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STATE VS. BROWNIS BEARD TODAYASSAULT AND BATTERY CASE COMES UP BEFORE JUSTICE RICH.►£Testimony Heard on Both S*des But Case Is Interrupted By Sudden Illness of One—A DefendantWitness.The* case of th* State of loss \Minnie Rro^n, which is being heard ittodav befot*• Justice Kieh Ht the court | h'rhouse, whs sudd' nl interrupted this aft* moon on account of the midden f 11-nrss of little Hugh Brown, brother of the defendant, who wax taken with a severe cane of era in pa In tin* stomach.He was to have been mod an one ofthe principal wltneaaCH for the defense, and It wan therefore Impossible t proceed with the case It Is probable that it will be continued until b o'clock tomorrow* morningThe defendant is the* little daughter oj line Brown, and she Is accused of having beat up Bernice Page, the eleven war old daughter of Pent Page, a I well known colored man living in theeast part of the city. It was stared inf°rjtbe testimony this morning that whileI the Page girl was paslng by the housen*^ of the defendant, the latter ran out and began striking her with a buggy whip across the hands and around th« legs, raising great wilts and causing much iwtith Just about thin time the col-1IedrII'\laingv.EvlinkVilo:ed girl met Mr. Frank Walker and I ran to him for protection. Mr Walker)r i e I , . , , , ...1 k*ishthat the\nd his son both testifiedI saw the Brown girl strike the colored *f l girl and remonstrated with her, finally f ' getting her to quit. Mr. Walker also stared that tin* Page girl was attendingIher own hit atming in11let 1\rifI no stick and made no threats. Accordtig to Mi Walkericiiwho made a verv a jgood witness for tin* istate, He Browneason for striking the Page girl get even ’ for things j ? he had done In the past.ad-girlprowVSH nl1 ovbitdIfhiftnheThtacting considei abbfits If IllYiattention. because of the youthfulnessf hitarries concerned and the Intlt;1 * st of the neighborhood in the nuan«totit a tlib! iThai will probably be continuei r \ i intomorrow morning, when i tnony of 11 ugh B own, t he4 • IKIO. IMeii Plt;11 «ftb*entUtKU't-rl] 1 1 icUT.aheard.County Att 4 in ing t he caormU* I I* 1 *1 i HhMe Adan*J Attorney * lense.iuh a 11«,M
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Mount Pleasant Daily News
Mount Pleasant, Iowa, US
Thu, Jun 23, 1910
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