| Show Baffles for His Li Life t in hi Apartment House E. E C. C E Engelhardt gelhardt Tells Police of Alleged Attack AttackS S by Henry Thompson and Desperate Struggle That Follows E. E C. C Engelhardt 50 fought I Ifor for twenty minutes shortly before before before be be- fore 5 S o'clock this morning to save his life from the attacks of Harry Thompson whom Engelhardt Engel Engel- hardt accuses of having broken into his room for the express purpose of I murdering him him Thompson escaped and detect detectives ves I are searching for him A complaint charging burglary has been issued Engelhardt be believes feves the man is wounded he having fired three shots at him S According to Engelhardt his apartments apartments apart apart- ments have been burglarized three times in the past month He suspected suspected suspected sus sus- Thompson he lie said and had made complaint about him This he believes came to the ears of the man who he says came to his apartment this morning determined to silence all evidence against him Battles for Life Entrance was gained through a aback aback back door of the Gibbons apartments a hole being cut through tie the screen and the lock jimmied Engelhardt was in bed when the thedoor thedoor thedoor door of his room was opened He sprang up and switched on the light According to the story he told the police police po po- po lice Thompson was coming for him Engelhardt seized his revolver just as Thompson seized him The men for many minutes Thompsons Thompson's hands clutched Engelhardt's throat t tin in an effort to choke him to death it is alleged Engelhardt fired once while the they S were struggling in the room the bulet bullet bul bu let piercing the ceiling The struggle struggle gle le carried them to the door and into the hall There Thera Engelhardt fired fireda a second time The third shot was fired in the closet of Engelhardt's room whither further struggling carried car car- ried ned the two men In the closet Thompson is alleged to have got a strangle hold on Engelhardt Engelhardt En En- gelhardt and there to have wrenched the revolver from him By this time the whole apartment house vas house Vas awake and Thompson fled Detectives Scour Scour- City Detectives Woodard and Egbert were soon on the scene and the search for Thompson was started Thompson is about 30 years old and roomed at atthe atthe the thC Worth hotel The Ogden police have been notified and are searching also I feel sure said Engelhardt that Thompson came in this morning purposely purposely purposely pur pur- to murder me I knew it was Thompson the minute the light was turned on and also I knew that I had hada a fight on my hands If I hadn't got gothold gothold gothold hold of my revolver I believe he would have got me He knew that I suspected him of being the man who had burglarized my apartments before and that I had evidence against him Mm He came came to stifle the evidence |
