Show I HE WANTS 10000 FOR A SLAP I Suit for Damages Brought by Alfred Po Sewall Against W F I James in the United States Court > I I W F James the wellknown mining I man was yesterday made defendant Inn In-n suit brought litho Federal court by 1 I Alfred P Sewall of Massachusetts in 1 which the latter claims 10000 damages I aliening that on the 12th of July 1900 1 Mr James maliciously willfully wantonly wan-tonly I and violently assaulted him by I striking him a violent blpw in the face with his hand and at the same time used grossly Insulting remarks and also threatened further injury to the complainant com-plainant Mr James was seen last evening and asked about the suit He laughed and said it was brought to try and annoy and Intimidate him merely and amounted to nothing Asked If he did Indeed assault the plaintiff he grew serious and said ill stopppd his mouth with my open hand and besought him If he had 0 spark of manhood left to resent IU Ho would not He sneaked away like tho cur that he Is I with the culmination of years of gross lying l and broken promises on his part uncling up by his grossly insulting me He and his associates as-sociates In the Maxfield Mining company com-pany owe me 200 for money advanced and faithful services rendered They seem to dcslro to avoid payment and this suit Is to Intimidate and hold 3 club over me and as 1 said at the beginning begin-ning amounts nothing except per hops a little personal annoyance That was all Mr James cared to say on the subject but It Is said that the complainant said to James before J F Woodman and George L Nye that I he would stand personally responsible for tIm amount due Jatries and that when asked to do so he denied that ha j ever had said any such thing James I Insisted that he had done so when Sc wall passed the lip The episode took place near the postofllqjo James left but later they met < Walker Bros hank when It is said Seall again called James a liar Then It was that James struck Sewall 1 |