The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-01
KTTCHING IN PRISON CARR.
sTlY OF SENTENCE o LATE TO
SPARE HIM THAT HUMILIATION.

ne mad Been Locked Up Tor tho wight
when the stay was served at the Prison
Assistant District Attorney MILES Blhmcd
-Narn. KitchinE Cerrccts n False Report.
Frederick McHcnry Kitching was not re-
leased from Sing Sing prison yesterday. Tho
fact that q Justice of tho Supreme Court, a few
hours after 'Ritchlng was sentenced on Mon
day to Eve years Of hard labor in the
State prison, upon his plea OF guilty to
the charge OF grand larceny in the second
degree, ordered n stay In tho execution
of tho sentence, brough. practically no relief
70 the young prisoner. lie was taken to Sing
Sing, his face was shaved, his hair was cropped
and no was compelled to don the %convlct's
6arb. Within four hours after Judge Asphalt
Ind Imposed the sentence a man who prided
himself on being ono Of the bost dressed mon
In New York became simply ono Of the num-
bered felons In prison stripes.
This happened because Warden Sage was not
served with the order granting the stay until
several hours after Kitching had been re-
coived at the prison. There 10 no delay at Sing
Sing In Transforming n man about town into q
convict. Kitching reached the prison shortly
before 8 o'clock on Monday afternoon. 1t was
$50 o'clock Monday evening when James p.
9isson, the father-in.law Of Kitching, started
from the Office Of the young mans attorneys In
Brooklyn with q copy Of the order to serve upon
Warden Sage. 1t was after 8 o'clock when Mr..
6isson reached tho prison. The Warden was
not there and the COPY Of the order was served
upon the deputy warden.
BY that time Kitching had experienced about
all the humiliation that tho sentence could
subject him TO. He had been locked In q cell
for tho night. These facts were communicated
10 Mr.. Sisson, who seemed to be greatly affected
by the information. He said he didn't care SO
--l - -lA
dalton Reoniy. He was thinking. he said. more
old, bis mother. and Els sisters. -"
But there was nothing, SO tho deputy war
The order commanded that the people Of the
sen ratives, should make no attempt to carry
out the sentence MI OF the court until after q Ger.
complied with, the deputy warden pointed out
when he was served with the order Of a stay in
the execution of tho sentence. The order
didn't direct the Warden OF tho prison to pro-
duce Kitching at any place at any time. There
fore the deputy warden refused to act on 1t.
wes discussed by brooklyn lawyers yesterday.
! sis s%shseSsa !. T sSs P esseStiS out Of T %h fsSll Ss sfF SdeS
81 an order Of the supreme Court; Yet there
opinion was that tho deputy warden Of the
blame on Assistant District Attorney Miles.
It was said that nn, no had S committed 3D., z breach Of
ProreiissSShhkli tc SS3Gss'e'y {swg ns B. B. rs ss1d d 4 hsye
that Kitch ns.would be sent to the Elmire Re.
formatory for one and one.half years, and, be-
iieving such would be the disposition Of his
clients case, Mr.. Chadsey felt a; liberty to at
tend to other business when kitching was
called up for sentence, and was not in the court
room.
i was stated that Mr.: chsdsey was going to
late Division Of the supreme Court in this city,
told him that the terms OF tho agreement would
be surely. carried out. Mr.. Miles denies that
sey says, however, that he has five Witnesses to
provo that the Assistant District Attorney did
,has sfr hS IN 9gpesem a iia, Mrs; Etching ai says
Al of. Kitching's family understood the same
thing.
tincate Of reasonable doubt as to whether or
not sentence should be carried out will be made
cd, then q writ OF habeas corpus will DO taken
out and kitching will be brought back to the
man is a member OF the idle gang" as it Is
sailed at the prison He has not been assigned
to any work and will not be until the .applica-
ton of a certificate OF reasonable doubt has been
granted or refused.
A number of absurd and unfounded stories
have been printed in sensational newspapers
about kitching's young wife that make her APP
In which these stories have placed her. and in
reference to them she had this to say to a SUN
reporter yesterday:
at has been stated in certain newspapers
that certain persons widely known in society
were intimate friends of mine. To a very great
extent this is wholly false. / was born at New
port and have lived there nearly all my life.
From that fact / came to know, by sight. a
great many persons of social prominence. The
statement that l am a friend of the Duchess Of
Marlborough is unqualifedly false. l. have
never even SO much as spoken TO her. l have
no wish and there is no necessity for my APP
pearing to be what ] am not. have never been
wealthy, and now I have absolutely nothing.
1 have never found 1t necessary, however, to
claim as friends persons i do not know to boil
Bter up my social position"