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Show CBiSCIOOS' WITH Operation, lor Which Father Refuses'1 to-Pay, May Be 1 ' Performed. ' Suffering excruciating pain froiri a revolver re-volver bullet in . his bratn.; Charles Nelson, Nel-son, who attempted suicide c'rlday afternoon after-noon to escnpe arrest by Hhorift George T, .Tudd of Utah county on a charge of assault with Intent to kill, was conscious at. times yesterday. Dr. ,11. J5. SpraRue visited Nelson frequently at SI. Mark's hospital- and held a consultation with other ( physicians " as to the ndvlsablllly of an' operation for the removal' of - the bullet. The " question of cxpjjuso connected wllh an operation of -so grave a nature became an item for consideration. Man-(.'us Man-(.'us Nelson, tho Pleasant Grove farmer wjio.ls the father of the wounded man. expressed 'disbelief "that an operation could l)o of any posslblo benefit. "They aslc mo to guarantee the cost of the operation,' but will the doctors guarantee a cure?" said Jlr. Nelson. "I consider that It Is a caso for the nttcn-Uun nttcn-Uun of Utah county.- If my son had been disarmed Immediately, as soon as he wan arreslr.d, ho could. not have shot himself, and therefore tlio county whose officers arrested him Is responsible until he Is well or dead. I might pay for the operation and bo sorry afterward that he had been saved alive. If his mind proved to he affected. This la a hard matter to tulle about, but I do not know what to do, other than leave the question ques-tion to the officials concerned and to iny son if he Is sufficiently conscious at any tlmo to express his wishes in tho matter." mat-ter." Jn the meantime. Nelson Is being carefully care-fully cared for and an operation will bn undertaken If in the judgment of thu physicians It should bo the wlsost move. Everything considered, his condition was regarded favorably yesterday. An X-ray picture showed -that the bullet haft passed across from the right, temple through tho brain to tho left sldo of the head and from there had been deflected bv the skull into the back or the brain, where It Is lodged. Another picture was tiltcn lasL night to llnd more exactly tho position of the bullet" iu case iin op-er-ition should become necessary. Should tho patient not develop meningitis sym-toms sym-toms there Is a Imro chance for his recovery. re-covery. In the opinion of the physicians. |