The evening world., 1894-02-06
M'KANE WAS AFRAID.
That's Why He Ordered Out So
Many Police at Gravesend
Gaynor's Men We're Arrested for
Being There at Midnight.
One of the Cars Bright Witnesses
Forgets Where He Lives.

With the assurance that this would be
his last day of torture in the witness
chair, John Y. McKane resumed the
stand this morning, in the Brooklyn
Court Of Oyer and T'erminer.
For a day and a half he had suffered
under the keen dissecting knife of Gen.
Tracy's cross-eXaminati on. The dam
aging nature of his testimony needs no
1t was a comfort anyway
that he was in the hands of his own
counsel this morning, for a time at
least.
Lawyer Roderick resumed the redirect
examination, begun just before court ad-
journed yesterday afternoon. by asking
Mckane IL he was actuated by any per-
sonal fear when he gave the orders to
Sergt. Murphy about the police arrange
ments on election day.
Yes. sir, in some measure. John j.
McGinnis had told me that a man came
TO Republican headquarters and threat
ened to shoot me-"
Why did you walk away from Col.
Bacon when he began to shout Here he
III didn't know but what it was a plot
to get me into trouble, and | thought It
better to get away
What was Col. Bacon's manner at
Very excited"
Did you believe Gardner when he told
you that the men had come down to
watch the houses of the election inspec-
II did not"
You say you did not believe him.
asked Justice Bartlett, turning around
No, sir: I did not"
II thought you told gardner that the
private houses at midnight.' Continued
yves; 1 said that, but I didn't believe
This finished the redirect examination,
and once more the Car was In the
hands Of Gen; Tracy for re-cross-exam
as the gray-haired lawyer arose to be-
gin his interrogations.
First Gen. Tracy asked II when Police
on Election day McKane knew what he
was doing.
II understood he was fixing up
What do you rean by fixing up
i think he was building a house"
Dent You know for a fsct that he
II don't remember"
Now, you have sworn that the copy
ists were all drunk, except two or
An were manifestly under the in.
fuence of liquor except Gardner, Cahill
and a man whose name. I think, Is
Sickles. / can't say that any of them
staggered or reeled."
Can you say now why they were ar
rested?'
They were arrested for being down
there at that time of night
Here Justice Bartlett interrupted by
asking:
had no right to be in Gravessnd at mid
night?'
Wei, the point is here" answered ,d
e. witness nsry sm dy,r ss t mere do ,@Id
and ouldn give an account of them
selves. Then / heard one of the party
gay: Here is the Town Hail. let's get
Gen. Tracy was at the witness in an
did you ever make that statement
ee iS IN these proceedings!
why did you leave it outT" .
u wanted other witnesses to bring II
You were sworn to tell the whole
truth, were you not?'
McKane wriggled, but would not ex.
kbout the cry Of Lets get the rolls,
Gen. Tracy then. produced again the
affidavit made by McKane In the manda.
mus proceedings, in which he had sworn
that he had examined the Gravesend
registry, rolls, and which statement h
contradlcted on the stand. After read
ing that part OF the afidnVit Geh' Tracy
did you read that part of the affidavit
before YOU signed it?",
II never heard OF that part of 1t unit
heard 1t here in court"
The witnesses attention was called tc
some, interlineations made with pen anc
INK between the typewriter lines Jus,
oyer McKane's signature, and asked II
they were there when he put his nam'
10 the document.
his lapse of memory by saying that he
only glanced over the affidavit
thai ai . dSn,t suppose | read tiXe lines Of
Justice Bartlett locked at Mckant
oyer the top OF his glasses and asked
n,spIId anybody tell you what was ii
mo, sir"
r"Do you mean to say continued Gen
consisting asEi s!Ae Of You your siE ySewr IL am page
after reading only four or five line
all nj rl %ssn .S to Say; ! y,I sss, + supposed it wa
Ihis admission on the part, of the wit
McKane left the stand at 1925 O'Clock
SSsGnool-b9y who had just been severell
ign OF relief from McKane's supporter
to,Tmne gallery when he escaped from hi
NThhe defense then called william N
Jneon: OF. Sh~eepshead Bay. LaWye
James II. Glendenning took up the direc
eSamination of the witness.
Mekeon said he was given the job O
sopylng, the registry rolls. He was en-
kssed In that task when Clerk Nc
msmara came to the Town Hall and de
"anhed to be allowed to copy the lists.
mcnamara n the men with hiI
Az been drinking. Mcnamara said:
reoms n those registry lists for the pui
thar ot copying them told hil
hniShAi witt. them.
told I'M that II he wal in a hurr
sne names. 10 we could ali COPY them I 4