The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-29
MYSTERY DEEPENS
AS TIME PASSES
GRIFFIN IS STILL MISSING.
NOT THOUGHT TO HAVE HAD MUCH
MONEY WITH HIM.

Has Been Established That He Was
without Clutches When He Pur-
chased n Pair ,g'hursday-Was As
sisted From Cab Into Drug store
by His Valet, who is Also Stin
Missing-Had About 5000 when He
Reached Savannah, But Big Part
of Tint Was Spent While at the
De Soto.
Beyond the fact that there were
times when he could walk-with the as
sistance of his valet-without crutches,
that his valet has not yet come to
light and that he probably had little
or no money with him, there were no
developments yesterday in the mystic
rious disappearance of E. H. Griffin
from the Pulaski House Sunday night.
1t is believed that Griffin had about
$500 when he came to Savannah from
Quitman, with his negro valet. He
knocked quite a hole into that sum,
however. while he was a guest at the
De Soto. and it is thought, had about
$3.50 when he left for the Pulaski House
Saturday evening. OF this amount
1925 is held by Proprietor Graham,
along with his crutches and two pis-
tolls.
1t has been positively established
that Griffin was without crutches when
he went to Livingston's drug store
Thursday to purchase a pair. He was
assisted from a cab by his valet and
secured a pair of crutches for $l.25.
He also made several other purchases
and stated that he had $1,000 at the
De Soto and guessed he was all right
He took the crutches with him, and
the other articles were delivered at the
hotel.
How He Was Injured.
To the clerk in the drug store Grif-
fins valet stated that his employer
had thrown his crutches and a comb
and brush out of the hotel window,
breaking them. Griffin himself stated
that he had been injured in a railroad
wreck and that his leg had been brok
en- in three places. 1t had been i'm
properly set, he said, and he was go
ing to Baltimore to have it broken
and reset.
From the drug store he telephoned
to the office of Capt. Robert NJ Hitch
and later visited him. They knew each
other in Quitman, and Griffin had
quite a chat with Capt. Hitch. He told
Capt. Hitch that he had been injured
in railroad wreck and that the COM
pany had settled his claim for $4,000,
all of which he had collected. He said
he was on his way to Baltimore to
have his leg reset. He spent quite
awhile in Capt Hitchs office.
Griffin Had PecuIiarities.
Later Capt. Hitch was informed that
Griffin had made other statements rel
ative to the manner in which he had
received his injuries. He also learn
ed from a friend in Quitman that
Grifin's father had died and that
Griffin had sold his share of the estate
for cash, coming on to Savannah.
1t is feared in some quarters that
while out of his head Griffin managed
to make his way out of the hotel with
out the aid of his crutches and wan
dered to the water front and was
drowned. Others still believe, how
ever, that he will turn up somewhere
in the city. This theory is rather
strengthened by the fact that the
valet, too, is missing and has not been
seen at the Pulaski House. His bed
at the Pulaski House was undisturbed
and it is not thought he laid down aft
er going to his room late Sunday
night.
Griffin is young man, has red hair,
clean shaver, about feet 10, and
weighing about 100 pounds. Capt.
Hitch was informed that he has a
wife and two children in Quitman. He
| was until a few months ago in bust
ness for himself in Florida, but re-
| Gently went on the road for a Rich
mond hat house.