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Show PQL06E0RGI HAS i HEARING AT INI i lli:iil Tt DIHTHHT COUltT IN TIIIIKi: TIIOL'HAM) UONDH. I Clmrjcnl With Attrtnpt to Mtmli-rl I: U. HkUrlj. Imluxtrlnl Ap-ril I Tor Kcrrrul Cftrixin County MIih-h i ArrumM Konnrrly In Mitrmi' tllo lluHlnr nt Hcoflclil. I nnKorlos rologcorgl, chnrged with nssnult with Intent to murder Itflonldns a. Bkllrls. Industrial ngnot for soviirnl Carbon county . coal companies and tho Denver nnd Itlo, Urondo nnd Wettern I'nclflc railroads, rail-roads, on April Gth, was bound aver to tlu district court at Halt l.ako City Inst Wednesday nt tho conclusion conclu-sion of his prollmlnnry lienrlnK be-fore be-fore Judgo ItoKcrs of th criminal division of tho city court In default de-fault of it bond of thre) hundred dollars sot by the court, I'oloneorgl wus remanded to tho custody of tho sheriff to nwnlt trial I'ologoorst Is accused of shootlnn nnd strloui-ly strloui-ly woundliiR Kkllrls, In opening tho case. Attorney Samuel A. Klui;, rep-resentliiK rep-resentliiK tho defendant, Intimated that tho defense would show that I'ologcorgt did not possess nor own the Kin with which tho shooting was done and likewise the gun was in reality drawn by Skllrls. Bkllrls was tho first witness to tako tho stand. Ho testified tlmt ho mot I'ologenrgl nt First Bouth und Main streets at Salt Iiko City, and thnt together they walked north on Main to hto Co-Op furniture store, in front of which tho shooting shoot-ing took place. i "While wo were stnndlng In front of tho furniture storo," wild Bkllrls, "I'ologeorjil, nftor talking for several sev-eral minutes, dollborately drew a! I gun nnd, holding It beneath u paiier' I was reading, fired no eshot. Tho i hot struck me In tho chost nnd I grappled with him. Then .ecoml shot was fired, but mined mo. Finally Fin-ally I succeeded In getting n firm hold on tho gun nnd held It until paisersby ami tho police arrested I'ologcorgl." On tho cross examination, Attorney Attor-ney King closely questioned Bkllrls regarding his past ncqualntanco nnd dealings with I'ologeorgl nnd completed tho cros examination with thl dlreet question "Are you positive that you did not draw tho gun yourself?" Bkllrls replied that ho was. Other witnesses called were B. It. Kimball, n real estato dealor. Dr. A. J. Murphy, Patrolmen ! I.con Mnyhuo nnd II I). Huntsman, B. I). Anthony, n city fireman, II. , W. Plokcrlng, u roportor, nnd J. F. . Squires. These wltnecses tostlflel as to hearing tho shots nnd witnessing witness-ing tho struggle between 3kllrls und hli asjnllant Tho patrolmen testified that nftor they arrested I'ologcorgl ho confessed to shooting Bkllrls nnd sdmlttod tho ownership I of tho gun. Skllrls is well known throughout Carbon county by reason of his connection con-nection with several coal companies) and tho Denver and Rio Orande 'railroad. He owns a big tract of land ud considerable water stock to tho south of Price. His assailant assail-ant was formerly In tho meroantllo business at Bco field. The latter Is classed by his countrymen coun-trymen m belonging to the bad element ele-ment of foreigners horesbous, |