The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-02-23
WAS NOT ASKED FOR STAY.
JUsTIcE URsMzN DENIES THE BRooK.
LYN STORY

NeHsue VIII ne Gates - rIead - Tv.
Iusiets,eats To-day Before Ju-tIee C.us,
Hears Arru-sst on ths Appiiestoa
fsr = Certinests or R-srsasSls Donst
A story was sent broadcast yesterday BY In.
Brooklyn papers which must have given a IA,
OF hope TO the jewellers along the shores OF
Bheepshead Bay IL came In the shape OF
despatch from Albany. announcing on posi-.
tive and we'll -authentIcated authority" tha,
Justice Fursman Of Troy had consented 10
issue a certificate Of reasonable doubt pro-
vided such certificate was not issued By JUS
tice Cullen.
McKanes LAWYERS would neither confirm nor
deny the story. and the prosecuting author.
ties would not discuss the matter. IL was gen.
orally however discredited. and il certainly
had no effect IN dispelling the gloom which la.
evidently oppressed the fallen Gravesend chief
himself in spite Of his apparently unchanged
demeanoI.
There IL no doubt that II unsuccessful in
their application to Justice Cullen. McXane'.
lawyers. before giving up the Eight. will try
every other Supreme Court Justice In the
State with the exception OF Justices Bartlett
and Gsynor who have already eliminated
themselves from the controversy Mr..
Roderick told q reporter OF The Sun
on Monday night. after the granting
OF the tempora stsy By Justice Cullen. that
RuCn was Tn e1F lnIentlOn Last nlknt Mr. ttOd-
erick and his associates expressed their con.
fidence that they would be able 10 COW nee
Justice Cullen at the hearing to-day that there
was Q reasonable doubt OF the verdict being
sustained. II the case could be brought before
the Court Of Appeals.
They propose not only 20 assail the verdict
on the ground OF the alleged invalidity o. the
Grand Jury which brought in the indictment
and the alleged errors in the trial. but on the
ground that outside influence had weight with
the jury. II is also said that afildavits will ts
presented showing that some OF the Jurymen
had disqualified themselves from serving By
statements which they had made before beng
There. was another report that the recon.
mendation to mercy was not the composition
IN BY some outside party through Foreman u.
Il. sacKett. and that the nrst known Of i W
his side pocket at a critical period in the 'G Gs
alterations over McKane's fate. 1t was said at
the Jail that the paper Was likely to play an
A comm unieation from Foreman sack.t. sp.
trsctei" or 'terrorized' By the press and says,
mSht ~s ssn. stood only nevis
Is.n o. se s ssys ss va. ss
d fhiSn,hropist childs. and the foSnderi GS 81
Foreman ssetett said last night tina. tn.
written out By himself In the. presence Of
his fellow iurymen. and that he has the orici.
sion.
More than 9 score Of. visitors called at the
jail yesterday to see McKane, out not more
than half OF them were admitted to his cosey
quarters. Among the latter were LAWYERS
Roderick and Backus. Judges Newton and
sutherland Of Gravesend. and Civil Justice
Murphy Of Brooklyn. They all said that Nc
Kanes appetite was good. and that no man
could be more ohssrful under his pres
ent circumstances. On reaching court this
to two additional indictments before
the argument on the motion for. q stay
vice. Sheriff Quilting Will have McKane forth
with removed to Sing Sing. should Justice
Cullen render an adverse decision.
TROY. Feb. 22.-Whsn asked this evening
about the rumors In the McKans case, Justice
Fursman said he know nothing OF IL except
what he had read in the newspapers. He has
not granted stay nor has he been asked to
do SO.