Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-08-06
An APOLOGY
May Be Demanded for
Lord Sho|to Douglas
Who Recently Had uncomfoTt-
able Time With Portland Police.
Vice. Consul ksahlg vsU Iadignant---1hs
Police Not Alarmed.

Portland, Me-, Aug. 5.-The Lord
Sholto Douglas incident isn't closed
despite the energetic attempts In cer-
tain quarters to have 1t nailed down.
The police department has given out
a carefully worded statement OF tina
case. so has Mr.. Heating. the Engiisn
vice consul. These two statements
placed side by side. wouldn't be recog-
nized as bearing a very close relation
ship.
CITY Marshal Waterhouse says his de-
partment cannot discriminate between
a lord and a private citizen, ana that
no apologies will come from him or
his department for the manner In which
the distinguished British subject was
treated during the two days ana az
many nights when he was In CUSTODY
here. while the police and sheriff de-
partments were looking up his recorh.
Vice-Consul Heating says ne Ism
the slightest doubt that satisfactory
apologies to Lord Douglas VIII De 1orth-
coming, from one source or announcer
that IL the recognized head Of the po-
lice department does not oHer theiu'
within reasonable time an omcial m
ouiry will be addressed to Mayor CHI
ford.
The yice-consul very pointedly dis
cusses the case and doesn't mlnce mat
tiers in his reference to the o1ncer "i"'
as custodian Of Lord Douglas, III
Portland hotel Wednesday night ironed
himself to his distinguished charge.
The police department explasatlon'
,s~1, hyy
Firth. places the responsibility entirely
on the special custodian, who. he said is
entirely outside the police department,
and was hired by Lord Douglas to take
him to a hotel and watch over him.
After this statement from the police
department reached the Times office,
late in the night Vice-Consul Heating
was called up by phone at his residence
on Pine street, and the reference to
the hiring Of the detective outside the
department was read to him. Mr..
Heating briefly stated that he couldn
see wherein 1t relieved the police de-
partment of responsibility in the mat
ter. inasmuch as Lord Douglas was
still under detention by that depart
ment. was returned to the police sta
ton by his custodian next morning and
not released from custody util late IN
the afternoon.
1t is learned that the custodian who
used the irons on Lord Douglas. after
his identity had been established u
the apparent satisfaction of the police
was Marshall w. Smith a State de-
tective, who keeps a boarding house or
franklin street. and occasionally doe:
special Jobs for the police department
shall Waterhouse, in an interview Sat
urday, Il see no reason why we should
discriminate in his case any more thai
we would in that of a common either
against whom the same mistake mign
be made. Lord Douglas was ARRESTED
in good faith, and proved to be tn
wrong party; that's all. l shall no
take the slightest notice of these com
plaints and reports as to an apology.
mo apology can come from this OF
5ice. Lord Douglas was arrested at tn
complaint of the North Carolina au
thorities. until they said he might b
released. The local department wa
simply acting secondary to the author
tiles of North Carolina"
To the reporter who called at Vice
Consul Keating's residence. early Sat
a decided dissemination to take a pub
lie part in the controversy. but whe
shown the statement OF Marshal Wat
erhouse, published in an evening papel
Mr.. Heating said:
II agree with the marshal that ther
should be no discrimination by the pc
lice between a lord and a private cit
en-, but I would go a little further an
say that If a private citfZen-to sa
nothing of a guest in the Stae-suffere
unnecessary indigniy or unnecessar
harshnees through the stupidity Of a
irresponsible officer. If I were at tn
head Of the police department l woul
find out the reason for his actions AN
discipline accordingly.
'T refer. Of course. to the officer VIII
acted as custodian of Lord Douglass
a hotel Wednesday night. AS l under
stand the facts, from conversatio
with Lord Douglas and the police. ,
asked Wednesday evening If he mgr
be allowed to go to hotel so he coul
get a decent nights sleep. His reque'
was granted on condition that an office
accompany him, and 1t was suggeste
that the officer could lie on couc
in the room with Inn.
Lord Douglas of course saw the ne
cessity for this and agreed to 1t. AS
matter Of fact what really did happe
was that the officer did not sleep o
the couch with him. but occupied til
same bed aDd ironed himself to til
wrist of his charge. This will, perhap
put a different complexion on the who
case. Lord Douglas paid the who
bill for his own and his custodian
lodging. as well as for the services
the officer.
st am very sorry to be brought I'M
the controversy at this stage, as
wanted the matter to take a prop
course. But as the remark of the ma
shall that there should be no different
between a lord and a private citiZ,
might be misunderstood, think it b
right to say that it is a well-knov
policy Of a certain government to tire
its subjects alike, whether they be 10
or commoner. I make this remark
Stunning that the city marshafs stat
.-&,,,oc correcfly repOrted.