The evening world., 1894-03-13
THE OLD STORY TOLD AGAIN.
Second Trial Of Justice Suther-
land for Oppression.
With Night Sessions 1t May BE Fin
ished in Two or Three Days.

otherwise oppressed and m%altreated
them, as the Indictment charges, on the
Sunday before last election day, began
in earnest this morning before Justice
Brown, In the Brooklyn Oyer and Ter
miner.
The jury which is to try him this time
was completed late last evening, and is
made up as follows:
CORNELIUS vAUPEL. potter, SOL waliabout
avenue.
ISAAC P. sLAIGHT. express. $40 wythe avenue.
WILLIAM ~VREELAND. fsh dealer. Fiatlands.
WILLIAM II. HuLSE. salesman. 2lS Leuerts
HERBERT JENKINS. printer. 1856 Sterling place.
JOHN d. RICHARDS, manager, rs st. Marks
ALFRED NJ. WILDER. salesman, 251 Putnam
DAVID H. THOMPSON. produce. lis Ryerson
GusTAvE NJ. ERICSSON. teacher, 2sl Dean
FRANCIS l.. STRICKLAND, s,satter. s.5
ROBERT L. M'NEIL. artist. IS Fort Greene
THOMAS J. DOW. jeweller. 40 Blocker street.
This jury, as in the case of the Nc
Kane trial and the previous trial OF
Sutherland. is under the continual care
and supervision of a court officer, and
as long as the trial lasts will be kept at
the st. George Hotel and not allowed to
communicate with any outsiders until
they have rendered their verdict or nave
been discharged.
Justice Brown Is determined that there
shall be no delay in the prosecution of
the Gravesend cases. and SO long as he
is sitting in Oyer and Terminer there
will be three sessions of the court daily
instead of two, as heretofore.
The evening, session will continue from
till 10 o'clock every day until the case
is finished. Under this arrangement the
trial should not last more than two or
three days at the most.
o'clock. Edward NJ. Shepard, Col. A. E:
Lamb and Jere Weinberg, the special
District-Attorneys, were on hand to take
C. James, who will take a more prom
inent part in the present trial of Suth-
erland than he did in the first, was pres;
Roderick in looking after the interests
of the defendant.
Col. Lamb began his opening address
s ven ede Hey Ge w ss SS over as the ehs same sHur srS SHni
as in his previous opening; explaining
fully the provisions of the election
laws and describing. how these had been
end.
Then he went on to describe the efforts
OF Mr.. Gaynor to get copies Of the
gave a vivid picture of the midnight
excursion Of the coPyists to the Graves.
s to Election MeTh Hf pay the t Seipra aryes n'sb by p Nor
Kane's heelers on their arrival at the
depot; their %a5raignment before suth sTs
ment in the foul lookup at the Coney
Island Police Headquarters. and finally
s shtl1 sommi to the 1 Rey msm9 @ streets Ja all
in Brooklyn where they weresoniiged to
remain an day Sunday and hntil 10
we're ereet taken ans before eH1 Justice Cullen, Of the
Supreme Court, on writs of habeas
corpus and released.
Col L ann Pointed pol ut 81 out tS Snth epEnose for for
which the copyists had come to Graves
end, that he knew It was a perfectly
legal LEGAL pS wlPSsst and S Sear he had w imRpispne a
shadow of probable, cause and without
even a complaint being made against
Sutherland's claim that there were
sworn complaints, said Col. Lamb, was a
mere pretense, and 1t was not until
Monday morning that the men knew
what charge had been maze against
1t was not necessary for, the prosecu-
ton to show that Sutherland actually
be enough 10 prove that he aided and
abetted Mckane in OBTAINING them and
deriving them of their liberty, disre-
gardlng, all forms of law, and of this;
Col. Lamb said. the prosecution could
furnish ample proof.
sutherland was assisting in commit,
ting one OF the BEdNtst hiioNh W
I the Constitution by employing his an-
thority as an officer OF the law. to will
fully and maliciously Cypress innocent
citizens and deprive them OF the pro-
COL. Lamb spoke for th%ree-quarters Of
an hour, and then called as the first
witness s, John aray L; n9or Mhc t prod Eie lo the
Gravesend registry lists filed in his Of.
iice, and described the vo~ting-places of
the six election districts in the Town
HILL Tha lictS and n man or the TOW
Hall were offered In evidence. A.
Lawyer William E. C. Mayer; the
partner of Justice Gaynor me Mr. n vi Ut
visit, Tuesday, Oct. 81. He met Suther.
land on each occasion at the polling
evidently controlled the men in charge OF
the lists, and told them that they need not
answer Mr.. CIRCUITS questions, and SUN.
erland himself ,old the Gaynor party thai
they needn't think they could come
down there and bull-doze him.
The lawyers for the defense made In
Vulnerable objections to this testimony
but Justice Brown gave great latitude to
the examination and admitted II an. MT
Mayer also told of other instances OF In
reference by. Sutherland and the men
'p BY vt the time pe'tMst MI. Mayer began to glve
his testimony the courtroom had nilee 9
UT. All the seats We're taken ana q
Edward NJ. Grout corroborated thu
story told by his partner. Mr.. Mayer
On cross-examination Lawyer Backus ob
tanned from him the admission that whil
he received a retainer to prosecute elec
ton fraud cases he had contributes
nothing to the und that was BENZ
raised by the Committee.
Mr.. Grout was badgered for about hal
an hour by Lawyer Backus, who hnaliy
at Col: James's suggestion, gave up III
struggle. g.
Law Student John P. Mcnamara, fron
Mr.. CIRCUITS office. also corroborated MI
Mayors testimony, his story varying !
no way from that which he, told on IN
McKane and the first trial oil, Justic
sutherland. He also gave an accouht .
the doings at Gravesend Saturday nlgh'
when he and the thirteen other copyist
were arrested by McKane and ms ponce
men, and were afterwards locked up a
the Coney Island Police headquarters U
order of Justice Sutherland.
Il Sutherland, he said, held court IN IN
III Town Hall after the arrest, ana ne an
the other members of the party WEI r
arraigned before the Justice twice. IN
hrst time they went In all together an
the next time singly.
John Y. McKane. Charles Il. Morrls
the Tax Collector, who acted as clerk g
the court, and Lawyer George W. Roc
erlck, were in the room with Sutherlans
IA sitting at the able. NOthlDg was sal