The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-02-15

IeessOahheCSS ~, reHr uoor anu went W '"0
Justice bartlett went home at the same time.
went round 10 the Hotel st. George and |
brought back with them wagon load OF food |
The crowd. which had occupied tho court
room all the afternoon. hung on like leeches |
hour after hour. Hall dozen times during |
other ~ lie doors there sn would Be
great scramble and connection and cries that
Ex-Judge Troy and others OF Mr.. McKane's |
counsel. who had gone to dinner at the same
and they expressed tho opinion that the delay
S[%0't HyO ML ,9 then
Hon Ion, y, IoIT r ssaqltss%; and i SS 4
the iSSiStmsnts f found against aga PI Mr. !! acKsne
and az the Indictments found against patri-
confident predictions Of Mr.. McKSno's counsel
Mr.. shepard Of counsel for the prosecution
came In about | O'Clock talk ed few minutes
with the court officers and then went home
lie would not express any opinion.
The general opinion EXPRESSED at midnight
the Jury since the beginning was that the iail.
ure OF the jury TO reach verdict quickly was
very much in favor Of McKane. not OF his ac-
Mr.. Mechanics friends. except hts lawyers.
said that a Disagreement was the best they
The crowd that swarmed into the Court
House and gathered about the door OF the
were opened yesterday morning was. the
largest that has collected on any day OF the
and the others who were entitled to be present.
worked their way with difficulty through the
IN Rs ,he %S we're
drawn there by no other motive than curiosity
slipped by the court officers. whowere dazed and
Prominent citizens Witnesses, and reporters
were shut out by the excited keepers. while
the room and found seats. Most OF the spec
tators brought with them firm determination
minutes after the appointed time the jury led
Into the box the court room was so crowded
another person. But during ali the morning
session the door was being opened TO admit
people; although nobody seemed to go out, +,
seemed vastly larger In tho afternoon. When
court adjourned at 1 o'clock not more than
doors were kept clio sed throughout the hours
recess, but the officers In charge were again
and again persons with no earthly business in
the court room got IN. and those entitled to be
or forced their way IN, The Rev. DR., Lyman
Abbott who Vas present at the morning ses.
seized by a policeman when he tried to GET in
after recess and bad to be identified by re;
! by the crowd waiting about the door oil his
Gen. Tracy summed up for the defence, His
several minutes after the hour appointed for
the noon recess In his opening, after speak
The ballot. he said: " '' s,
Not since the firing on Fort sumter In 1891
40 they were Last fall, when it was published
in tho public press that at Gravesend. a town
sa Sny yUs
knew that that was a lie; that those registry
When the Community was told on the eve
| Of an exciting general election that such a
h asd nSSn %sai IN saf aS SG 9S1
! realized the danEe5 IL carsrNoa the nt-t;on
sasds 81 wh.re ,hsy n wor their
own state election, they were hstounded, and
sss S hs'Ss what Would So
the result q hi sSd in kngs
| astonished. but 1t attracted the attention OF
Europe. and men who did not believe that a
end and asked II that was the legitimate re-
TTsey e%ed O 10 the
Of McKane In the mandamus proceedings and
OF il was false. He. said thu. prosecution had
| establis he'd the fact that McKane and his as
eieet aa day with the ann ounesm = Iaiunc,
lions dent g2 here and dweit on Mchane
| who were not known there. even harmless
Great God" cried Gen. Tracy" has II come
| to this In our country that there is anywhere a
place as large as Gravesend into which. on
election day. citizens Of other communities
may not enter. no mater how peaceful or with
il was physical impossihility, Gen. Tracy
ms ii is claimed. was done in tho second dis:
trict at Grayesend. Not one OF the ballots cast
"They are skllfui voters at Gravesend." he
said.
the voting lists. which in many cases came in
| the exact order in which they appeared on the
The alo as BY hs to
the election inspectors was commented on.
Justice Bartletts charge 70 ne Jury o SSI,
a list OF twenty.three requests to charge. Most
of them were granted The charge, was a
that he said could be inferred TO favor one side
or the other, The progress Of each side 10 es-
partially reviewed. After reading from the
1 election laws the duties OF inspectors and
the s. % 'f the rtsSS ss TO
get copies O. The lists lie gave their state state
Ss e fhf Seshs ana the
John u. Murphy, Norton Morris and John
Broqnhiil we're inspeeet9rs q election ior the
10 make three copies Of the registry list The
original was to remain with the ChaiEmsn and
! copy was to be posted in the place at which the
Board OF Registration, met The Inspectors
30 and John Y. McKans Is charged with hAv;
ing procured. commanded, aided abetted. and
cOmpelleu tneu TO cOIuIull THIS huu tudt
| John Y. MckEnA was Responsible for It."
This was In effect Justice bartletts explana-
| tion OF the charges TO be proved.
| A TO the question % John !, McKane's re-
sponsibility for the acts OF the inspectors,
| Justice bartlett said that the prosec utiOn en-
deayoIed to establish IL by his coqVersation
with w, + c. Mayer and his telephone mes
sage 70 Edward N. circuit as well As BY the ar
rest OF the Gaynor copyists on the saturday
| before election and the occurrences at the
| town hall at GTayesend on election day IL
| McKane said what Mr.. Mayer testified. II
tended 10 show that he had already gained
| possession OF the lists. The theory Of the
| prosecution was that the arrests on saturday
| night shoWed the defendants purpose. while
| the defence claimed that the men arrested
There was nothing criminal in their being
| In the public highway that night. or In the
! depot" said Justice bartlett. You can draw
| your own conclusions as to the occurrence
| from the testimony
| THE Court cannot deny" Justice Bartlett
said in reference 10 the occurrences OF cleo
| ton morning, that the right OF persons with
| the new watchers certificates to go within the
| guard rails might lie questioned. But they
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