The herald., 1895-09-02
PASADENA'S FRESH COPS
Their Mistreatment of Farmer KowaIsky
Denounced
The countryman Was GUILTY. Of M offeuse
out Forced to Pay a Fine-te win
Probably Fight the 1atter

PASADENA, September 1.-The ac
count given in the Herald of the arrest
ana Imprisonment of August Kowalsky
last night, together with the subseouen,
proceedings, was written very hastily
Hence there was not time to give the de-
tails, NOR in fact some of the most essen.
tial points. which have led many to char.
actcrize the whole matter as "a rather
high-handed proceeding, to put it mildly.
1t should have been stated in the account
that after the officers had taken Kowais-
ky and his team as far as Union street
and told him to go on home. he then lef {
his team in charge of his daughter and
followed after Officer Beebo and wanted
to know his name, also tha name of the
city marshal. that he might see whether
the arrest was sanctioned by that off Ger
and by the law. He asked Officer Beebs
to go into store with him and write his
name and that of the marshal on a card
that he might look the matter up. He
was excited, but the bystanders say he
did not do or say anything that could be
construed into disturbance Of the peace.
However, the officers proceeded to take
him to the Jail. where they locked him
up. His daughter, who is married wo-
man, Mrs. Greye by name, was greatly
distressed, OF course. crying and asking
why they were rushing her father off to
jail in this manner. It should have heen
stated that the name of the officer who
assisted Beebe by leading the team and
afterwards in escorting the prisoner TO
jail was Horton, the man recently ap-
pointed. After Recorder Rossiter had
arrived the prisoner was brought from
the jail into the court room, and after
the Judge. prisoner and officers and per-
haps four or five others had got inside OF
the room, the door was shut upon the
other would-be spectators and an officer
placed his back against it. A formal
complaint was made out, charging Kow
alsky with disturbing the peace by riot
GUS and tum ultuous conduct The
court advised him to plead guilty, but he
wanted to know of what he was guilty.
His bail was fixed at $25. but as he is but
little acquainted in Pasadena he could
think Of but one man who might put up
bail for him. and asked that he be allowed
to go over to see him, in company with
an officer, at his house. which is one
block from the court loom on the same
ST rect
The court said that he could not allow
this, but he coulu send an officer. 1t was
now half past nine, and the prisoner was
evidently anxious to rejoin his daughter
anb &C home, but he insisted that he
was guilty and would fight the case
to the end. He offered to give check
ON one of the Los Angeles banks, but that
do, and while he was trying to
find way out of the difficulty, it was
impressed on him that If he cared any
thing for his daughter he would not go to
jail, but pay his fine. 1t was evident that
he did not clearly understand the whole
matter, for not only is he not very we'll
acquainted with the English language,
but he is evidently somewhat deaf, and
when lie was finally induced to pay his
fine, he thought it was simply SO that he
might not have to go to jail, and that his
trial was to come up some other time.
He then paid 80 in ignorance Of the fact
that he was virtually pleading guilty to
the charge, protesting as ne did SO that
he was not guilty OF anything. II. IL.
Matthay, who keeps the feed yard on
Union street one block from the court
room, to whom the prisoner asked to be
allowed to go to obtain bail, was seen
this morning and asked first If he knew
man by the name of August Kowalsky,
living at Lamanda Park, He replied,
Eyes, l have known him for tweivs
years" The next question asked was
What kind OF a man is hep He is q
good, square man. came the answer to
this question. The circumstances of the
case were then told him, OF which he had
heard nothing, and he replied at once,
"You can say for me that if had known
of the matter l would have been very glad
to put up twice that amount of bail if
necessary, rather than see him pay that
fine or go to Jail. l know that he is
good, straight man, and l would have
been glad to help MIN out" Much ad-
verse comment is heard upon the whole
first, that man who has
come to town to trade with merchants,
and has quietly drawn UP his team at the
curb line, and who is about to step into
q store, leaving his team in charge OF his
daughter, should be Immediately ordered
TO move on. The officer himself conceues
that there was plenty of room for team
to pass between Kowalsky's wagon and
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