Show brutal assault thursday morning in the police pol ice court a colored man named M macdonald a c was tried foran for an assault upon an old man named grantom Grat tom the evidence showed that on commercial street a woman who had a child with her stated that the accused had seized the little one by the legs and struck its head licad against the wall at the same time exhibiting U a bruise on ou the childs face A macdonald Z cdonald thereupon rushed I 1 at her with the intention of striking her when old grantom took her part saying no black eon son of jofs a gun will whip a white woman when im jim around the accused then turned on him when another person p erson stepped between them but did not prevent grantom from getting a blow w from the colored man at this juncture an unknown man darted across the street and pounced upon macdonald Mac donnld giving him a terrible terr ible beating flop flopping him about like a flail during the progress of the case mr air dilley the counsel for forthe the defendant delayed the proceedings by superfluous twaddle being some what ardent in spirit and exceedingly limber in tongue from the way in which he brought in repeated repetitions it looked as if he lie imagined ined the memory of the court was defective macdonald was nned fined 10 and costa costs deseret |