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Show DYING PROM ! IN Son of Sen. McCormick Re fuses to Prosecute Wife for Insane Deed. San Francisco Jan. 5. Joseph McCormick, Mc-Cormick, son of former. Stato Senator William McCormick of Iowa, who was stabbed in the thigh by his wife last month and has been confined to the hospital ever since, was operated op-erated upon today and the lower part of the wounded leg removed, as gan- I grene had set in Ho is very low tonight to-night aud it is feared he will not recover. re-cover. Since he was discovered at his home last month weak Mom the loss of Ucod and nearly starved to doath, McCormick has refused to allow the prosecution of his w.fe for the attacK upon him, which haa never been explained. ex-plained. His wife, who, it was discovered dis-covered at the time of the stabbing, was the demented daughter of J. M. I-,ng, a millionaire manufacturer of this city, is now In the insane asylum, haWng been sent there at her father's request. He declared that she had liever regained her reason after a kick on the head, received during a polo game at Denver two years ago, since which time time sne had been missing miss-ing from home. to the time of her arrest, folowlng the assault upon McCormick. Long dil not know what had become of his daughter, or even that she had married McCormick, who was employed as a r.-a.'tor ;iere. McCormlck's mother, Mrs. Martin McCormick, of Ottuniwa, la., who is a daughter of the late State Senator James Gray of Kentucky, is with her son. She declares that she will prosecute the wife despite her son's refusal to countenance such pro- j ceedlngs. |