The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-07-31
DORSEY IN The TOLLS.
The Ex-senator Arrested For Contempt
Paroled Until Monday.

The Ex-senator Arrested For Contempt
Paroled Until Monday.
NEW YORK, July 26.-Stephen w. Dorsey,
who was senator from Arkansas in the carpet
bagging times from 1873 to 1879, and prom
inent defendant in the star route trial, was ar
rested here yesterday and placed in the custody
of the sheriff
The order OF arrest was issued by the su-
preme court about three weeks ago upon an
application of Solomon Hanford of Shipman,
Barlow. Larocque & Choate, as the attorney
of the bank of Nevada, San Francisco. The
bank has a judgment against Dorsey of
q, 525.0S upon a note which he made in this
city Aug. Is, 1887, for s., 100, payable ninety
days after date to the order of Jesse r. Grant,
son of Gen. Grant, and julius Lesyuski The
note was cashed by the bank of Nevada and
some of the principal was paid A suit was
brought here in the supreme court on the I'M
paid balance, and, Dorsey making no defense,
judgment was granted. He was adjudged guilty
of contempt of court for disoDeying an order
requiring him TO submit TO an examination, and
fined the amount of judgment and costs, and
an order of arrest was issued, Dorsey promised
70 pay the fine, buthe did not, and the order of
arrest was put in the hands of deputy sheriff,
who arrested him at his residence this morning.
Dorsey was good deal excited by the action
of Mr.. McGonigle, the deputy sheriff and in
sisted on being allowed to go down town to at
tend to his private business, saying that he had
100000 10 pay, and he must not be kept in Gus
today. He was nearly correct in his assertion
that he had 100000 TO pay. He owes $4,000
for instance, to Arthur Levy & Co., bankers of
London, and had been ordered by the supreme
court to appear to-day at the Office of the attor
neys of the plaintiffs and submit to an examin-
alton in supplementary proceedings as TO his
property.
Dorsey is only forty-seven years old, but he
looks sixty, and broken at that. 1t is said that
he and American whisky have been wrestling
for many moons and that whisky has recently
been having the best of the contest. Among
other things Dorsey said: Pm little rocky
to-day, for ] and Secy. Window were together
all night, and we had large time"
After his arrest Dorsey sent a messenger to
Lawyer Kaufman's Office to say that he would
not be able to appear there and be examined
and then went under Mr.. MeGonigle's care, to
the Office of his lawyers. While he there
Mr.. Kaufman rushed up to the supreme court
chambers and procured a new order, requiring
Dorsey to appear in chambers this morning
and show cause why he should not be fined the
amount of the levy judgment of $4,000 against
him. This was promptly served upon him. and
he then gave up trying to arrange his matters
with the bank of Nevada. Last night he was
permitted to remain at home in the deputy
custody.
Mr.. Dorsey was in court this forenoon sur
rounded by his counsel and number of friends.
At noon Mr.. Dorsey was taken into the private
chambers of Judge O'Brien. Lawyer Kunse-
man, who represented Dorsey, assured his hon
or that his client had no intention of willfully
refusing to comply with the order of the court
and that his neglect TO attend the supplement
tary proceedings was due entirely to illness.
Several afhdavits were submitted in support
of this statement whereupOn Judge OBrien
parolled Mr.. Dorsey until Monday.