Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-07-11
Foreigners Mixed Up in Garfield
Shooting Scrape Taken
Before the Victim.
SCENE AT HOSPITAL TODAY
Bobich, About to Undergo An Opera
ton. Says That Adam Per-
pich Was His Assailant.

Mike Perpich, alias Mike Smith, did
not shoot Mike Boblch. according to a
statement made by the latter today as
he lay painting for breath In St Marks
hospital. The man accused of having
fired the shots was standing before him
having been taken to the hospital from
the county jail Bobich stated that he
did not see Mike Perpich on the day OF
the trouble but that two days before
Mike fired the shots. declared Bobich,
having taken up the quarrel of Pazoly
Bobich was about to undergo an
operation at the hands of DR.. Wor-
thinton and assistants when the Off
GERS arrived at the hispital with Mike
Peipich, George SCHUBERT and Joe Pa
zoly whom they desired to have the
apparently dying man identity. Pre-
parations for the operation We're sus-
pended for short Interrogation con-
Quoted by Asst. County Atty. Carlson
The interpreters employed were John
WaXtIne, an Abysinnian, and Charles
Schmolz, an Austrian.
ACCUSES ADAM PERPICH.
Mike Perpich was first brought be-
fore Bobich. The injured man was so
weak he could scarcely make an audi
BILE sound. but became somewhat ami
mated as questions were put TO him
lie said that Adam Perpioh shot him
ana that he did not see Mike Perpich
on the day of the trouble.
Mike Perpich was taken out of the
room and Joe Pazoly was brought In
Bobich ut once showed signs of aEita-
h.a
day or two before had declared he
would XIII some one In GARFIELD, and
inc wounded man thought he meant
him. Later Pazoly and MilSs Per-
pich shot into his cabin. Next day
Boplch was waylaid as he was going
nome from work, and he said that
Adam Perpich was his assailant.
SCHUBERT HIS FRIEND.
The third man TO be brought before
Bobich was George Schubert, Instead
or having been against Bobich declared
mat Schubert helped him after he was
shot an act that nearly cost him his
own life. a bullet fired by Adam Per.
pich or his sympathizers cut a frrrov
through the skin above his ear He.
however. stayed with Bobich and helped
TO carry him from the scene of trou-
BILE.
Bobich said he did not see Pazoly
there during the trouble, but a bullet
hole In the latters arm is strong evil
denee that he was mixed in the ARRAY
Pazoly suffers intensely from his
wound, despite the fact that he tries
hard TO appear stoical
BADLY WOUNDED.
DR.. Worthington urged that the con-
versatfon with the wounded man he
cut as short as possible. as 1t was Inn
perative that the operation be per-
formed at once. Two bullets are inside
the mans body, one going In under
the armpit and penetrating the liver.
That organ was declared by the ply.
sicians to be almost entirely clogged
up. The other bullet entered the back.
below the left shoulder blade, and
plowed its way down to the groin.
Bystanders expressed an opinion that
Bobich would recover, though the doc
tors hold out no such hope. Physically
he Is fine specimen of manhood, and
declares that because of his strength
and prowess persons inclined TO jeal-
ousy became his enemies and sought
his undoing.