The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-03-02
M'KANE IN A STRIPED SUIT.
COMFY ISLANDS FALLEN CHIEF rs
CONVICT 49, THREE.

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Grave.erd- Great Idol Went to Stag Sing
| Poison Yesterday Anerroou Fishting 10
IN. l,.,-w.u, n. wa. yn,,,ra for the
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Fed'Eree was o"'es'y I"Ssn' sac N
Few Minutes AT er KenehirE the Frison
| MeKane wns shaved AVID Shorn aud Tn
| Hi- Striped CIothes-Hs Will ne set 10
| I.,r, an. Toad. n, ti.,b,,e ..,,.r
| Jonn !. mehane went 10 eng einR yes,er-
DAY hRh,inR the last ~ was not until the
RreatRates OF the o'e,e prison opened 10 receive
MIN that atelegIam in'ormeu hin, nus las' nope
was gone nan an hour iA'er mchaho IN
striped SUIT win mar cronpeu close ana race
clean shaven. msrched across tne prison YARD
behind Keeper he carried IN bundle the
clothing ne wore Wnen ne was uespot Oh
draVesend ana ueheu tne Ia" ana the courts.
Few minutes more ana the door OF acen
changed oehind MIN. Inat instant .he name
ana the lndlVlduailty OF 'ohn u. mchahe were
temporarily lost TO the "orid' he oscame
simply convict lio-thtee
AZ THE SUN told YESTERDAY. Mohsne' by the
stipulation entered into between MS counsel
anu the counsel Ior tne prosecution hau the
rlght TO stay In the Raymond street IAN until
noon YESTERDAY. ms counsol until mat hour
| We're Dy the stlpulnt'on. In nonor pound TO
| cease their frantic ehor's IN ms oenah Out
me moment 'ne CLOCK struck ~ 'ney were
| tee' and that moment ON justice ouneh
oIoer' Mchahe was 10 s'Ar. ior eng DING.
iheEe was ono onanee 'e,' " MN ou' was .
nunoIeu 10 one 'na' ''a' "ouia 'an. IL was
the cnaneea gambler 'ases win MS last coin.
hsthe uoors OF heymonu street. IAN IN brook
Sn swung open ana Mchane started on MS
l-1Ourney Lawyer BROOKE, the lhtebt huultlOn 10
MS counsei. aasneu INTO 'ne court mouse 10
new YORK ana 10 the door Oh the private cham-
oerb oi tno ooprene 'ouf. 'usuces' ne was
expee'eu. IL was knowh mat mchanos last
enort "ouid 10 maoe I'D INC supreme court
nero.
justice barrett, VINO hau spent the morning
sentencing eieeioh Ia" 'ioia'ors 10 prison ior
terms VARYING from tnn'y GAYS 10 hVe years
ana VINO had IN several cases expressed MS
regrets TO the rnaieiac,ors 'Ia. 'ne law aio no'
provide punishment aueauate 70 .neir onences.
was waiting Ior MI BROOKE aod 'ne iawyerhaa
naroly minute TO wait. after MIN into the
Court House had come twenty reporters and
u uonen .,I .h.,. 49, lib W.. 'aS
pounuins anu 'nen nope' hkn' "na' ieu
would intsrfer, for the man they called char
4, a. nj 90 60. hn, th., thov d,d h.I,.va a.
Nis hard 70 see put una, 'hey aid psheve IL
was plain. They actually discussed among
themselves which was the best sprinter that
there nigh, no no question about the stnv
reaching the railroad station before the train
that was to take the chief away departed.
These henchmen were shut out Of the Jus.
tice's apartment where. behind the closed
evTi 1870 s., 49,, ~, .If ."s
iaiien chio'' 'inu,o "''ei minute paSsoo anu
m mem. diriSsd some Of them went TO the an.
80. 80. p-saII. p.is- a. h..s
trance Of inc brooklyn br,dee 70 peg the driy-
them to 20 slow. to uiss the ,sai.- necessary.
Inc others' the more meet OF ioo1 Waileu 70
carry the news when It should come.
MoKane left the RAYMOND street iaiI in q
carriage. 1t was an easy one hour drive to
the Grand Central station. and the train for
IT.. e.. 10 a. III, A'
me way tna. ,i1s ie.t 'ne '"l. " seemea
ahead Of time For AN hour before i o'.loct
.h.r. "a r., r.. .ar,i.n.. o,,.iSs 81
iaiL They contained reporters. Tbsrs had
ham so much Of the unusuaI h.nnaninp In m.
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way 70 Know tnaI the iaT was ea ar out
ah1 aa w as ~ ry Sr the
on; II was to elude these watchers that the
iiEhtnine start Was made. , , ,,.,
the noon hour when q gong lnsids the jail yard
sounded and none emit later the pig iron gates
ing a coach. the shades over the windows Of
which were drawn tight. 10 the street this
coach went. the horses almost on q run IL
turned at the hrst corner and dashed on; Be
hind IL came tne rhreo other conches; IL was
Ike runaway funeral procession, The race
went on with Ireqnsnt turns; Direct roads to
the bridge were IGNORED AMI II seemed rom
the course that was steered that the pilot OF
the procession had lost his bearings Almost
every street on t9lumeia Heights was ira
yyersed before he headed for the bridge, the
three coaches trailing MIN; speed was Kept
up until well on the bridge. Then the attempt
to get away from the pursuers was abandoned
and the coach came down TO funeral gait 1t
seemed as II horses meyer walked slower.
The henehmen outside the Justices room at
the Court House had been on the anxious seat
hall an hour. and those who had gone TO the
bridge entrance had strained their eyes anx-
iousiy Tor nfteen minutes when the procession
hove In sight. IL was nall past II O'Clock. 1t
was evidently g0ing slow enough for no one
intercepted 1t. The rumor that the head coach
held Nc Kane and guards got abroad Just as
the coach swung arounq toward centre street;
There were shouts; Mehane's on his way"
MckAnes going to prison" and the Ike. but
the momentaTy excitement ended as the driver
turned into Centre street and whipped ND his