The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-04-14
A CLUB MANS PRIVILEGE.
To Put or Not to Put His Feet on a Table e?-Importan Contention to Be Decided ait Law.

To Put or Not to Put His Feet on a
 Table?-Important Contention to Be
 Decided at Law.
 Alleging that his rights as a mem Der of the club have been interfered with, Horace Secor, Jr. a lawyer, of No. '192 Nassau Street, has filed suit against the officers of and directors representing the 'Freeport Club, in Freeport, L. l.. asking that an order be issued restraining them from ex- polling him, as he believes they con- template doing, until the matter is finally disposed, of judicially. This action will come up before Judge Maddox in the Supreme Court in Brooklyn. Besides this action, MT. Secor has instituted suit against James Dean, president of the club, for $500 charging the latter as an an indi- vidual with sault. These proceed ings have wrought the club directors up to such pitch that special nett ing has been called for April 12 to take some action in the matter.
 1Als DNNOI IitiS lOllb bNGh eL iHStlUSl of the Freeport Club, as well as the Freeport Golf Club. He is also a member of the New York Athletic Club. The Freeport Club owns fine club house and has about 200 mem bers, many of whom are well known residents of Manhattan and Brooklyn For several months each year MT. Secor has occupied 8 room in the club house. Last fall several articles of wearing apparel were missed from his room. He asserted that the club should reimburse him for his loss. This the club refused to do, where upon Mir Secor instituted suit and obtained Judgement for about $2O0.
 This proceeding, MT. Secor alleges, sowed the seed of the resulting crop of troubles. Shortly thereafter an alter cation occurred in the clubs library between Mr. Secor and MT. Dean, who in addition to being president of the club, was formerly commander of the U. s. Grant Post. G. A. R., of New York, and also president of Freeport village. When MT. Dean entered the libarary one night MT. Secor did not greet him as did the others present. Whereup, according to the state ment of Mir. Secor, MT. Dean walked over to where he was seated and brush his feet, which were propped up on a table, off so suddenly that MT. Secor almost lost his equilibrium. Thereupon MT. Secor jumped up and expressed himself forcibly toward MT. Dean. He later brough the suit against MT. Dean. As a result of the latter altercation charges were pre- ferred against Sfr. Secor by the club. The result then, acording to MT. Secor, was the doubling of his room rent, in spite of the fact that the other members who lived in the club rooms were not subjected to a like increase in rent.
 MT. Secor said yesterday: T regret exceedingly that matters should ever have come to so unpleasant pass, but I felt myself absolutely forced into the several actions I have taken. 1 want to win my suits, of course, just to demonstrate that my stand in the matter is the right one. I don't care for and don't want the money. In fact, after I won the first suit for S20C I immediately offered to return the money. My offer was not accepted I refused to submit to doubling oi my room rent when the rent was doubled. It can be plainly seen that the intention was to drive me from the club rolls. .'-New York Herald.