telegraph operator attacked by negro GRANGER wyo alvera 18 night telegraph operator at the union pacific depot in granger is in a critical condition at the wyoming general hospital as the result of e attack jn a trailer house near her granger home early tuesday morning sherman lee 48 colored who s described as an over six foot pound giant was her assailant according Aco to sheriff mike maher miss Oberre niter who shares a house with edythe Hirsch bumer burner also a heleg telegraph raph operator in granger returned home shortly after r midnight monday she then went to a coal shed which is located about 80 feet in the rear of the house to secure a bucket of coal lee conning coming from another direction seized her there and dragged her to a nearby trailer house kicking in the door he pulled her inside and attacked her with a knife I 1 the young woman was stabbed in the throat and her hands were wem badly out when she managed to get the knife away from lee he then hit her in the face with a board and seized her by the throat she broke his grip and ran out of the trailer to her home miss Hirsch burner seeing the girls condition ran to the depo and told the story to the dispatcher on duty who notified county sheriff mike make maher A mr cossey a section foreman in the depot at the time accompanied by miss Hirsch bumer burner drove miss to the rock springs hospital sheriff maher dunning and alvin anderson granger deputy sheriff investigated the scene of the attack they stated that the trailer house was a shambles after the struggle the knife used in the attack was found at day light by the investigating officers the county officers located L lee e e in his bunk in a railroad outfit cae cac his clothes were covered with blood but he made no effort to resist when taken into custody miss Ober renters condition Is s uch that it has been impossible im p ossi b le to question her regarding the attack the attending physician would make no statement when queried the me altac victims mother lives in in davenport iowa