The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-05-24

States, as amended by an act of Congress
May II, 1879, that you Ezekiel 7.
Cooper forfeit and pay to the United
States fine Of 5000, also the costs Of
the prosecution, and further that you be
imprisoned in the New Jersey State
Prison at Newark, New Jersey, for a
term Of eighteen months, beginning this
day and ending the 22nd, day of Novem-
Der 1899, and it is furthermore declared
that you, Ezekiel 7. Cooper, be now com
mitted to the custody of the United
States Marshal Of the District of Della
ware in order that the foregoing sentence
may be carried into execution" d.,
The people in the court room was SO
still during the pronouncing of the sen.
tence that pin dropping on the floor
would have broken the stiffness.
When the full extent of the sentence
was realized the same death-like silence
prevailed and Coepers friends looked
aghasi at one another.
A few minutes after this Cooper was
led into Marshal Shorts office in the
Federal Building and here his friends
bade him goodbye. Clerk Mahafy
turned over to the marshal the necessary
commitment papers for Cooper's admis.
sion to the New Jersey penitentary and
at sos o'clock the prisoner with Marshal
Short and Deputy Clark boarded train
on the p, W. 4 B. railroad for Newark,
N. j., where they arrived early in the
evening.
Here they gave Cooper in charge OF the
warden, bade him farewell and the doors
of the prison that will hold him in con-
finement for the next Is months closed
upon him with dismal noise.
Cooper is the first prisoner sent from
here to New Jersey, as all heretofore
have been sentenced to the penitentiary
of New York State. This is not now
permissible and the Government some
time ago ordered that all persons here.
after be sent to Newark.
By virtue OF the sentence Colonel
Cooper is henceiorth dsfranchised man
in the State of Delaware unless he is par
doned before his sentence expires
There is already some talk of getting up
pardon papers but how far tins will go
remains to be ascertaincd.
The costs of the prosecution will
amount to about $1,000 and under the
pauper convict act No 1912, Colonel
Cooper can get out Of paying eitEer fine
or costs OF prosecution by pleading
poverty.
Providing he serves his full sentence
Colonel Cooper will be given s. and a
Sl5 suit of clothes when he leaves the
pententiary.
Mr.. Cooper's title ofcOlonel came from
The time when he was Judge Advocate
General on the staff of Adjutant General
Richard r. Kenney, now Senator, under
Governor Benjamin T. Biggs.
He was born near Willow Grove, North
Murderkill hundred, Kent county, and
is in his 4lst year. He was a student at
the University of Virginia, began the
study of law under Hon. Eli Salisbury
in 1873 and completed with James /.
Wolcott, being admitted to, the bar in
October, 1881.
lie was clerk of the House of Repre-
sentalives in 1887. He has been editor
OF the Milford Herald for about a year.
He is leading spirit of the Peninsula
Press Association, taking an active part
in its annual excursions. Mr. Cooper is
an advocate of the annexation of Hawaii
and visited that country last year and
wrote a series of articles on the subject.
wo"-Thomas S. Clark is next on
the list and his trial comes up on June
II. The testimony in his case promises
to be more startling than that Of Colonel
Cooper's and his conviction, it is said,
will just as surely follow, he being one
Of tile main lootcrs of the bank.