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ROW ON THE FLATS Pn Which a Dagt a Grandmother an j Assault .and a Fine Figured-A lively neigh boorhood row occurred on Center street Sunday afternoon which was witnessed and -apparently enjoyed by hundreds of the residents thereabouts. The fued* started some time ago and ctilminnted in the spectacular exhibition on Sunday... The Jacobson, and Witz children were the original cause bi the trouble and their quarrels were dually takeu up by the women of the respective families.A wefek ago Mrs. Jacobson set a dog upon one- o- the Witz children and the latter was bitten sobadly that a doctor's assistance was necessary.Since.then the mandate “love, thy neighbor iis thy self1’ has been slightly ignored and there has been something doing in those quarters.trequeat-]y*Sunday Mrs, Wits.;informed the grandmother ot the Jacobson children ;hat the dog was to be killed and right ;hen and there without any .-prebjnin-iry arrangement or code cf rules, cn-mcd a free:Tor all hair pulling street scene, to the great delight of the small boy and numerous others.Mr. Harry Jacobson, son of one of die principals, got into the game and in some manner, probably losing his wits, struck Jennie Witz twice on thetlt;PvJid.Final scene: Some hours later. Jus-ice Hollis' court. The People vs.1 larry Jacobson, assault and battery, barge preferred by Jennie Witz: 52 nd costs paid. ' That's all.
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Benton Harbor Daily Palladium
Benton Harbor, Michigan, US
Mon, Aug 18, 1902
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