Show Wife Wounds Mate Male When She Tears Fears Being Beaten OGDEN OGDEN Claude Claude Whitford 49 railroad switchman was reported Monday to be in critical condition condition condi condi- tion from a gunshot wound r re received Saturday evening whet his wife Mrs Viola Whitford 5 53 2543 Lincoln avenue admittedly shot him at the family residence for fear of being beaten Chief of Police T. T R. R Johnson Captain D D. Be Ballantyne and Inspector George Theobald investigating hives hives- officers said Mrs Whitford Whitford Whit Whit- ford had admitted that she fired at her husband intending to frighten him and thought the bul bullet bullet bul- bul let would strike the wall above his head She said that she fired at her husband as he left the kitchen kitch kitch- en and started to enter the dining room toward her |