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Show SCHOOL CHIEF WOUNDS JANITOR LIMON. Colo.. May 10 W. R.j Matthew; superlnt ihdsnt of schools here, Thursday shot and dangerously' wounded Georfcc Hazlctt, Janitor of, the Llmon High school The shooting took placo In the manual tralnintc room in the basement of the school building. The men are alleged to have quarreled when Matthews accused Hazlctt of taking part In a demonstration demonstra-tion Tuesday night during which the' superintendent was struck by eggs thrown by men and boys concealed I near his home I STRUCK TWICE i nazifii as rusneu 10 nospuai ai Hugo. Colo immediately after tho i s-hootlng and his eondtlon Is pronounced pro-nounced critical Matthews ran to his i home where he was arrested by dep-I dep-I uty sheriffs and taken to the county jail at Hugo. Hazlett derlared at the hospital that Matthew! entered the room where he I was working and accused him of tak-i tak-i Ing part In the "egg" incident. A quarrel started and Matthews, accord-Ins accord-Ins to Hazlett, fired five shots, two taking effect. i One of the bullets entered Hazlett's 1 abdomen and the second struck him lin the forearm. WOMAN FRIGHTENED Matthews refused to make any statement regarding the affair. Miss Chrlstihe Bowling, fifth grade teacher, was in an adjoining room j When the quarrel started but locked herself In when she heard shbte fired She was unable to relate any details of the quarrel. Xo other persons were In the building. |