Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1919-12-30
|WOMAN'S STORY
HELPS DR.. SCHOTT
Witness Found Who Says Dead
Girl Told Herr Over Phone
She Was Very "Bluen
CLy associated Press,

| SONiSNiiiSy DSSs W. iCN OSL
today quotes William Ryan, Of
this city, as saying he saw Doctor
Schott charged with the murder
of his Office assistant, Elizabeth
Griffith, leaving Schott's office
where the girl was found dead,
not later than 2 40 o'clock on the
day of the killing. Schott declar-
ed ne was delivering Christmas
lgifts at that hour.
Mr.. Ryan's statement to the po-
lice came after he had given ina
ture reflection" to his duties in
the natter he said. He said he
was able to fix the exact time he
had seen DR.. Schott leave his of
flee because he had sent tele-
gram a few minutes before he
saw the physician.
DR.. Schott has contended that
he was not near his office between
the hours of ! and 3 o'clock, and
that it was not until $40 O'Clock
that he returned to his office, still
accompanied by the Gardner girl,
and found Elizabeth Griffith there
dead.
DR.. Schott was remanded to jail
until Wednesday to await the
calling of his preliminary hearing
in police court. When motion for
bail was heard in court Judge
Burgevin fixed the amount of
bond at $4,000.
DR.. Schott declared, however,
that he would not call upon his
friends to put up this bond for
such short time, and declared he
would prefer to return to Jail for
two days.
DR.. Schott owns nine pieces of
real estate in Louisville, among
which is. the house in which Mr..
and Mrs. William Gardner, par
ents of Laurene Gardner, live.
A test of the pistol was made
today. Detectives at first denied
that the gun had been fired since
the shooting but later admitted
this to be true. 1t was learned
that the test showed that when
the pistol was fired at distances
IL to 3 inches away from white
cheese cloth it left only slight
discoloration, hardly to be classed
as powder burn" This fact, it
was said, strengthened Shott's
claim that if the girl, ending her
own life, had pressed the muzzle
of the pistol close against her
body, there would have been no
powder burn.
DR.. Schott is native of Bavar-
ia, Germany. He came to this
country when IS years old. He
still sends large sums of money to
his mother in Germany, it devel-
oped today. DR.. Schott said he
had sent $500 to her within the
last lew months.
Scores of witnesses for DIR.
Schott were in court among them
many friends and patients. He
smiled and spoke to several of
them.
81 don't know whether I love
him well enough to marry him or
not" Mrs. Paul Stone, III East
Jacob avenue, said yesterday
were the words Of Elizabeth Grif-
fifth at, 2 o'dpckS on the day, She.
same to her DEATH SiAS,s q e
Mrs. Stone is the latest WitnessS
uncovered by the defense. She
talked at length Of her conversa-
ton with the girl. at must have
been fully 2 o'clock when I called
the Office of DR.. Schott. A short
while before father had taken out
his watch and said, It's quarter
to 2 and | have not had my
lunch. ,"
"He took his hat and went out
to eat and | washed some clothes
for baby. This must have taken
10 or IS minutes. | then called
up DR.. Schott's Office. DR.. Schott
is my physician. | wanted to ask
him some advice on diphtheria.
Elizabeth Griffith answered
the telephone. had long con-
Iversation with her, which, mSst
AVE lasted fully ten mii,l- ks-
old me she was terribly bM
lidn't have anything to live II
tried to cheer her up, and the
she told me she was engaged
IN army Captain, but that
Wedding had been postponed
,ause his mother had gone
it his sister and he said he
to be married when his
could be there"
The girl said, according to
Stone, 81 don't whether +
him well enough to marry hi
not. | feel blue because
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