New-York tribune., 1890-08-30
PHTLLIPSEN TO BRING SUI.
HE WANTS 500 600 DAMAGES FROM GENERAL
o'BEIENE AND JOHN SIMPSON FUN
BEING DETAINED.

BEING DETAINED
A suit for 800 900 damages for false impr'so""o
was begun yesterday in the supreme 'ou'. .ant
General James r. OBeirne, Assistant superihVeN a.
OF immigration, and John Simpson supeIin, ,i1,
Of the Landing Bureau. by Alexander Ludwlg rihiip
"a, tho Dane who was arrested and heid a' ''o
Barge ONCE on the suspicion oil Dells o"o % ~ .,,
OF the man Meyer, whose body was s"PPo" I" ''
country in q barrel of cement.
Phillipsen, believing that some eparauo" "a w
him for the Inconvenience and humla''o" ""o ~
had sustained by reason Of his detention as wen a.
te DELAY i'm his business affairs consulted the law
vers Iayman Marks & Rosenthal, OF NO 234 brVan
way who. after looking up the statutes Oh "o SUI
icct advised him to bring suit. summohses No'.
Immediately drawn up. and one ot the cierAs r 80
Rollin went down to the Barge once about d p "''
in search Of the two defendants General o'Beirle
when asked by Mr. Ronn TO step outside of the once
and within the jurisdiction Of the Supreme Court Vi
the state Of New York. politely but firmly refused Oh
the ground that he too busy Just theh ''''
Rollin returned 10 the Office later, but found tha'
General OBcirne still engaged lie uecIhcu' uo'V
fore not to try To serve the until TINS morn
ing Mr. Simpson. having left the Office early III 'ie
afternoon. was served at his house in the evening
To a reporter of The Tribune General O'Beirne sad
that he appnehended no trouble from the suit =
received a letter from these lawyers yesterday INFORM
ing me that they about TO bring SUIT asainss
me for false imprisonment. Immediately consumer
that | had acted entirely according 10 law dio
NOT try To avoid service but ! did not consider IL
OBLIGATORY upon me TO put myself out Tor ueSe
people especially a. | was very busy As 10 Ho
pont they raise that | actcd without jurisdiction III
ordering the detention Of Phillipscn after he i'o
PASSED through the Barge once. the law, the District
Attorney says, Is clear. person may be detained
In such a case II there is any evidence TO show that
the registry, for any reason, is false or incorrect IL
having been made on the hypothesis that the ques
tons were correctly answered.
Mr. Hayman said yesterday thdt Philpsen who IS
man of property and did not come 10 this country a.
an immigrant felt sore lis treatment by the Barge
Office officials. lie had produced his certificate OF
birth which showed clearly enough that he was Alex
andcr Ludwig and not Adolph i1lilp,cn. lie hld
also his passport from the Copenhagen chief oi ponce
lie /, a very sensitive man." continued Mr.. Hay
msn and besides the other indisnlties which were
hr,ped upon him. he was continually belhs polh'cu
,u, a. the man who murdered Meyer for his money
He believes as he has been Informed. that JACOBSEN
the bartender who gave the Information against him.
did 81 for revenge because Plipsen lef; the board
.ng horse Al No. 4 Greenwich 81, and that General
O'Bcrnc ordered the arrest for the sake oil newspaper
Mr. phlllp.cn has not yet decided what course TO
pursue with Jacobsen. although consider thcre m npc
',ad ground, for making him co defendant, u hO'
for "A charge of forgery slandcr. General b1rhe
duty il clearly limited Ia dctainine oolcctlonaoir In
rIrr.utt pcndiuE an nVcstic cation, but Only Unihl
srutI arr. detained who likely To become bnfuci
10 the country because Of some PiN sl'a or nv'' I
d.r,erry or " ho come here IN violation OF thc '"l
,,,rt ahnr law But, in the of our client, ic
had passed entirely beyond Superintendent " "chefs
irdicton The fact that the luticr tclesr1 pled rom
Washington Ia hay. Phillipscn released ana aerWatu
cNplaned that he did so because he had no p2Tet pS 10
L,h him il sufficient evidence tna General obcFhe
n,s ,nndn scriou, hlundcr rhi, is the first ease ~
ihe hind ever tried IN this country. ! am qulte Ger
tain that establish strong case against All
THREE" ,,,.,,,,. ..,, ,r.,, q,
letter was received yesterday by Phiilp7mn IN Il, ron
theatrical manager who offered to exhibit Pillpscn
,hr"rb The roIutrv at a Large salary, as the man
h 80 murdered Never cut OF hi, head. and shipped
his body 10 America IN a cement parteI'