Show TELEGRAPH OPERATOR OPERA TOR BADLY Y WO WOUNDED B BY Y UNKNOWN WN ENEMY West st Point Point N N. Y 1 i Jul 20 Des 20 20 Des Desperately wounded though he hp was by bythe bythe the bullet of oC an undetected assailant Night Operator A. A IF I. I Short with heroic composure turned turnEd to his in- in In tile the West cst Shore railway station staton hero here at 1 a. a m. m today tolay and telegraphed word worl of what had occurred occurred oc oc- oc- oc to the tho operator at Highland Falls The he latter JaBer summoned Dr Fals and also alo notified th the railroad railroad rail rail- rai- rai road Banchard detectives tit itt It was waR Shorts Short's first frt night at ot th thI the the- I West esl I Point station Six months ago nGo agoan agoan an nn operator was murderously assaulted assault I and anal since then th the office ed l on duty 11 has been bEen considered h hoodooed Short was l laying on the table on which th the lie telegraph instruments arts aro when a shot idiot was tIred fired fred through the window opening on the rhe railroad track The bullet bulet entered nt re c his head In front of ot tho the rl right ht ear eat and ond passed posed down into his neck V The Tlc wounded operator now lies les In Inthe inthe the tho west Point hospital In a precarIous precarious pre pro carious canons condition There Th re is no clu clue clui to the tho Ilont Identity of the ono who uvo did Ull the shooting The bullet bulet If IC It I came cam front from acro across the Ito Hudson river was ms fired Jred from a rifle must have ha e been aimed ed b by me means ns of oC a n telescope sight This could have ha been en feen done In tho the dark I on account of the lie bright light in th the tha station window I |