Show row over a child today C C andersen keeper of a a secondhand second hand store was arrested for assault and battery on OB mrs airs C degraff committed last night the th 11 complainant who its id an aged lady asserts that the accused beat her severe ly and in doing so BO knocked out three ot of her front beeta in proof ot of which she exhibited her gums which were bleeding oie ole eding profusely from where the stumps ol of the three molars baill remained the defendant pleaded not guilty to the charge and was allowed time lime to 10 employ an attorney and hunt bunt up witnesses wito eases in his bis behalf in the meantime be was required to aall for his appearance the causes that led up to the are briefly as follows nearly three years ago alider dersons dersen sens 18 wife died leaving a child about four months old the father placed laced the in the hands bands of mrs begraft Ve degraff Graft to receive proper attention lt it was permitted to remain in her charge and all went well until andersen married again he then took tue tile little one to his bis borne bome mrs degraft degraff nad had conceived a strong attachment to the baby and last year chero itt aher a her was sent to the penitentiary fol foi passing counterfeit currency he way was glad giad to t receive it from the stepmother lad dud has since retained it the fattier has at various times demanded the return of the child which is now three years old but mrs degraff persistently refu refused sect to give it up last evening however Au anderson derson sent a degress known as lottle lottie perkins perkina to engage the old lady in conversation and while this was going on he be made a dash for the babe seized it and started away mrs degraff saw him making off and intercepted him aim A struggle ensued in which the lady made a ae desperate sperate effort to regain possession of the child but was beaten off through the superior strength of the defendant who carried away the prize in triumph while she reported him to the city liall hall |