The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-03-10
MRS. GRIFFIN BACK
SAFE AND SOUND
MISSING WOMAN HAD ONLY MADE
UNEXPECTED TRIP TO
RALEIGH
LIKE ONE FROM DEAD
HER FRIENDS HERE HAD BECOME
GREATLY ALARMED AND POLICE
WE'RE LOOKING FOR HER BODY.
NO IDEA OF SUICIDE.

Mrs. May Griffin. twenty five years
old, of soy North twelfth Street, VINO
was reported to the police as missing
Monday night from her home here,
returned to Richmond yesterday from
Raleigh. ~. G., and learned with sur
prise that the ponce were preparing to
drag the city dock for her oody.
her sudden disappearance from her
home last Friday worried her friends
considerably and Monday night the
police were asked to investigate her
absence.
Mrs. Griffin said yesterday that she
left her home here FRIDAY morning
with the intention of dong a little
shopping. She met an old friend on
the street. girl acquaintance, who
asked Mrs. Griffin to accompany her
to the train as she was leaving for
Raleigh. n. G.. Mrs. Griffin dto this
ana upon their arrival at the station
the young woman asked Mrs. Griffin
to accompany her to Raleigh.
She decided TO do this only a few
minutes before the train was Sched-
uled to leave and did not have time to
notify her friends that she was l.ay-
Ing tho city. After q very pleasant
stay in Raleigh she returned yester-
day TO learn that the police were pre-
pairing to drag the dock for her body,
as her friends thought that she had
either been murdered or had COM
mitted suicide
II Is needless to say that her friends
mere received the missing lady with
the greatest possible relief In ex-
planning her absence Mrs. Griffin SAID
10 newspaper representative:
Tells of Her Trip.
u have just beer, on g. little ,-ip
to Raleigh, n. g.. my old home town
I'll tell you how II happened.
having some shopping to do / left
nome Friday morning and went up or,
Broad Street. Who should I meet hui
an old friend OF mine, Mrs. Dora
Lowe, who was TO return to Raleigh
that morning
She insisted that accompany her
TO the station, and wishing to see IA
much Of her as possible, l did SO. On
arriving at the depot Mrs. Lowe sked
me why | couldn't go on to Raleigh
with her. told her that II was i'm
possible, but she wouldn't listen to
ms, and straightaway bought two
tickets. As the train was to leave in
q very few minutes knew there
wooldn be time to cali up my house
SO We two piled into our car and tbs
train pulled out
IN Raleigh ] stopped AZ W'rlght's
Hotel, called on my lawyer about some
business and saw Iots Of nv old
friends. ] had a dandy time. you
know. and never once thought that
fny Richmond friends were Worrying
about me. J also inspected some If
my furniture loft IN storage and nv
effects packed in a trunk
Missing the early train OF, ar
Raleigh coming back. ] caught that
which left about A. n. and got here
this morning. On reaching home my
folks received me with open arms.
Asking what all the racket was about
| WAS informed that the world at
large thought that I was dead. Sui
eide? Why. that's the last thing III
thInk OF. No death like that for
mine ] was only our for little lark
ana never though my friends would
take my absence seriously.
Il have been In Richmond since
September and have made quite a
few friends here. SO kindly Inform
them All through yoar paper that I'm
all right. we'll and happy.
all" '''"'