The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-03-10
RECOVERED HIS GRIPS.
Morgan OF the Bicyciers Detained by
VnDaid Hotel BILL

morgan OF the Bfcycters Detained by an
Unpaid Hotel Bill.
w. j. Morgan, the press representative
and the man whose special province was to
make the arrangements for races for the
bicyclers recently engaged in a so-caled
tournament at the Mechanics Pavilion, was
to have gone eastward on Monday, but is
still in this city ana his baggage is held by
an unfeeling hOtel-keeper for bill of $40
for board and lodging due by the occupant
of room 10 Of the Russ House.
In the trial yesterday of the case against
Hotel-keeper S. II. Seymour for the recov-
cry Of the property, some testimony was
adduced TO show that a swindle had been
contemplated with the riders as the vic
tins. Morgan's baggage consisted Of sew
erai grips with showbiils, electrotypes, etc,
and 1t had been tagged on Monday morning
for the board and lodging bill, so that he
found himself unable to proceed eastward
ard has been delayed three days in seeking
to recover it. l. was admitted that be did
not owe the hotel cent on his individual
account, but it was claim ed that he and j.
w. Eyck were partners in the bicycle tour
nament and the baggage in the room jointly
occupied by them was therefore tagged for
the paid bill of Eyck, the ostensbIe IA an
ager.
The proof showed that the baggage be-
longtd TO Morgan alone, and under the cir
cumstanc it was evident no lien could be
maintained for debt due by another. To
Offset this proposition it was attempted to
be shown by the testimony OF the night
clerk that specific agreement had been en-
tered into with Morgan by which he as
Sumed responsibility for the unpaid bill
having declared some days ago that
the tournament was not a financial success
and that 10 save the principals from greater
/ SIS 1t na0 been arranged that Eyck should
quietly leave for the East and il would be
given out the next day in the newspapers
that he had bean shanghaied. The scheme
was not executed in its entirety, though Eek
is absent and his bills unpaid.
The evidence On this point was not zorro b.
Grated and Justice Lows before whom the
case was tried. did not consider himself
justified in holding Morgan to account for his
breach Of faith. Judgment vas given
for the plaintiff for restitution of the Dag
gage, and then his attorney asked for jndg-
ment Tor damages. sustained by reason of
his forced detention. The plaintiff was
asked how much loss he had suffered and
replied generally that he had been subjected
to loss of $1,000. wlereat Attorney Lloyd,
for the defendant, held up his hands In
amaZement and characterized his assertion
as the airy fancy of the newspaper
fanatic"
Being asked as to particulars all that
could be ascertained was that he had spent
about SO for teieSrams to acc0r-is for his
detention and that the cost of his board and
lodging had averaged from 81 80 to So. But
as he would have had TO paw for the same
were he with his family In Chicago or pur.
suing his vocation in New York. In connec-
ton with the Madis0n-square Gardens
Company. the amount Of damages suffered
was fixed at $40 only. The defendant gave
notice of appeal, though the asked-for stay
OF 1--we days was denied. because a practice
not recognized In the justices Court.