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Show . J w it v - . . ijivUUV lL a nijli Yalnaticn, Thhks an Io7aH2n,SucdbyTwo Ydung: Ytocn SIOUX CrrY,Ia.. March t.O. "W. Canty, a Danbury business man,. Is asked t pay $10,000 for hugging two women. He got one hug per capita, which he thinks places the hug schedule pri a prohibitive basis. The courts must decide wh'ether his hugs were worth o much. , .... , ... i. ; Bella Jacques, a milliner, and Anna Weir, the owner of a restaurant and bakery, both of Danbury, have filed petitions pe-titions In' court demanding $5000 each; and each make substantially the same allegation that Canty willfully, maliciously mali-ciously and . premedltatedly did seize, embrace and hug them.. 4 Canty proposes to fight the cases, and will introduce expert testimony to prove that the hugs were hot worth anything like the figures demanded. The hugging is. alleged ,to hava . taken place about Christmas. .... |