Harry F. Griffith

Harry Franklin Griffith (April 24, 1913 – October 11, 1959) was a 46-year-old mechanic who shot himself in the head with a .22 caliber rifle in the barn on his Centreville farm on October 11, 1959.[1][2]

Griffith, a married father of five, worked as a mechanic for the D. C. Transit Company, and had been under a doctor's care prior to his suicide.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Centreville Death Of Transit Man Is Called Suicide" Evening Star, 12 Oct. 1959, Two Star Metropolitan, p. 27. NewsBank. Accessed 3 Dec. 2017.
  2. ↑ "Mechanic's Death is Ruled a Suicide." The Washington Post, Times Herald (1959-1973): 1. Oct 13 1959. ProQuest. Web. 3 Dec. 2017.