Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-11
HANDSOME WOMAN
LOVE MAD, SHOOTS
MINE OPERATOR
Mrs. Krauss, Wife Distinguished
Southern Scientist, Wounds
F. H. Griffith
FINANCIAL ROW IS INVOLVED
Couple Once Engaged but Part
When Beauty's Divorce
Plans Fail
FINANCIAL ROW is INVOLVED

Driven to frenzy by unrequited
love, Mrs. Virginia Krauss, wife of
DR.. William Krauss, dean of the Uni
versity of Mississippi, shot and Sc
riously wounded Franklin H. Griffith,
a we'll known mine operator Of New
York, Pennsylvania and California, in
his offices in the Story building, sixth
and Broadway, yesterday morning. Al
though not in a critical condition, Grill
fifth will be confined to bed for some
time as a precaution against compli-
cations setting in.
Mrs. Krauss, who is the niece of
Governor Peter Turney, one of Ten
nessee's best known commoners, was
arrested following the shooting by De-
tectives Jones and Ritch in the story
building and placed in jail on charge
of assault with a deadly weapon. She
will be arraigned in police court to-
morrow and q date set then for her
preliminary hearing.
News of the shooting was received
at central police headquarters through
a telephone message from Ed F. Shink,
Griffiths business partner, who told
the officers that woman had shot a
man in his office In the Story build
ing. Jones and Ritch were fastened
to the scene of the tragedy. There
they found Griffith bleeding profusely
from the wound in his right arm and
Mrs. Krauss sitting calmly In one cor
ner of the room cycling the revolver
on the floor.
WOUNDS NOT FATAL
Mrs. Krauss was arrested and taken
to headquarters and Griffith sent TO
the receiving hospital, where a super
ficial examination of the wound was
made He was later removed to the
Clara Barton hospital. at the request
of Shink, where an X-ray photograph
was taken of the wound yesterday af-
ternoon and the bullet was located IN
the left forearm, lodged between the
tendons and tissues. He had also sur
fered an abrasion above the collar bone
which appeared to have been made py
a glancing bullet from the woman
pistol. A thirty-two caliber bulldog
revolver Of cheap make was used ana
contained three empty shells whlch
had recently been discharged.
Griffith, in an attempt to hide his
true identity. gave the name or FRANK
Linn when asked by the police nurse
for his "history." but when his part
ner. Shink, appeared at the hosptlai q
few minutes later and asked for Grlf-
fifth his real name was revealed, much
to the regret of the patient.
sYes. my name is Griffith ana the
woman's name who shot me is Mrs. Vir-
ginia Krauss," he said as ne greeteu
the newspaper reporters with smlle'
"I have known her about two years,
and at one time we were engaged, out
she has no strings on me now. I'm
glad it happened though, because
have got her now where l want here'
and besides I'm not much hurt, any
way" x,o.crD
Griffith stated he had met Mrs
Krauss about two years ago at inc
Angelus. and after few months &C
uuaintance they became engaged. "She
always represented to me that she was
a divorced woman, but when l visited
her in Memphis last year learned she
was married to DR.. Krauss. whom l
met later and liked very much.
"When learned she was married
broke off our engagement as best l
could and told her / would not nave
any more to do with her. She told me
she had entered into an agreement
with her husband by which they were
to get a divorce and she was to receive
alimony of $3.50 a month and $4,000 as
a settlement.
"She followed me to Redding from
Memphis and there represented to peo--
pie that 1 had borrowed large sum OF
money from her to promote mine and
that she would have me arrested IL
did not come through
Before the prisoner could finish his
story he was taken out of the hospital
on a stretcher and removed to the
Clara Barton hospital.
Following Mrs. Krauss' arrest she
was taken to the detectives office and
closely questioned, after which news
paper men were granted an interview
with her.
'I will start right in from the begin
ming and tell you the whole story" she
said as she sighed and lifted her heavy
gray veil from her face.
She Is a slender woman and was ir-
reproachably attired in a close fitting
suit of gray that showed her splendid
figure. From a pearl gray turban to