The evening world., 1894-05-28
SUTHERLAND
SURRENDERS.

Justice Gaynor said that he was not
disposed to depart from his rule TO taKe
no part IN the Gravesend cases Whlie
they are before the court, because OF his
connection with them before ne was
elected to a seat on the Bencn. he
would adjourn the hearing until to-mor,
row.. when another justice would hoid
court.
The entire proceedings occupied but a
Sutherland was hustled out Of court and
up to Raymond Street Jail.
The charges MADE in the new new i indict-
ments are for the following onenses:
Eight Indictments for Felony.
I. Procuring a false canvass of votes in the
Second District OF Gravesend.
Same 9nsn, ,ss In sl .ns an'r ln,p pss.Sls'' to max.
Q false statement OF the votes cast In the Second
sam. onense in the Third District.
g.. Conceaiins the registry lists In the First
3. Same onense in the Second District.
I. same orense 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 nave
made some agreement as to the extent
of the punishment he is to receive. IL
wal rumored this morning that Suther-
land rad agreed to plead guilty to the
FIRST indictment, which charges him with
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
to the bar tomorrow. Mr.. Shepard. 1t
Is said. will make n complete statement
as to has been done in the Graves
end cases, and will give an elaborate ex-
pose of the whole fraud containing much
brought to light.
He will also render a statement of the
condition Of the cases at the present
time, 80,
Sutherland's intention to return had
been carefully guarded. even from his
former friends. His lawyer. Foster L..
rived until after he had been up In court.
and was on his way TO Jail.
The fact that eight new indictments
had been found against sutherland was
told in THE Evening World" last We'd
nesday. and the rumor that he would be
brought back vas recorded on Friday: :,
After Sutherland arrived at the Jail
with Sheriff Buttling he refused to see
anybody and sent word to all inquiTers
that he had nc no statement staten R, to mak on the
afternoon that he was found guilty Of
misdemeanor. Sutherland went straight
to Montreal. where he had becn in hiding
When he arrived in Canada, he con-
who told him he could not be eX;raditcd
for any offense against the election laws.
Since then Sutherland had consulted
frequently with lawyers, and had been
assured that it 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 cages
sgainst sutherland; his friends wrote to
Saturday, a week ago, ltobert j. Suth-
eriand, 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.
he reached there he wrote to Mr.. Shep-
ard and Sheriff Buttllng that the fngi-
tive would return to BROOKLYN this
The letter stated that Kenny" would
arrive at the Grand Central Depot, at $
sesGHf B Butt t to meet the fugitive in
front of the BROOKLYN Courthouse.
Sheriff Buttling stated that row tina,
would lose nothing. Robert Furey, one
Of the bondsmen. has already paid $500
to the county. This money Will be re-
Wns There u Compromise Made?
1t was stated on good authority this
ex-senator James W. Birkett, Robert
past week known that negotiations for
the fugitive's return were being ar.
ranged. They We're also acquainted
with the alleged agreement made b.
Mr.: Shepard with sutherland's brother
It was also stated on the same au-
thority that Sutherland had agreed to
return on the condition that his SEN
tence was not to exceed three years
In Sing Sing.
A Fugitive Over Two onth
Sutherland had been a fugitive from
Justice since March IA last, when he was
Convicted, on his second trial within two
weeks C;o Of O arrss,inH 'an ID d mesalIy a tht
Gaynor copyists sent to Gravesend thu
night of Nov. 4, 1898,
previous trial had resulted. MarGf
L In a disagreement OF the jury, which
It was freely alleged at the time' hat
Sutherland. however. was prompt,
brought to bar again on the same charge
March u, and W. lays later was convict
ed. He was not IN court when the jury
brought in its verdict, and on the rep
resentation OF Lawyer Foster l.. Backu'
that he had not run away Justice Brown
received the verdict In the absence o.
the prisoner:
land never came back. March l6 wa,
nxed as the day for his sentence. anc
on his not appearing then his ball o
His bondsmen were given until Marcel
10 to produce him in court. Neither die
the fugitive show up then. but, in spit
Of his absence, Justice Brown sentenced
him to one years imprisonment and tt
pay n $500 fine. the extreme penalty fol
his offense.
Sutherland was reported to have beer
seen ~variously in and around New Yorl
and Brooklyn, in the interior OF thu
> State. and in it's western part, in Canada
and even in Cuba.
The most generally credited rumor
however, was that placing him II
Canada, and there he might have re
; mained Indefinitely had not the King
County Grand Jury last week indicted
him for felony, an extraditable otense
and one which may yet land him II
Sing Sing Prison, In close proximity Z
his old "boss,' Convict 1913. John Y
McKane.
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