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Show WOUNDED JAPANESE DIES AT HOSPITAL Salt Lake, Sept. H. K. Akimoto, the Japanese gambler, who was 6hot and mortally wounded by K. Noghama, August 2S. Immediately east of the temple grounds, died at St, Mark's hospital shortly before 12 o'clock last night. Noghama, whose right nam is Monohama, Is still at Iarce. Thy dispute which resulted In the shooting shoot-ing is said to have arisen over a game of cards. According to the story told by Akimoto Aki-moto phortly after he was wounded, In the presence of several patrolmen in the emergency hospital. Noghamn had inveigled him Into several gan'es of varied kinds of cabling, in whkb he had Invariably been aggressor. This resulted in a dispute. Akimoto was invited to accompany Noghami to North Temple and Main street, where the latter claimed that he hai an abundance of money cached. At a point opposite the oast gate to the temple. Noghama drew a re-" volver and opened fire One bull-'t entered Akimoto's abdomen. cauflD? the ftaal wound. A second penetrated penetrat-ed his right leg above the knee, a third penetrated the right arm abov the elbow, while the fourth cut the fingers from his left hand. Noghama made his escape by way of the canyon can-yon road. |