The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-30
KITCHING AT SING SING.
SENTENOED TO 8 YEARS INSTEAD OF
~ MONTHS AT ELMIRA.

HAASA W -
the AEe or ~ with Csuviciisu &c the First
Crtnisai Act at which Fe WINS Caught.
Frederick McHonry Kitching. who last week
pleaded guilty in the Kings County Court to q
charge of grand larceny In the second degree,
was sentenced by Judge Asphalt yesterday
morning TO I'VE years at hard labor in the State
Prison at Sing Sing.
KitchinR's wife. when she heard the sentence,
tainted. when she revived she went up to tho
bench and said: 'oh, Judge. take 1t back
Take it back Surely. such a sentence can't be
when they promised to send him TO the Elmira
Rsformatory for only a year and a halfi Oh,
Judge, won't you take 1t back
The scene which Mrs. Kitching created stopped
business In tho court temporarily. She had
come unattended. Not even her husbands
lawyer was in court. 1t was some time before
che could compose herself sufficiently to visit
the Raymond Street Jail to bid her husband
Eood-by.
When Kitching stood up for sentence judge
Aspinall said: "KitchinR. 1 had hoped to DO
able to send you to the Elmira Reformatory. but
I have learned that your crimes have boon so
many and your career 30 checkered that 1 am
forced, Notwithstanding tho ploadings Of your
wife, your mother and your sister. which
greatly moved me, to show you no greater con-
nidorntion than that Of an ordinary criminal.
Therefore I Am compelled to give you the
longest sentence that I may under the law"
Kitching's attorneys are Weed. Wilson &c
Chadsey. His case has been under the personal
direction Of Mr.. Chadsoy. When the lawyer re-
turned to Brooklyn from New York, where he
had been arguing n case during tho morning be-
fore tho Appellate Division Of the Supreme
Court, and heard the sentence that had been
imposed upon his client he went before Justice
wilmot NJ. Smith Of the Supreme Court and OBJ
tanned o stay Of execution until Dec. / at 2 =. NJ :.
when argument will be heard on an application
for q certificate of reasonable doubt and an
order for q new trial.
According to Mr.. Chadsey's AFFIDAVIT, District
Attorney Miles entered into an agreement by
which Kitching was to plead guilty, and Mr..
Miles. in consideration of the plea, was to see
that tho young man was sentenced to the Ell
mira Reformatory for eighteen months.
Mr.. Chadsey af1rms that Mr.. Miles told him
Judge Asplnall would agree to such a DISPOSE
The a6idavit states that, had the case come to
trial. the afiiant is certain his client would not
ing IL mentally irresponsible.
In submitting the affidavit to the Court Mr..
Chadsey called attention to the fact that it has
been tho custom for many years on the part Of
counsel for defendants in criminal actions to
accept In. good faith any agreement made by
punishment which might otherwise DO inflicted
upon those defendants. .
relation thereto stated in the AFFIDAVIT.
the s' s9sS M UPON os sSasiir f sSsslls ssFT Tlt c nosi' Ss Of
already been taken to Sing Sing. and the notice
law. In the opinion Of Mr.. Chadsey. Kitehine
win have to DO brought back to the Raymond
Kitching's career has been meteoric. He 10 20
years old. Tho crime for which he was sen
fsIU e@e ye Ses 9 tSac Is ' to S onas fi,@ comes ! afr from Sna q
good family. His father was William McHenry
aaii .S REsn an his Sps oidest In Child Ia and s'T eefy w soo
vas about 10 years Did; His mother was
N %i a. A pISes s.syS In sh SR Sisini fst of the eU oIS s,O %sGs
hotel was named. Kitehipg's Ersndfather
u, Mh6 sn,; monty Sasy made 9n sG possible III tss d]eya L mss e ef
:ss ssasf Gy4a. w. " FIJI fiald% 'G IN laying Hf the @r xfisnIis
cable. He gave Ericsson pecuniary aid when tho
, sapsaiori, ya Of ' tho methoa o = propSIsion By al, as
Kisshing,s uncle was Mator;Gsn, John Howard
aConaueror" published in this city in 1873; A
snug Harbor. On the death Of his father Mrs.
% With Mrs r. Ni The eSef af fry Ing IN F + sssasi
Mrs. Irving conducted = school for young
women. and there Mrs; kitching's daughters,
ana nor Son as well, received Tnelr eQuCatlOn.
Mrs. Kitching was not possessed of large
means, and when her son was about IA years
o ofiea he Of ' Somiais sm z Blefe4m in the where sTsf se re
be became the arms second clerk.
When the Monetary Trust was formed, two
was offered to Rhit;chinr At a salary Of s.; 900 .
the Trust for about a year. Then he secured a
JOB with Seymour Bros. at 80 Broad street
Exchange several months ago. His work
for them. was to solicit customers and
ne su faiiSr In BE- : la f1sp Sm e@pIo S1 sqs'R %its tho Aff InI
yestors, Securities Trust, a concern founded
by. A. Eugene Davis, who became famous
Toilette land scheme in Chicago. in which. had
It not been for a sudden decision on the
said. would have made more than 81. 100000
Kitching was made treasurer of the Investors
When thu Investors Securities Trust collapsed
KitShing was not long without something to do
b. %hais s sSnnsGsss with With The Mr Mo Hs,tiss A. TF \. Oh 6i
Inns. who lived. when in New York. at 81 Eas'
m"sn Ma,n street On Tssnf flSd in the bsv Hah Hs,
slon about three weeks, ago; Shortly after tn,
taken very III and was removed to the hospital.
Mrs. Collins was particularly interested In
her own and she took an especial liking t.
kitehing. She had ample means In 2 fortune
Wien there V WSs mo- longer lone srt an I investors Ss2 scum
Fttios Trust, Mrs. Collins told Kitching that 4
he wanted to 90 into business for himself sh,
Andrew /. Taylor, who lives at 116 Montagu,
and principal promoter OF the American Servic,
Union with offices at 257 broadway; ,Kitchinl
had known Taylor ever since Kitching was
small boy; Kitching asked Taylor II he knew o
a good business opening. Taylor told tn
an interest in the American Service Union
Kitching looked into the business of the concern
alittle and found that it was a kind of insurance
company.
He thought he saw some money to he mad
and told Mrs. Collins OF Taylor's offer. TIL,
widow, consented to put $4,000 into tho con
Germ. she to receive certificates of the company
Ptock for the money invested. and KitChing I,
DO taken into the company. In lien of cash sh,
gave to Taylor ten bonds valued at 81, 100 each
That was in June, 1896. Ont OF that trans
action grew two lawsuits which, it is said, wer
the cause. on the part of Mrs. Collins's rela
tives. of having the commission TO examine int,
the widows sanity appointed. These suits wor
also the cause OF Kitching's leaving the Amer
can Service Union. Last September Mrs. Collin
brought suit against Taylor TO recover the valu