Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1904-10-11
MYSTERIOUS Man Trieste Cut High
School Girls Throat
With a Razor
TERMINATES COMPLETE ESCAPE.
n,,d Committed on Main Street Ia
Broad Day Light bat no Oue
Seemed to See IT,
VICTIM IS MISS MARY BURTON

III, Man Crazy, Jealous or q Ja''
"" ~, sherifs Office Work
iag-Pollce Don't Know
ain. civs busiest street yesterday
Uu W., and in broad daylight a
'''.' '.,ons assault was made on .
n'lIuy'0I LL that is hardly equalled
''I'0 '1. ~ ,be annals Of a Jack the RIP
ou. Tbe man who made the assault
yen ,o.5. His identity is not known
:, a. moi even suspected
- m. wound he made on the throat .' o.
w,,o ,lrl was so large that 1t TOOK
,,,r sttches to bring it together, Jus'
rba, occurred as not entirely Know,
he glrl who was assaulted was
S a. nv the blow. and did not see her
o..,o,nt. after he struch her she
v,ds mo- cutlery but started Tor nome
, onca holding her handkerchief owe,
~ V cr ne made in her throat, and
Sr mis- reason the throng OF people
r,s,.ng a, the time were not maue
aa,ro If what had happened and no
otsmpt Was made to capture the as
Wiont
HIGH SCHOOL GIRL.
Miss Mary Burton, the young LADY VINO
came So near losing her life Is the 10
,.'r.od daughter Of Robert I Burton
H. and a grand daughter Of General
pobsr r. Burton. She attends the
San Lake High school and yesterday
afternoon she went home Immediately
,osr school but needing some supplies
ON, hooks for her course she obtained
bi mothers permission to buy them
and returned to Main street from her
bone at No. 80 East North Temple
Keleys Book store she bought the
school books she needed. and started
hrt home at little after 4 o'clock
90 don't know how IT happened, she
gd this morning, when seen at her
home. Of was hurrying up Main street
with the books ! had just bought to
meet ms sister Clara. who was waiting
FOR me- ON the Jennings corner. was
walking ON the outside Of the pave
ment near the curbstone and when 1t
happened was In front Of Newmans
Shoe store. as near as can recall All
az once am arm shot out In front Of my
eyes. and things looked hazy Then J
saw q woman standing near me and
] grabbed her by the arm and cried
"What dId that man do 90 me| A
little child at her side said why look,
ma. he's cut her face Then | felt
my face with my hand and
It was covered with blood so put my
handkerchief over the pleading place
and started Tor home as fast as l could
60 when I passed the Templeton
building ] thought OF going up to Dr.
Wllcoxs Office but didn't stop tlll |
had reached home and told my mother.
She had me go right back to Dr. will
COX and he attended 10 the cut"
DO you think you could Identify the
man Il you saw him." was asked
No hardly think so 1t seems to
ne he bad on a brown suit. only
Noticed that his arm shot across my
eyes and when ! looked around /
couldn't 500 anything distinctly. It
seems as IL there was crowd, but /
only remember grabbing the woman
and asking her what had happened to
me-"
a DANGEROUS CUT.
Miss Burton probably owes her life
10 the fact that the instrument used in
ta'hing az her throat, struck the end
Of her chin aud was prevented by the
O0ne from making a deep cut Had II
t'uck an mcb lower 1t would have en-.
Tered her neck and seriously. II not ia.
ml'y injured her AS is the cut runs
aoou' three inches along the cheek
O..
"'e rom the chin back towards the
car ~ slightly downward direction
W. c T. Wilcox took four stitches in
we cut last night Upon examination
y found that It was made by a very
49,, 'p instrument which he though,
'uus' nave been razor. and that a
seu',la'ea clear to the bone There
, "a' 'o'oe enough in the blow to have
-''a ia'al results had II not been
pol ypsa by the point OF the chin bone
tto''loIy Miss Burton threw her MA
a. AK and opened her mouth to ery ON,
-. 'u me mans arm struck her aeros.
,o s e. eyes and that resulted in the or.
''' Of his aim, VIC e'-
=, TIE MOTHERS STORY.
,,l s' - Burton. the mother Of tbo r,,,
so ,a ,oaay When Mary came '' Do e",,
ana .s,5 1e' handkerchief to her cheek
know 1s.. man had cut her. / dIdnt
hear ., ',,, 10 DO for moment oams
soh1a," ,''s, but knew II would NOT
,oo n 'e' her know that / was Sre 'a ,,o'
wv, ,9"n 50 / sent her 10 ,h ,a' breaking
y. When she had gone : , ooc,or q,
Incurred !, and told him what had
him to % ., lag as knew It, and for
&C. and ~ ~ once to Dr. wllcox's Of.
slightest n r,s,, her There wasn't the
u for N. motive | can possibly think |
' attack. 1t might be a m,.o