Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-07-23
OUT OF. a FELLOWS DELL.

How suga, Msgnate Chapman Lsft tic
jail.
Elverton r. Chapman, the New York
stock broker who was sentenced to one
month in the District Of Columbia jail for
refusing to answer questions asked BY a
senatorial committee, was released the 9th
er day. 81 eyre *iIi%
Shortly before 10 In the morning an
open carriage drew up In front Of the Jail,
and five youngsters with smiling and eager
faces alighted. They were the children
Of Mr.. Chapman. He kissed them'i n true
fatherly fashion and took them to zee the
cell he had just vacated. They see1ned
much interested In every thing about the
jail and inquired very earnestly a. to how
the father had spent his time and II he had
suffered from his confinement Mr.. Chap
man was all smiles at the sight Of hi1 chill
iren, and 1t was with apparent delight
that he told them that be was treated as
an extraordinary prisoner. After See
ing their fathers cell the young Chapmans
hurried down stairs and were shown about
the Jail by Warden Leonard. MI Chap
man superintendent the packing OF bis lug
After things were in readiness for the ex-
pressman Mr.. Chapman came out into
Warden Leonard's Office, mounted q pair
Of Howe scales and found that he had
taken on two pounds of solid flesh since
his imprisonment began.
As Mr.. Chapman entered the carriage
after saying goodby to all hands, he looked
the picture Of health. His face was aglow,
q hx,yF~
ruddy. He was dressed In the same SCOT
tish chevi0t suit that he wore on May II,
and the same white fedora hat covered his
head. His shoes were newly polished, bis
trousers wero creased, and altogether be
looked 40 though he had just come from
the bands of q valet. The drive from the
jail to the Arlington was without incl
dent. In order that the young Chapmans
might have look at the library and the
capitol, Mr.. Chapman directed the driver
to take in these buildings en- route.
There was some talk among stock bro
kcrs chout hiring tallyho coach and driv-
Ing out to tho Jail, meeting Mr.. Chapman at
midnight, taking him to Cbamberlin's and
giving him q swell blow out. This PROPOSE
ton was preached to Mr.. Chapman, and
he Immediately put his foot squarely down
upon 1t. -& -
"None of this blow out business for me, "
he said. GIVE had enough Of 1t in my day,
and there's nothing in 1t, anyway. want
to get away from here as quietly as came
In. None Of this brass band and foghorn
business for me. !"
Mr.. Chupman's stay in prison was made
as comfortable as possible. His two cells
were comfortably fitted out by Manager
Bennett Of the Arlington, his meals were
prepared under the direction Of the ward
ems cook, all marketing was done BY the
Arlington hotel chef, an old "trusty = was
detailed to look after Mr.. Chapman's
wants and on the whole he was we'll taken
care Of ,..... VIII
II was always a little gloomy about
dark" said he, "but that was the only
time when felt lonesome" f.. a%rlt5s
Under the prison regulations all lights
In the cells must be extinguisbed at 8 p
M, but an exception was made for Mr..
Chapman. He was permitted to havele
light in his apartment as long as he chose.
II usually retired about $780," he said.
land never had the slightest trouble in
getting good nights rest. The air was
pure and the sanitary conditions of the in
stitution perfect. There was none of that
chloride of potash smell about the Jail that
Is usually noticeable in jails and prisons =