The times., 1897-05-16
CHAPMAN READY FOR JAIL
The New York Broker Will Get
Here This Evening.
ALL IDEA OF PARDON GIVEN UP
He VIII Have 2 Comfortable Double
Cell and BE Permitted to Send
Out for His Meals Otherwise He
VIII Be Treated just Like Other
Prisoners.

in the city today, and viii tomorrow be
| gin to serve his sentence OF thirty day
| in the District Jail
Chapman is a member OF the firIE O
city
He was convicted January l 8, 1896, il
the District crlininal court OF refusing Il
answer certain questions asked him by the
Senate sugar trust investigating com.
mittee, and sentenced by Judge Co:e t
pay n fine of ST. 90 and be imprisoned one
month in the District jail
Mr.. Chapman Will surrender himself L
Marshal Wilson Immediately upon his ar
rival. 1t is rot expected, however, that
he viii 90 to Jail before O'Clock tomorrow
afternoon.
According to the statement OF Attorney
General McKenna, District Attorney Davis
and Mr.. Porter, the Presidents secretary,
no application for a pardon has been Iiled,
and no new step in the ease taken Never
the!ess, ii is the general opinion that some
influence will interfere, either to pre-
vent the execution of the sentence alto
gether. or TO make its application nominal
and brief
His counsel, ex-senator Ednunds and
Judge Wilson, are apparently doing moth
ing to save their client. Judge Wilson ha q
paid several visits to the White House
during the past week, but just W nat ia S
occurred between himself and the Presi-
dent is a matter OF mcclure.
Upon Chapman fate hangs thatof Have
meyer and Searles, president and secretary
of the American Sugar Refining Company,
who were indicted for the same offcuse
Both of the latter-named men Were large
contributors 20 the campaign fund that
helped to elect Mr. Mckinley President.
II is argued for this reason that the Chief
Magistrate will not allow them To suffer
the ignominy OF going TO prison, and VIII
eventually pardon Chapman.
District Attorney Davis declares that
President Havemcyer will he arraigned
for trial tomorrow, and that the cases
OF Searles and the Others win follow in
due order.
Senator Aliens resolution, providing
that Chapma n shailappear at the bar OF tie
Senate and purge himself OF contempt has
gone to the Judiciary Committee, where It
is apt to reruain, as the committee Will have
does Chapman willhave begun his sentence
Then, again the broker refuses positively
to apologize to the Senate for refusing 10
answer the questions propounded to hi;n
by the senate committee, claiming that in
so doing he acted solely ON the advice of
counsel, and meant no dIsrespect to that
august body.
It rs said that Chapman has given up all
hope OF pardon, and has telegraphcd his
attorney that all efforts in his behalf ntust
stop Judge Wilson, however, is niaittiin-
ing reticence in regard TO the matter,
and refuses &c confirm the statement that
his client has given up the fight.
Mr.. John Mccartney. of the firm Of Cor
son & Mccartney, the agents in Washing
ton for Mr. Chapman's firm, stated 10 a
Times reporter last night that tie New
York BROKER would certainly arrive here
ID time to begin his sentence tomorrow
In case Chapman's attorneys fail 70
secure a pardon, the only mitigation for
his troubles that now seems probable is
the good behavior remission Of his time.
Uuder the rules OF the prison he will re-
ceive a deduction of five days for good
behavior while incarcerated, and if not
soon pardoEed will have to serve but
twenty-five days. a month being reckoned
at thirty days.
Mr.. Chapman, although millionaire, VIII
be treated at the prison like any other
prisoner. Warden Leonard stated that he
VIII be assigned to a double cell in the
south wing of the Jail
He will not lie permitted to leave the
prison until he shall have served his SEN
tence. Mr.. Chapman. however, will be al
lowed to receive his friends on such uc-
casions as the warden may designate.
He viii also be given the privilege of
having his meals furnished by caterer.
and viii, therefore, escape the penalty of
having to subsist on prison fare.
AS Mr.. Chapman is sonew hat of an
epicure it is thought that be will gladly
avail himself of this privilege With these
exceptions, however, he will receive the
same treatment as that meted out to other
prisoners
Advices received here yesterday afternoon
are to the effect that Mr.. Chapman will
arrive here this evening on the Congress
sional Limited over the Pennsylvania Rail-
read
IL is said that the lock-step leaves an
indelible mark on its victims; that a man
who has once done time and joined in the
nournfll pleasures OF the recre cation OF the
an alya US he distinguished
Dy something in his walk in after years,
no matter how many he may live, or what
changes may come to him 1t is peculiarly
therefore, for Broker Elverton r.
Chapman, that the lock-step has been
abolished at the District Jail. The pris-
)ners have their daily exercise for half an
lour, marching up and down the giaring
Hhitewashed corridors, past the gloomy
;ells, one after the other but they are not
obliged to walk lock-step, or to put their
lands on each others shoulders.
III conversations with Warden Leonard |
and Deputy Warden Russ, and others Of |
he Jail officers yesterday, a reporter for !
The Times learned this interesting circum- |
stance and many others which have bear |
ng on the sentence which Broker Chapman |
S 70 begin tomorrow-p perhaps, and to con- |
inue thirty days-perhaps. One OF these is |
hat Mr.. Chapman will unquestionably have |
certain small privileges allowed always TO |
'riSoners of certain grade, such, for |
as those who have been guilty |
II no moral delinquencies. 1t is probable |
hat Mr.. Chapman may not have to take |
ais daily walk with the nondescript gang |
# black and white criminals who fill his |
wing OF the jail. There are one or two |
'ne-legged men in the jail, also, who do |
lot take their walk in the middle of the |
lay with the rest of the prisoners
Mr.. Chapman will be spared the horrors |
IF the bath. II q prisoner is clean when |
le enters this establishment down on the
'anks of the Eastern Branch, he Is al
ways treated as such, and such bath |