Outside of politics, Battis worked as a wholesale shoe salesman.

[1][2] In 1892, Battis was elected chairman of the Ward 1 Republican committee.

After nine and a half hours of deliberation, the jury was unable to reach a decision.

Battis' poor health, his good behavior in prison, and the fact that others who had been implicated in similar cases had received lighter sentences, were reported to be factors in the decision to pardon him.

[3] Upon his release from prison, Battis returned to East Boston.