Omaha daily bee., 1896-01-25
STRUCK HER IN THE FACE
San Francisco Parties Meet in Omaha and
Have Trouble.
ASSAULT At MrAGUE'S RESTAURANT
Parties Arc Paul Harris md Nnric
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ns Given
by the Young Mans
Friend.

A nicely dressed woman hurried into the
police station shortly after 10 o'clock last
evening and in an excited manner exclaimed:
81 have been struck in the face with a pair
of brass knucklcs and want to have the viii
lain who did It arrested"
She displayed a large dlscolored lump on
her forehead over the left eye and then con-
tipued: "His name is Paul Harris and l
want a warrant for his arrest at once. II |
had had a revolver at the time l should
have killed him on the spot" The highly
nervous tension which she had maintained
tten relaxed and she broke down in a At Of
weeping.
To the captain she stated that her name
was Miss Marie Wilson and that she had
Just arrived in the city from San Francisco.
She said that she had gone to McTague's
restaurant about $3.50 In company with her
mother and sister and that in passing out Of
the door to the street Harris, who CHANGED
to be standing upon the step, assaulted her
with his fists and then ran rapidly down
Tarnam street. In answer to a question as
TO whether she had ever had any trouble
with Harris she replied emphatically. NO"
but her subsequent statements on this point
were conflicting and she finally admitted that
che had known him slightly many years be-
fore.
An officer accompanied Miss Wilson back
to the restaurant, but no trace of the assail-
ant could be discovered. Seated at a table
in the place with n number of friends was a
well known young man who has been con-
Quoting the auction sale for a jewelry firm
OF this city for several days and the moment
Miss Wilson's eyes alighted upon him she
exclaimed to the officer who accompanied
her. There Is the man who told him to
strike me and l want him arrested for being
a party to the assault. His name Is p.
j. Burroughs and he is from San Francisco"
BURROUGHS TELLS OF THE TROUBLE.
Mr.. Burroughs had remained seated during
the trouble on the outside and when re-
qrested to state his version of the affair,
said: "This woman has logged me from one
end of the country to the other. Nearly two
years ago she instituted suit against me for
$50, 900 in San Francisco for an alleged
breach of promise. When the case came up
for trial she failed to appear and the case
was dismissed for lack Of prosecution. 1
think the whole affair was brought up by
her merely to cause me annoyance. About
a month ago l secured my present position in
Omaha and 1t appears that she and her
mother no sooner heard of it than they fol-
low ed me to this city with the object Of dis
crediting me-.
"Mr. Harris is a friend of mine also from
San Francisco, and also knew Miss Wilson
on the coast, where she had caused him a
great deal of annoyance in the same manner
in which she has me, by logging his foot
steps from enc place to another. A few days
ago / sent for Mr.. Harris to come to Omaha
and assist me in my work, and he arrived
about ten days ago. When Miss Wilson came
here she at once looked up Mr.. Harris and
his wife, and started the old system of per-
s%ecutlon. To avoid trouble Mr.. Harris de-
cided to start for the east.
when Miss Wilson learned that Harris
and his wife were about to leave, she and
her mother, who accompanied her, hired a
cab and drove rapidly to the depot, arriving
just in time to catch the departing train.
AS soon as she entered the coach Miss Will
son began hurting vile epithets at Harris
and his wife. Mr.. and Mrs. Harris stood the
TRADE until they had gone to the first sta
ton, and, as they became unbearable, left
the train and returned to the city. Harris
met Miss Wilson in the restaurant last even
ing, and at length losing control of him
self, struck her as she was going out the
door. Miss Wilson formerly lived in Sacra-
mento and in San Francisco. and was a
dressmaker by occupation"
Miss Wilson and her mother returned to
the police station after the chase for Harris
proved futile, and she was retained as a prose-
cutting witness. Miss Wilson states that She
will swear out a warrant for the arrest of
Harris this morning. and that the end is
not yet.
MISS WILSON'S VERSION.
At the station Miss Wilson gave her version
OF the affair. She stated that Burroughs
and Harris had operated as auctioneers in a
large number of cities besides San Francisco,
Including Chicago, New York, Cleveland, Co.
lumbus, o., and Los Angeles, Cal, but that
she had first met them in the first named
city.
Burroughs she describes as a gay Lothario
and says he had net only made love to her
self, but to many other women. She stated
that her suit for breach of promise had been
started at the instance of Burroughs to shut
cut a number of other women to whom he
had made love, and that it had not been
brought to- trial on account of reasons which
made it necessary for Burroughs, Harris and
their r%etinue, including herself, to leave the
city.
Miss Wilson said that she had followed
Burroughs to this city from Chicago; that
she was interested largely in his business, and
that there had been an attempt upon his
part and that of Harris to shut her out of
her share Of the profits; that the present
trouble had arisen purely out Of a business
transaction. Miss Wilson added that
She had been w~oefully mlsused of
late, and that among other things
she had been refused admission to
u prominent hotel Of the city on mlsrepre-
sensations made to the proprietor. Miss Viii
Eon concluded by telling the captain that she
intended to prosecute Harris upon the charge
of assault, and that the whole case would be
gffted to the bottom.