The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-05
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thing. I told him that Santa Claus had left his present on the radiator at my house and that I would have Joseph bring it over. You see, knew Horace Greer (the chauffeur who shot Dines) only as Joseph Kelly. did not know Joseph had any attach ment for me-"
 From her room in the Good Samari- tan hospital, Miss Normand, recover ing from an operation from chronic appendicitis performed yesterday, be- gan a fight to protect herself from the movement under way in several states to bar her pictures from the screen because of her connection with tho shooting.
 She called her attorney in consult tation and instructed him to tele- graph to eastern cities her side of the cese, explaining that the shooting came about through no fault of her own and that she had been on no more than casual speaking terms with the chauffeur, who police de- clare was reused to murderous rage against Dimes by infatuation for her and desire to be her hero and pro- tector.
 If the police theory that Greer suffered from "hero complex" is correct. the chauffeur gleaned no heros consolation from today's de- velopments in the case. When he ap- peared in justice court for arraign- ment he was without counsel, and when his bail was fixed at $10.0o0 no one volunteered to provide it, and tonight he still was in the county jail. ,a Puzzling Discrepancies.
 Discrepancies in various stories told of the shooting of Courtland S. Dimes, wealthy Denver oil operator, New Years Night by Horace A. Greer chauffeur for Mabel Normand, motion picture star and contradic- tions in statements made by the sev- eral persons present in Dines' apart ment when the shooting occurred, continued to puzzle the authorities Investigating the affair today.
 Discrepancies indicated in stories told the police follow:
 Horace A. Greer. alias Joe Kelly, who was in Dimes apartment with Edna Purviance, another film actress. says he shot Dimes. but police records ao not reveal that any report was made of the shooting or a physician called until some time after 1t oc- cured when Greer walked into police 1 headquarters to announce that he had wounded Dimes. Greer, Dimes and the two women all disagree on their posi- tions in the Dimes apartment when the trigger was pulled.
 Greer declares he shot when ne saw Dimes reach for bottle to strike him. Dimes says he made no threat ening move. Dimes says Greer mrst have been full of hop"
 Greer states that he never has used habit-forming drugs
 Edna Purviance and the police de- clared that Greer. jealous of Mabel | q n hHf c ment and infatuated with her, turned the gun on his supposed rival. Miss Normand and Greer deny it.
 Only Close Friendship.
 Mabel Normand at first said that Dimes and Edna Purviance were en- gagged to be married. The latter tacitly admitted it. but later cor rected her admission. Dimes from the first said there was nothing between them except "a close friendship"
 The women said they heard no dis pute prior 70 the firing of the shots. Each declared she was out of the room at the time. Greer asserts that there was dispute about the pro- pos9l that Mabel Normand go home. Dimes says he and Miss NormanH were merely discussing such a sub jeCt.
 The gun with which the shots are said to have been fired, little .25 l calibre automatic, which Greer says belongs to Miss Normand. and whose ownership she admits, also has pro- Vided a problem,
 Greer says Mrs. Edith Burns, com panion of Miss Normand. tclephoning to Dimes apartment, heard Nan there say Miss Normand could not go home and repeated the remark to Greer. The chaffeur declared that he then got the pistol from Miss Normand's room with Brs. Burns knowledge and went to bring Miss Normand's room with Mrs. Burns with a flat denial that she made such a remark to Greer or saw him eei the weapon. Greer was arraiGncd today and his preliminary eXamina-