IS IMPROVINGPolice Cease Investigations In Connaughton Case To Await FactsConnaughton. will recoTer, say \ physicians at Mercy hospital who i mre attending- Paul Connaughton, SO,; of 005 Maple avenue, who Is in• Mercy hospital suffering the effects i of 42 knife wounds, a fractured left 1 leg as a result of being shot Just j below the knee and a slight fracture4 oE the skull from being slugged by. j lie butt of a revolver early Monday I ) morning.lt; Connaughton told police he was 1 -waylaid by three men, beaten up and • .1 left on the roadside- Dr. C. B~ Hull I attended him shortly after S a. m,; Connaughton was admitted to Mercy T hospital at 11 a. m. eight hours Inter*, The police will likely close invest I -j gation until they get n more plaosi-; bln story of the assault.Sheriff lAither Epperson so far has : been prevented by weight of 'other : duties from 'nvestlgating the Con-* naught on assault. He plans to do do so within a few days.