Show TWO WOMEN FIGHT mrs alice swain and mrs florence hatch in justice Neb ekers court mrs swain fined 5 mrs alice swain wife of emanuel swain and mrs florence hatch wife of jed hatch engaged in a battle last tuesday which might be called either a prize fight or a wrestling match according to the testimony of ste steve stee e price it was about an even break all tho the way through and if a referee had decided it he would doubtless have called it a draw As far as can be learned there was no blood shed but mrs hatch claimed that her antagonist slipped up behind her and struck her a stinging blo blow A on the baek back ba ek ck of the head which put her out of business the first round A warrant arrant was aas sworn sorn out fot for the ar rest of mrs swain and the case was beard before justice wed afternoon T W odonnell ODon cell was the prose prosecute cut ing attorney for the city and ero ern anuel swain took charge of the de tense for his wife naife and he proved ironed him self to be quite a competent attorney the trouble seems seema to have haie had its origin la in some kind of a dispute on last saturday mrs hatch on the stand testified that she was nas walking along in the neighborhood 0 the residence of steve price when mrs swain suddenly appeared from bome somewhere where she did not know where and struck her in the back of the head knocking her down and into a state of she did not strike mrs swain as she kemem bared r c bas AI 3 a neighbor only saw a part of the fight it seemed to her that mrs hatch had been bean pretty I 1 badly used up and she ehe did what she could to make peace she and mrs hatch were vere the only witnesses for the prosecution steve price had been to thea well tor for a bucket of water and he was a witness to most of the trouble the combat tants were at it lively and after a few passes and feints both clinched and went to the mat mrs BITS hatch on top mrs swain brought into use a clever trick and got out from under and regained her feet during the scuffle mrs hatch had her hand in mrs face it looked to the witness asif aa it sh she ewar was pulling the batters lat nose her hair mrs hatcha hatchs hair came down and she stopped long enough to put it up some kind of a weapon perhaps E stick was wai secured and she threaten ed to do bodily harm to mrs BITS swain gwain at the same time calling her names aad declaring she was crazy mrs SN sr in grabbed her and shook her ile defendant testifying in her own behalf said she ehe was walking a long when she saw mrs hatch she sha hailed her calling her hones and nc attention was paid to her she re heated the call and about the first thing she knew mrs hatch was scratching and pawing at her them the struggled and clinched and fell an ana she got up the time she elal ped mrs hatch on the face with alth liei bei open hand mrs perks testified but her evidence contained notting 0 01 importance the city attorney made a brie talk and then mr swain attorney for the defense made a wk talk hf H thought inasmuch as mrs hatch according to the te testimony stimon bad pui up a pretty good defense it was nas just a fight and that the complainant was as much to blames blagnies as the deafen dant the court deliberated seriously to fo a few seconds and then announce announced that the defendant was nas guilty ant ano that he would impose oa a fine of 5 he informed her before hand how eibi that ohp could demand a little time six hours before sentence was nas passed but she declared that she N was as ready to hear the verdict |