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Show STABBED IN THE DARK Attempt to Kill an Aged Man for the Purpose of Robbery. Guests at Ford's hotel were aroused at an early hour this morning by shouts coming from the corral which adjoins the hotel on the west. An investigation investiga-tion showed1 that Joseph Pappino, 50 years old, who conducts a traveling menagerie, had been stabbed in the right hand. He. declared that a mulatto mulat-to named Lynch stabbed him in an effort ef-fort to kill hiiii for the purpose of robbery. rob-bery. Pappino was asleep in his wagon and the knife struck his hand instead of his head. The hand was completely pierced. He refused to go to the police station but went to bed in a lodging-house. Polirc Sergt. Roberts arrested James Lynch a little later and locked him up. Lynch denied knowledge of the affair. |