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Show $15,H IIS Bit! ; ARREST John Berger Sues Chief ol Police Burbidge for (AIleged Ridicule Thst ha waa confined In the city Jail for twenty-six hours and later made to appear In court to answer to an alleged chnrge for an action that I la not a public offense or a viola l tlon of the city ordinances. Is claimed , by John Berger, who yesterday stiirt" ed a $1 5 000 damage action a sal net Chief of Pollre Joseph K, Burhidge.-- Berger stated In hia complaint that hia arrest was "entirety vicious on tha part of Chief Burbtdga. He waa aaaaulted by Chief Burbldga, his arm waa grabbed and he was led td the Jail ang confined with drunks, dope fiends and other undesirables, the complaint sets forth. Btrger said he Is a millwright. 84 ' years of age and a resneoted member of tha community. His arrest, ha said, held him up to ridicule front hia acquaintances. Ha asked for $10. -damage and additional exemplary -damages of 15000. When Informed last night that Perger had filed a suit asking for $15,000 damages from him. Chief Burhlrig laughed. "Berger came up to me Just after a prisoner escaped from Officer W. M. Hughes and had been recaptured after several shots were fired. Ha said: You have a fine tot of policemen. police-men. Someone ought to take a gun and kill that one there.--- .. 'l placed him under arrest sad booked him at the tall for disturbing, (he peace. He waa released the following fol-lowing afternoon at the order of Judge Crockett, who dismissed tha complaint |