The representative. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1893-1901, 1899-06-01

Fares az Sumptuous ~ q Royal Prince
Table Set With Cut Glassware and
Finest of Linen-Wears q Dress
Suit mt Dinner and Has q Bath
Room In His Cell-DOyle Sends Tel
egrams and Letters to Friends All
Over the World.

James Doyle. the millionaire mine-owner.
the discoverer of the Portland gold mine OF
Cripple Creek. which has already made the
fortune OF half dozen lucky prospectors,
presses his face against the bars of his cell
In the Ell Paso county (Colorado) Jail, and
looks out upon the old toll road that leads
up Cheyenne mountain, says the Chicago
Inter-Ocean.
why" he says, that's the road that
took me to wealth. Stratton and Burns and
Strong-of the Strong mine. you know-and
1 all walked to Cripple when old Womack
struck geld and We threw in our chances
with the rest Let's see-that was in 1891,
December &C."
creaking buggy drives down the. av-
enue and stops in front of the window. The
two occupants in SLOUGH hats and rough
corduroy, wave their hands at the million
aire, who is enduring Imprisonment for the
sake of a principle. and Jimmy Doyle once
mayor of Victor, and the pOssessor OF a for
tune that could buy the Jail, the court mouse,
and big slice of Colorado Springs, assures
them through the iron secured aperture that
he is all right and gaining flesh every day.
And Ill stay in here" he exclaims, un-
til 1 win my case. l won't back down when
I'm in the right for any Judge
The story of Doyle and his contempt OF
court is the strangest case on record In
the annals of mining litigation in Colorado.
On JAN he began his Imprisonment for
refusing to turn over to his former COM
panions of the prospector's pick the judg-
ment he had obtained. They claim he
agreed to throw in his holdings in the
great Portland group to the Portland Cold
Mining Co. and to share equally in the
corporation. Doyle claims that he agreed
to exchange his claims for $250,0OO shares
of Portland treasury stock and over that
The litigation hinges. Portland stock was
then and now is worth 81 share. There
,;okc in, thn Whi oh
was tried in Iowa; where the Portland COM
pany is incorporated, but the. upshot was
J verdict in favor of Doyle for SILT, 600. Then
Burns and his partners applied to Judge
Iunt, of Colorado Springs for relief, and
The judge ordered Doyle to relinquish the
Judgment of the Iowa court. Doyle refused
lind was sent to Jail for contempt. No one
believed he would stay there, yet there he
has remained. Judge Lunt has since re-
Bigned but the contempt still continues.
Doyle's lawyers claim that he had no legal
Justification in ordering man to relinquish
, judgment obtained by a court of equal
authority in another state.
In the meantime the stubborn millionaire
is living over the past, building castles
for the future and dreaming, with his face
pressed against the bars Of the dusty toll
road that took him to fame and riches
in a manner miraculously like the tale of
Aladdin. He is still young man. on the
Bunny side of 40, without a gray strand
In his mass of dark brown hair, line
On his face. He 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
faiiors, and sits in lis apartment at the Jail
with blue tinted envelopes redolent of the
violet fragrance of milady's boudoir, care
1essly flung on the rough, blanket-covered
table before him. Magazines and newspa-
pers are scattered all around and a much be-
spattered blotting pad attests his large cor
respondence. He is never allowed outside
of the Jail precincts, Jailer John Lay taking
good care of him, although Doyle is per-
mitted unusual privileges 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 his window sill and the school
children, who all know him, and nod COM
passionately.
His life behind the bars is interesting
His meals alone cost him s95 a month The
Alamo hotel is only two blocks away and
one waiter, bright colored lad, has been
detailed to serve him. He does not eat with
the other IS occupants of the Jail, but the
table is spread in his room cell; some
times friend partakes of a meal with him.
The table is set with cut glass and the finest
china of the Alamo.
Doyle arises in the morning between and
o'clock and after a bath-fOr an unpre-
tentious bath and toilet room has been built
in his cell-waiks down the winding steel
stairs to the Office, where he calls up the
Alamo and orders his breakfast.
Everybody in Colorado Springs and the
Cripple Creek district, knows the mine
owner, and sometimes at many as 80 or 40
people call day. The tourists who al
ready are beginning to arrive from the
East are particularly interested and hardly
a day passes but Doyle is kodaked or inter-
viewed by young men and women The jailer
is very kind, and II Doyle desires to see any
one he is ushered into the Office. His knOwl-
edge of current events are remarkable, and
some of the deductions he makes evidence
much thoughtful study of present conditions
both financial and industrial.
AS soon as the meal is over Doyle goes to
the window and watches the toll road fade
into the shadows of the night. If there is
any one with him he will tell of the dusty.
day in December. eight years ago, when he
tramped 80 miles to Cripple Creek, to
prove for himself that a new camp had
been found. Yet he is not unhappy
Lonely" he repeats. II haven't been
lonely since 1 came here. 1t isn't so hard as
one would imagine.
His cell is on the trid floor and commands
wide view of the outskirts of Colorado
Springs to Cheyenne mountain, celebrated
because of the pyramid of stones marking
the grave of Helen Hunt Jackson. A portion
of the space in his room is taken up by
the jury when one is called by the county
court. The floor is of cement, and the
ceiling of steel. Four light painted iron
posts break the monotony of the room
To one side, on rack, in which are driven
n score Of nails, hang towels and Doyle's
wardrobe clothes made in the latest fash
ion, for his tailor still visits him. To pre-
serve them from dust they are carefully
covered by a newspaper. On the beds are
piled papers and magazines and a satchel
in which is locked Doyle's correspondence
and those trinkets and mementos he keeps
with him. He has scores of cards of Curl
Gus visitors. and foreign postmarked en-
velope received the other day contains
long list of names and the following on
letterhead of the American consulate at
st. Petersburg:
"A party Of Americans in st. Petersburg
read in an American paper an account OF
your Incarceration in the Ell PasO county
Jail for contempt Of court, because you re-
fused to surrender a judgment you held. The
American consul general and others OF us
rather admire your grit in this case, and we
are very anxious to hear how your case
comes on"
Doyle sends as many kilograms to his
friends as he does letters Several have
gone over the ocean, notably one to Labou-
chere. of London Truth, advising him to be
cautious of Portland in the London market,
as he was on the eve OF instituting more
suits.
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