Seward daily gateway., 1924-04-04
HELD FOR SHOOTING
Mabel NOrmand's Former Chauffeur
 Must Face Jury

LOS ANGELES, April 4-Horace A Greer, former chauffeur for Mabel Normand, film actress, was held tC answer on charge of attempt to mur- der after preliminary hearing on charges growing out of the shooting New Years night of Courtland S. Dimes, wealthy Denver oil operator.
 Dimes on the stand showed a mem ory considerably improved over that which characterizes his previous ex- animation, but his T don't know" was just as strongly in evidence when he was questioned about the actual shoot ing that broke up his New Year party.
 He admitted to Justice J. Walter Hanby that he was drunk at the time able to walk, but not able to walk straight.
 Edna Purviance, film actress, and a member of the party at Dimes apart ment, where the oil operator said she had spent the entire raw, again was called to the stand. She reiterated her previous testimony that she was in the bathroom when the shooting occurred.
 Mabel Normand another film actress present at the party, was absent from the hearing.
 pr. Raymond c. Taylor, x-ray spec ialist, who took the stand at the hear ing, testified that his negatives show ed two shadows" indicating that Dimes had been shot in the left shoul- der and the right breast.
 The total of purported bullet wounds on Dimes body was brought to three a few moments later when Dr. Guy Cochran, his physician, told of an addi- tional one where a portion of Dimes ear had eben shot off, apparently by a bullet
 Dimes identified blood stained un- dershirt as similar to the one he had on when shot, this over strenuous pro- test of the defense.
 He told of the afternon and evening party in his apartment attended by Misses Normand and Purviance and continued
 Greer came about 6:3O o'clock. He knocked at the door, asked who was there. He replied Joe Kelley (the name by which Greer was known in the Nor mand menage.) kept Greer waiting little while and then opened the door Greer walked by me to the davenport on which Miss Normand was sitting Miss Purviance was in the bedroom oI the bathroom
 "Greer wanted Miss Normand to go home. They talked moment. moved over alongside of Greer; I die not like his tone of voice and she had not expressed herself on his urgings that she go home"
 "Then what happened?" asked the assistant district attorney.
 q don't know" came the familiar reply.
 Do you know who shot you?"
 'No."
 ''Did Miss Normand shoot you?" ht was asked and the defense sprang tc it's feet with a volley of objections that Miss Normand was not on trial. The objections were sustained.
 Did Miss Purviance shoot you?' was the next query.
 "Was she not in another room?"
 "I believe she was,' Dimes replied The oil operator did not remember whether he had attempted to hit Gree but he was certain that he had no shot himself.
 To the court who had asked why ht was unable to rememebr, Dimes sait that he had been tout all the night be fore," the shooting and had been drinl ing all that day.
 He could not remember whether he had worn his bath robe which was brought into court. There was no bull let holes in the robe. There were two in the undershirt previously exhibited