| Transcribed by Norma Knotts Shaffer from microfilm
of the Calhoun Chronicle dated 5/27/1915.
Griffith Captured in Ohio
A report reached this place Tuesday evening that W.H. Griffith, slayer
of Constable Jeff Gough, of Creston, and Chief Ord Thompson, of Gassaway,
and who created no little excitement in this section a few weeks ago when
he was being chased by a large posse, had been arrested at Youngstown,
Ohio, and had been brought to Charleston. The information does not
state how he happened to be captured in Youngstown, or what reason there
was for taking him to Charleston.
A later report from Charleston confirms the above. Griffith was
seated in a Youngstown restaurant eating supper when one of his large pistols
was discovered sticking out of his pocket. He was arrested on a charge
of carrying weapons and when searched letters and a note on a Charleston
bank purporting to be signed by F.S. Rose were found on him. He had
given a different name to the police and they immediately wired to the
Charleston officials to know if "Rose" was wanted there. The Charleston
officers went after him and he is now lodged in the Braxton county jail
where he will go on trial for the murder of Police Officer Thompson of
Gassaway. |
