The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-03
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Mahel lOrmand And Edna PurNiapce, Said To Have Been Present When Man Vas Wounded, Are Quizzed CHAUFFEUR |SLAIMS SELF
jealousy Intimated By Auth- critics To Have Been Motive
 0t Attempted Killing In
 Victims Apartment

LOS ANGELES. Cal, Jan. 2.-why Horace A. Greer, chaffeur for Mabel Eormand. film star, shot Courtland b Dimes. oil operator of Denver, last light, still was somewhat of a mys- ery tonight, 24 hours after the shoot hg--this in spite of various state- hents by Dimes, Greer. Miss Normand. diss Edna Purviance, another screen |ctress, and the police.
 Greer says he pulled the trigger on Hiss Normand's .25 calibre pistol, Ehich for some reason he was carry hg. because Dimes appeared about to |hauffeur's efforts to induce the hovie star to go home.
 DiDes says he made no motion to- lard the bottle, and gave no inteH- Ion that he was going to attack treer, but he fails to throw any light h the auto drivers motive.
 Miss Purvance and the police, the hged opinicn, charge Greer with in- htuation for Miss Normand and in- Innate that the finger of Jealousy iulled the trigger of the small bore hooting iron. .. l... w.,., re,,oSer2
 Miss Normand, in retirement in her lome, nursing what is described as m attack Of appendicitis. Is seeing bloody and refusing to talk.
 Miss Purvlance likewise hss gone hto rbtirement and Mrs Edith turns. companion and housekeeper pr Miss Normand. seems to have dis ppeafed The police sought Mrs. turns to question her as to a tele- hone conversation she is said to have lad with Miss Normand while the Utter was in Dimes apartment, but hey saW they had been unable to IThas 5olice. who are holding Grsfr
 the city jail. state that the formal bmpiaint charging him with at kmpted murder. will be lodged to- fOfficers handling the case declare themselves. satisfied with the theory hat Greer shot Dimes in a fit of jea1- nsy, despite the fact that Greer, who dmits shooting. says that was not | AS an offset to the belief that Ireer was jealous of Dimes atten- b Hollywood circles and among blnes' friends in Denver that he was hgaged to marry Miss Purvtance. Lines denies the betrothal rumor and hys he and Miss Purviance were only lose friends. But the actress did lot deny 1t last nights ana when She kent to see Dimes at the receiving Iospital she threw her arms about his leck and murmured. "Oh, Courtland,
 love you."
 Ronditfon Not Critical.
 Dimes, as result of the injury, las developed a case of moderate lneumonia, it was announced tonight H an attending physician. In ex- faining tn elatest development In the htient's condition, the physician said hat the bullet had pierced the lung Ind that pneumonia invariably re- hlted from such an injury. The doc- pr said that Dimes condition contin- led to be serioIs but not critical. pines temperature and pulse were laid to be normal.
 I Mss Ncrmand told her story of the kew Years party in Dimes apart hent which ended in the shooting f the Denver man, surrounded by ewspaper men and police detectives Ind in the presence of her compan- bn, Mrs. Edith Burns, for whom po- Ice had been searching all day. ..
 "We'Il begin at the beginning. hid the screen actress, by way of in- toduction.
 She had received her interrogators 1t home, sitting in a big overstuffed iI (C0ntinued on Page Tyo)