Complainant's Ear Said to Have Been Bitten Off Charged with—striking Valia Dudeck on the head with. glass tumblers on September 26 Mrs. A. M. Sproge and Miss Helene Petkoff, residing ab 21 Miller Road, appeared before Messrs. Ivanoff and Tsang last Friday.
Mr. A. Fishman appeared for the complainant, and the accused were not represented by counsel.
In applying for a remand and requesting that' the accused be detained in custody, Mr. Fishman stated that the two women broke into complainant's bathroom with a third person while complainant was washing her clothes. Upon entering, they shouted "We will kill her" and struck her about the head with glass tumblers. The force broke the glasses to pieces and caused wounds about the, head. Complainant nearly lost her senses. After this, they jumped on.her and nearly bit off her nose. It had later. to be stitched in the General Hospital. They then bit off her car, and this organ will, said counsel, be lost for ever. _After she had fallen to the ground, accused began again to bite complainant. They caused eight wounds and a number of bruises. When she was unconscious, they kicked her about the body. The matter was brought to the attention of the police, who considered it a mutual quarrel and framed a charge of simple assault.
Det.-Sgt. Schmidt admitted that the police now considered: the case more serious than had been anticipated. The complain-
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