The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-08-24
Murder of an Unfaithful Wife.

From the Baltimore Sun, Aug.9
On Monday night last the vicinity of
Curtis Greek, Anne Arudel county, was
the scene of an affair which yesterday re-
sulted in the death of Mrs. Gray wife of
Leonard w. Gray, formerly constable of
this city. Gray, it appears, has been absent
for two or three months al Richmond, Vir.
ginia, but returned home on Monday even
ing. Thinking to surprise his wife, he went
directly to Mrs. Gault's, at whose house, in
Holiday street, near Pleasant, she was stay
ing. He did not find her there, but was
told she had gone to Samuel Actions, at
Curtis Greek. Thither Gray went, and
was surprised at not finding bis wife there,
nor had she been there. Gray then pro
ceeded along the lane in company with
Acton and another man. Without stating
any peculiar or antecedent fact which led
to mis- making search, be states that in the
road they detected footprint in the sand,
and Gray following it up traced his wife to
an unfinished house not far from the high
way. He heard noise in the house as of
a man and woman in conversation, and at
tempted to break down the door, but could
not. He then got piece of scantling, and
fOrcibly broke down the back door and
rushed up stairs. AS he did so, Mrs. Gray
came from behind carpenters bench,
greatly agitated, and Invested of nearly all
her clothing. Gray said, ooh, Mary p and
struck her twice with the piece of scantling,
once over the head and once above the eye.
She fell bleeding at the nose, but Gray says
be did not think at the time that he had
hurt her much. Becoming alarmed, how
ever, Gray picked his wife up from the floor,
and carried her in his arms to Brooklyn
city, two miles distant. She never spoke,
except when Gray said to her. "Oh,
Mary, how could you treat me 500" when
she replied, He forced me to it "-meaning
her seducer. On Tuesday, DR.. Brewer, of
this city, was sent for, and yesterday morn
ing Mrs. Gray was brought to this city,
and taken to the house of Mrs. Towson, in
Mosher street, near Walsh, where she died
yesterday afternoon, between one and two
O'Clock.
Gray Immediately went to the Office of
Justice Reid and surrendered himself to the
magistrate, who gave him into the custody
OF policeman Clinton, of the Western Dis
trict. He appears greatly distressed, and
asked to be taken to Annapolis jailat once.
lie was taken to the office OF the Marshal
OF Police, who sent him to Annapolis in
charge of policeman Clinton, in the APO
train.
Gray is about thirty years of age, and
was married to his victim about three years
ago. The deceased was about twenty-seven
years ofage. The man who was heard talk.
ing with the woman 10 the house, it is said ,
escaped out of the window, and that be was
known by Gray.
All the foregoing facts are Gray's own
voluntary statement, and, as there are no
witnesses to the affair, the above is about
all that could be gathered from an interview
with the wretched man. He was dumb in
reference to the name of the man who had
invaded bis domestic peace, but says he did
not mean to kill her, and had no cause to
suspect her fidelity up to this occusion.