| Show CITIZEN SlUGGED AND ND LEfT TO DIES DIE DIESL i L Traveling Freight Agent for I Northwestern SI S ck ok Down I f By Highwayman I tI r tt t HAS SEVERE SCALP WOUND I Holdup Occurred Ight fill Man luIL Spent nil all of or III In 1 i Con oll duus V M I i r lying fri Iti his hrs room In a 11 at s t if 1 ft condition for or 20 hours II W V 1 reIgh a agent nt for forthe or orthe f I A t I the Chicago A Northwestern here me rno mechanically mechanIcally made hU hb hi way WU to the ollice of ot the Iho railroad company com pan this thin morning to 10 tor r report leport for tor work workS As tn S ho entered the office he ho presented if ij I horrible condition Ills overcoat I k i Y t and vest were naked with dry f blood his hat Ut WilY VII smashed und Lind his lih hl rye r and loft left ear wore were blacked Above k the tile ear was WIlS a wound crusted with I I blood bibo I I General rent gent C A Walker prompt promptly ly Iy went vent to his hl hi assistance and anil took ook him I I to a l seat ei t On Oa removing Mr r 4 j hat Mr Ir Walker observed 1 a scaly 8 alp alpi al alI I i t wound on un the top of ot 1 his hla head heal that thit ex u extended ui i tended tendel from the tho crown well over to J 1 f the forehead L On questioning Mr Egerton all alt he herot hei i got rot was Willi a tare stare and ud a 11 few ew j sentences to the effect effet ert t that he ho I i had ban been glutted last lust night by n a 1 couple 4 1 of ot holdups hold ups t I i ROBBED OP OF m 33 t r however proves pro that 1 Mr Ir Edgerton waR wall struck down donn at tho the a l i entrance to the alley call of ot the board boull I i of ot Trade building on Monday night at S t 1030 antI And had been robbed at of 35 3 The Tho I A thug did not complete his hili work mid nd I J 4 overlooked a pocketbook I containing h I annual on railroad papers and anda ant anta k 1 a bunch hunch of ot ko u y Mr with great effort stilted L r to the News this mornIng that he lie 1 was lit It by two men nion and then two I more men camo came and took him to 10 his h room ii i h WHAT WHAl POLICE SAY ni t t The police poll co tell a different story They The TheMY I if I nay MY that a young man a IV l i 1 ii t lying on the tho sidewalk with a 11 tuft tall man 4 k L over oer him lIe He ran across to tone toye ye ne what was AN the matter when the tall fellow took to his hi heels He Ii asked Mr Ir IrI f Edgerton I what was the tho matter when I i the Ole latter eald ald For Clods Goda sake sika dont j L h r hit me again take talle my money mane and arid let lete e i ma Inc be At this thin tho the young oung fellow be became b 4 e t came frightened and und not wishing wish In to 10 toI I i be mixed mbel up In the case caso ho hj h wont went to tho the thoI I I j j nearest telephone anti and called up the po I h lice When the Ule polka police arrived on tho the c i 4 j I ceno Mr r Edgerton was wac nowhere to ha ho i teen L I h The theory Is that he lie mechanically t 1 i I walked to his room Nom just Juit half halt a block distant without assistance I t Mr r Edgerton rooms room at 18 Shaw ter ler terrace I r race where until a wok week ago he shared I a room with Mr Ir traveling 4 4 t F V V agent for tor the Northwestern who cho was I 4 V transferred to Bolio Dohe some somo days ago ajo 4 i S sronI I f ri In Iii explaining how It was possible for tor forn V I n it 1 sorely wounded man to Ho lie In n the tho theS S V 4 house for tor or 36 38 hours hour without anyone anyo I knowing It the landlady this title morning morn In 1 VJ 1 P made tho the following statement Mr lr Ir I V 1 V ij 1 lilted the room and I hail had I nothing to do with Mr Ed Eti r d 1 V genoa who since he has hue been leen V L t hero hoe has spent most of ot the time 1 V out flit t or of rl town to n I ld not know him him neith I or rr r did I J know any of at his ht friends I S t left the front door unlocked for tor him on 1 L Monday londay and heard him go nUg V i V V I and lint stumbling upstairs up I Ir it i r i thought under tinder the tim circumstances that S V I lie io had hm been out fit with Homo lomo jolly joll corn com cornI t I t I although 1 I had luul hover nOer seen sen him t i i V l the worie orse for Ol liquor eo so I let him him be he heI I V V t i Yesterday afternoon I knocked 1 at n t his ht hl St kl 1 V door hut but could Ret git g t nothing from him himS S j V l V V V V J but Incoherent talk Towards evening S t V js 1 r 1 I knocked again rind and he told me rae ho hl heS V S 4 I V did not want his hIli hii room touched touchet I 1 did III t V V VV J Vi not like to report the tho to 10 Mr I Ic 5 9 c Walker of or the tho Chicago Northwest t Ii S cm rn because c really I believed that Mr r 5 2 l pt VV Edgerton was sleeping ort oft a n drunk arid and i V lie he would not thank mo me for tor reporting V 5 V T SOT NOT NO A l INO MAN MANAll MANS AX AXAll S S All Mr r friends that I si f liu 1111 lU IB is not u a drinking man In un Dr W V l U J I V i V j limes Hines who said eniti goodbye to Mr Ir Edgar dHar l I i ton at 1030 p I m III live minutes before I A he ho was wan slugged stilt that hat IIII when n the I V 5 man mair left lett the tho corner of ot Main I V I V arid and Second South Houth to tu walk the two V V f blocks to his loom he lIas ia perfectly V l rober fober ii I I V Detective who Interviewed S S I or III at It least tried to Mr lr Edgerton thin Ihl i V morning Is of lit if the th opinion that the un on unfortunate unfortunate Sc V fortunate man wu hit from trum behind nn ani l I V V that he never saw AJL II the tho thug who struck ruck lit V him hint down lown From tint Ihl nature of ot the I wounds everything Ir to 10 this theo theu theory V fl ry t 1 1 VS V BLOOD ST AIN D flOOM V 5 J I T I how he ho ever reached his hii room Is a I iV V i 0 ef V i mystery ThIs Thin morning It looked like a u af aF f 1 The rhe and bedding I V V 5 i I were and nih the where he III heV heI V I his liln head against the tho wail are arc areV V I S I k with blood The alto also 1 i I l 4 mute testimony to 10 his f f I 1 V V L AH As Mr Ir l was wils to have left lert yesterday be he was wan not at atthe ati I V i I V i J V tile the onlee and he lie might have died in hh k V V V without any nn hini available AH As it WaR It wits was his bi hat hatI I that saved him This Thit Is 18 covered with I I V and In III broken In two place Ilare on Oil t p II 1 I the thc brim at the back on Oil the sIde V of ot th the crown tV V 1 The Tho lone lotte thug who was S 1 1 I S fled with Ith tour four our other slugging affairs I t l within an nn hour In the Itne vicinity nil Is i iV l r V to bf he h responsible r poll for tor the tire bru bin I i V tal ml Mr r Is i new under i i the tho cart can of a doctor hut but t III still dazed dazel S I n 1 complains of ot the lie cold cohil nM anil paine in III inV t Ids head hoad I It I I V I |
