The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1947-03-27
WOMAN SURVIVES
HEART WOUND
RESULT OF BRAWL
Woman and Man Being Held
in Garrett County Jail
Pending Outcome

improvement in the condition of a
woman, stabbed in a fight over a
diamond ring was noted this week as
the result of rare operation, while
her sister and a male companion were
being held in the Garrett county Jail
awaiting the outcome of her injuries,
according to Walter W. Dawson,
States Attorney.
State Police said Gladys Marie
Grapes, 28, near Bloomington, and
Charles F. Davis, Marietta, Ohio,
were being held for further question
ing pending the outcome Of a heart
wound suffered by Mrs Lena Grapes
Mcdonald, %, also Bloomington.
Mrs. Mcdonald, a patient in Po-
tomac Valley hospital, Keyser, w. Va.
was reported improving. According
to Police, Mrs. Mcdonald was stabbed
by her sister at gathering at the
home of Howard Hose, 45, near the
West Virginia Pulp and Paper Com
pany plant, but in Garrett county,
early last Thursday morning. Mr.
Dawson said Mrs Mcdonald had
passed around a diamond ring which
was given her as a Christmas pres
ent. When it changed hands too many
times, a fight ensued.
Miss Grapes produced a pocket
knife with a four-inch blade, it was
stated. Mrs. Mcdonald attempted to
step in the way of the knife and was
stabbed, police declared and then
Miss Grapes also inflicted a wound
in the left shoulder of Charles Davis.
Davis then struck the woman in the
face and knocked her to the floor
She suffered a black eye.
Davis and Edward Gales, Western
port, took Mrs. Mcdonald to Reeves
Clinic, Westernport, where first aid
was given and Davis wound was
treated, and then the pair took the
injured woman to Potomac Valley
hospital Both Davis and Gales do
mated blood for Mrs. Mcdonald, who
underwent a rare operation performed
by DR.. Robert Coffman, using three
stitches to close heart wound in
flicted by the knife. A similar opera
ton performed about a year ago was
mentioned in Ripley's believe 1t Or
Not"
Davis was taken into custody at
the hospital, Trooper Glenn D. Folk
reported, and Miss Grapes was ar
rested at the home of Grover Penn
ington, near Bloomington, where she
allegedly fled after the fracas The
knife was found under the bedroom
carpet at the Pennington home, where
the two women stayed, according to
the trooper.
Miss Grapes told Dawson that she
used the knife to peel potatoes and
usually carried it around in her
pocketbook,
Investigation by the state police,
and States Attorney Dawson reveal
ed that the two women had gone to
Piedmont, where they drank beer,
meeting Davis and Edward Nichols.
All went to the liquor store at
Piedmont, then took cab to Bloom
ington, where they had more beer,
then went to the home of Howard
Hose, where the argument ensued.
Dawson said that the injured woman
at the time of the stabbing, was out
on bond on a charge of hitting a
policeman with a milk bottle in
Westernport. At the hospital, she
told persons there that her sister
stabbed her accidentally"
Seven people in the Hose home at
the time Of the stabbing were lodged
in the Westernport jail overnight,
and then were brought to Oakland,
Howard Hose, Edward Gadcs, Ed
ward Nichols and two others, whose
names were not mentioned because
they just happened to be in the Hose
home at the time and were not con-
nected with the drinking party, were
all released Thursday evening.
! Miss Grapes is being held on a
charge Of assault with intent to kill
and Davis is being held as a material
witness. Assisting in the arrests last
Thursday were both West Virginia
and Maryland police They were
brought to Oakland by Troopers Folk
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