Show I wjlt Sue Ui Daughters Betrayer i LONDON August tMr Francis the gentleman who yesterday flogged Mr Pearce I of the ship building firm of John Elder I Brothers for the alleged betrayal of the I formers daughter today instituted a criminal crim-inal action against Pearce Yesterday the latter explained the difficulties to a reporter I of the Pall Mall Gazette by saying that it was a case of blackmail of a peculiarly bad kind For this statement Francis brings the suit He says he thought Pearce had done his a wrong sufficiently cruel in betraying betray-ing his daughter under the guise of friendship without adding the insult of describing I scribing the family as blackmailers Pearce is a rich Conservative and had been selected by the Tories to stand as their candidate for Glasgow in the coming election Mr Francis I Fran-cis is a gentleman of respectable standing society and is a member of the government I civil service being an inspector of custom |