New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-09

there were $500 names in district you gave
each driver all the names" And the witness
replied complacently. I'VE did
Then General Tracy sought Information as 70
why the same number of copysts were employed
in transcrbing the names OF 40 voters as were
engaged on the transcripts involving the LABOR
of taking off $500 names The witness sad l
never gave that thought" and "a ne said SO
he stuffed his hands in his pockets. rolled MS
head from side to side and seemed TO follow
identically the manner Of Mci<ane during his SIX
teen hours in the witness chair. In iact ,tis mas
been a popularity, noticed by spectators. that an
the witnesses for the defence assume the same
staggering air Of their chief
AS TO MNAMARAs CAPACITY.
The afternoon session introduced some strange
specimens in the form OF witnesses. the hrst
to take the stand was Louis j. Heeilein young
man with a smooth face and mouth that Is IN
a perpetual quicker. II was he who 1t is al
legged dispensed the numerous drinks which Mr..
Mcnamara Is said to have absorbed al Graves
end In the course OF the examination yester-
day OF the younger members OF the par
kept tally Of the number or drinks whicn UT.
Mcnamara was alleged To have taken on mo
Saturday afternoon and evening OF November
T. 1t found to be thirty-eight
Then came Atwood II. Gordon, VINO said ne
was a painter, and was present that hlgh' III
TIeerlens tavern. lie declared that ne nad seei
Mr.. Mcnamara go up to the par WIN i'.u ,
frequency and also that he had seen my ,sMe
whiskey, but when 1t came To the cross-ex.
animation it found that he really ana NOT
know very much about It. and he had no
memory whatever as the frequency WIN
which Justices Newton and Suth erland had I'M
bibed from the same fountain OF inspiration.
Edward Moran called. He was brake
man on the Coney Island Railroad. lis tes'l,
mony did not amount To much except as u 'endeu
to prove the alleged intoXicatlon ot mcnamara
and his associates on that night: inns vas t., true
also Of the evidence given b. James ~ .Nei'i' d
conductor on the Culver route. who had some
difficulty with Mcnamara and his men regard
ing the collection OF tickets. ~,
Ieann
had seen the party and he also declared thae
many OF them, including Mr. Mcnamara were
u'""" A QUEER KIND OF PRINCIPAL
John Frost Harris-not Jack Frost Harris. a.
como Of the spectators remarked-was sworn
and said that he was the principal OF one Sec
tion of the public schools az Gravesend and was
nresent the SATURDAY. night when Mcnamara and
his party were at IIeerle.ns Hotel drinking. 80
long as Mr.. Harris was in the hands OF Mr..
Roderick and Mr.. Backus he seemed 10 be all
right, but just as soon as Colonel Lamb took hoid
Of him he went to pieces. Colonel Lamb has
most seductive way of cross-examining a Wit
ness Mr.. Harris admitted that he was in the
habit although principal OF one section or tns
school, Of going to Heerlein's frequently ana
passing the time In company with the fathers OF
some OF the children whom he was engaged IN
The complexion Of the trial was changed some
what about o'clock by the Introduction or
colored waiter who served at Heerlens on the
morning OF Election day. His name Is william
Andrew Raney This witness would nave en-
1oyed remaining the stand for twenty-rour
hours without cessation, but he didn't know
much-in fact, about all he did know was that
Justice Newton. for his breakfast had taken Two
cups OF coffee, each one separately sun ne
afforded some amusement to the tired jury ana
the Court and left the stand giggling. while ne
held his hand over his mouth to keep back
burst of laughter
The last witness was Dennis +. Cahill one
of the detectives employed to go TO Gravesend
on the night of November In the interest OF
Mr. Gaynor. He was pert and clipper from
the start but when he got into the hands OF MT.
Weinberg for the cross-eXaminatton he was re-
duced In his conceit materially. lie was q
staggering man Of medium height. and said ne
was thrty-hve years old His testimony wene
to prove that Mcnamara was drunk at the ume
he met him at Twentieth-st. and Ninth-ave, In
BROOKLYN on the Saturday evening OF November
to go to Gravesend. Mr.. Weinberg from the
start Of his cross-examnation insisted upon I'll.
rect answers to every question The witness con.
tradicted himself repeatedly as to the number oe
drinks that Mr. Mcnamara took and confessed
that he had taken many himself. After trying
to show that Mr.. Mcnamara was in helplessiy
drunken condition. he unwittingly testified that
as late as IL o'clock Mr.. Mcnamara was IN
perfect self-control buying tickets for his party
and giving directions az TO their distr1butlon
The case will be resumed this morning at
o'clock.