Salt Lake Telegram | 1934-01-13 | Page 1 | Ex-Convict Shoots Girl, Kills Self

Ex-Convict Ex Shoots Girl Kills Kill s Self Sell Body of Paroled Man Found by Sister in InS in S. S L. L Rooming Rooming Rooming Room Room- ing House Harry Gravell 35 38 38 a paroled Utah convict shot and killed himself him sell self eU in a rooming house at 36 2 1 2 1 East Fourth South street Saturday after after- critically wounding his asserted as sweetheart s Grace Gr Griffin 36 38 a divorcee The Griffin woman lay wounded wound wound- ed beside Gravells Gravell's body for lor nearly near nearS ly five h hours urs police said before belore the shooting was discovered Mrs Lillian Rahan sister of or the Griffin woman who lives at the same same address told officers that she heard sharp reports at a. a m. m and thought they were they were from a I backfiring automobile At about p. p m. m she said she grew curious at not having seen either her sister or Dr Graveland Gravell Gravel and went to the latter's room and nd found them MAN FOUND D DEAD AD Gravell was dead a bullet wound in his temple while the woman woman woman wo wo- wo- wo man lay beside him wounded by bya a shot that entered her forehead Mrs Rahan was screaming Wh Why did they let him out of f prison pris pris- on She told officers her sister had been afraid of bI Gravell Gravel Police revealed that Gravell Gravel had bad been questioned Friday in connection with his activities since being paroled from the state prison pris pris- on last September He had planned to l leave ve town Continued on Page pue Two CONVICT SHOOTS V GIRL GIRL AND SELF f p Pair pr r F Found und In Rooming House 1 I v Hours Later by 1 Vf-V Vf J S' S Sister IS t er 1 V Continued Continue from P Pare Page ie One On V V V Saturday and demanded the Griffin Grit Grif fin woman woma accompany him they laid they learned V V V Gravell V Gravel Gravell believed things were 1 getting too hot for him officers said laid They expressed a belief he was despondent and that a quarrel preceded the s shooting V Police said Gravell used a 38 e caliber revolver V SERVED POUR FOUR YEARS V Gravell was paro paroled ed from prisS prison pris pris- S on after serving four years and anda a month of a sentence of 25 t to 40 0 0 V 1 years ears for second degree burglary He lie convicted of was robbing astore a It store re at Bountiful with John V S E V PoUce Police saId ald he also Wo had served L three years vears in the Utah Industrial industrial indus Indus- V trial school three years in San r Q prison prison- Cal for burL burglary bur bur- t. t glary and seven years in lit the Utah prison for a bank robbery In 5 in 1920