The Detroit times., 1908-02-13
PRICES M|NO. IS
BLANK As TO
SHOOTING
RECALLS NOTHING OF THE AZ
FAIR, BUT is REcovERINo-sIs-
TER FIGURED IN SENSATIONAL
DIVORCE SUIT.

Although he carries a bullet In his
brain. Harvey Price. the young man
shot by his sister, Mrs. Nettie Moffett
IN defense OF her own life, Tuesday
afternoon, will live, In the opinion
OF the doctors who are attending him.
The bullet was located by DR.. T. X.
Mcclure, house ply sician or the Sol
vay General hospital, with the aid OF
X-rays. Price was aDle TO walk from
his bed into the doctors Office, where
the X-ray machine is located, and
talked nationally during the examina-
ton. No attempt will be made 10 ex-
tract the ball.
The strangest feature of the case
is that Price apparently recalls moth
.ng OF the shooting and does not even
realize he was shot, Be believes. or
ar least, processes TO believe. that no
was merely hurt in the eye. but does
not know what struck him. He told
a relative that the last thing he re-
calls is that he was playing pool In
q poolroom on West Jefferson-ave.
What occurred In his sisters home
seems TO be blank In his mind.
Figured in Divorce Case.
1t transpires that Mrs. Moffett. who
is still detained in the matron's de-
partment at police headquarters. was
the defendant in a rather interesting
divorce suit in the Wayne circuit
court about year ago. Her first hus-
band was Clifton Springer. whom she
married In Windsor, July y, 1905.
About a month later, Mrs. Springer
left him and he traced her to Phoenix,
W. Va. On his return TO Detroit he
began suit for divorce. Judge Man
dell granted him decree April 10.
last In his bill Springer made
number of sensational allegations.
One of them was that on leaving his
home to go to work In the morning
his wife frequently expressed the wish
that some harm might befall him so
that he would not come back.
Mrs. Springer married Alfred Moi
fett, her present husband, July 20 last,
having become acquainted with him
while she was appearing in theater
In Norfolk. Va, some months previ-
ously. At that time Mrs. Springer
was chorus girl in an opera CON-
pany and Moffeet was a fireman IN
the United States navy. Their meet
lug OCCuffSu DcioiS thc "''oisS "-~
granted. ., f--,,s,t sta
Mr.. Moffett Is familiar with the d.
vorce case and is loyal to his wife In
her present trouble. He is extremely
fearful that the strain will prove too
much for her and that she will break
down. physically and mentally. Moi
fett calls daily TO see her and give hey
comfort. No husband could be more
devoted
Mrs. Moffett Explains.
II didn't defend Clinton Springer's
divorce because l was only too glad To
get rid of him. said Mrs. Moffett to
The Times. "He was not the kind or
q man thought he was before | mar
ried him and thought we might Just
as well separate one time as another.
Why, his own lawyer said that l had
more cause to get divorce than he
had. What do you think of that? AS
10 the charges In his divorce bill. they
we're wholly false. II had wanted to
fight him he could never have obtain
ed a divorce from me. but could not
stand for him. Neither could my
folks"
That's right |" INTERCEPTED a sister
of Mrs. Moffett. who sat with her In
the matrons apartment and overheard
the conversation. I'VE had no use for
him and IL she had gone back to him
I would have felt like shaking her.
We simply couldn't let her go back.
He's not the kind OF man we want In
our family"
Springer has since remarked and
II living in the Eighteenth ward.