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tnb:lt;mrrhiyIon,lea,ties.jm-mlclole 8 re,i iainioall;h*fcrtaslienE.allsIng,staveon.avelOOlde-Phis ..uwever. lias a daughterwho is fond of snakes, and Mr.wowoBATTLES IN HER RAGEJcsephloe Simpson Tries to Stab Attorneys.CAUSES WOMAN TO PAINTNegro Prisoner Before U. S. Commissioner T*7lor on Charge of Sending Threatening Letters to Mis. Anne Moser Overcome After Hard Struggle. Mrs, Moser Collapses Through Fear.Sbrestned the i of t as«dfen-iterUS*rta-'tionpty.10. T pio che me Un me nea Clt tonfilt;3h0£yOff,TwilftgiMapreTSi$arLieBe*bowPdenverand(batheBISu]Armed with two long, sharp hatpins, an enraged negro woman who had just been held Cor the grand Jury on a chargeof sending obscene Literature through the malls, yesterday afternoon threw the office of United States Commissioner Anson 9. Taylor, at 1413 H .street northwest, into an uproar by attempting to attack a group of men, Includtng Assistant United States Attorneys .S. McComas H-awken and Sydney MuddL jr., who had prosecuted the case against her. The woman woe Anally taken to the District jail, after a struggle with several post-office Inspectors, detectives, and deputy marshals, assisted by the two attorneys.Frightened by the screams of the woman and the noise which followed the attack, Mrs, Anne Moser, of 366 Penneyl-mrt [ vania avenue northwest, who had appeared against the woman and charged Iter with threatening her life, became hysterical and fainted outside Judge Taylor's office. She was later revived and went to her home.The woman, Josephine Simpson, 35 years old. recently was released from MoundsviLle penitentiary, where she had | por. served a term of five years for identically J of I the same crime for which she was held • ure: for the gTand jury yesterday. She was charged with having written letters to Mrs. Moser threatening to burn her house and to kill her. The letter is alleged to have been written tn obscene language. Battled With the Men.my,jailr.tlylon-»1chish-tan.tpe,tts-tfcmOti-ok-hislid-ghtbeI aViwe!mispor.opiiandermthe'H ia 1 oph of 1Tl5.«tiesarkpitilessdedhey6.ofion-atthererexlslestthehey;ensWhen Commissioner Taylor had announced that he would hold her under $1,000 ball • for the grand jury, and the deputy marshal was about to remove her, the woman suddenly leaped to her feet, and with an oath pulled the hatpins from her hat and rushed toward the two assistant United States attorneys..Detective Vermillion and Postoffice Inspector Barclay caught her- Attorney Hawken helped to subdue her. Attorney Mudd, who is a former star football player and track athlete, seized the woman’s hands and took away the two hatpins. Commissioner Judge . Taylor kept his seat. Mrs. Moser believed that the woman was trying to escape in order to attack her, and Tainted-After a brief struggle, during Which the woman was subdued,^she was taken to the District jail in the prison van.The woman about six years ago was employed by Mrs. Moser as a servant, and was alleged to have robbed Mrs. Moser. She was sentenced to serve a term of six months \n the workhouse.ordi mo i tax-DelT 1ng of 1 the Prii on s dep the eng den Tl vfsi and * Tl con con Wit;PCMm
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Washington Post
Washington, Washington-DC, US
Fri, Jul 19, 1912
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