Birmingham state herald. (Birmingham, Ala.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-27
TO GUIDE M'KANE HOME.
Light Put in Window Every Night by His Wife.
Thinks He win Come Home
After Sunset.
New York Special.

| New York Special
A light shines at night from an upper
window of John Y. McKanes big house
on voorhees, avenue, Sheepshead Bay.
| Every evening his wife places it there
so that John may see the way when he
| comes home" she says.
He went away in the morning, but
| always think he~will come back after
| sunset, and 1 want him to konw that we
are waiting for him..
When the king of Gravesend was sent
| to prison for violation of the election laws
| his wife bore the blow better than her
friends thought she might She hoped
| for pardon. She thought at first Cover
nor Flower would act Immediately, and
| then knew pardon was impossible until
the strength of public>sentiment against
| her husband had abated.
As months went by and no friends
| arose, her hope did not die but the daily
| disappointment wore on her health until
now her physician says she has not long
! to live.
Her separation from her husband has
been her lightest burden, his disgrace her
| keenest affiiction. He has suffered only
| In pride, and has grown fat in person
| The ignominy he scarcely feels has crush
| ed the womans heart and broken it.
She lights the lamp at evening and looks
down the walk to the gate, which is never
| opened by the hand she longs to see open
| the latch. Neighbors have come to know
| the meaning of the lamp, but few dare
| to touch the sore spot by mention of her
sorrow. 4bs llfflBS
TO such as do she talks of her husband
as of a martyr. and gilds him with her
wifely tributes to his generosity and his
tenderness until those who hear doubt
the honesty of courts and feel that he IS
under an unjust sentence.
Quite as loyal is the imprisoned mans
son, Ira, who, though only 16 years old,
has devoted himself to securing a par
don for the fallen king. He recently in
terested d. p. Wynne of Flatbush in the
agitation, and Mr. Wynne wrote to Gov
ernor Morton. urging pardon. Then Ira
wrote this friend letter filled with his
boyish thankfulness. Here is part:
81 am so glad to pick up a paper and
see that some one believes in my father.
1t is only those, Mr.. Wynne, that are
looking for political fame that say let
him stay there. Such is e. M. Shepard
and Colonel Bacon.
Now, Mr.. Wynne, for poor mothers
sake, do all you can. VIII you? The
doctor says if something does not turn
up soon mother will die, and am worry
ing very much about her. Oh, my God,
spare her life, so that she can see father
once more.
'"ris awful hard, Mr.. Wynne. tits aw-
man, and will do all you can to help my
poor, unfortunate father. 1 wrote Judge
| Gaynor and Justice Bartlett letters ask
| ing them to help me get father out but
| did not receive any answer.
Il guess am not good enough for them
| to answer my letter. But Mr.. Wynne,
when we are all dead, they won't know
| Mr.. Graynor nor Mr.. Bartlett from me.
| The tears are ready to break now, feel
| SO bad about it. Just think my poor
fot1 nr1 hef In, fI,ot l.
| for Judge Newton's work. He was the
ringleader of all this trouble.
ooh, may God help us! Well, Mr..
Wynne. 1 have wrote enough. 1 suppose
you will get tired of reading It, but L
can't express my feelings to you
Ex-Judge Kenneth Sutherland who
was convicted of participation in the
crime charged against McKane, was re-
Gently released, his term of Imprisonment
having expired. Many months of confine-
ment are still alead of McKane unless his
dying wife and his son can awaken SYM
pathy and secure his pardon.