Evening star., 1898-12-23
SIDDOHE DIXONS TRUNK
Oonstable's Effsrttto Get Possession of Her
o Wardrobe.
Prospective Trouble Over the Matter
-story of the Service of Nom
oi r.
Resident Attachment.

Resident Attachment.
| If Siddonei Dixon hadn't got stage struck
| when her name WAS something else whole
! crowd of people wouldn't be confronted
| with so much prospective trouble at this
merry heart time of the year. But she
| became afflicted with the idea that Thespia
| had chosen her for her own, and eventually,
| in pursuit of her desire to secure the
| muses. favor, she became a shining light,
| temporarily, at the Bijou Theater
Siddone's disrobing act in 1.-The Green
| turtle was perhaps the height of her his
! trionic triumph. But even actresses who
disrobe ON the stage are compelled to have
some sort of costume, and on this account
| the fair Siddone, so it Is claimed secured
some costumes from Carl Gundlach, who
makes II business to supply such things.
| According to Mr.. Gundlach's claims, Sid
done tailed to remunerate him for the use
! OF @ the lns nhefy. and as she was not parma
nent habitant of Washington and was
| merely residing temporarily at Mrs. Rosen-
perrys boarding house. No. ga Pennsyl-
vanla avenue, the costumer sued out what
Is Is, noh-resldent attachment and placed it
| IN the hands of Constable Benjamin F Ed
wards TO execute.
| Attempts to Take Possession.
| With his customary fidelity to duty Con-
stable Edwards went to Siddone's board
ing house for the purpcse of taking DOS
session of a certain trunk and its contents
IN the fair actress apartment When he
appeared for this purpose, in company with
Two assistants Siddone, with her eyes
ilashlng the fire of defiance, it is claimed.
sat her plump self down upon the trunk
| IN question and declined TO allow the pre-
clouS thing to be removed
THESE statements, as given above, are
contained in an affidavit made out by Con-
stable Edwards yesterday before Justice A
5: Taylor Continuing his sworn recital
MT. Edwards proceeds to relate that Sid
done refused to allow him to take the
trunk away, whereupon his assistants "re-
leased said trunk
Slddone, SO he swears then called for the
landlady, Mrs. Rosenberg, who appeared,
followed shortly by several other persons
including her son and person. James l..
Henry, who described himself as street
rube, said 'ruba' going over and sitting
upon the trunk with the said Dixon for the
purpose of assisting her in holding it; that
thereupon some one (to affiant unknown)
locked the door of said house and sent for
the attorney of said Dixon ed G. Niles):
that shortly thereafter Attorney Niles ar
rived; that upon his arrival he informed
affiant that he could not move said trunk
and ordered said affiant and Gundlach out
of the house"
AIlesSAt1Ons.
Then Constable Edwards proceeds to
swear that upon his refusal to go Mr.. Niles
called on some one to so out in the alley
and get four or FIVE big negroes, stating that
he would settle the matter himself and get
possession OF thsotrunk. Mr.. Niles started
toward the trunk and affiant stepped before
him, telling Niles he was an officer in the
performance of his duty and that "he would
hurt him or any man who touched the
trunk" Niles continued to advance toward
the trunk, whereupon affiant caught him by
the lapel Of the coat and reached toward
his hip pocket. whereat the other parties
in the roonfi interfered, begging Niles not
to have any trouble.
Thereupon Edwards went to the window,
he says, AID blow the distress call upon
his police whistle two or three times. Two
policemen, Piemmer and Cox, appeared
outside the house. Edwards stated his sit
uation, he swears to the officers, and what
he was attempting to do, and requested
them to come up and afford him protec-
ton, which the officers declined to do. Ac-
cording to the affidavit~the constable then
sent Gundlach TO police headquarters for
assistance, as reports had come that Plem-
mons and Cox would not render any aid,
but would arrest affiant, as soon as he came
out, stating that he had right to take
the trunk
During Gundlach's absence, the constable
AYERS, the other parties in the room tried
in every way to induce affiant to release the
goods both by means of threats and intimi-
dation, and also by endeavoring to get him
to drink the said Niles having brought in
some bottles of whisky for that purpose"
Affiant heard Niles say, as he (Niles) went
down stairs after affiant's refusal to drink:
1T wouldn't work. He wouldn't drink
In concluding his affidavit, Edwards
sWears Sergeant Lombardy and Detective
Hartigan arrived and gave him necessary
protection, and thereupon he and Gundlach
re 1oVed the trunk to the street and placed
it IN a wagon. When the trunk was put in
the wagon Niles demanded atlantis arrest
for carrying concealed weapons. Detect {
Hartigan refused to arrest Edwards with
out Il warrant or direct charges therefor,
but Officers Plemmer and Cox, who had
been waiting outside arrested affiant.
After affiant was placed in the patrol
wagon the affidavit continues, said Niles,
with the assistance of said 'Rube' and other
unknown parties, forcibly stopped the
wagon the said Gundlach was driving, and
restored the said trunk to the possession
of Dixon; tnat affiant was taken to the
station ho,.se, required to appear in the
Police Court the following morning, De-
cember II, and was fined 50 for profanity
used while in the patrol wagon"
Upon this affidavit Justice Taylor today
issued warrants for the arrest of Lawyer
Niles and James l.. Henry, the "Rube" of
the drama on Il charge of interfering with
an officer, and they Were sent to the mar
shal's office for service.
1t is understood that Constable Edwards
will bring charges against Officers Plemmer
and Cox Meantime, far as can be
ascertained, Siddone retains that trunk.