Popoff, well-known throughout Euro-po, lies near death here today following an attack yesterday by a young man who invaded the Doctor's study at the University of Sofia and struck the doctor several times with an axe.
The would-be assassin was arrested shortly after the crime and refused to give his name or to reveal the motives of his attack. His mother later identified him as a law student named Petzkanoff.
Police believe Petzkanoff is mentally deranged.—Trans-Ocean,
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