The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-12-16
HARD FIGHT
ASSAULT CASE
IS EXPECTED
Local Officials Drawn Into
Case in Which Harvey
Woman Is Accused
BEST GIRL. is CHARGE
Attack at Time Caused Great
Excitement in Harvey.
Policeman Being Accused

An interesting legal battle is ex-
pected to develop in Fessenden, fol-
lowing the arrest of Mrs. Grace f..
Phillips OF Harvey, charged with as
sault with Il DANGEROUS wcapoa on
her adopted daughter. Dolly Phil
lips, lS. The arrest followed long
investigation of mysterious at
tack made on the Young girl as she
entered the door yard Of her home
at Harvey one night in August Of
this year.
Mrs. Phillips is out under $500
bond, her hearing having been set
for December 22.
Chief of Police Chris Martincson
is expected to be called as a witness
in the case. The case. when it ori-
ginatcd, was carried to the Attorney
Generals office by States Attorney
Whipple and wide publicity given
the affair. which stirred the town of
Harvey deeply. After the attack.
Mrs. Phillips, the mother. asked
local authorities to have Chief Mar
tineson investigate the case and
similar action was taken by the At
torney- Generals offre and the
states attorney.
At the time Il night policeman in
Harvey was under suspicion. it being
alleged by Mrs. Phillips that he at
tackled the daughter, according to
Chief of Police Martincson, who said
today that investigation had shown
him innocent. Evidence developed
at the time against Mrs. Phillips
was used in the present charges
against her. Chief Martineson said
Complaint by Foster Daughter
The complaint was sworn to by
Miss Phillips, who now tells authori-
ties that when she stepped into the
dooryard of her home about , Il. m.
after returning from an auto ride,
she was assaulted by her foster
mother, who sprang from hiding and
struck her with some kind of weap-
on. The complainant says she then
lost consciousness.
According to stories told authori-
ties the day following the alleged at
tack, Miss Phillips was found un-
conscious just inside the gate in
front Of her home about Gals Il. III.
Mrs. Phillips told authorities she
had had spent several hours trying
to locate her daughter and that she
had asked the night police to be on
the lookout
Man Previously Blamed
When Miss Phillips regained con-
sciousness, she declared an uniden-
titled man had hit her on the head
with a club.
Examination showed the young
woman had received a severe blow
on the head, that her back was in
jured and one rib broken, while
bruises indicated an attempt to
strangle herr
Miss Phillips also said she had
gone auto riding with two young
men Of Manfred, that they let her
out of the auto in the alley behind
her home. She exonerated them,
saying that the attack occurred
after she had left the auto and was
making her way into the yard of
her home.
The foster daughter has admitted
to authorities, it is said, that fric-
tion existed between her and her
foster mother. who had begun but
not completed adoption proceedings
a considerable time ago.
Mrs. Phillips was divorced some
time ago. She took custody of tho
adopted girl.
The girl recently Isl said to have
gone to the home of married sister
a: Valley City.