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Domestic News
August 12, 1915
The Raymer Enterprise
Raymer, New Raymer, Weld County, Colorado
What is this article about?
In a violent confrontation at his former home eight miles east of Elbert, Marion F. Head was shot four times by his ex-wife Alice M. Griffith and hit with buckshot by her husband George Griffith, but escaped alive after fighting them off.
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Pair Shoot ex-Husband Four Times.
Denver.-Shot four times, perhaps fatally, with a revolver in the hands of his divorced wife, Mrs. Alice M. Griffith, and riddled with scattering buck shot from a shotgun by her husband George Griffith, a rancher, Marion F. Head, 58 years old, of Denver, formerly a surveyor, fought them off and escaped with his life in a desperate encounter at his former home, eight miles east of Elbert. Griffith was called from a neighbor's house by his wife, after Head, she says, had started a fight in the house and she had fired one shot at him.
Denver.-Shot four times, perhaps fatally, with a revolver in the hands of his divorced wife, Mrs. Alice M. Griffith, and riddled with scattering buck shot from a shotgun by her husband George Griffith, a rancher, Marion F. Head, 58 years old, of Denver, formerly a surveyor, fought them off and escaped with his life in a desperate encounter at his former home, eight miles east of Elbert. Griffith was called from a neighbor's house by his wife, after Head, she says, had started a fight in the house and she had fired one shot at him.
What sub-type of article is it?
Crime
What keywords are associated?
Shooting
Ex Husband
Divorced Wife
Rancher
Denver
Elbert
What entities or persons were involved?
Marion F. Head
Mrs. Alice M. Griffith
George Griffith
Where did it happen?
Eight Miles East Of Elbert
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Eight Miles East Of Elbert
Key Persons
Marion F. Head
Mrs. Alice M. Griffith
George Griffith
Outcome
shot four times with revolver and riddled with buckshot, perhaps fatally, but fought off attackers and escaped with his life
Event Details
Marion F. Head was shot by his divorced wife Alice M. Griffith after starting a fight in the house; she called her husband George Griffith from a neighbor's, who then shot Head with a shotgun; Head escaped