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Marshal Browns Experience With
a Captain.
POLICE COURT CASE OUTCOME
Fines of Two Soldiers Assumes
Instance of Bad Faith Says the
Marshal Capt. KiIIan.

Marshal Brown has a case uncom-
cult TO ruffie the even tempered Chief
Of Police for the Islands, but this time
he is thoroughly angry, not TO say in
dignant. The Marshal is disappoint-
ed too, for, as he puts it, visitor in
whom he placed confidence has acted
in palpably bad faith.
On last Friday night two soldiers
from Camp Otis were arrested in front
of the post Office. on Merchant street.
One of them struck DR.. Days Japan
ese coachman entirely without provo
cation. This soldier said in defense
that the Japanese made an insulting
remark, but no credence whatever was
given or could he given to such a
statement. The other soldier struck
a police officer.
In court on Saturday morning, be-
fore Judge Wilcox, the men, who had
been sobered by a night of lodging in
the police station, both entered the
plea of guilty TO the charge of assault
and battery. They were each SEN
fenced to pay line of $50 and 81 costs
of prosecution. They appeared salts
fled to get off in this manner and no
protest was suggested by Capt. Killan.
who appeared in the interest of the
prisoners and the service.
Capt. killan, L. S. V, after inter-
viewing the two men, had a talk with
Marshal Brown. The Captain repre-
sented that the prisoners were needed
at Camp Otis, that they had no money
and could not secure bond. Capt. Kill
Ian made the proposal that as the
presence of the men with their COM
mand was practically military re-
qulrement of the moment he would
undertake, if they were permitted to
leave in his charge, TO return them to
the court or to pay their fines at any
later day and hour the Marshal might
indicate. Marshal Brown, under the
circumstances naturally acquiesced
he stipulated that either men or
money should be produced at . O'Clock
Monday afternoon. This quite pleased
capt. killan, who left with his men
after giving assurances that the agree
ment would be carried out to the let
ter.
Monday at , p. m. came. but Cant.
hlIlan failed to appear at the police
station. Neither did he send the men
or the amount of the fines or any mes
sage of excuse or regret. The Mar
snaI was somewhat surprised. but sup
posed that in the work of embarking
the command on the Arizona. the cap
tam had been unable to call.
Oh tuesday yesterday afternoon.
Marshal Brown addressed a brief note
10 capt. hIllan and sent it out TO the
Arizona, in the roadstead, by Deputy
MarShaI Hitchcock. Capt. Killan was
ashore. The Deputy left the letter and
IN few words stated it's contents TO
the ofhcer at the head of the gangwav.
IhlS gentleman of the L. s. Y. said
Chat he would see that Can't. KiIIan
received the note, and as well offered
the opinion that the two men had
oeen treated unfairly and should not
nave been fined at all. The Deputy
MarshaI did not care to argue the case.
capt. ktllan did not visit the police
headquarters while he was ashore YES
terday, neither did he reply to Mar
shall Browns note He may find time
TO reply today.
incidentally, the reliance of Mar
shal Brown in the word of Cant XII
Ian will cost the Marshal SO or+ ~
MS own pocket. as he assumed TO the
District Magistrate the amount of the
two fines.