The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-05-28

millionaire, who IL enduring imprisonment
for the sake Of q principle. and Jimmy
Doyle. once mayor OF Victor and the pos
SCISSOR Of fortune that could buy the
jail, the courthouse and big slice Of
eoeogu1or 0pfingA. assnree them through
the ifou-secursd aperture that he u all
right and gaining mesh every day.
"AnA I'll stay In here he exclaimA
until win my case. ] won't back down
when I'm In the right for any 1udgN"
Tho story Of Doyle and hts contempt OF
court il not new. but II Is the strAngest
case on record In tho annals Of mining
litigation in Colorado. On January be.
gan his imprisonment for refusing to turn
over 70 his former companions OF the pros
pector's pick the Judgment he had OBJ
tanned. They claim he agreed TO throw In
his holdings In the great Portland group
to the Portland Gold Mining Company and
TO share equally In the corporation. Doyle
claims that he agreed to exchange his
claims for $4,000 shares OF Portland treas
ury stock. and over that the litigation
hinges. Portland stock was then and now
II worth q share. There were many
legal twists in ths case. which was tried
In Iowa. where the Portland company -
incorporated. but the upshot was 4 YER
dict in favor Of Doyle foe $1,000. Then
Burns and his partners applied 70 Judge
Lunt Of Colorado 6pringA for relief, and
the Judge ordered Doyle TO reiinquish the
Judgment Of the Iowa court Doyle re-
fused ana was sent to jail Tor contemCt
No one bsliewed he would stay there, yet
there he has remained. Judge Lunt has
since resigned. but the contempt stiii COM
tinueA Doyie's lawyers claim that he had
no legal justification In ordering a man TO
relinQuish . Judgment obtained by a court
OF equal authority In another state.
In the meantime this stubborn million
aire IL 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 q manner miraculousiy like the tale Of
Aladdin He Is Still yofhg man, on the
sunny SIDE OF -. without a gray strand In
hts mass OF dark brown hair. or \ lire on
his face He Is married. too. and hts wife
lives in their home in Denver
Lfe il not hard with this millionaire IN
prison He orders his meals from the
Alamo hotel over the telephone. IL meas
ured by his faiiors. and sits in his apart
mens At the jail with hiue-sinted envsi-
opes r~,totent o. the violet fragrance Of
mIiady's bosI3otr carelessiy flung on the
rough hiAnket-covere1 table before him.
Magazines and newspapers are scattered
all around an. q much despatched blot.
HYx PAD Atheists MS fAfKe correspondence
He in never allowed outside Of the IAN
precincts Jailer John Lay taking good
care % him. although Doyle Is permitted
unusual privileges behind the steel doors
ana heavily barred windows. Like Bon
inward WHO wore away the stones in tho
Chateau lie Chiffon Doyle has made
friends with the birds. which he feeds
with crumbs on hin window sill. and the
school children. who al know him and
ned compassicnatsiy.
His Table Set with Cnt Glass.
His life behind the bars IL Interesting
He spends something over Sino each
month his meals alone costing him tss.
TIE Alamo hotel Ia but two blocks away,
ard ore waiter a bright cclor~d lad. has
been detailed 70 serve him He does not
eat with the other eighteen occupants Il
THE tall, but thu table 10 spread In hss
resaa. or cell: sometimes \ friend par
takes % meal with HIM King sets tho
table with cut glass and the finest china
Of the Alamo.
Doyle arises IN the morning between !!
ana o'csocr, ard after hash-for an
uncre.enssous hath and teaies room has
been bull. IA hta cesi-walks down tAs
winding stess stairs 70 the officA where
he calls up the Alamo and orders h.s
nreAkfAse-
Everybody n Colorado Springs ana sAe
CnDcie Cre~k district knows trio nnsns
owner ard sometimes a. mary - thirty
er furry people call q day. The tourists
who already Are beginning 10 arrive from
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