The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-10-04

TROUBLES.
Says He Is a Victim Of
Police.
SUES FOR SUM OF $4,000
excitable French Teacher Tells a
Narrowing Tale--0ther
Court News.

city, has grievance or long standing s.
against the Police Department Mr.. n
Lombard has been arrested number
Of times during the past few years and =
50 outraged have been his feelings that a
he has brought suit against High sher-
im Brown for $1,000 damages. The suit 4
VAS flied yesterday i'm the United States a
District Court. II is in Mr. Lombard's
own hand writing and he appears as
his own attorney. {
I.ombard's troubles have been more
or less in the public eye fpr some time
past. on several different occasions he
has had difficulties with people in the
lodging houses where he lived and he
has been placed in durance vile num-
Der OF times. In his suit the cases of
arrest mentioned are all of rather an
cient date for of late he has rather +
kept in retirement and little has been .
heard of him.
Mr. Lombard's complaint says that /
: while sitting in his own yard on Sep I
! TENDER 10th. 1898, he was assaulted
with force by three policemen, under
; Marshal Browns control, and was By
? them taken To the PQlice station. The !
Observation-Disclosures. Mrs. Ludzweaks.
: A dialogue had taken place between the
- officer in charge. he says, and the po-
= licemen who had made the arrest on
% one side. and the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
q on the other and the order of arrest OF
y the plaintiff was given. Plaintiff was
|, then searched and his papers and re-
. ceipts and money. $3.50 was taken from
, his body and he was locked in a cell
until II o'clock the next day when he
= was released by order of Deputy Mar
= shall Chillingworth.
= At the time of this arrest, says MI
O Lombard. he had not committed any
offense against the laws of Hawan nor
9 was any charge made against him, and
& when he asked why he was ar
Q rested no reason was given him for IL.
I BY reason Of this arrest Mr. Lombard
\. considered that ne was damaged in the
~ ann, az 5000 for il was the fifth time
- he had been arrested under like circum-
!. stances. and these arrests had brought
\ him into public contempt. disgrace
odium and ridicule.
Mr.. Lombard goes on TO recite thes'
various arrests. on January Zoth' 1880
ne SAYS he was assaulted In MS room
tho Sailors Home by a special ponce
man in citizens clothes. He was drag
Ms ged on his back, he charges, down III
staircase. being entirely helpless o"lh'
To the fact that his trousers hau sup
ng- ned over his heels, and he was taken l
,be police station and locked up. O
tain Ntarcb 18TH following Mrs Brown. hi
Iandlady. broke into his room while
Isor ms dressing. ne alleges. and attacke
him. shouting aloud. fGet out. the MAJ
ton. shall told me TO turn you out.
by 81 rose" he says, and pushed NJ
hacL out of my room and tried TO sh'
'aAe the door. but she had the key on III
aide and I could not lock Ii. she can
. to me again and / pushed her Da'
again This time she raised an outci
yeb- -, nov, came out Of her lodgings. Oi
,,,acLed me. grabbing me by the COLI
ianS of my coat. However, l maoe mn.
fevv minutes afterwards IN
sent for a mounted policeman VINO 'ii
IN persuade me TO go with MN u
- Police station. To this uei'uii
- then he left and returned WIN VIC
rant. ,-,,ao s,ati,
II was taken TO the Police s'a'i'
After a few hours detention / was
leased on bail and returned holi.e
and out that Mrs. Brown hau -
- roor, by "A door from her own lo'
\ to. She had packed my things
' - my trunk in a shed. l went 10
police station 10 regain possession
-, room, as 1 had paid the rent up
the following day. but the oiiiceI
charved refused TO assist me III
airection. The following day
a.v tried and acquitted in the Ponce Oo'
mt failed to obtain any satsla1'
COM - ,he Vvav I had been attacked
DO elected from my own room II was
,,at,,raI consequence of the lact
a Ms Brown had been authorizes u
In the manner above rela'eu
Police authorities.
NJ Lombard likewise tells OF al
currence on May 11th Oh the saiiie
where he was elected from ms -
,svy the proprietress. Mrs. Snilln, 80
" res,ed. being compelled to walk tnro
y - streets with handcuns on
,RT ST .rt.ts He was detained at the ~
.a,,on ali that night. On June ST.
90 ,,os again arrested and put INTO
q '.t,h : chinese and a japanese
-, The next day. so he tens,
,,srshal told him that the lanoi
-. Taroson. did not care TO make
vssss7 - ogainst him and he pleade
Gin for n trial in the Ponce NOu
q -, creriff Brown did not seem
.'.H,-,,, ,,orried when told OF the
t-o,ght against him. 1T Is rue
~ man has been arres'eu
times by the police ne sa, ..o,h,
- has given us more or less 49,, 49,. g.,
some time past. He mas IVi, -
-t,h complaints that small ooy
HOSE CHASED Tss him and Knocked him ,nn and %i,
rim names. on two OF thi
LII b occasions SOIL .r ,nvoIved in a dis
GARD OF rested TOT Dslns ,'.hore he lived.
"a Firs ance in the nouse ". T have forg
!, Octo- matter Is so old that i nav -s
feet Of r,,ost Of the details. He has been
e, TO b L. for some time of bringing
er mott e the Police Department,
n. Al aeai"s' ,-.e,a hut had not beef
By sam have uilue's. tarryer to take u
10 rejes' case. ss