The Washington herald., 1907-06-02

Marshal Collins, Of Glen Echo. 81 nFs fin
danger Of being cut of in the prime Of his
short but active career as an obstacle 70
speeding automobiles. through action
taken by the State Department I'm an.
swer % the Informal complaint Of the
Italian Ambassador. one Of the trio of dip
lomats whose motor cars have been halted
by the Glen Echo officer The atte-1t Of
the marshal o. stop and arrest the Am
bassador's chauffeur. and that Of the Duke
Of Abruzzi has been made an interna-
uonal affair and, through the De,art-
ment Of Justice. turned over 90 the United
States District Attorney Of Maryland for
action against the marshal and his chief.
Mayor John A. Garrett. of Glen Echo.
The mayor and his officer Yesterday
received letters from J. W. G. Rose.
United states Attorney at Baltimore. .op~
prisirg them of tire Federal action cor
templateJ The letter to Mayor Gs-ret
was as follows
Hon. John A. Garrett
Mayor Of Glen Echo. Nd
Sir. Certain allegations that YOU
and Town Marshal Charles Collins.
of Glen Echo. have violated sections
41f}, 1854 and tl55 Of the Revised
Statutes. and have incurred the penal
ties therein prescribed. have been
made 90 the Department of Justice 0t
the United States. and have by that
department been referred TO me for
appropriate action. Before doing any
thing else In the matter ] should be
glad 20 have an interview with Town
Marshal Collins and yourself Can YOU
advise me- promptly when it viii De
practicable for you 60 call upon me at
my official Office in this city2
Respectfully YOURS.
'J. W. O.. ROSE. e.. s, Atto-rev."
Collins Notified Also.
Marshal Collins received q similar COM
municauon. The sections of the United
States statutes referred to are those that
provide for the immunity Of Iore.g .gr diplo-
matte representative from arrest bv
Federal. State, county. or municipal off,
GERS. The first two sections only have
bearing or the case of the Glen Echo
authorities. and read as follows.
Whenever any writ or rrocass is -ls5 c1- OF
presented h7 any person iu any r--u- r. tH,
United States cf ot a state. or bv any -s-= cr
justice. whereby The person " ans public uin-
lsfer = any foreign r-urrs'ity r- state au-
tLU-i-ei aud received gs such tr tha President
OF any domestic servant af are sfcl minister is
arrested NJ UTriVuu-I ~ his gods OF cfa-tels
are distaired, seized. 0- attached =1rh writ cr
Iroc-ss shall ha deemed void
Whenever any writ rr process Is E1ed ont in
violation Ci the preceding section. every person
by whom the same is obtained -r rr6sr-Itrf
whether as party " as attorney rr solicitor and
every officer concerned Il executing IT, shall b.
deemed 7i1atlr OF The laws Of nations ana a
dls'Urhrr Of the public -v-0s1, and SHAH be im-
uris1nrd Ter TIT more than thrs Years and fined
at the discretion Of the court
Informal Complaint Made
L was learned uoon investigation last
night that the Italian Ambassador had
not meant 10 make a serious matter OF
the Glen Echo incident. but had merely
complained 90 Secretary Root in an in
formal way about the restriction put upon
his enjoyment Of an automobile spin on
Conduit road by Marshal Collins. Baron
Edmondo Mayor des Planches. the Am
hassador. said last night that he had ex-
pressed the wish 20 Secretary Root that
the incident sh0G'd not be turned into an
affair of international Importance. and
that the Secretary OF State asked him TO
leave the matter i'm his hands and the
State Department would push the affair
through 90 the end.
No one connected with the State De-
partmcnt and having knowledge Of the
departments action in the case could be
found last night, but it is understood that
since the complaint by the Italian Am
hassador the two other diplomats who ran
foul of the Glen Echo marshal have
agreed 20 allow their cases to be used By
the government in the action against the
Glen Echo authorities. Baron Won Hen
eelmuller the Austrian Ambassador.
whose chauffeur was arrested late in
March by Marshal Collins for not display
Ing a Maryland license number. and Herr
Won RadoWijz. second secretary of the
Germany Embassy. who was halted with
pistol shots by the marshal few weeks
ago. are the diplomats expected 20 appear
against Collins and Mayor Garrett.
Neither Of these diplomats would discuss
the matter last night.
The receipt Of the letters from Attorney
Rose came as surprise % Mayor Gar
rett and his faithful Collins, but neither
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