The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-08-06
Restaurant Keeper Prefers
Charges Against Them
Complains That PairoIman HWflcy
Witnessed Fight and Did Not
Interfere.
ENGLISH KITCHEN Arru

NAiIAUfN lOl AAANOiHtN 7aih 49,
land. of MayhelA. and his sou, Cas-
Grassland. for disorderly conduct
were sworn out and II. W, Taylof
50 years old, proprietor of the Eng
lish Kitchen. near the Union passen-
ger station, has a dislooated shout
der. the result of an altercatiop IN
Taylor's place OF business yesterday
afternoon between 3 and : o'clock.
Another development Is the lodg-
ing OF charges against Patrolnlan
Aaron Hurley. OF the depot beat, Tor
neglect of duty In failing to arrest
Grassland and his son after the dit
ficulty.
n. W. Taylor was formerly a
steamboat steward and later manager
of the depot lunch stand He re-
signed and started mp In business az
the old Bud Quarles saloon stand.
Yesterday afternoon abott $3.50
O'Clock Attorney Sam Crossland
walked iuto the restaurant1 Gross
land called for cup OF coffee. and
Taylor asked him TO be seatsif at
the counter whore orders of.cofee
were served. lie desired to keep hts
table linen clean
The proprietor states that At
torncy Grassland became insulied at.
the request. and began TO curse and
abuse him Mrs Taylor was In the
rear. and ran out 10 investigate The
trouble Al this iuncture the, son.
Gas Grassland. entered. Taylor
alleges that the son grabbed Mrs.
Taylor by the wrist and violently
pulled her into corner of the room
This enraged. him. and going from
behind the counter he grabbed both
men and pushed them out the screen
door. Attorney Sam Crosslsnd struck
Taylor. the latter alleges. as he went
out the door. dislocating his LEFT
shoulder Dr p. T. Hall was called
and was forced TO use chloroform In
setting his shoulder Taylor appeared
before Magistrate Cross and swore
out warrants against both Attorney
Sam Grassland and his son Cas-. who
In the meantime had boarded the
Louisville Fulton accommodation
train and gone home to Mayiield.
Patrolman Hurley Involved.
TAYLOR was worked up over the
alleged conduct OF Patrolman Aaron
Hurley Re alleges that Mr.. Hurley
Is guilty of willful neglact OF duty.
and today he saw Mayor Yelser and
chief Collins. He stated regarding
Patrolman Hurley:
"Pairoman Aaron Hurley was
standing IN the middle of he drive
way running IN front OF my restau-
rant when the difficulty occurred
and heard both father and son call
me vile names and abuse me shame
fully. Moreover. he saw the elder
Grassland strike the blow which dis
located my shoulder. No attemp,
was made by the patrolman to arrest
either OF the two ! have witnesses
who will testify that Hurley saw the
son. while on the Union station plat
form. pull pistol from his pocket
and declare he was coming over and
kill me"
Patrolnan Hurley's Statement.
Patrolman Hurley made brief
statement regarding the matter to q
reporter this morning as follows:
81 saw no difficulty except SONS
scu0ling at the door of Taylors res
tauraut and when reached tn,
place Attorney Sam Grassland wal
coming down the steps and greeted
me have nothing 10 say about m,
conduct, but will await any charges
preferred and meet .them boldly.
am not afraid of any charges beinl
substantiated against me- Had
seen the alleged >dificultl would
have hesltated In arresting Attorne,
Grassland and his son without
warrant"
Patrolman Hurley has been on tn
force six years and always has proven
himself an efficient officer, bravery
courage and fairness being character