The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-01-31

tweieh or syrseu-s) and Hs sues for $500.
coo Damanes.


Judge Pryor OF the Court OF Common Pleas
signed an order yesterday disseminating a
suit brought Ivy Michael r. WEIGH Of Syracuse
for $500 900 for Islander against Joseph Dono-
hue. police detective Of this city. Charles d.
Evans was Welch's lawyer in this alarming
suit SUN reporter asked him last night
how the damage had been done.
They may seem large damages" explained
Mr.. Evans. but assure you IL is all right,
and everything was done TO found a precedent
and with a good motive in view. Michael +.
Wech is 40 years old and u gentleman. and. as
an evidence OF that fact I state now what 10 an
uncommon thing. and that Ia. that he paid me a
substantial retainer before began his case.
Well. Michael +. welch came here from SYRIA
cuse four months ago as eentlemaniya Rentlo-
man, suppose then as he Is now. lie brought
to me the most substantial references Well.
ns was saying he came from Syracuse and
had the misfortune to run across one Joseph
Donohue, n detective.
Now there are two detectives named Dono-
hue. and that Ia why our suit has been dlscon-
tlnucd. Well. Mr. WEIGH came to me about a
month ago and said he had been mSllciously
prosecuted. booted, pointed at. and bias
The plain truth is. so Mr.. welch states. that
this Donohge has INSTRUCTED hia brother OIL
and his life has been miserable existence for
the last four months. Well. we sued Joseph
Corporation Counsel CONES ' to US and says we
have sued the wrong man.
:" Well, you see. 1 had a scheme. When Mr.
Wech came tn me and said he wanted to sue a
city Official for whnton cruelty-a persecution
after thinking some resolved that city ser;
COURT N Of Appes sH now T NJ WEIGH claim Cd
against him ~ this detective. Don0.
hue, and that on, broadway pr anywhere
n1 o wGn out hs Sr T9%a h HIM. &S he
thought those acts were parallel cases with
acts where a conductor Of a train gave pas
1f 3PSt Mr. %oSf NOW Sy S viii SS iRH
sue tho eit,S' and said to him, You
IN t f ns Pu ,h and al
900. and, being out OF the oflice on business
da the Ips.ssd SnS S
sexton at the Cathedral had been, set against
s1oidSd him. you EnoyHnnd. seeing
the papers, said .a he would /. not
dered my man. to make the amount $500 900.
and they made IT. S500.Oo0 l don't think 1t
.Iat w but he is perfect sGn
claims he is very intimate with Senator sax
why. he dresses In black broadcloth and
wears patept-lsather shoes and snow-white
CATERS and always has well-hlled wallet He
was a stranger to me. but his appearance WAS
in his favor. and / think a man abused as he
has been. II he tells the truth. ought to get
$500 600
"W Why he says that owing to this persecu-
tion he would never be able to get work again
as they have told about him all over. and he
cannot walk down broadway but what he is
hooted at / advised him TO 60 to Byrnes at
first. but he said he would only be abused and
he wanted revenge.
We'll, after we served papers Assistant
Corporation Counsel Sweetzer wrote me a
note and said Ii was a novel suit. but that We
had the wrong man 80 We have discontinue led
It. and WEIGH 10 trying to find tho right man.
My clerk and Welch took look at tho man
had tho wrong man.
Wsleh Is now looking up the other Dono-
hue. but he thinks the man Is keeping out OF
his way. But tell you. 1t 10 my theory that
there are running principles that are assimi:
lated In those railroad cases. and In the case l
would get against the city. And when We get
tho right Donohua We will sue AgAin."