Show CUNNINGHAM IF MJ HOlDUP VICTIM Ogden Representative of The Herald Struck Down on onWay onWay onWay Way Home x w MAY LOSE HIS RIGHT EYE MURDER PROBABLY PREVENTED BY WOMANS SCREAMS While White on his hi way war home early earl Sunday morning M lit F Cunningham Cunninghan the Ogden nt of the Salt Lake Herald was brutally assaulted by a lone tone hold holdup holdup holdup up and unmercifully beaten and choked The purpose of ff tho the assault was undoubted ed robbery and the robber used for a weapon a piece of hickory stick with which be he struck Mr Cunningham over oyer the right eye inflicting a terrible gash It is feared that he may lose the sight of ot the eye On His Road Home It wa was U shortly after latter 1 I in the morning that Cunningham had finished hl his bla newspaper work and was en route to his home borne 74 Hudson avenue As he I was Wall walking along Washington avenue I near Tnt street In front of or orthe the residence of Moroni Thomas he heard beard hearda bearda a step beh d him He turned to see s who was approaching and aDd was wab struck a vicious blow over the right eye c that felled him to the tim street The robber followed th the Mow blow 1110 by grasping Mr 11 Cunningham by b the throat threat so that he could not shout Cry Heard by Woman Mrs Thomas Thoma Th mu heard beard Mr Ir Cunninghams cry of pain when wlM n he was struck and andru rushed ru hd to the front door of or her Ker home where she saw the two men struggling She Immediately screamed and the robber rob robber robber ber fled As soon as the injured man could regain his feet he wont went to the Thomas residence re and a telephone mes message message sage sege was sent to the police for or medical aid ald Officers Of cers and Wardlaw were I detailed upon the case and were ac accompanied acc companied c by Dr W J Browning Brown lg the city physician Eye May Be Lost The injured man was removed to his nig home where an examination of or the wound was wag made by Dr Browning who found that an ugly contusion lon had been made over the right eye which required s several v rl stitches to clo close e He also suf sut suffered suffered severely from pains in the head hend Dr S U L 1 Brick an oculist made an ex ax examination of the eye but stated that It tt would be two or three days before be he could tell whether bether the ey could be saved or not Pick Handle the Weapon Yesterday afternoon the police visited the scene of the robbery robber and found a apiece apiece apiece piece of hickory pick handle with which the assault as a was committed There was nothing else found which would aid the officers In any way In locating the rob robber robber ber her Th The purpose O of the cowardly as assault assault assault sault was undoubtedly robbery but the highwayman was frightened away before he had bad an opportunity to secure any anything anything anything thing of value |