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from Colonel Griffith's room for a bell
boy and TO the boy who responded Grif-
fifth stated that Mrs. Griffith had met with
an accident and that assistance was
needed. DR.. Crawford was summoned
and he found Mrs Griffith bleeding from
the wound on her face crawling into the
window of a room on the second floor,
her room being on the third floor. She
had fallen nearly twenty feet. Dr. Craw-
ford put her to bed in the room into
which she had attempted to crawl and
administered reStorattves, the woman be-
ing in a state bordering on collapse.
While the doctor was with her Colonel
Griffith entered the room and his wife
asked the physician to request him to
leave, which was done, and Griffith re-
turned to his own room. Relatives were
summoned to Santa Monica from this
city and throughout the night Mrs. Grff-
fifth was delirious. In her rawlings she
seemed to think she was about to be
killed and asked those about her to save
her Colonel Griffith remained about the
hotel office. the physician having advised
that he remain away from his wife's
room.
GRIFFITH MAKES STATEMENT.
The injured woman was brought to Los
Angeles this morning and taken to the
California Hospital. Colonel Griffith
called there during the day and then went
to the City Hall to attend a committee
meeting of the Board Of Park Commits
sioners. He lunched at the Jonathan Club
and this evening returned to Santa Mon
lea, saying he intended to drive his team
back to the city tomorrow morning.
Asked for a statement as to what
caused his wife's injuries, he said: 1--WE
were packing up, getting ready to return
home, and my wife and l were placing
clothing in a trunk. Among the garments
was a hammerless revolver belonging to
me and this dropped out and striking
something exploded and the bullet Infict-
ed what l am told is a not serious wound
in my wife's face She sprang up and
cried that she was shot and then ran to-
ward the window and fell out 1 sum-
moned help and she was taken into an
other room on the floor below and TODAY
was brought to Los Angeles. That is Ali
there was about it,"
Colonel Griffith denied that there had
been any quarrel, but admitted that he
and his wife had had a heated argument
about something the nature of which he
had forgotten. Several times he stated
that the revolver was hammerless one
but when reminded that 1t would have
been almost impossible for such a vvaa-
poa to be discharged in the manner he
stated, he said that he was not sure vvhot
KIND OF weapon it was. He MANY +iroes
reiterated the statement that II was aII
an accioent- He did not seem to realize
the seriousness Of his wife's condition ss
Is lndlcated by the fact that he went tn
santa Monica to spend the night instead
OF remaining at the hospital.
ACCUSE THE HUSBAND
Mrs. Grifith's relatives held cors,,,.o
e non Tonight at the home of her sister
MRS: Whipple, for the purpose of deter
mining what action they would take The
conference continued until long after mid
.isnt, .lie ana at its conclusion the statement
was was positively made that Mrs. Grif1th's
teI to-.ul'ion I Is the result of deliberate at
Thtl ps Dy colonel Griffith to kill her.
Dockweiler. the last Democratic na,It0
oate Tor Lieutenant Governor. who is a
MEMBER OF the family. Mrs. Whfpple
save 1ne other members Of the family