Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 July 1909 — WANTS $2,000 DAMAGES. [ARTICLE]

WANTS $2,000 DAMAGES.

Gus Meyer of Remington Sues Nightwatch Holland for False Imprisonmnet. Henry G. Meyer of Remington, through his attorney, George W. Kassabaum of White county, has filed suit for $2,000 damages against W. E. Holland, the Remington nightwatch, for false imprisonment. The complaint is very brief consisting of but ten lines of typewriting exclusive of caption, and says that defendant, on the sth day of July, 1909, wrongfully and unlawfully and without legal process, imprisoned plaintiff and did keep and deprive him of his liberty for a long time, to-wit: for the space of eight hours, to plaintiff's damage in the sum of $2,000. Meyer was put in the town lock-up the night of Remington’s celebration, Monday, July 5, by the nightwatch, who charged him with intoxication. At a trial held before Squire A. H. Dickinson on the charge, the court found him not guilty Hence the suit.