The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-07-25
Everett Thompson. Floor
Walker, Sprints Down the
Thoroughfare. Pursued by.
DR.. E. B. Grosvenor.
TELEPHONE MESSAGE
CAUSE FOR TROUBLE
Physician Thought Thomp-,
son Was lmpertinent to
Mrs. Grosvenor and an Ex!
citing Time Resulted.

IltIll& lIliC NCSultCN.
Just as Main street business houses
we're emptying at the noon hour today
clerks. bankers. merchants and shop.
pers' were attracted to a wild
chase down Main street with Everett
H. Thompson. a young floor walker
for the George II. Knollenberg dry
goods store, leading. hotly pursued by
DR.. E. B. Grosvenor. prominent eye.
ear. nose and throat specialist, with
his Office over 71s Main street.
At Sixth and Main street at th4
very entrance Of the Hoosier departs
ment store Thompson was stopped by
Westenberg and though litt
orally embodied in the arms of the of.
fcer. he did not escape the ire of the
physician. Thompson says he
is nursing a very sore left shoulder
and glancing blow on the left side ot
the neck.
Neither Was Arrested.
Neither was placed under arrest,
but Thompson proceeded to police
headquarters while the physician re-
turned to his Office to secure his coat,
for he was hatless and In his shirt
sleeves. Patrolman Westenberg iD-,
formed both to appear ut police hea \
quarters on Wednesday morning at
o'clock. The physician no doubt will
be charged with assault and batter
and If he is. he said today. he would
plead guilty and pay his fine. He is not
sorry for his actions and would do
the same again, he said in phone
conversation.
Trouble, according to Thompson's
story, seems to have started by him
calling up the Grosvenor home at TO
National avenue and requesting Mre.
Grosvenor to carry message to
girl friend, whose name is not made
public, as young Thompson said IN
not bring her into this. She no doub-
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Mrs. Grosvenor reported to Manager
Bailey of the Home Telephone COM
pany and George H. Knollenberg and
Harry Watt, the latter two of the dry
goods firm. that Thompson had been
annoying her Thompson this noon
went to see DR.. Grosvenor to explain
his side of the case. and trouble folk
lowed. Following the windup Thomp-
son said: a
''Ill not tell you what the Doctor
called me, but he cursed me. He said
to me I will take it out physically; I'll
take it out legally, or Well drop the
matter to which replied i am not OF
fighting nature; Wen settle 1t in
other ways meaning legally.
Il then left the Office as directed.
I was at the foot Of the stairs, when
said something and Grosvenor came
running down and demanded to know
what l said.
-~ Grabbed Milk Box.
"A milk wagon was standing in front
OF the stairway and as / saw the ply
sician grab a milk box, ran west on
Main. | turned and saw Grosvenor
throw something and slip and fall on
the street / ran on. When near Sew
enth street / saw Grosvenor back OF
me. | understand he grabbed base
ball bat which was standing in front
of the Reid Hardware Store and he
threw it at me, missing, but | was told
afterwards by two or three that 1t
came near hitting them. Near Sixth
street l lodged across the street and
was halted by Patrolman Westenberg.
who also stopped the physician and
warned him to stop. While standing
there, the physician rushed up and
though warned. hit me singing blow
on the left shoulder which glanced off
and hit me on the neck, but the blow
on the neck doesn't hurt.
"On Friday morning l called up Mrs.
Grosvenor and asked whether it
would be any trouble for her to call
my friend, or to take her a message.
Mrs. Grosvenor told me there was
sickness in their family and 1 told
her il it would be any trouble, not
to do it, The conversation ended with
Mrs. Grosvenor saying. all right
Cause of Trouble
THAT evening l called and asked
whether the message had been deliv-
cred. Mrs Grosvenor told me ii !
wanted a message delivered | should
get a messenger boy She hung up
the receiver Without calling up
again, I pushed the button and Mrs.
Grosvenor answered the phone and
said I thank you very much for your
courtesy and kindness. ! am sorry
I've troubled you.
Friday evening. Mrs Grosyenor
called up Harry Watt and George H.