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Dresser MannCritically CutofIn Knife ScrapA 35-year-old Dresser man was gravely wounded in a knife cutting H scrap outside a Dresser tavern d about 9 o’clock Saturday night. ir Authorities identified him as Wil- ii liam E. Kelly who is self employed vi as a roof and guttering repairman, n Late Saturday night attendants j at St. Anthony Hospital, where he a was taken in a Bedino ambulance, s reported the man “was in critical' h condition and under oxygen.Ambulance attendants reported the victim of the attack “lost quite a bit of blood. They said it appeared he suffered a large triangular cut along the neck, about a four inch cut below the breast ont*the right side and another cut on the left side below the ribs.vaaa.JicCity, county and state law enforcement officers were pressed into a search for his assailantf(11identified as Tom Cooper also of f Dresser. He turned himself in to ! * Constable Bob McAllister about anhour after the scrap.The cutting took place on a road to the south of the Hack Brownlt;kIITavern in Dresser. Elmer Brown, the tavern proprietor said a man ran into his tavern and said a “guy got his throat cut!” He was unable to give any details.Cooper was arrested and ordered held pending further investigation of the cutting.A witness to the incident said 3f! Cooper’s weapon was a pocket j knife with a two-inch blade.lt;1IiAlso investigating the cutting were Deputy Sheriffs Raymond Foltz and A1 Englert, City Detective Charles Koll and State Troopers Robert Skitt and Ned Woodard.i
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Terre Haute Tribune Star
Terre Haute, Indiana, US
Sun, Jul 14, 1957
Page 10
Full Page
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