The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-06-03
LUXUR||,' r.
In Prison Enjoyed,by. a Colorado
millionaire
WHO GAVE A UP HIS ] f. FREEDOM
For Principrc-Ho Orders HIS Meals
From Hotel-Iiis Table Set With
Cut Glass, and he Receives Callers
in n Dress suit-sociailst and Mill
ionairc are Friends.

In Dress Satisfactorily and Mill
ionairc are Friends.
Denver Post: Stretching out like the
back Of q huge elephant at rest is Chey-
enne Mountain with the.old Wade toll
road crawling up Its. side, zlgzag path
of dusty yellow. When the afternoon
sun Is flooding the plains with a golden
glow the path Is like n luminous trail
winding through grooves Of softly pur-:
pie pine nnd spruce In the mountain
checkerboard Of light and shade. James
Doyle, the millionaire mine owner, the
discoverer Of the Portland gold mine Of
Cripple Creek. which has already made
the fortunes Of half a,dozen lucky pros
pectors. presses his face against the
bars of his cell in the Ell Paso Jail and
th!nks-thinks until the sun goes down
behind the snowy summit of Pixies
Peak and the evening shadows blot out
the pines and the mountains Into dark
mass almost lndlstinguishable with the
starllt sky.
why" he says. that's the road that
took me to wealth. Stratton and Burns
and Strong-and walked to Cripple
when old Womack struck gold and we
threw in our chances with the rest.
Let's see-that was In 1891, December
&C." Esl.5i,k
A creaking buggy drives down the
avenue and stops In front. Of the win
dow. The two occupants. In SLOUGH hats
aud rough corduroy, wave their hands
at the millionaire. who is enduring I'm
prisonment for the sake OF a principle,
and Jimmy Doyle. once mayor OF Victor
aud the possessor OF fortune that
could buy the jail. the courthouse. and
big slice OF Colorado Springs. assures
them through the iron secured aperture
that he is all right and gaining flesh
every day.
And I'll stay in here" he exchaims.
until 1 win my case. l won't. back
down when I'm in the right for any
judge" r-
The story of Doyle and his contempt
OF court is not new. but 1t is the strang-
est case on record in the annals of min
Ing litigation In Colorado. On January
9 began his Imprisonment for refusing
to turn over to his former companions
of the prospector's pick the Judgment he
had obtained. They claim he agreed to
throw In his holdings in the great Port
land group to the Portland Gold Mining
Company and to share eqtdlly in the
corporation. Doyle claims that he
agreed to exchange his Claims for n
quarter of million shares Of Portland
treasury stock. and over that the lltiga-
ton hinges. Portland stock was then
and now is worth 81 q share. There
were many legal twists In the case
which was tried in Iowa. where the
Portland Company is Incorporated: but
Che upshot was verdict lin favor OF
Doyle for s7lI,O00. Then Burns and his
partners applied to Judge Lunt, Of Colo
RADIO Springs. for, relief, and the Judge
ordered Doyle to reiinquish the tudg-
ment Of the Iowa court. Doyle refused.
and was sent to Jail for contempt. No
one believed he would stay there; yet
there he has remained Judge Lunt has
since resigned. but the contempt still
continues. Doy!e's lawyers claim that
he had no legal Justification In ordering
a man to re!lnqulsh Judgment obtain
ed by court OF equal authority In an
other state.
In the meantime the stubbon million
aire Is living over the past. building cas-
ties for the future, and dreaming, with
his face pressed against the bars, OF the
dusty toll road that took him 10 fame
and riches In manner miraculously
like the tale OF Aladdin. He Is still n
young man. on the sunny side OF forty,
without a gray strand in his mass OF
dark brown hair, or n line on his face.
lie Is married. too. and his wife lives In
their home In Denver.
Life Is not hard with this millionaire
In prison. He orders his meals from the
Alamo Hotel over the telephone. Is
measured by his taIlors, and sits in his
apartment at the Jail with bluc-t!nted
envelopes redonlent OF the violet, fra
GRANGE Of milady's boudoir, carelessly
flung on the rough blanket-covered table
before him. Magazines and newspapers
despatched blotting pad attests his
large correspondence. He Is never al
lowed outside the jail precincts. Tailor
John Lay Is taking good care of him, al
though Doyle is permitted unusual priv
legcs behind the steel doors and heavily
barred windows. Like Downward. who
wore away the stones In the Chateau de
Chillon.. Doyle has made friends with
the birds. which he feeds with crumbs
on his window sill. and the school chill
dren. who al know him and nod COM
passlonately.
His life behind the bars Is Interesting.
He spends something over 100 each
month. his meals alone coating him s9j.
The Alamo Hotel Is but two blocks
away. and one walter. bright col6red
lad. has been detailed to serve him. He
does not eat with the other eighteen
occupants OF the jail. but the table Is
spread in his room, or CELL sometimes u
friend partakes of meal with him.
King sets the table with cut glass and