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Show GREEK SLASHES i PENJISONER DAD ACTOIl I-'IIOM HCOKIHM) VHUH HIS KAZOIt. Herotid Attempt of ."inllniit of In diifttrlnl AkviH Hkllris to Coiiinilt Murder In the Utah rciilteiitlnry Ounntfi nnd Others Ilcllre Uv' N Working Innl(y DimIkt, , tiregorlos 1'ologcorgls, tho Oreek charged with assaulting nnd attempting attemp-ting to murder lcon Q. Skllrls, last Katurday slsshel the throat of William Wil-liam Anderson, it follow prisoner In the county Jail at Bait Lako City, with n razor Tho wound, whlto serious, se-rious, will not prove fatal, It I ho lloved Andorson wa given emergency emer-gency treatment and later romutcd to tho county hospital. This Is tho second tlmo 1'ologcorgls has ns saultcd Anderson, rnd tho officers are tin lined to bcllovo that tho Greek is .'elgnltii; Insanity, probably ns n delenie In Iho Hkllrls case Bo far as the officers know Anderson has never spoken to l'ologoorgls. 1'ologcorgls was given n raior Saturday morning with which to shavo himself, Saturday bolng tho day when prisoners nro allowed to shavo. Boon after ho obtained tho raxor, Doputy Hhertff (Icorge Cleveland Cleve-land rushed out of tho offlco to tho cell room nnd sevcrnl other prison : era were holding l'ologoorgls, whllo the blood was spurting from Andu I ton's throat. I According to tho story ot tho prisoners tho Oreek rushed nt Anderson An-derson nnd attacked him without i provocation as Anderson had not spoken to him. Andorson was given Immcdlato aid by physicians, It I was found that tho windpipe had been savored by tho razor, but tho Jugular vein was not cut. It Is bo I lloved that tho wound will not prove fatal unless unforeseen compllca tlons develop. Tho cut wits about, four Inches In length. About a week ago I'ologorgts at- tacked Anderson with n spoon nnd Inflicted u email wound on tho lat tor's head. For this tho (ireek wasi temporarily pinceo in mo unnii ceil, but was later romoed back to thot tier Officers nro tinablo to no-, count for tho a reek's action unless ho Is prc'undlng to bo out ot his mind, l'ologoorgls was removed I from tho tier to n roll lu tho basement base-ment ot tho Jail. I'pon examination of tho raxor after af-ter It was taken from l'ologoorgls by other prisoners It was found that. a plcco had been broken off tho blade. It Is bellovod that this vtiii dono Miy tho bona In Andreson'n neck, which It probably caught nnd ' prevented tho cutting Of tho Jugular j vein I'ologeorgls was formerly In busl-1 ness at Bcoflold Ho Is regarded am, a "bad actor" by his countrymen i who know him best Hkllrls Is able now to go about bin business. |