JAMES M WATSON SUED District Attorney Brings Civil Action for SeventyThree Thousand Thou-sand Dollars Washington June 13Tho government govern-ment of the District of Columbia through its corporation counsel today instituted civil proceedings against James M Watson now In Jail for alleged al-leged defalcation of district funds estimated esti-mated at 73000 The suit is for the recovery I re-covery of the moneys alleged to have bcon taken by Watson but the aggregate aggre-gate of the npeclflc sums mentioned In the cvil suit IB only 10152 WatEonn automobile and a bulletin sheet of which he Is Joint proprietor were attached at-tached today His counsel next week will move to quash the attachment on the ground that the case Is neither one of debts or obligations fraudulently Incurred In-curred Watson has not yet been able to furnish a satisfactory ball and Is still In Jail