The times., 1897-06-02
A Prisoner Protests Against
Chapman's Privileges.
HE PRESENTS A PETITION
1t Recites that Chapman Enjoys
Many Things Which Other Pris-
Among Them, aud Asks that He Be
Admitted to The Same Privileges.

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apparent elasticity OF the prison rules add
| regulators at the Jail caused a petition
| to sc filed before the supreme court OF tile
| District yesterday by Lawrence Bail, a
prisoner now confined within the Ja.i,
! awaiting his being subpOenaed III a trial
which is shortly to occur.
| For the PAST ten days no end Of tales
I have reached the precincts of the court
house OF the royal and marked Partially
! shown by Warden Leonard 70 the recall
| ctTsnt sugar witness, and IL has been said
| that the only restraint placed upon mia
was the denial of his personal liberty
| His meals are OF the choicest viands and
his cells are furnished in the most luxu-
rious manner possible.
Lawrence L. kall, the complainant, is now
| confined in the District jan in default of
| bail, and withstanding the fact that his
| two brothers are able and willing TO pro-
| vide him with a few deiicacies Of life, he
| is denied them on the ground that IL is
| against the prison rules. A few feet away
| from him is a man whose every wish seems
| to he anticipated and whose comfort
| seems to be the study Of not only Warden
! Leonard, but the entire force at the jail,
| in having his confinement relieved of every
| possible feature of restraint and denial
The petition filed yeste rday by Attorneys
A A. Iipscomb and Charles IL. Turner
| recites in detail each and Every instance
of fayoritism shown Broker Chapman by
the jail officials. 1t is accompanied by
sworn af:idavits of Richard l. Ball and
Harry F. Ball, two brothers of the peti-
toner, wto tell OF their treatment at the
jail last week when they called with some
| delicacies for their incarcerated brother
and were refused adInittance.
The intent OF the petition is 70 secure
an order from the court directing the
warden to treat all prisoners alike. and
that unless equal rights are accorded
all prisoners who are willing and ready
To incur the necessary expense, Broker
Chapman be treated in the ordinary way.
The attorneys OF Ball contend that if Mr
Chapman be accorded the right 10 receive
Injuries and special dishes not On the
Jail bill OF fare, then their client, who
has not even been tried, has the same
privilege, and should be granted it, The
following extracts from the petition Will
indicate its character.
The said Chapman is allowed to re-
ceive as many visitors as he wishes and
during hours other than those prescribed
by the rules; he is allowed to take visitors
10 his cell; he is allowed 10 converse with
visitors not through the cage, but in the
rotunda, in the warden's private office
and elsewhere; lie is allowed to use the
telephone. To receive and write kilograms
and letters, to write and send letters, un-
read by the jail officials; he is allowed
the use of two cells, one for bedrUCm and
the other for an office or reception-roorn;
he has been allowed to have said cells
carpeted with Oriental rugs and furnished
with a brass bedstead and with a chif-
f0nier, with pIate-glass mirror, wash
stand, private towels and other bathing
appurtenaEces, which are not furnished t.
your petitioner, although he has friends
who are willing and anxious to provide the
same for him; he has clothes tree; his cell
is also furnished with portable bathtub
and other prisoners are ordered TO convey
water 10 him for bathing purposes; Ill his
second cell, used as an office, similar one
to which is not furnished your petitioner,
he is furnished with writing table, with
pens, ink and paper, a students lamp, an
easy chair and other household articles Of
luxury, ease and comfort.
s'Seid Chapman is not forced 10 arise
at $40 a. M, as your petitioner is, and
is allowed to sit up beyond the hour of
$50 p. M, and to burn his light as late
as he pleases, although your petitioner is
obliged to be in darkness after said hour
against your petitioners wishes; said Chap
man is allowed 10 have fresh meat and
vegetables daily brought to him from the
Arlington Hotel, and specially prepa red by
a cook at the jail: from the said hotel he
receives little neck clans, delicate soups,
frogs legs, duck, quail, guinea fowls, ices.
sherbets, Roman punch, CONNECTIONS and
other delicacies, while your petitioner has
been denied the privilege Of receiving one
round steak with q few fried potatoes
Said Chapman is allowed TO eat these.
and in the warden's private dining-rooIn
waited upon by q servant from the Ar
lington Hotel; he is allowed the use of a
knife and fork, napkin and the elegan-
cies of fiIst-class hotel table, while pc
titioner is forced to sit on the side Of
his bed, or, standing, to cat from lin
box, with his fingers, corn bread, corned
beef and cabbage, herring and potatoes
and the coaSest fare, although petit ioner
is offered by his relatives better. though
plain, food, which has been to him de-
MED
''The said Chapman is allowed the use of
n water cooler, containing clarified ater,
together with apOllinaris water aud other
pleasant beverages, which are not fur
nished your petitioner, although his friends
are ready to furnish the same and petitioner
is willing and anxious to accept them:
there has been detailed by the Jail Off
cials prisoner, whose first name is John,
as valet de chambre for said Chapman, to
attend to his personal and private wants
and to keep the cell clean, as the other
prise ners are required to do by the
regulations of the JAIL
Messrs I.ipscomb and Turner, attorneys
for Ball, say they viii have Chapman ON
the stand. He must tell of each and
every privilege accorded him by Warden
Leonard and the other jail Officials, and
they are determined not to rest until their
client has received an equal share of rights
accorded the sugar broker.
From the decided stand taken by the
law yers of Rail- it is not likely that the
supreme court of the District will ign ore
the charges set forth in the petition, and
it is quite probable that the court viii
take up the charges when 1t meets in
general term this afternoon.
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