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1KNIFE VICTIMIN HOSPITAFTERLee George Is Saidto Be in Bad Con.Mi.ditionMr►Bulletin.I^ee George, stabbed Thursday night ?y Clarence WU-trout, took a sudden change for the worse just before noon today and his condition, according to lr. W. S. Norton, was critical.Liirie Barker, alleged to have been with Wilt rout at the time of the fight, was arrested shortly after noon to-day by police on a chargeassault With intent tn Infbodily injury. Chief Tavlor said they were h iding thewoman as a material witness.Leeirryarewith a pocket knife, is in Her-shey hospital in a serious condition. and Clarence VViltrout is held in the city jail, as ths out-^ — Ml a _described bypolice as a drunken brawl Thurs-jwn I da-V night.Anj Reports of the altercation as this ! volunteered by Wtltrout and ling: George differ materially as toin a | facts, and police are uncertainefstartedCalled.First reports of the affair cams to C. H. Pitchforth, county auditor, as the affray tools place in the front yard of ths George homeon First avenue, outside the city limits. Because of the absence of Sheriff Fred Nesper and hia deputies, who w'ere still engaged in dismantling the illicit distillery discovered in the county Thuri-Taylor, chief of policewas nuwned to accompany thaHoffman ambulance to the scene.Wiltrout bad disappeared before the arrival of the ambulance, but w'aa arrested this morning by Of-j ficers Tobias and Tewksbury ata river hangout known as Ftsh-ville.sks Condition Serious.George was taken to Hersheyhospital where Dr. L. C. Howe andDr. W. S. Norton, county physician attended him. According to Dr. Norton, George was stabbed three times, once in the left arm.once in the left breast, just be«for 1 low the heart **** a thlrd tlln€t0_ | the abdomen. This last woundbecause of its depth and the con-hersequent bleeding was said to bej I the most serious.e e n Both Wiltrout and George are p^r. well known to policethe
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Muscatine Journal
Muscatine, Iowa, US
Fri, Oct 10, 1930
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