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Show o Knifing Victim Hitch-Hikes On After Treatment James Hammond, 22, victim of a knifing scrape at a farm here Friday Fri-day night, early this week had left American Fork via the "hitch-hike" route, after receiving treatment for his wounds at the Community hospital. hos-pital. Hammond, a transient farm worker work-er from Tucson, Arizona, suffered three cuts on the back in a scuffle with another transient, on the farm of Mike Varanakis, where they were working. Hammond told the local officers that the two had been drinking drink-ing before retiring for the night. Hammond said he knew his attacker at-tacker only by a nickname. Officers were unsuccessful in their search for him. The wounded man was brought to the hospital at 1 a. m. Saturday, where his wounds, believed superficial, super-ficial, were treated, and he was released. re-leased. Night Marshal- Albert Birk placed him in the city jail. In the morning he was found to have suffered suf-fered a. hemmorrhage, and was returned re-turned to the hospital. |