Show A SAVAGE ASSAULT JAMES aw M smie emie attacks artac JOSIAH TAYLOR WITS WITH A KNIFE I 1 about eight on wednes P pay ay night a number of the citizens of harrisville Harri aville had assembled in the anoble schoolhouse at the south end of town to witness an exhibition of panoramic views james M shupe a young man from ogden in jn com corn pany with james dinsdale Di of harrisville ris ville went also to see the tio tic tion n shupe was under the influence pf af intoxicants when within a short distance of the schoolhouse they met josiah taylor a young man about 21 years of age and son of bishop P G taylor he is a quiet unassuming inoffensive person shupe spoke to him and wished to enter into conversation but bein boin being g in a hurry and observing that his interlocutor ter was intoxicated mr taylor or told him lie he did not wish to talk to him while white he was in that condition shupe then struck mr lor lon in the mouth the latter returned the blow and knocked his antagonist down he rose from the ground drew a large knife knie and commenced to strike stride taylor with the weapon in a fearful manner inflicting about ten stab wounds on him mr taylor was cut Ee verely on the right breast on the right and left aldea aidea of the face the tho night right shoulder and on the back mr taylor parried the blows as best he could but ineffectually As soon as he could he broke and ran towards the fence to escape death with which his antagonist had threatened hima him young dinsdale Dins daie dalo took no part in the melee bishop taylor was called as soon eoon as possible to the assistance but shupe broke and ran a short shori distance to the north of the school house where a number of teams were bit hitched ched ho he cut several of them loose and two of them ran away into the jence fence he also cut one horse in the nose the animal belonged to joseph A taylor and is valued at the equine bled profusely and it is doubtful whether it will recover shupe then ran about twenty rods south of the schoolhouse and threw throw away his hla knife but he was wag overtaken overpowered and arrested thursday morning ho he was brought to ogden and lodged in jail jallo the knife was found that morning it WM wag covered with blood the wounds of mr taylor though severe are not thought to be dan berous they were properly dressed and he ia as weil well today to day as could be ted under the circumstances the examination of the offender who was released under POO bonds will be held on saturday Pa morning Orning at ten before justice C CP P middleton ogden beralde herald friday jan jau 12 |