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Show Dr. P. C. Wadswor.Ii Attempts j to Shoot, Alleged Seducer Li !j of Daughter. I "I. j 1 PREVENTED FROM DOING SO i BY THE CHIEF OF POLICE ji A. F. Finkell Has Exceedingly L Close Call at the Police j1 I Station. Enraged beyond endurance by tho ; sneering silonco of A. V. linkcll, whom ! lie belicvod had out raped his daughter , I .Dr. P. C. Wadsworth of Morgan City, n Utah, attempted to shoofc Finltcll in the jit I police station Friday afternoon. Chief ', 1 of Police Barlow snatched the revolver i; : j ouL of" tho hand of Dr. Wadsworth and )' a few moments later took a knifo awa' from the enraged and grief-stricken fall fa-ll ther and prevented him from attacking J ) Pinkoll as he was led away to a cell in P j flic city jail. The girl was located Fri-lt Fri-lt day night and left with her father for ' f Morgan City. l' i The attomptcd shooting was tho so- ; quel of a search for tho daughter, .17 51 years of age. whom the father bcliovcs I' ( lias been led astray; tho enraged feel- .) ' ings of the aged and heartbroken par- ! j ont, and tho fruitless search in this I city by C. E. Ilcxson, the girl's fiance, who for the last few days has been carrying car-rying a marriage license in his. pocket, ! while looking for his intciTdcd wife, j: ft who has disappeared. j " According to tho story told tho polico ' , by tho father of the girl, protty Jewel J "Wadsworth cazno to this city about two i .'1 months ago to visit her married sisters, i 2 !Mrs. Nora Fddington, residing at -113 j ' South West Temple street, wife of .T. ' , , Eddington, a brother of Deputy Sheriff j Dick Eddington. and Mr.s. Clarke. As . i far as the father or the sisters knew, the l.i giri was enjoying life. irfv. tho city, ij and on Wednesday accompanied C 13. i Uexson and obtniued a license to wed, Shorth' afterward she was met by Fin-kcll, Fin-kcll, whof according to 1 lesson, scorned i lo c.vert some powerful influence over ' Girl Disappears. H4) ' When the girl failed to put in an ap- HM pcarancc at the home of her sister the H", I rclaiives became alarmed and ITcxson H!' I reported the matter to tho police. Fin- H'j kell was located in the St. Cecilo hotel, -2?VA South State street, and tho girl j , was said to have been seen in his com- I i : 1 1 1 - just before ho entered the hotel. "Word was immcdiaicly sent to the fa j ther in Morgan City, and upon his ar- H'"' ' j rival in this citv Finkell was arrested ''' j in the St. Cccilc by Detectives Gold- Hf.ii ing and Wilson and taken to tho sta- (f Finkell was confronted by the father, : , (he sister, Iicr husband. Hcxson, Chief H"! of Police Barlow, Chief of Detectives H(i Sheets and tho detectives who made the ' arrest, ami was asked to tell the whore-abouts whore-abouts of the girl. Ifc sueeriugly re- '' fused lo do so. Tmmediately and before H,ir the polico could interfere, the sister i , sprang upon him and attempted to ' .scratch out his eyes. In an almost hys-tcrical hys-tcrical condition sho was assisted to a H.i. chair and Chief of Detectives Sheets again requested Finkell to tell of the H..!t whereabouts. Finkell smiled and re- H,' , mained silent. Chief Sheets then took li him before the desk sergeant for the ,1, purpose of booking him and placing H'i him in jail. Hr '' Piukcll's Close Call, j;' Dr. Wadsworth. trembling with sup- H''' pressed rage, followed Finkell to the H ''1' desk sergeant's room and was followed jjv in turn by Chief of Police Barlow, who Hi) was watching the father closely. When 'j the trio composed of the father, Chief Sheets and Finkell, reached the dosk ' sergeant's rconi, Dr. Wadsworth caught H( ' Finkell bv the throat, forced him against the wire cage of tho desk, and HJ ' in a voice almost inarticulate wilh rage Hh' 1 ftftd cricf gasped: l j o'Whero is my daughter, you cur. H , ' $50 me!" : At the same moment tho frenzied I ) Tiarent drew a revolver and was levcl- Hii! i nig it nt Finkell when it was torn from p his grasp by Chief of Polico Barlow, ; 1 who stepped into the room just behind f , I him. Dr. Wadsworth seemed to regain his composuro and slopped back. But when no one was looking ho drew from : his poclcct a Iong-bladcd pocket knife HriM , which was also taken from him before H? ';; he could attack Finkell, who was eager to be locked up. Finkell still refused to toll Uio 'i whorcabonts of the missing girl, but the Hl polico discovered clues to her wbcrc-H, wbcrc-H, abouts through the attorney employed by Finkell. t1J; Denials Aro Made. i . Friday night the girl was taken to tho station by tho nttorncj', and beforo the V oflicials, alic said that sho bad never i; hud an3'thing to do with Finkell, ex- :" j ccpt to request him to help her to oscapo I from Hexson, whom she said was bound l 1 to marrj- her. Finkell said that ho had H como to tho city from Spokane with i MiarIcs Icchp, a jeweler, and thai, both 1 I had run a photographer's establishment i on State street and on Main street, and l ,: t hat he wns at present in the employ of F. T. Harris, in tho advertising busi- r ' ness. with oflioes 428 D. F. Walker H1' building. Finkell was released upon $50 B ' hail. E. R. Willit,5, nrrcstcd on suspicion t ' ! of Joeing implicated in the disapponr- Hl'' t since of tho girl, also was released upon t bail. l ' ! Finkell's attorney broughtthc oppos- 'V J i"C factions together, and after a H; ( i lengthy conversation, in which cxplana- ,;w tions were made by bolh sides, Dr Wadsworth and all of the relatives left j thu police station. Dr. Wadsworth and ' ' j the daughter, Jewel, loft later, for their 'j i home in Morgan Cit. |