South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-03-13
GETS WARRANT
FOR CHURCH'S
PLAY DIRECTOR
Woman Says Brother Member
of Club Scratched Her Nose
and Grabbed Her Ankle.

DETROIT. March 12-H0w the
spirit OF brothery love and friendly
good wiz that il supposed 90 pre-
side over the meetings and parties
o. tffe Get Acquainted" club OF the
FIRST Congregations Unitarian
church Woodward av. and Edmund
place was put 90 flight and the de-
mon discord. melting members 20
assault and battery. enthroned in its
stead was told Saturday in the pro-
fecutor's Office by Mrs Rose Rinker.
1000 Fifth st. a member OF the club.
Mrs. Rinker asked and was grant
cd a warrant charging Robert Dow
ME. s117 Twelfth 81. also a member
~ the club with assault and bat
terry
Charges He Scratched Her Nose.
She told the prosecutor that she
attended the last meeting Of the
club. where games OF cards were
among the entertainment offered.
Dcwnie. she alleges. was in charge
of the party as superintendent OF
recreation for the church.
one OF the players, she said. com
mitted some breach Of card party
etiquette 20 which she took eXcep-
ton she said that che reported the
Incident 10 Downie.
Instead OF sympathizing with her
or offering 20 see that the offending
card player did not repeat his or
her offense. Mrs. Rinker says Dow
nie began upraiding her for con-
corning herself with affairs that
"a hrrs hnuf raeg
He shook his finger so close to
my face that he scratched my nose, -
Mrs. Rinker told the prosecutor.
But that was not all. on the CON
trary. it was the least Of the things
that happened. Mrs. Rinker de-
clared
The climax came, she says, as she
was leaving the church. DOwnie
seized her by the ankle. tripping her
and causing her 10 fall down the
steps The bruises received in the
fall constitute the basis for the as
sauIt and battery charge.
Mr. DOwnie. who says he came
through the fracas with scratched
face and a kick in the abdomen de-
cIares that Mrs. Rinker had made
herself obnoxious to everybody
throughout the evening and. after
she had disrupted the card game.
went to the lower floor. where dan
cling was i'm progress. and tried 20
break up that party too.
IT was downstairs i'm the dancing
room when word came 10 me that
The woman was creating a disturb
ance in the card party lie went up
talk 10 her and tried to persuade
ar to leave the room, at the same
time Offering 10 give back TO her
the admission Of 35 cents, which she
had paid
Had Her Moneys Worth"
"She said she had had her
moneys worth and did not want the
% cents back Despite my protests
she went about from table 10 table,
talking incoherently about the way
she thought the game should be
played She did not accuse anyone
OF cheating. but simply objected TO
the rules obtaining in the game.
IT told her she would either have
TO cease disturbing the party or
leave the building. Then she start
cd for the dancing room. declaring
she would break up that party. too.
Her actions there compelled me
10 take her by the arm and force
her through the door She jerked
away from me and kicked me vi
ciously In the stomach. To protect
myself. 1 grabbed her foot, and in
trying to recover her balance I had
chance TO get a firm hold upon
her arms, although before 1 did 50
she scratched my face.
Someone else called an officer
and ! turned her over to the patrol
man. AT the same time returning
her IS cents. Which she suddenly
demanded We told the officer we
did not wish TO have her punished
and that II he would see she did
not enter the building again We
would be satisfied. He took her ouf
10 the street. and that is all / know
about it,.