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Show 'Swordsman' Survives Duel &jx V ViVVWi THOMAS ELLIOTT. 7, HAS CHANCE FOR LIFE Physicians believe hit injuries will not prove fatal Rancher, 79, Who Slew Bandit, Recovering From Knife Wounds SANTA RDfi. Pal. Nov II (UP) Th condition of Thomas Elliott, 79-year-old rancher, who used a Chinese sword and a revolver re-volver to kill a neighbor, bent on robbery and armed with a butcher knife, continued to improve at the Sonoma county hospital today. Physicians said that unless there were unforseen developments develop-ments Ellidtt' would recover from serious laceration Inflicted by the neighbor-robber, James T. Jen-kins, Jen-kins, 67. hands while they faced each other, the one with th sword and the other with the knife. Jenkins put the hand in a pocket and continued the fight. Although badly wounded, Elliott El-liott eventually managed to reach a revolver and send three fatal bullets Into Jenkins. Jenkins, posing as a messenger delivering a telegram, got into the Elliott ranchnouse yesterday morning and then demanded all of Elliott's money. |