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Show MECRO NEARLY LOSES HIS HOSE AND LIP Henry Weaver, a Porter, Is Painfully Slashed by E. Josephs. Salt Lake, June 29. With his nose slashed half in two and his lip almost severed. Henry Weaver, a negro porter, por-ter, running between Salt lake City anil San Francisco, was led into the police station on Monday night, nearly dead from loss of blood. He accused E. Josephs, another negro, of trying to kill him. According to Weaver and A, Harris, a third negro, who was held as a witness, wit-ness, Josephs followed Weaver throughout through-out the Angelas rooming house, breathing threats against the life of Weaver. Weaver. Harris said, tried to keep away from Josephs, who suddenly sud-denly leaped upon him and, with a pocket-knife with a blade hardly three-quarters three-quarters of an Inch long, began slashing slash-ing right and left at Weaver. Before j Weaver could throw up his hand to guard himself his nose had been almost al-most cut from his face and his lip had been slit through. ' Weaver was placed in the emergen- ! ' hospital and Josephs ami Harris were locked up. |