The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-11-24
ELLISON GOES TO SING SING.
HE BEGINS SERVING ms FIvE-rEAR
SENTENCE TO-DAr.

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iProtests 20 ere Last thst re strush BroEer
| Hsnriaues ~ Befeees of His Life-us
Makes an Anery References 60 Mrs. Nes-e.
Frank Ellison. who was convicted OF assault
in the second degree upon Broker ". II. Hen
fldues. was yesterday afternoon transferred
from the Tombs, where he has been since
July. 10 Sing Sing prison. and will this morn
ing begin to serve out hia sentence OF i've
| years, which. with com m utatlon for good be-
havIor. will be shortened TO three years and
| seven months. Ellison was In charge OF
sherlff's deputies Burke and Brown. When
Burke was asked IL he would handcuff the
ex-clubmnn to himself he said:
Certainly noti He is not criminal. but q
gentleman. and will conduct himself as such"
small crowd Of newspaper men and others
were gathered at the gate Of the Tombs to sec
| Ellison TO- and several OF his friends we're out
| on the street to wish him Rood-by. Ellison was
putting away at good cigar az he came down
| the passages. and he stopped to shake hands
with all OF the gate keepers. and thanked them
| for the kind treatment he had received while
| In the Tombs He shook hands with few
| friends in the crowd. and then walked rapidly
down the street with the sheriff's deputies.
All three boarded the front platform Of .
| Madison avenue car in Centre street. Ellison
stood carelessly smoking. and once or twice
deed, and that no man could know what IL
meant to bs free until he had been locked up.
He was in very good spirits until the Fourth
avenue tunnel was reached. Then'he scowled.
and when the car passed Thifty-sixth street
he said to Burke:
There IL q woman lives over on Madison
avenue. near that street who. II che knew that
was leaving on this train. would be at the de-
pot with q red flag and would wave It tri-
umphantly as she saw me no to Sing Sing"
Mrs. Neame. the daughter OF Broker Hem
riaues, lives on Madison avenue. near Thirty
sixth street.
The station was reached some time before
the train left and It was filled with young
boys and girls who were going to football
game at Berkeley oval.
The Harvard ana Berkeley private schools
OF this city were to play. and they were out In
full force accompanied by their friends. who
were mostly enthusiastic girls. Ellison leaned
long time watched the fresh. laughing faces Of
the young Gsople HIS eyes grew poist; and
touched d arm and said GONE on" Ellison
turned with Sigh.
sssEy thsy psyt, he '
station. and Burke and Ellison took a seat in
h the s Fssn 0n hs up 70 spe
that am ashs@ed Of" he said. VT have not
but have simply defended my own life. as
every man has q right to defend his life. / do
not regret having done what did In the least
but do hate to be maltreated BY everybody.
He was particularly bitter against Lawyer
Ambrose II. Purdy, to whom he said he had
given $500 to Rny him for attempting to get
He has blown the money In" said Ellison.
I" and paid no attention to me-"
Then Ellison busted himself reading letters
and papers on the way up to Sing Sing. and
then tore them all up into fine bits. He tried
to raise the window to throw them out but IL
stuck. and even his great strength would not
bulge II. He put the scraps in his pocket. and
threw them In the Hudson when walking from
the station to the prison. Among them was
the writ Of commitment and this he read a
long time before tearing IL mp.
Deputy bherih burke and his prisoner walk ed
up the track to the prison from the Sing Sing
station. The clerk at the desk told Ellison
that he would not be officially received until
to-day. and that his pediRree would not be re-
Guired until then. He was asked to give up
his jewelry. however and was put into prison
garb at once.
Ellison gave up first the card case that Mrs
Heame had given him. and which played so
important part at the trial. then two gold
rings. a. Turquoise rirg. a silver cigar case.
diamond studs. and $40 In money, In n few
moments he was shaved and had donned the |
prison uniform. He was assigned to cell S07.