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Griffdi Eludes Pursuerst ir j ___W. H. Griffith, triple murderer s who has caused so much excitement in this section of the coun-' try for the past two weeks, has ? probably given his pursuers the , dodge and will remain at liberty. until some future time. Duringthe latter part of last week -J Griffith crossed over into this r county from Ritchie followed by t an armed posse of probably a hundred men with bloodhounds. t making his way from Yellow Greek to Leading Creek, thence I to the Little Creek country and on over into Roane county.* I? :s i reported that he was seen J:t , Spencer Sunday- night and m'ked j with Dr. Goff, of that place, whom he met on the railroad ’ tracks ?. short distance be low-• Spencer. That night a st- r- at - Barr Summit was broken into , and robbed and Griffith was given credit with the crime.During Griffith’s flight through this county he stopped and talked with several people and several times was seen by the pur-: I suing posse. Many shots were . fired at him, but his luck remain-r ed with him until he got to the , mouth,of leading Creek when a shot from a shot gun fired by a •jMr. Wood ring struck him in the inflicting a slight wound.
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Grantsville Calhoun Chronicle
Grantsville, West Virginia, US
Thu, May 13, 1915
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