VINITA, Dec. 29.—Joe Phillips, 32, an oil pipeline
construction worker, was in a critical condition Wednesday
at a local hospital from knife wounds Police Chief Vernon Glenn said he suffered in a quarrel with his wife Tuesday
night.
The Simms, Mont., man has a 50-50 chance of surviving, his
physician announced. The doctor was quoted as saying he
“didn’t count the stitches, just the yards of thread.”
Phillips was slashed about the head, chest and abdomen with
a four-inch butcher knife, Chief Glenn said.
From The Oklahoma, 12/30/1948
Donated by:
Emily Jordan
