Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1901-01-08

sations was filed in the district court to-
day. The plaintiff in the action is George
Barich and the defendants Jacob Kam-
brick, Enconner kambrck and At
torney w. l. Lippincott..
In the complaint the plaintiff alleges
that he is engaged in the business Of
merchandising in Anaconda and has an
extensive acquaintance and ii good bust
ness standing in the county of Deer
Lodge: that Jacob kambrick and Encon-
ner kambrick are husband and wife and
have been such since August Is. 1900:
that on or about October l. 1900. Encon-
ner Kambrick gave birth to a male child,
and that on October 3 the defendants
confederated and conspired together and
did fraudulently enter into a conspir acy
to demand. collect and eXtort from him
large sum of money in this. towit: That
the defendant attorney, acting for him
self and his co-defendants and in fur
therance of said fraudulent confederation
and conspiracy and for the purpose of
said fraudulent confederation and con-
spiracy and for the purpose of consum-
mating the same, falsely and fraudu-
lently charged and accused the plaintiff
with being the father of the child: that
the attorney then and there exhibited to
plaintiff a pretended complaint entitled:
The state of Montana VS.. George Bar
ich," meaning this plaintiff, sworn to by
Jacob kambrick before the said attorney
as a notary public. and then and there
threatened to file the document in the
district court of the second judicial dis
trict in and for the county of Silver Bow
unless the plaintiff would at once comply
with the false and fraudulent demand
and eXtortion made by said defendant,
the attorney, which demand was for
about 81 900.
Barich further alleges that the pretend
ed complaint charged him With the pa
ternity of the child.
Further, Barich alleges that the attor-
ney also then and there exhibited a GER
tain notice of tendency of ac-
ton against George Barich. charged with
the offense mentioned" which notice he
threatened to file in the district court of
Anaconda; that the notice fraudulently
and falsely pretended to notify this
plaintiff, that when the same should be
filed that a lien would thereby attach
upon any and all property of this
plaintiff, and that the business Of plain
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would be compelled to discontinue it:
that plaintiff believed from the false and
fraudulent statement and representation
that the filing ana serving of the notice
would cause financial ruin to him: that
the attorney also exhibited unto him
certain other notice entitled Notice
of tendency of action against George
Balich for being the father of the child
which nitice the attorney said would be
signed by him as attorney for his code
PENDANTS; and the attorney then and
there threatened to cause the notice to be
filed in the district court Of Anaconda,
and that the notice alleged upon it's face
that it was 70 be filed for the purpose of
creating a lien upon his property of this
plaintiff until he be discharged by the
court or sufficient indemnity had beeen
given by him for thine maintenance Of the
child.
Further, Barich alleges that the attor-
ney then falsely and frauduently
threatened to file the notice and that the
same, when filed, would be a lien upon
all of his property; would disable him
from engaging in business and result
in financial ruin, all of which was done,
and all of which said threats We're made
by the attorney for the purpose of COM
polling him, plaintiff, to pay unto the
said defendants $4,000.
Barich says that in order to prevent
the threats from being carried out, he
asked for reasonable time in which to
prepare a good and sufficient bond,
either in Deer Lodge or Silver Bow
counties, to the effect that he would
thereafter obey all orders of the court
that might be made in the premises in
the event it should afterwards be de-
termiuad in any proper proceeding that
he was the father of the child but in
this connection he alleges that the at
torney refused to give him an oppor-
tunity to prepare the bond and demand
ed that the sum of $4,000 be at once
produced; that on account of the re-
fusal he asked for permission to visit
kambrick and his wife for the purpose