New-York tribune., 1894-03-30

oo,,rcroR OF GRAvEsEND PLEADS
r,rv TO THE INDICTMENT CHARGING
HIM WITH CONSPIRACY
-,os T. Morris, Tax Collector OF the Town
|na-,d |...osard pleaded guilty yesterday to the
4 .x.,ment charging him with conspiracy 10
"''' 'nor,t votes. Judge Brown, in the Court
cas- eA and Terniner sent him to the peni-
u 49,, for six months. Morris was associated
'.S ,fcKare Newton. sutherland and the elec-
W." w. ,rsnectors whose fate he now shares, IN the
.rorts 10 prevent copies Of the registry hs'S
,. r,ade for Mr. GaynOr before the election
-, be was not an election official. Only one
,a,ctment was found against him.
urho, Morris was arraigned he withdrew his
-..,.,ous plea Of not guilty and pleaded guilty
nAnutv Attorney General Shepard said that the
,,osecution was willing TO consent TO iemehcy
:, the sentence in considering the 1acts IN the
.,sa for Morris was dependent upon Mckane
n- a livelihood and he was the tool OF others
The extraordinary influence brought to bear
r,on him had determined his conduct TO certain
degrees His plea of guilty had been accepted
with A view II finding no more indictmen :
against him. and he would TESTIFY 10 the idcts
within his knowledge when wanted
Alnet f. jerks pleaded for lenient sentence
for the prisoner. He said he had not been an
excellent reputation. lie would doubtless re-
bablitate himself after serving his term. lie
was not a principal in any Of the proceedings
IN Gravesend but mad been used by others.
Judge Brown said that in prOnOuncing sentence
NJ would consider all that had been said. But
Morris had been we'll educated and had held a
responsible place. and could not plead ignorance
n his acts He more guilty than some OF the
election inspectors The term Of six months in
The county pententiary was then imposed The
nrsoner was allowed 10 remain in the Raymond
Street Jail until tomorrow TO arrange his affairs
for his absence, and his term will begin al the
time he enters the penitentiary. Ii Is expected
that he will retain his office in the town.
The cases Of Justices Gladding and Sryker.
Indicted as members Of the Town Board. FOR
aing TO district the town for e.ectioA purposes,
probable that they Will be severely dealt win,
As the offence is merely an omission Of duty
m make new election districts when over 400
votes were cast in any one.
The resignation by Il. Y. y. Newton OF his
ofce OF Justice of the Peace was not filed yester-
day but il is said that his sentence to the peni-
tentiary like that Of Sutherland. who fled 10
canada vacates his Office The places Of both Of
them will be filled a. the town election next
week.
Now that the Gravesend cases are disposed
of II Is reported that District-Attorney Ridgway
will return from his trip to the South and re-
sume charge Of criminal cases. He and his regu-
lar assistants have done little while the special
assistants have prosecuted the election cases.
Charles Cook OF No. 626 President-st.. is pre-
paring to bring suit to recover damages from the
fIvgeja Ice Company. in which Mckane, New
ION and Sutherland are stockholders. ana they
viii be served with the papers and may have 10
ha brought into court on Wrlts OF habeas corpus
Il they defend the suit