The Mankato free press., 1916-03-17
All Callers Are Forbidded To
Talk To George Atchison
MAY START CIVIL ACTION
w. ]. Morehart Proceeds Against
His AssaiIant; What the
Complaint Says
From tuesdays Dairy.

From Tuesdays Dairy.
George Atchison this morning was
still confiened to his bed at his home,
81 South Second street, as result
of the attack made on him last sat
urday afternoon Mrs. Atchison said
he had had a bad night. She was
seen by a representative of The Free
Press. to whom she said that Mr. At
Gibson must not be disturbed. He was
unable to talk, although his face
looked better than it did last evening,
she said. His lower teeth, which had
been loosened by the blows, were
wired together. Mrs. Atchison was
asked whether her husband would
start civil suit on account OF the at
tack, as one had been started against
him by Mr. Morehart. She said she did
not know. She said Mr.. Atchison did
not read the newspapers, and they
were not read to him, though he knew
something of the interviews published
in last nights Free Press. She re-
marked that Mr.. Atchison knew that
statements made in these interviews
were not true. She said the attend
ing physician had given orders against
anyone being permitted to see Mr..
Atchison and talk over the affair with
him.
Papers Served on Atchison.
Nevertheless, Deputy Sheriff Ner-
dahl was at the Atchison residence
late yesterday, and there he served
on Mr.. Atchison personally the sum-
mons and complaint in the $4,000
damage suit brought against Mr.. At
Gibson by William ]. Morehart. There
have been reports to the effect that
Mr.. Atchison, as soon as he is well
enough, will start a civil action on SC
count of the assault on himself, and
it is said that this will be managed
by Attorney S. B. Wilson. Mr.. Wilson
was seen today and said he did not
know whether Mr.. Atchison would do
that or not. ..a 81.
Mr.. Morehart for his suit has en-
ployed Attorneys G. J. Laurisch,
Pfau & Pfau and Ivan Bowen. The
complaint reads as follows: -.
How Complaint Reads.
THAT on or about the 9Th day Of
March, 1916, at the office of the de-
fendant in the city of Mankato, Min.
nesota, the defendant without any
cause or provocation violently and
maliciously assaulted the plaintiff and
struck him in the face, in the back of
his head and breast, pushed and jab-
bed the plaintiffs head through a
glass window in the door, breaking
the plaintiffs nose and cutting deep
ugly cash in the top of his head, ne
cessitating and requiring several
stitches to have the same brought to-
gether and held in place, and thereby
put the plaintiff in fear of his life
and making him ill., lame, and dis
abled from attending to his business
for long period of time and plaintiff
will be unable to attend to his business
for a long time to come and plaintiff
was compelled to pay and incur thir
ty $500 dollars for medical attend
ance and treatment, and plaintiff has
been ever since and for long time
will be lame and sore and disabled
from attending to his business; that
he will always have scar on the top
of his head and that by reason of hav-
ing his nose broken, the plaintiff has
great difficulty in breathing and that
he has had the back of his neck and
ears hurt and injured.
Had Had an Operation.
THAT prior to the assault, as here
inbefore alleged, and approximately
two years before, the plaintiff has had
an operation on his ears because Of
assesses, and that defendant was
well aware and knew it and in his
assault upon him struck, pinched and
bruised that part of his body that had
previously been submitted to an op-
Grafton and thereby greatly aggravat-
ed his previous trouble and because of
the facts hereinbefore alleged, endan-
gered the PLAINTIFFS future health and
welfare to his damage in the sum of
twenty-five thousand ($25,000) dol
lars.
Wherefore, plaintiff demands judg-
ment against the defendant in the
sum of twenty-five thousand $685.
000) dollars, together with costs and
disbursements herein"
This action is brought in the Blue
Earth county district court