Show OF A BRUTAL NATURE GED uintah FARMER ATTACKED BY THREE MEN t stunned while driving his rig robbed and left unconscious or the road from fridays standard what Is relieved to have been a most brutal attack on an aged man and a highway robbery of more than the average has come to light during the investigation into the injuries received by tim oneill a fruit farmer of who was picked up in an unconscious condition in front of the residence of philip garner of birch creek by francis garner a brother of the former oneill wag found by the young man lying unconscious along the side of the road with his heal and body showing every evidence of having been injured he was taken into the house of francis garner where his injuries were dressed and he was restored to consciousness to the garners the aged man gave a detailed account of an assault that was made upon him by three men he said that as he was driving along the road on his way homeward he heard a buggy rapidly approaching and thought nothing of it then he heard someone climb into the rear of the rig which he was driving and before he could move hf was struck a stunning blow across the head which caused him to fall from the seat of the rig in which he was riding to the ground after that he knew nothing further until ho ame to in the garser home mr oneill states that he had several dollars in his pocket which were missing after the assault which makes him be aeve that be had been spotted for rob ibery francis garner alio discovered the wounded man says that he remembers seeing a rig with three men in it which passed him on its way to the city he was on his way home from work yesterday morning mr oneill waa brought to this city for treatment and Is being taken care of at the home of friends sheriff bailey and the local police department were notified of the outrage late yesterday afternoon almost twenty four hours after it occurred which places them at a disadvantage in securing the criminals |