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Show Mysterious Harder. Washington, 14. A very extraordinary extraor-dinary attempt at murder was made here last evening. The parties are Gen. Sutton and one Ross. Sutton and Ross were about to open a large billiard room. According to Sutton'a anti-morlem statement, Rosa oame to mm yesieruay aiiernoon anu took him to the fourth story of th building build-ing they were lo occupy to consult with him about some improvements. While there Ross attacked him with a heavy hammer, and a sharp instrument. in-strument. After that everything was a blank to Sutton for two houra. He revived, crawled down two pair of stairs to where there were workman, who saw that he was covered with blood and nearly dead. The police surgeons and tbe district attorney were summoned. The physicians said that Sutton must die. In his statement he said that Ross was hia murderer. Ross was found in his room at the Metropolitan hotel next to the scene of tho minder. He waa changing his clothes. A bloody handkerchief was found in hia room and bis hand was cut. Ross was brought to the dying man and declared de-clared that the anti-ruortem statement state-ment was a lie, and that he had not een Sutton that day. Ross begged Sutton not to go to eternity with a lie on hia lips. The affair is very mysterious. Both Sutton and Rosa are widely known. |