every stripe and Va
riety this morning.
The corridors of the building were
thronked long before 0 o'clock. Among
the crowd that sought to obtain admis-
sion to the courtroom of Oyer and Ter
miner were seen many prominent Demo-
Gratis. Republicans and Mugwumps. with
a very liberal sprinkling of Gravesned
Statesmen and representatives Of the
Citizens movement in Brooklyn.
Tit long-delayed trial of John Y. Nc
Zane. the Cohey Island boss, and his
twenty-one co-defendants in the election
fraud cases at Gravesend on last Elec-
ton day. had been set dow for to-day,
and this was the cause of the big gather
ing OF the clans.
An extraordinary term OF the Court of
Oyer and Terminer has been convened
for the purpose of trying these cases.
An extra force Of $50 jurors has been
summoned. and 1t is believed that 1t will
axe several days to secure a jury to
Justice Willard Bartlett presldes at
these trials, which have aroused greater
interest throughout Kings County than
any legal combat which has ever oc-
The prosecution Of the offenders is in
Gen. BENJAMIN r. Tracy, the special
Deputy MISUNDERSTANDING and Assistant
PR isMer. MS1le X. ade sERsnse q e &ycS GHy,
Lawyer George w. Frederick and ex-
Judge James Troy. y
msnt tor styauds committed. I'm the
s KIN. ~. an NJ tS +nsiet spe 81 ha mI.ssnS Syes
the six election districts of Gravesend
in VIOLATING ths Law; and in which he T.
Is Q n these Indictments that the piSse-
cutlon' 10 expected to make It's frst eff
fort to secure the punishment Of Mckan
which they committed and which he au-
thorized and sanctioned on and before
last Election Day.
counsel for the indicted men to have the
nnaily put an end to, those dilatory tao:
Of he cases for to-day.
At 10 o'clock this morning, when JUS
tice Bartlett took his seat upon the
packed from the rail- in front Of he
Judges. desk to the corridors. Every
Inch Of standing room had long been
bling among those outside In the hall
who had come too late to obtain admis-
sion.
down the long corridor to the stair
ways. The gallery in the back Of the
COURTROOM was also crowded. and the
sure Of the throng from the hallway. 1t
would have been a diiLcult matter to have
squeezed another person into the room.
room, but they were hidden from sight
m me immshse tnrongi o.n rr.ov ,.s
eome.ln Just before the magistrate. and
had ken Up their positions near the
railing ready to open the case as soon
names by the clerk had been completed.
were right behind tn hen 1t took took n nsar y;
Jurors. Then 1t was announced that only
legal excuses for release from duty
would he received.
cases were set down to be first tried, to-
I'M. Norton Morris and Michael p. Muir
The specific charge is that of refusing
obtain a copy Of the registry lists in each
was not a registry oficer. Re received
such authority over his inspectors that
they, refused to permit anyone to copy
boss.
1t was nearlyIll o'clock before the lone
me Of Jurors who wished to be excused
iett announced ,nat he was ready 10
TAKE up the election cases.
Lawyer Shepard stated that he was
ready to proceed, and moved the trial
OF Mekane and the other inspectors
named in the Indictment, Brownhill,
Morris and Murphy.
Lawyer Broderick at once jumped &c
MS feet and demanded that their be. a
severance of the indictment against Nc.
hans from the other and that he be tried
Gen. Tracy stated lnat their was nj
objection TO this. as II was a matter OF
right, and Justice Bartlett granted the
request without further argument.
Then, he announced that II there were
n any other requests to be made he would
near them then, and Lawyer Foster l.
o 5feEu inoI %hS represents several ;Nr ! .s Of ri tn :,
trial IN the case OF each one.
justice Bartlett said he would heal
such a motion as each batch OF cases
The space in front of tine railing wa.
. then cleared by the court officers, ant
John Y. Mckane bobbed up out OF thu
crowd on the other side OF the room. H'
came Up and took his place beside ~
Ne dIdn'. appear at al worried owe
me prospects OF the trial. He smils'
hioert coat and IA iow-cut vest. w,hicl
moved n wide expanse of white linei
%hieh Eieamst a big diamond, ..
sa ntmh9hs me others who came up wsr r,
IN opening the case ex.Judge Troy sal,
re = haS an objection 10 the ind!ctmen
The nclnt, he said. had not been mad
oeI9Fs In any VI he previous motions.