Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-24
AGAIN A FREE MAN
Erastus Wiman Released on $25,00
Bail.
REFUSES TO TALK ABOUT His Case
Tells the Reporter to Read His
Book.
TO BE ARRAIGNED MONDAY

NEW YORK. Feb. 24.-Erastus wiman
was released from custody at noon today
on s25.00Q bail. Mr.. Charles H. Deere OF
Moline, Illinois. deposited twenty-five $1,000
bills in the Office Of the city chamberlain
this morning. Recorder Smyth signed the
bail bond. Mr.. Deere is the father-in-law OF
Mr.. Wiman's son William, who is now
lying In precarious condition at his home
on Staten Island
This morning Mr.. Wiman arose early and
seemed to be in a more cheerful frame OF
mind. In answer to a note sent to him by
the reporters. asking him If he had any
statement to make or if he expected to be
released today. he sent the following reply:
Il have every hope of reaching my dear
wife and son and daughter today. If only
for Sunday, to be with them would be a
boon indeed. At midnight had word from
my son Harry as follows: Dear Will is
sleeping at last, and the doctor says ne has
one chance in ten. Anna, in the midst of
her grief and anxiety about her husband.
sends you a loving message and says be OF
good cheer had a good night in the hope
Of better days. E. W."
Mr.. Wiman Free Again.
Exactly at HOS o'clock Mr.. Wiman
emerged from the Franklin street entrance
of the Tombs prison. accompanied by Dep
uty Sheriff John Dalyrimple. He looked
none the worse for his three days !ncar-
ceration.
In reply to the deputy sheriff's invitation
to ride up to Chambers street in Madison
avenue car. Mr.. Wiman said:
No, thank you, l prefer to walk
An Associated Press reporter spoke to
him. but he said: II am sorry l cannot ia TX
m Pa 60 hnf yn,, tha l,ezt
page Of my book II tells the whole story"
When he reached Leonard street he
paused Tor moment and looked UP toward
broadway. Then he caught the deputy and
the reporter by the arms and said: DO you
see where that building has been torn
down? Well, that was where the Mer-
chants Club used to be, and dined there
almost every day for the past twenty
by ~-o'e
Then. as he walked on, he continued.
Apart from the indignity attached to my
a helpful and instructive episode in INV
career. Every one of the prison officials
was very kind to me. and I shall never for
get the amount Of consideration they gave
me in my trouble"
II have not heard from my son Willie
VINO has been very sick since midnight.
hut have derived a good deal of consola-
tion from the fact that the doctor thinks
Your friends have been working hard
10 secure your release on ball." said the
reporter. do you know who IL is who has
day."
mo. I do not" said he. but INV bov,s
father-in-law. Mr.. c. H. Deere showed mo
a check for $4,000 when he visited me n,
the Tombs yesterday, and told him not
to be too precipitate. My hesitancy about
procuring ball will be explained later. All
1 snali say to you now is that q man
should not be judged by what he does for
himself. but by what he has done for
Others"
AS soon as he reached the genera, COS
sions building Mr.. Wiman took out his
card case and wrote an order on the Amer
lean News Company for number of
copies of his book. which he distributed
among the reporters who were waiting in
the district attorneys office
The last paragraph of Mr.. Wiman's book.
to which he called attention, reals: "An
impress Of ones active life in the commun-
ity in which he resides for its great and
lasting benefit, In a locality so plastic ard
so promising, is not an unhappy thing to
look back upon. In achieving a work Of
magnitude as. is here going forward. mis-
takes and follies have been committed RI,t
It has rounded the life of a man that must
form the basis Of the estimate of his sue
cess or failure. At the final accounting
perhaps, 1t will be what he has done or
tried to do for his fellow man rather than
what he has done for himself by which he
Will be judged. By that standard on Staten
!sland as elsewhere. the write- Of these
lines Will be content to abide the verdict
The released man fastened to his home
on Staten Island Mr. Wiman will be call
ed on to plead to the Indictment for forgery
In part l of general sessions on next Mon,
day at II o'clock.