The morning times., 1896-12-02

Tie case OF Elvcrton R. Chapman, con-
victed for refusal to testify before the
Senate committee Having under inves
tigation certain allegations made against
Senators as to sugar stocks, is growing
in interest -
II was stated, apparently on authority,
that as soon as Ata Chapman had been
INFORMED OF the decision OF the Supreme
Court affirming tEF decision OF the lower
court and making Jail and fine a finality
he would have hastened to Washington
and surrendered, although his bOndsmen
are responsible for everything else III the
case except, of course, serving Mr.. Chap
mans term OF Imprisonment. He was not
known TO have arIvep last night.
There, however, appears to be no imme-
diate necessity for MIR, Chapman's coming
to Washington, and yet he was looked for
very extensively by inquirers last night at
the Arlington Hotel. He has in the first
place about thirty days during which the
bond will be sufficient TO keep him out Of
jail pending the official notification of
the deliverance OF the Supreme Court. r
HABEAS CORPUS PROCEEDINGS.
Then there is another contingency by
which. Mr.. Chapman may he taken out OF
jail before he ever gets into it. This Is the
habeas Corpus proceedings .wh ich are
promised. Mr.. Chapman is already con-
structively IN Jail The lawyers in the case
are now, it is believed, preparing to test
the constitnt ionaiity Of the section OF the
Revised United States Statutes under
which he was convicted, and the argument
on this will come up on the application
FOR the writ of babeas corpus.
The most, Interesting rumor about the
case was talked of last night a I the Ar
lihston, where some of Mr.. Chapman's
friends were awaiting his arrival. 1t is
n " n.Rf f.,n
are on record as giving that Institution n
not particularly clean bill OF health in this
special malarial fever season. 1t was
stated that IL was one OF the final stages
of the proceedings to keep the prisoners
out OF Jail to show that the jail is not the
proper place TO confine prisoners. This
proceeding, 1t is said, would be hailed
with delight by more people than a sugar
trust rccalcitrant witness, as it would
bring TO the attention of the courts the
fact never before officially before them
of the injustice OF sending any kind of a
prisoner To the Jail in the malarial sea
son.
y UNIQUE, RESORT.
If the lawyers should succeed in estaL-
fishing this point the government would be
obliged To find place of confinement for
tile prisoners. There are no swell rooms
at the city jail. even If it We're healthy
as mountain hotel in Colorado, and it is
pretty well understood that II Mr. Chapman
or any Of the sugar kings should be dealt
with severely at all IL would be in some
frontparlor OF the place of confinement, with
| a southern exposure with an abundance of
broied lobster and musty ale.
As the city jail Is nOt the place for this
kind OF thing. IL is not improbable that the
prisoners ami the bailiffs will be put up
! at some Of the swell o.eis, ELMER in WASH
| ington ar some place within the juris-
| diction OF the United States court.
Another curious phase OF the case is
| thatthe court itself is Lot in any apparent
| hurry to catch the kind of a tartar that this
| kind OF a convict is. The last time the
| government attempted 10 be severe with
one of the scnticI1en who declined to testify
| it got itself into trouble To the extent Of
| several Thousand Collars ~
1t was not the oeast in this case, hut it
| was the hody thatI makes laws for the
court TO construe. IS !ust Ecssiiie that
II Mr. Chapman goes. 20 iail or to private
r, oms with tailiff nj the corridor at any
of the desirable hotels it may te the be-
! ginning OF an addl7Ionai fortune for him