The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-02-06
M'KANE HAS A BAD MEMORY.
GEN. TRACY MAKEs HEH CONTRADICT
HIMSELF MORE NAV ONCE.

IA spits Of ftI- Evnsirs Macy OF the oue'-
Ocas Asked ntm-CuL Hscsn BrinS =
Muitary MAJ. Hr WAS AFRAID OF IN AM
bush-Nsver ~ = Cousy I.'sud srIoon.
II was chiefly tho appearance Of John Y. Nc
Kane that interested the spectators In the
court Of oyer and Terminer in Brooklyn yes
terdsy. lie was 10 the witness chair during
the entirs day. and was subjected to q cross
examination against which even his stub
born effort to answer the counseis question:
with drectness aud fulness could not avail.
His face was haRgard aud drawn. with the
long lines about the mouth deepcned and ths
rings under his eyes dark and sunken. When
he took the stand he was rale. but nush
soon came over his face which kent it immature
ally rudy lie answered most Of the uues-
tions with eyes fixed on the floor and his head
bent forward.
II was the thirteenth day OF the trial and the
court room was as crowded as OH any day
since the trial began. Gravesend which gath
cred In tho gallery on the first day the work OF
selecting a jury began. has stuck Loyalty by
It's Chief The gallery has been filled every
day. and since the defendant has been under
examination the two passages and the narrow
doorways have been crowded with men who
stood throughout tho long sessions Of the
court. aad stretched in lines out into the corri-
dor. Their tendency to laughter. which often
grew uncomfortable during the testimony OF
the watchers as to their treatment at Graves
end IL checked now. IL 10 the crowd uoWn
stairs which no" sees the nunoi OF the s'ua-
tlon' ana Jnsuce bartIe't hhus u occasionally
dimcuIi 10 keep ulRniheu spec'a'ots qulet al
ter Mchanes ingenious lapses Of tecoilec-
tlons ana ooetlhate eNaslVeness yesterday
LOT tho nrst Time there were NUMBER OF
women among the spectators.
Az on the two previous days the witnesses
testimony was a denial OF the testimony which
the prosecution presented. mere were one or
Two snass In tue slope oil 'he testimony he
had given at earlier stages oil tho uraVesend
uoubies' Jusuee bartlett was again 700 uh-
We" 70 oTn, ,, % oour' un', e,orS ana ,no
"Sss, 81, ,,, o.n r...,o.
hchane told again unier Gen. Tracy cues
tioning. OF the message he had received on the
Saturday night before elsc,ion. Sergeant
W., s s T.oo 49,, e
Sergeant Quicken. telephonsd him from Police
He.douarters AT Conev Island that n crowd n,
drunlan nan va. comm, dovn 70 ronsv TAI.
and to make q row at the Town Hall. when
M.K,ra cnnoo down that niobt tro,n RrooLIvn
"'naue o"uie uo"u ,""l u'k", ,,oln niVoApn
and was met at the Sheepshead Bay station by
ar,,S Sroya ova,,n Tho Town Hoi, =, arav.s.
"a 49,. 80, u,oo.Irn 49,. h.,
told III. ssresaa, At Gomez Island to Sav. the
noIi.a In roodI,..s To- en-. .rr,yo, =, ,ha ~
O'clock train. McKane found tho Invaders Of
Srayesend's peace waiting there. He said frat
that he had ordered their arrest before tho
quickly:
mean ordered their arrest after saw
'sm-after heard 'em talk
McKane hadn't seen tho four men whom he
a. Alleged 20 hnys ssn, dawn % Cnrav IsIanJ
get on the train at Gravessnd. and all he had
ha.rJ .nv ~ thu marty a.v vas ..Whara'a ,ha
m mi, ~. 'u ~, pa pa Sa 50, was, w. ..'
sion. Round en- oil up. and had never heard
It, he said. until the witness used it in court;
saId. and one never used"
tons At this ,ans.u Gs' 'O'N 'A an As''''a
Sergeant bad bad said also that the mea coming
we're coming to seize the rsEeords as wei! as
ment that he, had not before told this part Of
the sergennt's message to him, Hewas asked
before.
I'm not certain since that affidavit the
His afidavit in the contempt proceedings
appeared again. and Gen. Tracy read from it a
GeKane declared he feared the said men a had had
come with some such design" as the one
telephone. He had told his counsel. he said.
what the Sergeant had told him about the de-
signs OF the Garnor men on me registry rolls
and the Town Hall. but he never put this Into
any Of the atfidavits.
After the policemen had brought the ar
rested mon Into the Town Hall Mckane had
according to his testimony n conversation
with Defective Gardiner. who was one OF the
men in charge OF the party.
Don't you think it's a mighty strange thing
TO come down here to q country town like this
and put men around peoples houses Z" asked
Nckape, Then. he testified, Gardiner an
swsred:
Yes. 1t Is; and don't blame you. Chief. for
locking us all w: I'D have done the same
thing You have done us all a good turn"
In answer to Gen. Trhcys question. the wit
pNss said he agreed with the detective that
he had cone the whole party a good turn.
The arrest OF John T. Mcnamara. tho law
student IN Gaynor's ONCE. was subject
which the witness expressed great objection
TO talking about.
dopt want to hurt anybody. i don't
want TO DO Il. but Dir. Mcnamara was intoxi-
cAted-drunk. he finally said as though the
admission panied him. And heard no
added. that ne was raising tho mischief
down around the station.
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