The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-11-04
A TANGLE over
GRIFFIN'S MONEY
JUDGE M'ALPIN BEING SUED
AND HE WILL NOT GIVE UP THE
CASH, NOW.

II Griffin Is Crazy Only Way Money
Can BE Administered on for His
Benefit VIII Be by Appointment
of Guardian-In Meantime Wife
Claims Money, and as 1t Is Not
Trust Fund, Judge McAIpin Is
Waiting Developments.
Since the temperance of Mr.. E. H,
Griffin there has developed a legal
tangle over the possession of the
money which he left on deposit at the
Pulaski House, which bids fair to equal
in point of interest even the mystery
of Mr.. Grifin's disappearance itself.
AS soon as the wife of the missing
man learned he was not to be found.
and that he had left considerable
sum of money at the Pulaski House.
she put in q claim for it, stating it did
not belong to her husband, but was,
by rights, hers. She gave an order
through her attorney, Mr.. Shelby Ny
rick, for the money, but Proprietor
Graham refused to turn it over with
out a more tangible claim.
To rid himself of any responsibility
in the matter Mr.. Graham turned the
money over to Judge Henry McAlpin
of the Ordinarys Court. Shortly aft
erwards Mrs. Griffin made application
to Judge McAlpin for the money, but
her order was turned down, and she at
once instituted suit in the City Court
against the Ordinary for the amount.
That is the way the case stood when
Mr.. Griffin turned up, and his reap
pearance lends a new phase to the
case. Judge McAlpin is represented
by Mr.. Edward Abrahams, and says
he will not give up the money until
the suit in the City Court is dismissed,
and Mr.. Griffin comes before him in
sound and disposing mind and is duly
identified as the owner of the money.
Thought to BE Insane.
According to the dispatches received
from Camilla, Mr.. Griffin is not of
sound and disposing mind. On the
other hand, he seems to be badly in
need of a guardian. In this case, Judge
McAlpin would only turn the money
over to the legally appointed guardian,
and the only way the wife could OBJ
tain possession of it would be to pro-
coed against the guardian and show by
conclusive evidence that she, and not
Mr.. Griffin, was the legal owner of the
money.
The real question in the case now
seems to be whether Griffin is really
crazy. Those familiar with the case
here are inclined to the belief he is.
During his stay in Savannah he was
constantly laboring under hallucina-
tons. Chief among these was that his
leg had been so badly injured he was
Obliged to use crutches in walking. 1t
was afterwards proven these crutches
We're not really necessary. He even left
Savannah without them, and the onlv
way he could have left, according to
those familiar with his financial cir
cumstances, was to walk.
Those Interested in Quandary,
Attorney Abrahams, for Judge Nc
Alpln, Will file an answer in the City
Court Monday to the suit recently filed
by Mrs. Griffin. In the meantime Mr..
Graham is wondering what he would
do if Mr.. Griffin were to come and de-
mand the money he had left at the
hotel office, and as. the money is not
really trust fund.- as yet, Judge Nc
- Pm 40 NOliiCA 4ilS WildI ne WOulQ 90
II Mr.. Graham would come and de-
mand the money of him while he is
being sued for it.
Since Mr.. Grifin's temperance
nothing has been heard from either Mr..
or Mrs. Griffin. 1t is possible that
either or both of them will come to
Savannah to settle the matter. and in
the event there really is a difference
of opinion between the husband and
wife as to the ownership of the money
further complications may ensue.