Evening journal., 1894-03-01
McKANE IN SING SING.
The iGravesend Chief, Well
Guarded, Removed To-day.
SAID he HAD GIVEN UP HOPE


cine Like = Man" and Goes Through
All the Penitentiary- Ceremony with
Great Fortitude-Heroio Attempts to
Save Him From Prison.
BRooKLYN, March John Y. McKane,
strongly guarded, was taken to Sing Sing
at noon to-day. On his arrival at the
state penltentIary, the usual ceremony Of
shaving and donning the prison garb was
gone through with. McKane bore all
this with great fortitude, although he
felt deeply the disgrace and humiliation.
While there has been only one regular
stay FOL. McKane and that was emily for
three days, It has been ten days since he
was sentenced and the sheriff was or
dered to take him forthwith" to prison.
The day McKane was sentenced to
60 forthwith the counsel for the
prosecution agreed that they would con-
sent to delay of one week in the carry
ing out Of the sentence. The law
yers for the defense applied to Jus.
tlcs Cullen without notifying the prose.
cution. Then was the time they got the
three days stay. That was heightened
TO full week. for IL required four days
more for the justice to reach and prepare
a decision.
The same day that Judge Cullen de.
elded against the certificate the trial Of
Justice Of the Peace Kenneth T. suther-
=. l.
lawyers seized the opportunity II offered
for delay As Mckane was a defendant
under the same indictment that suther-
land was to be tried under and there
was nothing to indicate that he might
not be valuable witness on Suther-
lands side, the justice issued a writ Of
recall, which operated TO keep McKane
In Raymond street jail until he was
needed as a witness
As soon as this writ was Issued all the
lawyers but Colonel James and Mr.
Backus started out to scour the state for
Supreme Court justices. They went to
Albany. Troy. Syracuse, Oswego. Water
town and other places. but found none
who was willing TO Interfere In the case.
At the last minute yesterday they ap-
| piled to Justice George A. Hardin
In Little Falls. This was the
second time Justice Hardin had
been appealed to to save a big political
boss The first time was twenty ears
ago, when William M. Tweed's lawyers
went TO him He denied their applies.
tion, as he denied that OF MckRne's law
yer, Yesterday. McKane was in the
Court House Ia Brooklyn presumably to
testify for Justice Sutherland when their
application was made in Little Falls,
while he had been kept from state. prison
solely TO enable him to testify, and the pre-
sumption clearly was that he was going
TO testify. When Justice Cullen asked
when he was TO be put on the stand, and
said that the time had come to revoke
the recall II he was not put on the stand,
the lawyers decided that they did not
want him for a witness at all.
While this was being done yesterday
McKane was left In the court room, and
for the first time since his conviction he
talked with reporter. The conversa-
tlon was ss follows;
"Well, Chief, do you expect to 60 up
the river to morrow
"Tm afraid It looks that way. guess
I'll have to 60.
Have you given up hope"
"Yes, ! have determined that must
60"
"You don't think they will take you
to day direct from the court room3'
mo; / do not Before left tbs
prison to day l sent a carriage to Graves
end TO bring my wife to see me. She II
ILL., II she can't come some other Of tbs
family will, and then I will be ready
But did want to see her
''Is IL true that your brother has beer
settling your business affAirs2"
Yes; he has been working at then
since FIRST went to Raymond street jail
They are not all in the right shape yet
but / hope be will have them fixed NJ
by tonight. and then l will be ready <
20 In the morning. want to say this L
, you. am not guilty Of the charge oI
which was convicted. / had nothing Z
do with the last election at Gravesend
either one way or the other. never In
terfered with anybody, and anything tha
WAS done there by the registration oficer
was done without my advice or procure
ment / am an innocent man.