The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-04-08
WILL SUE FOR DAMAGES,
Proprietor Fahey in Trouble
on Account of a Board
Bill.
A Stranger Is Cast Into Prison Be-
cause He Was Without
Money.

William Fahey, proprietor Of the Cosmo-
politan Hotel, corner Mission and Fifth
streets, will have suit filed against him
this week for $4,000 damages, and all on
account of board bill. The plaintiff in
the proposed suit is E. r. O'Mailia, who
claims to be a contractor and is new
conner to San. Francisco. He claims the
broad State of Texas as his home, though
he comes here directly from Los Angeles.
About the Goth of last month O'Mailia,
according to the story told by his attorney
James A. Hall, arrived in this city, and
Immediately sought out George w. Nc
Pherson, the real estate man. He had met
this gentleman when he was touring the
country with "Boone's Arena" and being
without bag or baggage, wanted his assist
ance in securing cheap but respectable
boarding-place. Mcpherson thought of his
friend Fahey of the Cosmopolitan, and in
PRODUCING O'Mailia, said that he was per-
fectly good for few days board, and
further, that his tools and baggage would
arrive within the week.
At the end of the week Fahey promptly
demanded his money, and was told by
O'Mailia, who, in the meantime, had Sc
cured work, that he would not receive his
pay until the next day, and he must wait.
This did not suit the proprietor of the Cos
mopolitan, and Officer Perrin was asked to
arrest the penniless stranger. O'Mailia
was handcuffed, he says, carried to the
City Prison and was kept in close confne-
ment for several days. The case was set
for March 30, but, at the request of Fahey's
lawyer, was continued over to Monday,
when a nominal fine of S. was entered
against him.
at is an outrage" said Mr.. Hall yester-
day, 'tthat a man can be arrested, cast into
prison, fined So, and all for no greater Of
tense than being without money. O'Mailia
was not attempting to leave the house, and
even went so far as to ask Fahey to allow
him to go out and find his friend McPher-
son, who would readily pay the bill. It is
on the grounds of malicious prosecution
and false imprisonment that the suit will
be brought.
Mr. Fahey does not seem to be very
much worried over the threatened suit-in
fact, he is inclined to regard it in the light
Of big bluff"
81 have heard" said that gentleman
yesterday, THAT O'Mailia proposes to sue
me for $4,000 damages, but am not at all
worried over it. This fellow came to my
place on the goth of March and claimed
that he had baggage in the transfer Office.
On the third day / asked him about the
baggage and he told me that the Pacific
Transfer Company had the checks and
would bring it up the next day. / tele-
phoned the company and found that he
had misrepresented the case to me, as
they knew nothing of O'Mailia and his
trunks. I then told him that he was a
beat and ordered him out of the house.
Two days later l was surprised to find him
in the breakfast-roem, and then it was
that called a policeman and had him put
out of the house. The court has decided
that had probable course for election and
arrest. That practically kills the suit and
j am not allowing the matter to give me
any trouble"