Salt Lake Telegram | 1922-03-31 | Page 27 | [Illegible] Balks at Own Death

U THE fHE ASSASSIN BALKS 1 I AT OWN P DEATH Judge Gives Portuguese Chance to Prove e Nerve LISBON March 31 31 About About twenty soldiers sailors and civilians have been Imprisoned on charges charses of of being connected with with he the assassination of leading government officials last Oc Oc- tober The The investigation of ot the crimes continues but tho the identity of ot the superior superior superior supe supe- officers who are supposed to have hayo ordered the tho assassinations or at least to have permitted them have not been discovered Golden Tooth one of the tho sailors Implicated has taken to making scenes in t cots when when he is called to bo be ques ques- He Helias has as repeatedly declared that if he ho had a weapon he would kill him him- self To test his courage the judge judge- arranged that an unloaded revolver should be placed on a table near where he sat in the courtroom and when ho he homade homade made the usual threat the Judge said Well Velt do so 80 there thero Is a pistol near Golden Tooth hesitated and then took up the weapon pointed it against his temple and laid It on the table sayIng saying say- say ing that ho he thought better of it He lie threatened that he would Kill Cunha Leal then premier when he I. I was freed I