The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-03-01
EX-PREsIDENT BAlZ ARRESTED,

He Il Sued for $4,000 Damages for
False imprisonment of an American
Cttizen-A Prisoner in the BrevO0rt
House-His Version OF the AFair-Ae
Will Not Give Bail.
Ex-President Baez, of st. Domingo had quite a
little surprise yesterday afternoon at his rooms in
the Brevoort House. Deputy Sheriff George
Jeferys went to pay him his respects and to inform
hun in the politest manner possible that
he was prisoner from that moment.
General Baez is, unfortunately, no English
scholar, and the deputy sheriff had some diff.
Guilty in making himself understood. An inter-
prefer In the person Of Mr.. Waite Jr., who escaped
in SO miraculous q manner from the wreck Of the
Vile du Havre. was called in, and he soon ex-
planned to the ex-President that fermer resident
in st. Domingo named Hatch had caused his arrest
on charge of false imprisonment laying his
damages at $65,O0O and that Judge Pratt had
fixed bail at $4,000. The ''prisoner" took the
disagreeabe news very quietly Jumped into a
carriage with the deputy sheriff and drove to his
lawyers, SOuthmayd, Butler 4 Evarts. who ad-
vlsed him to give no bail, on the ground that this
charge
WAS MERELY BLACKMAILING TRICK.
After driving to several other friends and con-
sultng them, President Baez returned to his
apartments In the Brevoort House, where a bed
was immediately improvised for the deputy
| TO bear Senior Baez company instead OF removing
| him to Ludlow street JAN. As the order or
arrest ID returnaDle on the l5tn Ol March, General
Baez will remain in the custody OF the Sheriff until
that day. unless the order should be previously
vacated. His attorneys intend to move on Mon.
day to vacate the order OF arrest.
The following is the affidavit which the action
Of Judge Pratt, who was holding chambers in
Brooklyn, was based:-
STATE of Ner York. County of Kings ss:-David Hatch
the plaintiff above named, being duly sworn, says
that sn a nc 'nG at as ms that dl %
years 1850 $50 defendant President Of The go
29h Of August 1869 defendant directed and caused the
OF a pnae oees
% as al TA Said
aud therefore caused and procured said plaintiff to be
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sstance 70 the rule of said DEFENDANT and furnishing
Second-That deponent was subsequently to his said
@ 10 MARITAL of
officers in the military service Of said defendant and
N'''' or MAINLY CONVICTED rELoSs
and that deponent sentenced by said martial
AZ BE- h h % Sat and G de-
against him by defendant AND released from said
ritory and dominion Of Dominica but was thereafter
the sRasas By r a s
first caused the deponent 70 be arrested tried
to be By defendant said arrest and said subse
9ns nar IN ant 1a eacn and all of
under he constitution and laws q Tie ss,d Republic
iendant acting solely without authority ofaw and the
since be said President.
Fourth-Ihat plaintiff greatly injured in health
and property by reason Of said arrest and mprison
! ment-to wit In the sum Of $4,000.
FVfh-That depouen mt has commenced action in this
Court the cause OF action above stated,
DAVID HATCH.
Sworn to this day, February 81 1874 before me JAMES
II. GooDMAN, Notary Public No. i07, New York city,
AHERALp reporter called last evening General
BaeZ who was in excellent humOr, and gave his
version OF the analr in French. He is very little
man, OF about sixty or sixty-fve, with a large
oval head, norid complexion, luxurlant whis-
kers, mustache and imperial OF a venerable white
and curly hair, which still re tans It's dark color
He said Hatch had received concession Tor work
ing a salt mine. He was In league with the Cabral
faction, and was apprehended In province where
martial law had been declared Tor having
FOUGHT AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT TROOPS.
| BY order OF General Garcia-fOr the ex-Presi-
| dent knew nothing of the matter Hatch was tried
! by court martial and condemned to death. Gene
| raj BabcOck had nterceded for Hatch, who also
! wrote to Baez beseeching his mercy, which appii-
| cation he had granted Immediately. He ordered
Hatch to be put on board OF American man. II
war; that he could not possibly have been m
prisoned after being pardoned. ExPresident
! Baez characterized the complaint job,
intended to lower him in the estimation Of
| the American people, ana adhered to his resOlu-
ton not to give BAIL ION, there's no use in getting
frightened" he said, pleasantly, the reporter
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