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Show LEFT VICTIM f 1 1 H iH TIE Ctj f ' 1 Murderous Assault v flighwaymea t Andrew Rohn Is Hold Upj ; Beaten and Robbed in ' f Daylight, j Lies for Hours Unconscious by-Boaa;' V sido With Broken Arm and : V Bleeding- Head. ! ) k Held up and robbed In broad daylight' I by two masked highwaymen, who. afiy1 p beating him into Insensibility, left hlrj" I ' maimed and unconscious by the roij. 3lde. Andrew Rohn of 837 North Third f "West street, lies in a pre .irlous coiidi"' 1 tion at tils home. - jgp! Rohn. who Is a Junk dealer, was o: l-J the way home from Bingham Junctl1 1 with a wagonload of the merchandb) In which he deals. When the robbers dragged their victim from his ua' the team ran away, and the man's ami 01 was broken in tho fall he sustained Then, when he remonstrated with 'lmfa rufllans, hn was beaten over the heHi and left for dead by the roadside WhIHe consciousness returned Rohn was ;oAmT numbed with the cold and so weak frocJCv the loss of blood that he could hardl-move, hardl-move, and it was only after numercci' !-G attempts that he was able to climb Into his wagon and drive on to Murray. ' rati Where It Occurred. i fcti The hold-up occurred at a polnl half' & way between Murray and Bingham) Junction about 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Rohn had been making a: f" trip up the canjon buying Junk, aai had stayed at a livery stable the night- $n before. About 12 oYlock he continued' P his Journey homeward, and had rchri a spot about two miles from Murray, iftf when lie noticed two men walking to-'. & ward him. They wore masks on thtir! faces, and when within a few feet of tt 3 In team commanded the diier to hold tjp'j re; his hands. bjk; Both Had Revolvers. Both highwaymen whipped out Iarj; revolvers as they gave the commasd, iJfce and there was nothing left for Rohn to'; do but obey. ITe told them thathehai1 rn only a small sum of money, but that he' would gladly give it to them If thtji would allow him to drno on With this t remark he was jerked from the wagoD.- e The actions of the men evidently fright-;, ened the team, for they started to roa.' ,r and Rohn's arm was caught in th;7 wheel and broken in two places. Finally the team was stopped by om- .! of the men. who still Insisted on search-' txi ing the junk dealer for what they sup- i posed would be a rich haul. Suffc-rtr.j j Q as lie was from the fractured arm 5$ Rohn was by this lime not in a vtry, good humor, and when he remonstrate! with them he was beaten oer the heid with their revolvers until he tas In-', ki sensible, and then left by the roadside Several ugly-looking wounds on the, a back of his head were exposed for i", reporter to examine as Rohn told h!i; Head a Mnss of Frozen Blood. a "I wish you could see the horsijl fe( blankets," he continued "The Wool' ei simply soaked them as I drove oa J&-; tejj ward Murray, and by the time I; reached there my head was a ma3 f$ f bloody Icicles. They only got about f as I had paid out all I had for Junk." sal At Murray temporary relief was fur-i rj nished by the town authorities, 't. u summoned a physician to dress ?Br" wounds. Without stopping to rcdujML the fractured arm. Rohn was hustlflBy! aboard a train for Salt Lake, the W4r-Bket shal remarking that, should It prove aSt county case, Salt Lake should care 'mft-him. 'mft-him. !I Tells a Pitiful Story. jit Sitting In a chair by a not too chter-lj ful fire, and continually moaning wavE the pain which his arm caused hlsMlfcv, Rohn told of the continued Ill-luck "Kmvt seems to follow the family. The huaiwejji t adobe cottage which a family of sevJ!: call home contains but two rooms. ..( r-is r-is cold and cheerless, and there Is abjo-: f lutely not one redeeming feature about; the whole place. There were two wo-i jMi and into these the father, mother ac-, jyt five children must needs sleep ea night. A small cook stove furnlsE".,, heat enough when It Is 20 above ku , but when the thermometer reaches or jj 10 below, it Is cold Indeed. ,? "It's Just like this," said the husbi gs and father. "I work hard and 1 donij. drink, but It takes all I can earn to is and clothe such a large family. I ""J n know what I will do now, but i rt afraid the county will have to neip gr, little." , ,J. 3i The wife looked up at this remirt, and attempted to remonstrate wltn j, but as she glanced around the rooma, saw the five children huddled in o-- bed. tears came to her eyes ana , . admitted that something would mne be done by the city or county ' tle3. Further questioning brought o the fact that one of the dausht1 just recovered from a severe atlacs . . Inflammatory rheumatism and u , other members of the family hae ,-111 ,-111 within the last six monrita. i No Clue to Highwaymen, ; fe There is absolutely no clue Jo tf highwaymen. They were traveling ,-the ,-the opposite direction from thai j r was going, coming from jow.ira , Lake. One of them was described . a short man and the other as fag ft tall, although neither one was dcn accurately by the man they assau He was evidently so surprised wit" whole transaction and so ben.urm.eat the cold and the Inhuman treatc j that he forgot to notice an,denUtr-K them that would lead to heir Idcju ' Sheriff Emery was notified aMj MF, o'clock, and word was also ""lkir?i County Physician an hour later a rm him to look after Rohns Injuric- -jHfc |