New Britain herald., 1928-01-19

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 While being led out Of the court rooms Mrs. Guilfoyle almost col lapsed.
 Mrs. Guilfoyle's Story
 Mrs. Guilfoyle's story to the police follows:
 When the group prepared to leave the apartment on the second floor. Patricia Gaudet went first. and Mir. Way. fearing she might cross the street. followed her out to protect her.
 Dr. Guilfoyle and Mrs. Gaudet were the next to leave while she and Mrs. Way remained in the apartment to turn out the lights.
 Mrs. Guilfoyle heard explosions which she supposed came from a bursting tire or automobile exhaust and thought nothing of them. but when she went out into the hallway she saw her husband and Mrs. Gau- det standing on the first landing facing each other.
 The doctor stood with his back to one wall and Mrs. Gaudet facing him wit, her back to the opposite wall. At the time Mrs. Way was behind Mrs. Guilfoyle.
 Coming down the stairs Mrs. Guil- foyle saw blood flowing from her husbands face and Mrs. Gaudet was screaming.
 She ran to her husband to take him upstairs. not suspecting that Mrs. Gaudet had been shot.
 Revolver On Floor
 Dr. Guilfoyle then drew her at tention to his revolver on the floor near him. which she picked up and put in her coat pocket and helped him upstairs to the bathroom, leav- ing Mrs. Gaudet in the hallway.
 Mrs Gaudet remained in the hall way after lapsing into unconscious
 The police arrived several minutes later and took Dr. Guilfoyie and Mrs. Gaudet to the Hartford hospital.
 During the night and up to few before she was arraigned .n police court, Mrs. Guilfoyle withheld her husbands statement to her about the attempt on his own life.
 But this she disclosed about 10 o'clock this morning. saying that aa she was taking her husband up the stairs, he told her he had shot him. self. She Identified the .c5 calibre revolver as her husbands.
 Detective Sergeant Charles J. Hallissey and Detective Joseph Flynn took Mrs Guilfoyle to the hospital to question Dr. Guilfoyle, but when they returned 10 the po- lice station this afternoon. the de- tectives reported the visit unsuc- cessful.
 Doctor Makes Denial
 The doctor refused to tell his st ory other than to continue to deny that he did any of the shooting. When he told his wife last night that he shot himself she said. he advised her not to talk.
 Mrs. Guilfoyle was locked up in ! cell at the station here upon her return from the hospital
 Dr. and Mrs. Guilfoyle have been Is years, the former com ing from Philadelphia and the latter from Camden. x. J. For the last l2 years Dr. Guilfoyle has beer a cattle inspector for the United States department of agriculture and his work brought him in close touch with the Connecticut depart ment of domestic animals. They have been living here three years.
 Mrs. Gaudet was shot in the back just under the right shoulder blade and the bullet pierced the lung. a severe internal hemmor- rhage. according to Dr. Joseph Heyman. the attending physician. Her chances for recovery are con- sidered very slight.
 She may. Dr. Heyman said. live the night.
 Dr. Gulfoyle's wound was in the right side of his head the bulle. entering the right temple just beside the car. and coming out between the eyebrows in front.
 The optic nerve was destroyed and the right oyeball dis;odged,