The evening world., 1894-05-28
SUTHERLAND
SURRENDERS.
Continued from First Puoe.)

be placed into the custody of the Sheriff
until he is again brought into court"
Justice Gaynor said that he was not
disposed to depart from his rule to take
no part in the Gravesend cases while
they are before the court, because OF his
connection with them before he was
elected to a seat on the Bench. He
would adjourn the hearing until to-mor.
row, when another justice would hold
court.
The entire proceedings occupied but a
few minutes, and at the conclusion
Sutherland was hustled out of court and
up rt to RAYMOND street ap ct ;ba new ,na,ct.
ments are for the following o%ffenses:
Eight indictments for Felony.
1. Procuring a false canvass Of votes In the
Second District Of Gravess END: n,,,.,.,
:. Procuring the election Inspectors to make
. false statement OF the votes cas-, in tho Second
1. Same onense in the Third District.
6. Conceaiing the registry lists in the First
6. same onenss in the Second District.
Z. Same onense In the Third District.
8. Inducing the election inspectors not to enter
the number OF ballots on the lists 80 as to con-
Zeal evidences OF fraud.
Now that Sutherland is back. 1t Is said
that the prosecuting authorities have
made some agreement as to the extent
of the punishment he is to receive. 1t
was rumored this morning that Suther-
land rad agreed to plead guilty to the
hlSl Which, I INN ~
procuring a false canvass of the votes
cast in the Second District.
May Get Seven Years.
The punishment for this crime is seven
years. Some interesting Developments
are expected when Sutherland is brought
IL said. will make a complete statement
as to what has been done in the Graves
end cases, and will give an elaborate eX-
pose of the whole fraud containing much
new matter which has never before been
brought to light.
He will also render a statement Of the
condition of the cases at the present
time.
sutherland's intention to return had
been carefully guarded. even from his
former friends. His lawyer, Foster L..
Backus, did not hear that he had ar
rived until after he had been up In court.
and was on his way. to jail.
had been found against sutherland was
! told in 1.-THE Evening World" last We'd
nesday. and the rumor that he would be
brought back was recorded on Friday.
After Sutherland arrived at the Jail
with Sheriff Buttling he refused to see
anybody and sent word to all inquirers
According to Sheriff Buttling, on the
afternoon that he was found guilty of
misdemeanor, Sutherland went straight
to Montreal, where he had been in hiding
ever since.
When he arrived in Canada. he con-
suited a well-known Montreal lawyer.
Who TOLD MIN ne COuIu not De tNtIdulltu
Tor any offense against the election laws:
Since then Sutherland had consulted
frequently with lawyers. and had, been
assured that 1t would be Impossible for
the Kings County authorities to take
him back to Brooklyn, even though
he were indicted.
Friends Advised Him to Return.
AS soon as it became known that the
Grand Jury was considering other cases
against Sutherland, his friends wrote to
him and advised him TO return.
Saturday, a week ago,R Robert ]. Suth-
erland. the fugitive,s brother, called
on Deputy Acknowledgement Shepard, II
is said, and opened negotiations for
Sutherland's return.
What the terms were are not knoWn:
h 1Ss inter speRerl rnshed 'm to eanada. A after
he reached there he wrote to Mr.. Shep-
ard and Sherin Buttling that the fugi-
tive would return to BROOKLYN this
The letter stated thai kenny would
arrive at the Grand Central Depot, at $
o'clock this morning and arranged for
Sheriff Buttling to meet the fugitive in
front of the Brooklyn Courthouse.
Sheriff Buttling stated that now that
would lose nothing. Robert Furey,. one
of the b1ndsmen, has already paid 1880
to the county. This money VIII be re-
funded.
1t was stated on good authority this
AFTERNOON THAT oiiN y
ex-senator James w. Birkett, Robert
Furey and James Given, have for the
past week known that negotiations for
the fugitive's return We're being ar,
ranged. They were also acquainted
with the alleged agreement made by
Mr.; Shepard with sutherland's brother
Robert.
1t was also stated on the same au-
thority that Sutherland had agreed to
return or he condition that his sen
tence was not to exceed three years
in Sing Sing.
A Fugitive Over Two Months.
Sutherland had been a fugitive from
Justice since March IA last, when he was
convicted. on his second trial within two
weeks. of oppression, In ILLEGALLY and
Gaynor copyists sent to Gravesend the
< previous trial had resulted. March
1t was freely alleged at the time, had
been fixed"
Sutherland. however, was promptly
brought to bar again on the same charge
March u, and two days later was convict
ed. He was not IN court when the jury
brought in It's verdict, and on the rep
that he had not run away Justice Brown
received the verdict In the absence OF
But. like the man in the song, Suther-
fixed as the day for his sentence. and
on his not appearing then. his bail OF
IS, 500 was declared FORFEITED.
His bondsmen were given until March
10 to produce him in court. Neither did
the fugitive show up then, but, in spite
OF his absence. Justice Brown sentenced
him to one years imprisonment and to
pay a $500 fine, the extreme penalty for
his offense.
Sutherland was reported to have been
seen yariously in and around New York
and Brooklyn, in the interior of the
State, and in its western part. In Canada
and ever in Cuba.
however, was that placing him In
Canada, and there he might have re-
mained Indefinitely had not the Kings
County Grand Jury last week indicted
him for felony, an extraditable offense
and one which may yet land him In
Nng Sing Prison, in close proximity &c
hss old boss" Convict 1913, John Y.
McKane.
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