Springville Herald | 1938-11-03 | Page 5 | Husband Faces Murder Charge

HUSBAND FACES MURDER CHARGE SALT LAKE CITY, IOV. 2 (U.I! John W. Griffith, 40-year-old steam shovel engineer, today faced a first degree murder charge as a result of the death of his wife yesterday. Mrs. Griffith, 46, was shot Saturday Sat-urday night in the abdomen. She died at 2:55 p. m., yesterday in the Salt Lake General hospital. Griffith, less than an hour after the death of his wife, was taken before City Judge Bronson, where Griffith heard the murder charge read. He was odered held in the county coun-ty jail without bail until the time of his arraignment. The complaint was signed by Deputy Sheriff J., Leonard Hyland. According to Hyland, Mrs. Griffith Grif-fith was shot following an argu-' ment Saturday night. The Griffiths were parents of two daughters, Alice, 29, and Joan, 4. The youngest daughter is not aware of the tragedy. Mrs. Griffith came to Salt Lake City from Pittsburgh 14 years ago. Besides .her ihusband and daughters, she leaves a brother and a sister, both in Pennsylvania.