Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1882-10-07

The London EcAp of August sth fur
nishss the repo-t following of recent
great thai:
JOAN Boil was charged before the
bench with having committed gross
assault Hp,u Mrs. Egypt at Alexandra
on the llth ultimo.
The complainant, respectable look
ing woman, said that she vas the moth
er Of large family Of children, deposed
that not very long ago her late husband,
who was unfortunately a man of very
extravagant habits, fell into the CON-
pany of a gang of advertising money
lenders knowing that he was . sub
stanfisl bondholder, these loln-office
keepers had persuaded him TO take
loans at most exsOrtionate rate nf in
teTest, ranging at from Ii TO 80 per
cent. Only portion Of the sums oor-
rosed was p I'D In cash, the remainder
being paid In pictures, wines. jevelry.
and other useless articles. Since ths
demise of her late husband she had
made the most desperate efforts TO keep
up the iustsllments which were due to
tue loan Office, and had even parted
with the clothes of herself and her
children in order to raise the necessary
payments. The loan office people had
put In the defendant and others as
brokers' men. Her sons had guaranteed
the payment of the instaliments of the
debt, but as they had not at the same
time paid the expenses of the men in
possession. the defendant and those
acting with him on the 18th ultimo pro-
coed ~ make a wanton attack upon her
txtY,H no IrAn,yas .
very verge of ruin. she had resisted as
we'll as rne wAa able. but the defendant
haa committed cruel assault upOn her
IN consequence, the signs VI which were
manifest to ail y ao We're present. in tho
c,ynrt.
The defendant. "A strong. powerful
man. stated that me was only acting III
obedience 10 orders. de VAS wholly un-
acquainted With tue circumstances mn
der which the debt was incurred. and
when the loan-oiiice people, who were
connected with nim by ties of rel atior-
snpi, employed him TO interfere. he had
been Careful - conform To the strict let
ter of the law. he Was sincerely sorry
o tor Mrs. Egypt whose late husband had
| led her into snch trouble by his reckless
/ aud extravaganza conduct. but he sub.
united that the legal claim of the pee
! pl. upon whose behalf he acted was in
dIsputable. Oae of the magistrates
here~asked whether the defendant dis
Puted the plaintiff statement tLat The
money had been lent at from L. to q,
per cent. interest.
Defendant replied that very likely the
settlement was true, bu. lie mad nofnin!
10 do with that. The plaintiff haG
tnrc,fened mis- men, and was about. in
deed To turn them out of the house
line assault occurred through his at
tempting t. dlsarm ner and prevent he
doing any mischief. He dt.nied tn 4,
more VIOLENCE than was necessary unde
Tie circulDstdl1oes Was used.
Inc bench said that there could b,
no doubt that the poor woman had bsei
most cruelty treated bv Inc r.-cali,
usurets VINO had tempted her HUSBAND
To his destruction. There could be n,
moral gussiac s.ion for the defend mt :
condnc,. though he had legal defense
The defendant would be remanded il
oruer 10 give hln an opportunity to pro
dace the powers under winch he acted
whose v,,lidIty would he examined b,
The Court. ne deeply sympathlzes witt
the piaiatlh. Through no fault IF ne
own she mad been vIctlmized by an art
iul sol OF sciioiners. who had run vi
against her exhorbitant claims. tn,
greater part Ut wiiicn are fictitious.