Show FERGCSOX AOT GUILTJ Ii I i Cld Man Was Actuated By the Bcxt of Motive Genrge E Grey and George Ferguson J Fergu-son iia2 a hearing before United tsi States Commissioner Sommer yester day on a charge of battery which rein S re-in Grey being lined i5 and 2075 0ii1i < l costs and in Ferguson being discharged dis-charged It was shown Chat Grey had savagely attacked and beaten Ferguson Fergu-son while the latter was reclining on a bench at Calders park Later in the day the same parties figured in Commissioner Greenmans court and in this instance also Grey came off second best As reported in The Herald of yesterday Grey swore to a warrant charging Ferguson with committing a criminal assult on Greys two little girls Mabel aged S and II I Mary aged 12 years on Friday It was in chastisement for the supposed offence that Grey beat the old gentleman gentle-man I It was shown to the court that Ferguson Fer-guson who is 65 years of age was exhibiting a patent bee hive at the horticultural fair at Calders and the two children were attracted by the I exhibit and remained around watching I the bees at work The old man out I of pure kindness took some trouble j explaining to the children how the j bees work and while talking put his II arm round one of the children and I lifted her up so that she could better see the bees in the hive It wlas done in public in broad day light with numbers of people around and the prosecution utterly failed to show any wrong doing or evil intent on the part of the defendant His honor therefore on motion of the de fendants attorney P A Dix and without opposition by the prosecuting attorney Mr < Harrington dismissed Mr Ferguson Grey was severely criticized for this action in beating Ferguson Fer-guson and attacking him stealthily I from down behind while he was layIng I |