The evening world., 1894-02-06
M'KANE WAS AFRAID
That's Why He Ordered Out So
Many Police at Gravesend.
Gaynor's Men We're Arrested for
Being There at Midnight.
One of the Czar's Bright Witnesses
Forgets Where He Lives.

With the assurance that this would be
his last day of torture in the witness
j chair, John Y. McKane resumed the
stand this morning, in the Brooklyn
Court of Oyer and Terminer.
For a day and a half he had suffered
under the keen dissecting knife of Gen.
Tracy's cross-examination. The dam
aging nature of his testimony needs no
comment. 1t was a comfort anyway
that he was In the hands Of his own
counsel this morning, for a time at
least.
T. Lawyer Roderick resumed the redirect
examination. begun just before court ad-
tpurned yesterday afternoon. by asking
McKane IL he was actuated by any per-
sonal fear when he gave the orders to
Sergt. Murphy about the police arrange
mants on election lay.
'Yes, sir, in some measure. John j.
McGinnis had told me that a man came
to Republican headquarters and threat
ened to shoot me-"
%Nhy did you walk away from Col.
Bacon when he began to shout Here he
is?'"
II didn't know but what 1t was a plot
to get me into trouble. and l thought 1t
better 10 get away"
"Wha was Col. Bacon's manner at
VERY excited
Did you believe Gardner when he told
YOU that the men had come down to
watch the houses of the election inspec-
II did not"
You say you did not believe him.
asked Justice Bartlett. turning around
mo, sir did not
II thought you told Gardner that the
men might get shot Il they hung around
the Court.
Yes: I said that. but 1 didn't believe
and once more the Gear w9s in the
hand, of Gen; Tracy for re-crbss-exam-
nation. lie hitchei uneasily in his chair
gii mis- misconceptions.
First Gen. Tracy asked If when Police
81 ssis;et NaFs Say hh Si Issv Knew Sf ~ S1ss" Ss
~ understood; he was fixing up
What do you rean by fixing up
Il think he was building a house"
Dam YOU know for a fact that he
was doing police duty that afternoon"
II don't remember"
Now, you nave sworn that the copy
!st! were all drunk, except two or
'h "All W MeTe w manl re- iS'e Gn SerS the in
49, - ''''' ~ N''.'' ~ ~
fuence of liquor except Gardner. Cahill
and a man whose name, ! think, is
sick.es: ! cant sa%y, that any Of them
Car you say now why they were ar
rested?'
"Thcy were arrested for being down
there at that time of night
Here Justice Bartlett interrupted by
asking:
ID you mean to say that those people
had no right TO be in Gravesend at mid
We'll, the point is here" answered
the witness nervously; I'VE were told
that they We're all drti't at the depot,
and couldn't give an account Of them
selves. Then l heard one OF the party
say: Here is the Town Hail. let's get
Gen. Tracy was at the witness in an
instant.
did you ever make that statement
before IN these proceedings?'
why did you leave it out?'
II wanted other witnesses to bring 1t
out"
you were sworn TO tell the whole
truth. We're you not?'
,MeKane wriggled, but would not ex-
s Rbont III, Ts' cry ne of h aaet nsf get s' NE I %roils."
Gen. Tracy then produced again the
afidavit made by McKane in the manda-
mus proceedings. in which he bad; swor1
registry rolls. and which statement he
contradicted on the stand. After read
ing that part Of the affidavit Gen. Tracy
ibid you read that nart of the affidavit
Il never heard of that part of it until
| heard il here in court
The witnesses attention was called to
some inter!ineations made with n"n AMI
ink between the typewriter lines Just
they were there when he put his name
McKane couldn't say. He explained
III, lnyya of ppar,nr.. nv gaVipp that he
only glanced over the affidavit.
II don't suppose J. read I'VE lines of
that affidavit before signed it."
Justice Bartlett locked at McKane
over the top Of his glasses and asked
did anybody tell you what was in
mo, sir"
"Do y,u mean to say" continued Gen.
rracv. that you signed an AFFIDAVIT
consisting Of four typewriter pages
# tf'TiF it," reading only four or "v' lines
II mean t. say that supposed it was
This admission on the part Of the W.T.
ess had a visible effect ON III" Jury.
McKane left the stand at 1929 o'clock,
and walked to ms seat WIN the ar Of
whipped. There was a plainly audible
sigh of relief from Mcknne's% supporters
In the gallery. when he escaped from his
The defense then called william NJ
McKeon, OF Sheepshead Bay. Lawyer
James II. Glendenning took up the direct
examination of the witness.
cKe said he was given the job of
copying the registry rolls. He Was en-
J gagged In that task when Clerk Nc
Namara came to the Town Hall and de-
manded TO De lllowcd to copy the lists:
"McNamara and the men with him
had been drinking. Mcnamara said; i
demand those registry lists for the pur-
rose OF COPYING them told him
that he could have them when ! had
finished with them.
81 told him that II he was In, "A hurry
a would begin where | was and call OFF
k The names. so we could all copy them at
once. When l had finished they could
take the rolls, and get the names had
$ already copied"
i Cross~xamined by Col. Lamb. Mex con
4 said he had been hired to copy the regis
try list by Justice Sutherland. Suther-
land and Justice Newton were In the
Confined Ua Streath Faye