A Jeweler's Fight Against Police Brutality

City Detectives Lane and Adams have been made defendants in a $6,000 suit for damages brought by J. L. Durbin, a jeweler, who was arrested two days ago, mistaken for a suspicious character. The arrest was made after Durbin resisted and after a shot was fired at him by one of the detectives. Durbin alleges that he was assaulted by the detectives without cause and detained in the city jail for fifteen hours. He claims that he was bruised and wounded and that his reputation was injured by his arrest. Furthermore, he claims that he had to pay an attorney $25 to secure his release. Lane and Adams claim to have received information that Durbin was a suspicious character and had jewelry in his room which was possibly stolen. They entered his room in his absence, and when he came in and found them there, he raised a row about it. He says he supposed them to be thieves, and when they seized him he attempted to escape. Lane fired at him as he ran down the hall. Durbin dropped to the floor and was then arrested. He was confined in the county jail until Monday afternoon, when he finally induced the police department to understand that he was a reputable citizen and that the property the detectives found in his room was his own.