The sun., 1904-08-30
NOISY GUEST STIRS UP HOTEL.
POLiCE CALLED TO IMPERIAL
TO QUELL ONE.MAN RIOT.
Visitor From Wisconsin Wrecks His Room
and when the Door Is Broken In stabs
Policeman In the Breast-Quiets
Down In the TenderlOin station.

and When the Door Ii Broken In Stabs
Policeman IN the Breast-Quiets
Down In the TenderlOin station.
A tall, broad ad-shouldered man strode
into the Hotel Imperial Thirty second
street and Broadway. at $50 o'clock last
night, and registered as Arthur F. Millard
South Superior Wis. He was assigned
to Room 270, on the fourth floor. The
room overlooks the courtyard between
the old hotel building and the big addition
recently opened.
Shortly after going upstairs the new guest
wandered down to the cafe, where he con-
sumed few high balls.
He hung around the barroom until a
few minutes after midnight, when he took
the elevator up to his room. In a short
into the hotel office. The voice on the
fourth floor demanded that a policeman
be sent to his room Immediately. Hotel
Detective Forgee was sent up, but when
he reached the room Millard bade him 60
away, saying:
You're not an officer. You're just
citizen"
Forgee explained that hotel detectives
in New York never wore uniforms. This
failed to satisfy the man from Wisconsin.
for he slammed the door in the detectives
face. Then Millard telephoned to the
Office and demanded that clerk be sent
to his room. The night clerk went up. but
received treatment similar to the experience
OF Forgee.
Meanwhile Millard had become greatly
excited and yelled 80 that many guests
on the floor were awakened and rushed
out to inquire what the trouble was. The
telephone to the Office was rung at in
tervals, and finally Millard requested that
the proprietor be sent to the room.
One OF the managers was aroused in the
hope OF quieting the noisy guest, but the
hope was but short lived, as Millard be-
came noiser than before. He broke chair
into bits and dropped the pieces out Of the
window.
The main body OF the chair landed on the
top Of the skylight over the lobby and made
great racket This served to arouse
more guests. Not satisfied with this, the
Wisconsin man turned the bed up on end
and jabbed the headboard through the
transom. Curtains were torn from the
windows and the carpet was pulled from
the floor.
1t was impossible TO prevent the wreck
ing Of the room, as Millard had locked and
bolted the door. The clerk In the Office
telephoned for help and Policeman Armin
was sent to the hotel from the Tenderloin
station He was met in the lobby by De-
tective Forgee and the two, armed with
an axe, ,assaiied the door leading to the noisy
guests room
BY this time the entire hotel was in an
,lproar and pa ajamas and nightgowns fitted
through the Railways. The door was
smashed open and Policeman ArInin made
for the tall Wisconsinian The latter put
up terrific fight and suddenly thrust his
right fist to the breast OF the cop. Armin
howled and saw that he had been stabbed
with a small knife. The policeman stood
his ground, however, and after rather
severe treatment managed to subdue Mil
lard
Millard was taken to the West Thrift eth
street station house. There he became as
docile as a lamb. when asked what had
caused his sudden outbreak, he said
Il don't wish to say anything. ] don't
remember what l did"
An ambulance was summoned from the
New York Hospital and DR.. Humphreys,
who responded. first attended Policeman
Armin. The knife blade had sunk for an
inch into his breastbone. II required little
medical science to attend his wound and
Armin returned to duty. After thorough
examination OF Millard DR.. Humphreys
said
This man is either on the verge Of delir-
ium tremens or is about getting over an
attack. He seems quite rational at present
The Tenderloin cops feared to take any
chances and locked Millard up for the
night ON a charge Of disorderly conduct.