New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-02-07
BOB UP AGAIN
Hotel WiIIard's Manager Goes to
Court for Help or Advice.
"USE FORCE" SAYS HERBERT
Would Be Simple Assault, y
Says Charlotte-Katherine
Is Now Mrs. Smith.

| short. stocky man and short, thin
man appeared In the West Side police court
yesterday afternoon. The short stout man
was Arthur T. Hardy. manager OF the
Hotel Willard. In West 18th street
Il have two guests In my house" he said
to Magistrate Herbert. II understand they
are the Poillon sisters. They have promised
me TO get out, but want to know what 70
do II they don't carry out their promise.
! The ma sistrate asked Mr.. Hardy how
long ne had been In the hotel business
Twelve years. and l have never had
case Of this kind he replied.
The magistrate then said:
We'll. IL you don't want guest In your
house, you should put him out by force.
The Poillon sisters are in Suite No. ~ at
the Willard, and when reporter talked 10
them Katherine Poillon. who is now Mrs
Katherine Smith, said she was astonished
az the manager. and that he was probably
looking for some free advertising She re-
fused to tell when she had been married.
When Charlotte Pollon came to the tele-
phone. the conversation ran something
like this
You say Magistrate Herbert advised him
to use force? Well, you know it's some
time since I've been In court, but al that
time the laying on Of hands would nave
constituted simple assault. Now do you
think the manager Of this very exclusive
hotel would try to come up here and put
my sister and myself out by force--and
say. even II he tried it, do you think he'd
get away with it?'
Well, as a matter Of fact, Miss Pollon,
have YOU been asked 10 leave this hotel"
mo"
We'll. now, Miss Poillon, do you owe this
hotel a large bill?"
Not cent"
THE last time your sister was heard OF
she was still Miss Poilon. When did she
get married? And where have you been
living for the last three years."
We'll. never mind about my sister. She's
married. all right. We have been here in
New York all the time, and living at the
Waldorf-and where else have we been,
sis? oh, lots Of hotels. and in house on
Riverside Drive. Never mind about the
number-we don't live there now. You
must excuse me now. I'm dressing to go to
the theatre, and then 10 little dinner
afterward There's no further statement
The whole thing is rot
Mr.. Hardy, when seen later in the even
ing. said
There's no mystery about II The Poll
Ions came TO the Willard about three
weeks ago. They were recommended BY an
old patron Of the hotel, who brought them
in and they registered under the name Of
Mrs Katherine Smith and sister
Last Wednesday was tipped off as 70
who they really were, and I went TO them
and told them It would be better for them
TO leave. When I asked the older sister
II she was married and warned her OF the
danger Of registering under an assumed
name, she told me she had married man
named Smith and he was supporting her.
I have had no trouble with them. They
promised me 10 leave last Saturday, and
when that day came they said they could
not go until February 9. expect that they
will go, but I want to be prepared, and
that's why l went TO court They eve
small bill of $50. and I suppose II will be
settled. .-
"They told me-" he continued. that they
had been living at the Waldorf the Man
haitian Square, the st. Andrew and. 1 think.
at the Marie Antoinette. They said they
lived a year at the Lansham and that the
manager received them with open arms
Since they have been In the hotel they
have dressed quietly. have acted In an en-
tirely unobjectionable manner and seldom
have gone out with any one. There has
been no trouble. It is simply that wished
them to leave"
Three years ago the Poillons broke into
the public prints They first showed up
in 1905, when Katherine sued W. Gould
Brokaw for $3.50, 900 for breach OF promise.
The suit was settled for $4,000, but Kath-
crime said she received but $4,000, and sued
Black Gruber, Olcott & Bonynge for the
rest. The sisters had a man arrested.
claiming that he was in the employ OF Carl
Fischer Hansen and shadowing them Then
they had fight in City Hall Park with
three lawyers, one Of whom had pushed a