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Show OVERCHARGING BY CHICAGO CAB MEN Chicago, Oct. 15. "I'll sue Chicago for thousands of dollars and summon the senator from Indiana to fight ro.v rase. The police had no right to put me In Jail. It's an outrage " So declared L. R. Stogdlll. said to be a wealthy contractor of Mnncle, Ind.. when arraigned at the Harrison street police court yesterday on a charge of disorderly conduct for having hav-ing refused lo pay more than 25 cents when charted To cents cab fare front , the Park Row depot to the I.a Salle street station. Thursday night. He spent the night in jail rather than pav. He was fined $1, which the paid. The distance between (he two stations sta-tions is said to be six feet more than a mile. The city ordinance allows cabmen to charge fiftv cents for the first mile and 25 cents for each additional ad-ditional mile or fraction thereof. |