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Show LIQUOR BEHIND ATTACK AT SEA Coast Man Is Held Under $5,000 Bond for Assault on Playwright BALTIMORE. Md., June 3. Counsel Coun-sel for George BroadhurSt, New York playwright and theatrical producer, who Friday caused the arrest of John B Symon. wealthy business man. of San Francisco on a charge of assault on high seas aboard the steamship Columbia, filed suit in the superioi court todav against him for 150,000 Neither Syttion nor his counsel would discuss the' case. The attorney, however how-ever said symon would remain within oas? Slstance Of Baltimore to respond a, once to any call reQulring his presence pres-ence here. BALTIMORE. -Md . Juno 3 --John r.uiness Svmon member of the wrecking firm of Symon y-r'hrr.-San Francisco, was held under $500 bond by United States Commissioner .T I-r ink Supples. Jr . Frlda for 0 -saultlng George Broadhurst, playwright play-wright and manager of the Hroart-hurst Hroart-hurst theatre. New York, on the high sea Svmon was arrested by department depart-ment of' justice agenls, who had been notified by wireless of the attack, when the steamship Columbia from Sfin Francisco docked at this port After conference with United States District Attorney Robert R Carman, Mr. Broadhurst placed the charg. against Symon and the formal for-mal arrest was made. At the hearing Mr Broadhurst described de-scribed an attack upon him in his stateroom on the night of May 86, that Commissioner Supples afterwards after-wards characterised as a "practically murderous assault." Shortly after 11 o'clock on the night of the attack, Mr. Broadhurst testified, he retired Because of the disturbance in the adjoining cabin, ho went into the hallway. He advised ad-vised occupants of the room, saying: "Boys, you've had a nice long party and now I suggest that you go to bed and give somebody else a chance " Returning to his abln, Mr. Broadhurst Broad-hurst said, he climbed into a berth and lav there for five or ten minutes min-utes Suddenly a man w hom he recognized rec-ognized as Symori: stripped of clothing, cloth-ing, rushed Into his cabin, grabbed him and hurled him to the floor, hid head striking against a trunk. He said Symon hit him several blows in the face and kicked him In the groin. Ho then lapsed Into a semiconscious condition. He Is still under a doc-torsc doc-torsc Bauieo ! Lis! rH Am |