The story of an irate father, seeking the to whom his daughter had run away, and alleged: ly being hit on the head with a bottle by this man, was unfolded at HIM, Police Court on March 7, before Mr. I. T. Morris, Registrar, when "Mr. A." summoned Carlos "M, Marques for wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm." At the request of the magistrate the name of complainant not published. ing appeared for the ntiff, and asked for formal ad-Journment, after evidence of arrest had been given, as there were several witnesses tobe called in the case plaintiff w quarters of an hour, realized he had been given the slip.
The next morning Mr. "A" and hhis wife went to 136 Boone Road, where, he had been informed by Private inquiry agent em ployed, he would find his daughter. He knocked at the door of Room 11 for an hour, and at the end of that time his daughter called out to him, saying that her mother could ce in but net the father. He had previously made a small hole in the door with his knife, and saw hi daughter lying in bed, undressed.
Then the mother came out of the room with her daughter, locked the door behind her, and asked him to send for the police as Marques was inside. He went up to the door and Jealled on Marques to come out and meet him, man to man, and, under {the circumstances, pushed ina door panel and looked' in, whereupon he was immediately hit with a bottle Jon the forehead. Complainant, who. is a boxing man, tried to get up on his feet so as to get after the man, but could not do $0, He staggered down the stairs' into the street, where a lady with a car picked him up and took him to the General Hospital, He was unconscious there for two hours, and did not remember being stitched up, Questioned by Mr. Harris, Mr. "A" said"he was not carrying a Weapon in his hand at the time, }ag he was not a man of that nature. Asked if he had ever struck his daughter, he stated that he had once: not with a horsewhip, but with Jand these were not yet available, as|& rattan cane: had never!
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