This is not at all surprising in the face of the fact that this officer is, as is shown in court proceedings, a veritable czar in his own estimation. The following account is taken from the _Chicago Democrat_ of May 27th ult. A similar report of the case is contained in the other dailies. "Judge Brentano held, this morning, that Chief of Police K. did not have the power to have a man restrained of his liberty at his (K.'s) request. The decision was brought about on the hearing of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed by Attorney F. A. D. for the release of Edward H., who was arrested last Monday morning at Twenty-ninth and State streets on account of the shooting of Officer James S., which resulted from an attempt of a number of officers to enforce the disarmament-of-colored-people policy of the Chief of Police. "The man had been confined in the county jail, and the return of the sheriff, when the prisoner was brought into court, read: 'Edward H. has been detained in my custody at the request of J. K., Chief of Police for the city of Chicago.' Judge Brentano evinced great displeasure when he read the return of the illegal detainment of the prisoner. 'A man,' said the court, 'cannot be held at the simple request of K. or any other person. K.'s word is not sufficient to keep any man in custody. I won't tolerate any such actions, for if the man was guilty of shooting an officer, or committing any other crime, Mr. K. has had sufficient time and knows how to take the proper steps to punish the prisoner.' "'The court certainly would not allow this man his liberty when he is under arrest and has not been booked or complained against before a justice of the peace owing to the neglect perhaps of such a high official as Mr. K.,' remarked the assistant city prosecuting attorney. "'I certainly would, regardless of whose neglect it is,' said the court. 'The prisoner is discharged.' "No witnesses were heard, the prisoner being discharged on the ground that it was shown in the return of the sheriff that H. was simply being detained to please Chief K. "Attorney D. had witnesses in court to show that the prisoner had been beaten and injured by the police who arrested him, both before his arrival at the Twenty-second street station and after he was installed in a cell at that place. "Prisoners who were in the station at the time H. was taken there were in court to testify that the officers who had charge of the prisoner beat and struck him in such a manner that they thought H. would be killed. "The prisoner's face and condition in court were the best evidences of the treatment he had received. "Both of his eyes are closed, swollen and discolored to such a degree that they stand out in bold contrast to his own color, which is a dark copper. Two gashes, each six inches long, on the top and front of his head bear testimony to the means said to have been used by the officers in carrying out their chief's new disarmament policy.