The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-01-13
MORE THAN uNGRATEFUL.
Mr.. o. W. Brown ISLANDERS the People Who
We're Kind to Him--A Prince OF Prevari-
Gators.
The Biddeford Record of Saturday con
tains the following:

The Biddeford Record of Saturday con-
tains the following:
20. W. Brown, who was arrested here
Thursday, charged with beating his
hotel bill at the Chase house in Portland,
came back to Blddeford yesterday, with
Il receipted bill from the landlord who
made the complaint and quite d roman
tic explanation as to how he came to be
arrested.
Brown says that he had this receipted
bill from the landlord of the Chase house
when he was arrested, but he did not
think it would BIZ of any use to show it.
The Portland papers say that Brown
was discharged on payment of costs. He
says he was discharged on showing the
receipt and that he has left it for lawyer
Bird of Portland to prosecute his former
landlord for false arrest
Brown says that he was arrested for a
purpose and that that purpose was to
keep him out OF the way during the trial
of divorce suit which is soon to be be-
gun in Portland, as he claims to be a
witness of some Importance
He says that the woman in TIE case
came to the Chase house one night while
he was boarding there. in company with
high school boy, and the proprietor of
the house had learned that he, Brown,
q story of the divorce case, to New York
paper. Brown claims that it was to save
the reputation of his house that the land
lord had him arrested, and he says that
in spite of the receipted bill that be had
in his possession, he could not secure his
discharge until he had written on to the
New York paper not to use the story he
had sent.
1t its quite a romantic story that
Brown tells and ii true. it would seem
| that he had a sure thing in suit against
the Chase house proprietor who instigat-
ed his arrest.
Brown has been doing newspaper work
in POI tland and has only been in Bidde-
ford a few weeks. -
Mr.. Brown, the inspiration Of the above
article, is quite resatile young man
who is quite well known in newspaper
circles in Portland, as vender of fairy
tales and fiction generally, stands at the
head of the class.
The statements in the above article, if
true, would be serious reflections on the
character of Mr. Robb of the Chase house
and the Portland police department. who
aided him in his wicked persecution Of
brOWQs AS IQaUU6F OIL lctCl. however.
they are entirely false. Brown paid Mr..
Robb his bill through Deputy Hartnett,
and then not wishing to be hard on the
man the court mol pressed the case
against Brown on payment of costs.
On the way in.from Biddeford, Brown
showed Deputy Hartnett story which
he was about to send to two New York
papers in which some well-known Port
land families were mixed up. The deputy
read the story, saw that it was all wrong
and did great injustice, and told Brown
he had no business to use it. Subsequent
ly the deputy mentioned the matter to
Mr. Bird, Browns COUNSEL, and Mr.. Bird,
also familiar with the case, agreed with
the deputy, and told Brown to destroy
it, which he did.
This is the whole of the story and it is
from these facts hat Mr. Brown weaves
his tale of wrong and oppression.
AS a creator of fouion, he would put
Jules Verne to blush. 1t is a poor way