Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-09-28
|uAmber Of the British
Embassy Fined.
|ns Charged With Searching
at Lee, Mass.
-. Paid and RENTED With
Apologies.

X..gkIs
r,,, tod ~, setting forth the facts
m. cas-. of Hugh Quincy of the
E-,i-h embassy, who WAS fined, vs.
r,l.y At Lee FOR contempt and for
:, automobile driving, and request
90 the Governor to take the proper
1.ans 10 secure redress for Mr.. Quincy.
roa telegram pointed ont, among other
aiopu that members Of foreign en-
E.eei..s are exempt and relieved from
| III legal responsibility in this cpun-
H. and to he fact that under the Re
Iyfs.i statutes ali persons concerned n
I ,be prosecut ~ Of such exeIIpt'-! resi-
Id.nte shall ~. deemed a virlatur of I'll"
ILg
| In the absence of Gov. Bates the
natter vas at once tax. n up ny Lieut..
GOV. Curtis Guild. Jr. TAe 'uten"ht
Nsovernur and Attorney General Ere"
q Nash went into cons utdtinn. IL
has ANNOUNCED at the executive ne
|ksrnnent tndt the nature of til" course
N be pursued b. the commonwealth
usgulI be made public Wien the consul
Ration was ended.
u Thu. conference was concluded short
h alter 10 O'Clock and the lieutenant
.v.ruor at once sent dispatches {"
ming Secretary OF State Adec. who
Mrgned the telegram from the state de-
,r,mpllt. and to Judge Phelps at Lee.
Uf0s telegram to the acting secretary
state was to the -fte that an In
asfisation had been begun and that
would be prOsecutei Thoroughly. The
rsssag.. to Judge Phelps called atten-
han to The. fact that the Executive de-
.r,u-rt had received d telegram from
4. stat. department and that if the
,,cts tn rein set forth Were trur. the
hige had been guilty of a grave
kfeach of International law. in the
nethod which he had pursued III this
ase.
The message intimated that there
Gere other courses open to the judge.
md he was requested to inform the eX-
cutive department If a fine had been
imposed upon a secretary of the Brit
sh embassy under protest. The mes
nge suggested that it was not neces-
harry to point out that If the situation
Mas as represented, an expression Of
sultable regret would be appreciated.
1.-THE telegram from the state depart
ment follows:
i Washington, d. c.. Sept. &c.
t"Hon John l.. Bates governor of Mas
sachusctts, Boston, Mass:
The British embassy informs me
THAT Mr. Quincy. first secretary to that
Hembassy. charged with driving his au-
utOmubile at an excessive speed. was
today. arrested by a deputy sheriff ano
Etaktn after entering a protest, under
fherats of force, to the court at Lee
when in spite Of his protest, ne was
entrnced by Fl. c. :. Phelps. special
Mstlce of the Lee police court. to pay
iine Of $25 and on his declaring that
could not admit the right of the
kmrt to sentence him, another fine OF
h for contempt of court and to go Il
hrisrn If he did not pay.
Section 1869. of the Revised Statute'
m the United States. declares that an!
vrt or process issued out or pros
eultd by any person in any state c"ur
uM Judge or justice whereby the pers"l
0f any public minister or of a fortiE'
stat. is arrested or imprisoned. shall
b- deemed void.
Section 4o66 declares that any per
son obtaining or prosecuting such wri
uor process and every officer conc-rnr'
I'm executing it, shall be deemed VI"
lators Of the law Of nations ana sub
ert to Imprisonment and fine.
Il have to request that you take sue
action as may he proper in this case.
(Signed "ALVEY a. ADEE.
Acting Secretary of State.
Late this after noon Acting Gov
Guild received u telegram from Ie" e
the effect that Judge Phelps would re-
port NJ the Governors office in thi
city at the opening Of business. tomor
low morning.
Boston. Sept. @..-The following i
a copy of the telegram dispatched e.
Special Justice Phelps
St1te House, Boston. Sept. 81. 1904.
Hda u. {. ). Phelps. Special Justice
Lee Mass.
The following telegram has been re
c"N"d, this morning. from the stat
department at Washington:
ttlere follows a copy OF the Telegram
Received from Acting sec AdeeD
The assistant secretary informs m
mat Il the facts are as state above yo
nav" IN your cndeayor to enforce tn
laws of Massar husetts for the securit
hf" upon our highways committed
This particular ease q grave breac
international law. May ask YOU
eegrdph me at once Il Mr. Gurne
vas arrested and lind i'm spite Of pre-
lest Other channels of redress ar
Gen In case of the violation of Massl
musetts laws 10y the diplomatic repre-
Satatives IF other nations. Therefor
Inc line was imposed and cOllecte
Ie commonwealth will apologize, tn
= must he RENTED and l need n,
Ssgest to one so respected as you tn
"Fse desire to make to Mr.. Gurne
~ me error in method adopted l
"ur court in this unusual case
Kindly forward me affidavit of IL
"iden"e of any breach Of our Mass;
Ausetts laws.
CURTIS GUILD. Jr.,
lieutenant Governor, Acting Governo
il Pttsdeld, Mass. Sept 27-Speci
justice Phelps had little to say Of Il
: uurney case, today.
This is little matter" said NJ
rhelpS, The papers have not report