FRANK GRIFFEN'S DEATH.

NZ Truth, Issue 878, 23 September 1922, Page 10

FRANK GRIFFEN'S DEATH.

The following paragraph is clipped from the evidence at the late Frank Griff en's inquest, and proves, beyond a doubt, how dangerous it is to fight with ari open mouth. 1 Dr. Lee, producing a skull, demonstrated the effects of blows on the jaw. He thought the cause of Griffen's death •was that he 'having his mouth open, the loose jaw caused a bruising and laceration of the temple lobe, with some hemmorhage at the base of the brain, probably very slow, but persistent through Sunday. Dr. Lee mentioned! high medical authority to the, effect that after concussion of the brain a man might remain quiescent up to three days, after which he would become violent. That was exactly what Griffen did. In witness's opinion, the struggling accelerated the end.