SHEBOYGAN PRESS September 6, 1917 CLAIMS $3,000 FOR BEING REFERRED TO AS A "GERMAN SPY" Miss Regina FERGUSON of Mitchell has sued Miss Ella BURKE for $6,000 damages for alleged slanderous utterances, the complaint having been filed this morning in the office of Clerk of Court E. J. COUCH by Attorney H. J. ROONEY of Plymouth, representing the complainant. The complaint sets forth that on June 24 by the church at Mitchell Miss FERGUSON was talking to Bessie GAHAGAN and Mamie GIBBONS when Miss BURKE said: "Bessie, come away from that German spy." The complaint says Miss FERGUSON is a natural born American and that she has always been loyal and law abiding and that the statement was made to disparage her and make it appear that she was treasonable and disloyal. On this charge Miss FERGUSON demands $3,000 and also asks a similar amount for the following remark she asserts Miss BURKE made while they were standing on the church grounds of St. Michaels congregation: "We know what the FERGUSON's are. You are nobody. You are not decent. What did you go to Milwaukee for?" It is asserted by Miss FERGUSON that the second alleged remark was made to bring scandal and disgrace on her, that it applied to her family and herself, that it was spoken with the aim of having her regarded as guilty of unchaste conduct and having gone to Milwaukee for some unlawful and criminal purpose.