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Show j IS COMMITTED , IN WASHINGTON ! I WASHINGTON, Nov. 29. Mrs Florence Robinson, comely young matron lying near death In a hospital, and Ordver Oordon, little more than a youth, who, because he said he loved I her, yesterday shot the woman and who, for the same reason, twelve hours later kept her alive by giving her blood for transfusion to her i ein . today were the principals in one of the most remarkable crime incidents in Washington police history. Following a quarrel recently, Gordon yesterday went to the hoine of the 'woman who had separated ironi her j husband, to bid her good bye as he ex- ' peeled to leave for his home in Wheeling. Wheel-ing. W. Va. As she stood In his embrace em-brace Gordon fired a revolver shot i through ber bod) . After his arrest last night Cordon was told that Mrs Robinson would die unless some one volunteered to submit sub-mit to blood transfusion. He offered himself and requested only that if the patient still were conscious that she be told of his action. Physicians today said it was too Nearly to say whether the operation would save Mrs. Robinson's life. In the meantime the police were wondering wonder-ing whit the effect would be should th woman whom Gordon had tried to , kill be saved from death through his I own sacrifice. oo |