The evening world., 1894-02-06
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take the rolls and get the names I had
Cross-examined by Col. Lamb, McKeon
try list BY Justice Sutherland. suther-
and and Justice Newton were in the
polling place when Mr.. Grout, Mayer and
Mcnamara came in.
Il did not refuse to allow them To
copy the rolls, but refused to let them
take them from me.
Mr.. Grout was not satisfied with my
offer nr to &C eail 2ff the names; He seemed
Col. Lamb then asked Mckeon to write
his own name and address on a sheet OF
paper, which was handed him. The wit
ness took pen and ink and proceeded to
comply with the request.
He labored so painfully in the attempt
to write the william" that general at
tention was drawn to him. Then he
slowly made the middle letter M"
BY this time half the people in the
courtroom were ready to laugh. As the
minutes sped by Justice Bartlett raised
up in his chair and gaZed with surprise
at McKeon, who was just beginning to
write the word 'Sheepshead."
1t took fully three minutes for McKeon
to write his name and address.
He handed over the piece of paper with
an air of having finished a difficult task
with much credit to himself.
1t began to dawn on the crowd that
the prosecution intended to show that
the copying of the lists was only a
pretense on the part of McKane's politi-
cal friends to hold the rolls away from
Mr.: Gaynor's %copyists.
MSkeon was asked to write the name
stenographer's table and given every
facility for accomplishing the. task
quickly. Lawyer Shepard timed Nc
Keen and found that, it took the wit
ness over sixty seconds to write John
Smith"
1t took three minutes for McKeon to
write William Anak, Gravesend Beach"
one of the names on the list which the
witness IL said to have copied.
After testifying that he received sls
for six days work copying the. rolls
McKeon was allowed to make his es-
He was followed on the stand by
Phillip Parinsa. who said he was a
piano player" and lived at Coney
Parlsa told the same story. about offer
ing to call off the names for Gaynor's
men, and corroborated Mckeon In his
statement that the men were drunk.
came 50 wofully mixed in his nswer
that even the Court lost patience with
him.
George w. Webb. who said his occu-
DO testified that he was another copy
list employed by Justice Sutherland.
He had. he said, worked as a watch
mar for the Coney Island Athletic Club.
and before that he was a policeman, and
had also worked at plumbing. The wit
ness admitted that his previous occupa-
lions had not given him any great ia
ciiity. with the pen. He also admitted
that he was now a special policeman on
the Gravesend force.
Asked to give an exhibition of his abil-
ity as Il penman Webb wrote a name
taken from the registry roll in. about
half the time Mckeon took to write It.
Keeper Benjamin Cohen. Of Coney lei.
and: was another OF Justice Suther.
lands copyists who took the witness.
stand. He told substantially the same
story as the previous witnesses about
Mr.: CIRCUITS demand for the registry
rolls.
II took about five inute Of Lawyer
Jere Wernberg's Cross-exam ination tC
make Cohen forget where he lived. His
memory. was wrecked on all points which
bore on the events OF the week he was
engaged in copying the rolls.