Deseret Evening News | 1897-12-11 | Page 15 | Brutally Assaulted

Brutally Assaulted Butte Miner August Johnson fore mllll ot the Parent yoncentrator was brutally assaulted and probably fatally fatal-ly Injured In South finite last evening as he was on life way home from work unit Ills XcIsOn and Martin Herrcson mho have been uslllcly elllHled l ns his assailants are under arrest on n charge of Assault lit the first degree lihich will very likely be changed ill murder within the next tnehtifouf hours Johnson wan boaters over tile head In tile most cowardly and brutal manner imaginable with some heavy Instrument leoumnl use Iron coup ling pIn and his kllll urn Pi badly fractured that portions of the shattered portions of It had to be removed to relieve the pressure on the brain At an early hour this morning he was reported ns being In nn extreme critical condition and the attending Physicians had very slight hopes of his recovery If In fact they entertained tiny hope at all that he would pull through