The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-06-19
EX-GOV. PRICES ARREST.
LODGED IN THE sUERiFF,s hPhRI-
MEMS ~ HI,kENS4CK JAZZ.

Di.obeyed Chancellor McGrrs Order s.a
IL In Contempt, hat A'trtbuter HE
lmpri-onm- n; Indir civ to fi- Eaeny,
HhcKExsACK Juno IL FIX Gov Holman Nc
Price Of New Jersey. who was arrested for
CONTEMPT u! court is u prisoner in jail here.
He speut the night In the shcriTs apart
mcnts and this morning in ri nrge OF JUS
tice ~ the Peace. he went to his home In the
EamapU valley. lie spent tho day there ar
ranging his affairs. lie returned to the jail
this evening,
Gov Ri" was n familiar figure In his day.
but during the last ten years he has lived In
retirement save ut thos" times when his mis-
fortunes bro, ght him int" public view. There
was time when he was a lighter and strug-
Elrr but that all ended with his political
career. His dcneanor Is "A lesson In courtesy.
He Is lightning to bend under tho weight OF
his az years and his stop Ii slow. but his eyes
and his mind are quick they were thirty
wears ago. Ue always wears one OF those
mutl-i'eatcd shirts that remind one OF the
days ot frls and RULES His collar ia slight
mobilization o. tho kind thnt appears in every
picture ~ Andrew Jackson. His clothes are
llack. but they are always Of a fashionable
cut. A SCN reporter met him this evening on
his way to the Jail
And YOU have come So far to see me2" he
said with pleasant smile. We'll. well. Now
isn't that good Of YOU Eut really, sir. this ar
rest amounts to nothing. Absolutely nothing,
my dear sir. 1t does not trouble me. l shall
brush il all aside III II Icw days, and no one will
ever hear II 1t again.
You would like to know how It came
about 2" he went on. " We'll it's ifflcult to
tell. The tac runs back nearly forty years,
and my enemies are bringin. 1t up again. Ny
dear sir. It is n dreadful thing to have an en-
envy There was time" and his Dyes flashed
us he spoke of it. when fought them. tooth
''Ih"re i. Mr.. Cortlanlt Parker. he and I
very bcGinning and h: and 1. in those DAYS
my retirement. tut have not forgotten how
years ago-i was somewhere in the latter part
g =, nile Mr. samuel Forest s OF the navy 10.
i"s sSdsniy cAlI s.In, "war nd from there:
! %sisS' an" S lisS":a '' o. S'f rrspsrss
Now. ! assure YOU, sir. III l did not rot
licyr me. t" avoid it. nut finally 1 did take It,
and he went away. Being called away myself
shortly nftcrwnrd transferred that power to
| yell sir; those agents proved reef q
short. became embarrassed. lost million
dollars in less than a year. But. sir. have
PROC. nave conclusive evidence. that the
turned OYER TO it. riGhtfni owner
Had at that tim" taken advantage OF the
for the world this unpIcasantncss would never
have occurred; But struggled to get on my
feet | struggled. cir. and | have been strug-
fer principally to Mr.. Cortlandt Parker
obtained judgment against me for S2UUOU-
think IF it, sir S2U,Ouo. They had to get it By
default however.
Well. -r. il was my great privilege to DO OF
assistance to the Government while was In
san franrisco-,inanctal assistance. strand
me. Tnrn, sir, my old enemy. Mr.; Cortlandt
Parker. rises, liz one Of thos" hdeaus spec
consrire against me. The hlncellor issued
mn order. restraining me from negotiating any
draft or other n"gotiaDie paper might re-
ceive from the Government.
Well sir, violated that order T he Chan.
csnor is a powerful man. l know ana he Is an
We'll. sir. | violated that order: i held that bis
power did not extend to Washington. The
Stat. OF New Jersey ia "a great state,a most
ssNcellcnt state. sir-but 1t does not include
The next thing knew I was arrested. 10
it not an lndignty sir An my dear friend
preaching his western horizon. he LOOKS upon
life with other eyes than when he is In his
Whena nan S rea clos nSI ng no ia no longer
tax es thing. calmly. weathers zach storm with
he reaches his haven"
Gov. Price, hope the man who was sent to
arrest you treated you as courteously as he
could"
Coy, Prices face clouded. his hand clenched.
and his voice rose.
NO. no did not. He insulted me. sir. He
arrested me ut the depot. and when 1 asked
him to accompany me to my house he refused.
Think Of 1t. gentleman dragged to jail
air. Immediately recognized tho hand OF Mr.
Cortlandt Parker. my enemy.
Gov: Price, BAN was fixed at $4,000 10
will probably find bondsman to-day.