The evening world., 1894-02-06
M'kANE WAS AFRAID.
Continued from FIRST PIcr. \

"NANdllluid Grille III.
copy the rolls. but refused to let them
take them from me.
MIR. Grout was not satisfied with my
to be very indignant and left"
Col. Lamb then asked McKeon to write
his W name and address on a sheet of
paper, which was handed him. The wit
comply. with the request.
He labored so, painfully in the attempt
to write the William that general at
slowly made the middle letter mi"
BY this tim half. the people in the
courtroom were ready to laugh. As the
minutes sped by Justice Bartlett raised
up ! his chair and gazed with surprise
at ,Mckeon. who was just beginning to
write the word "Sheepshead."
1t took fully three minutes for Mckeon
to write his name and address.
He handed over the piece of paper with
an air OF having finished a dificult task
with much credit to himself.
the prosecution intended to show that
the copying of the lists was only a
pretense on the part of Mechanics politi-
cal friends to hold the rolls away from
Mr.. Gaynor's copyists.
McKeon was asked to write the name
John Smith" He was seated at the
stenographer's table and given every
quickly. Lawyer Shepard timed Nc
Keen and found that 1t took the wit
ness oyer sixty seconds to write John
1t took over three minutes forMcKeo to
write william Anak, Gravesend Beach"
one of the names on the list which the
witness is said to have copied.
for six days work copying. the. rolls
McKeon was allowed to make his es-
He was ollowed on the stand by
Dhtlin - rigu who said he was n
plano player and Lived at Coney
Island.
Parlsa told the same story about offer
ing to call off the names for Gaynor,,s
men. and corroborated Mckeo In his
statement that the men were drunk.
The witness soon lost his head and be-
that even the Court lost patience with
him.
George w. Webb, who said his occu-
patton was anything he could find to
list employed by Justice Sutherland.
He had, he said. worked as a watch
man for the Coney Island Athletic Club.
and before that he was a policeman. and
had also worked at plumbing. The wilt
ness admitted that his previous occupa-
tons had not given hin any great ia
cility. with the pen. He also admitted
that he was now a special policeman on
Asked to give an exhibition of his abil-
ny as a "nman Webb wrote n name
taken, from the registry roll in about
half the time Mckeon took to write 1t.
Augustus B. Cohen, son OF Hotel
Keeper Benjamin Cohen. Of Coney ISL
and; was another of Justice Suther-
stand. He told substantially the same
story as the previous witnesses about
Mr.. CIRCUITS demand for the registry
1t took, about five minutes of Lawyer
Jere Wernberg's cross-eXamination to
make Cohen forget where he lived. His
memory was wrecked on all points which
bore on the events Of the week he was
engaged in copying the rolls. .
Cohen swore that the registry roll
hung on a hook on a post in the centre
found II every morning when he went
TO work. 1t was quite at the service of
the public while there.
Later Lawyer Weinberg got the wit
every morning while he was copying
You had a companion who assisted
you in copying the lists. did you not?
What time did he go to work."
oh. he was there before got there
every morning.
Copying the registry roll"
."You are positive. are you, that h
was at. work on the list every morninl
When You got there
Yes, sir. positive"
Then why did you say that the regis,
try roll was hanging on the post every
Cohen, collapsed. The cold sweat stood
out on his forehead. and he wiped il of
with his forefnger and looked dazed.
ca asked ss The h. h Gid las 5 Teme ,nS poll r lIst.
he concluded 1t was last Sunday. Where
It was he saw them or under what cir
cums:ances he really had forgotten. Fl
else was present when he saw them
Then he thought that there were one oil
two people present. but who they were
he was unable to say.
Mr.. Weinberg then refreshed Cohen's
memory 80 thai he remembered that he
had seen the books at Coney island
Police ~Headquarters' where they were
Cohen also recollect that Justice Suther'
land was present at the time.
Here Justice Bartlett who's DISCUS
a%dmonished the witness to be careful
how he answered.
You have contradicted yourself sew
eral times during the last two minutes
After Cohen had hidden himself in the
crowd, Thomas J. Gavin took the stand:
n Gsyin t said he in was sn : 1pmb to b Ea ,rss,
and was also one OF the men who COPIED
the registry rolls for Justice sutherland
Under cross-examination Gavin sale
sma a ne brothe to Constable John a
Gavin. He used to be employed arount
Police Headquarters as "a kind OF {
Keeper and finally concluded that H.
meant tina he was "a kind OF a turn
kew" anyway, he took 'em back ate
they had given their names to the Ser
geant.'
He wasn't much OF a writer, but coult
COPY names all right.
AS the examination OF the defense
witness progressed, 1t was evident tina
the trial was degenerating into a farce
Excise Commissioner Henry Ferris
was called next. He was, he said, II
the artificial ice business; was a Demo,
cratic watcher at the late election. anc
a copyist employed by Justice Suther'
land.
He was evidently put on the stand by
the defense to corroborate its other wit
nesses as TO the offers made to Gaynor!
men to call off the names on the rolls;
Under Col. Lambs cross-examinatior
II came out that Ferris was an ONCE
in the artificial ice company with a FAC
tory at Gravesend.
what Office did you hold in the Com
pany?"
81 Was Superintendent"
who was President Of the Company"
After Il full minute taken up ~ al
effort to recall the name OF the Presl
dent, Mr. Ferris answered:
"I think II was John Y. Mckane.
This was followed by another iaugl
from the audience.