Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-11-19


forenoon of Friday. AS an additional cir
cumstance, we may mention the fact that
gentleman informs us that he called at the
rooms on Friday afternoon, and found the
door locked, and a placard upon the out
side stating that the gallary would be
closed for two days. The body of the man
gave evidence of more recent death, and it
was the opinion that several hours, at least,
had interviewed between the murder and
thesuicide. There is no positive proof of
this, however, and it is possible that both
may have been committed within a short
time. 1t is probable that when he laid his
diabolical plan, he fully intended to take his
own life, after having accomplished the
death of his victim. H4.rt cr sti
In one of the rooms was found pail
nearly filled with bloody water. and also Il
handkerchief, wet and bloody. which might
indicate that after the murder he had
washed his hands, and then. perhap, pro-
ceeded to write the confession which was
found upon him. 1t is not little strange
that the reports of the pistol. and the prob
aole screams of the poor girl, were heard
by no one, although adjoining rooms upon
the same h)or, and those in the second
story, were all occupied. Mr.. G j. Adams,
who occupies the apartments directly be-
low, testified before the coroner's jury that
about half-past nine o'clock on Friday
night, he heard heavy fall, but saiti oth-
ing about the shots. This singular fact
puts speculation entirely at fault regarding
the time of the occurrence. -a
From bullet hole in the face of Gregory.
just below the nose, it is evident that his
first attempt at self-destruction was made
with the pistol, probably with the only re-
mafling charge in the weapon. Through
his nervousness and excitement he erred in
his ain, and the wound inflicted was not a
fatal bne. He intended, doubtless, to kill
l.. fhak l>,xf bod ~
Hlr1ed five of the shots before succeeding
in the murder OF the girl, and was then
c pmpelled to finish the work with knife
That lie had resorted to the latter means,
only through necessity, is proved by the
fact that the only knife found was a small
pocket knife. This was lying upon the
floor of the operating room, six or eight
feet from the body OF Gregory. The blades
were all dull, and he could only have car
ried out his design by great effort. goaded
on by the frenzy of desperation. The
frightful cash in the throat also indicated
this, as it was rough and Jagged, and the
physicians, after examining it, stated that
he must have drawn the knife across his
throat at least four or five times In case
there was an interval of time between the
murder OF the girl and the suicide, he must
have gone back into the room in which she
lay to shoot himself, as the pistol lay near
her. If this took place Immediately after
the girls death, he must have written the
letter beforehand, in anticipation of his
crimes, showing a cool deliberation, which
could only be the result of firmly settled
determination. The evident washing of his
hands, in the pail referred to alb we. how
ever, would seem to indicate differently. as
it is scarcely probable that that was done
while in the act of taking his own lif'.
The body of Gregory was found in the
doorway between the operating-room and
ha ah 10 al.rn q n w D.
cliuing upon his right elbow, his shoulder
being supported by the door casing, and
the head dropping over, presenting most
horrible spectacle. The posture was re-
marked by all as being singular one. The
face, pale and CHASTITY, was spotted with
blood, and the upper portion of the cloth
ing was also saturated. There was but
little blood where the body lay, showing
that he had probably staggered and fallen
there, when the weakness of death came
| upon him.
APPEARANCE OF THE ROOMS.
There were no evidences of any stru ygle
having taken place between the murderer
and his victim. The reception room OF
parlor, which is a well furnished apart
| ment, presented no unusual appearance
There were no traces OF blood discovered
upon the carpet or furniture, nor was there
any displacement of any of the articles
| Through this room the murderer had to
pass from that in which the girl lay, to the
one in which he performed the final act
| There was nothing whatever to indicate the
fearful tragedy which had been enacted
| The operating room presented shocking
appearance. The head of the man project
ed from the doorway, and in several places
upon the floor were large masses of blood
There were also trails of blood as if after
| the cash had been made he had walked
about the room. The examination of the
wound showed that the jugular vein had
not been reached, although the windpipe
and the smaller veins had been severed
| He doubtless lived for several minutes, and
| the physicians even said that the cash was
not necessarily fatal one, if medical aid
could have reached him in time. He dice
of the hemorrhage which resulted from the
wound. s' .-
| On the table in one corner of the oper.
ating room was the empty basket in which
their dinner had been brought. A linen
coat. thrown carelessly down, lay upon it
by Gregory. On shelf in che dressing
room lay the hat Of the unfortunate Isa-
| bella.
GREGoRY's CONFESSION.
| After the arrival of the coroner, and the
summoning OF jury, the pockets of the
dead man were emptied of their conents
These consisted OF the key to the rooms, a
! pocket book containing about $3.50 in mon
ey, paper in which were wrapped about
dozen bullets of size corresponding
with the revolver, a memorandum book, a
number of Photographs. several miscella-
neous articles, and letter written by
Gregory, giving all the positive infOrma-
tion that can ever be known regarding the
| crime. 1t was written, evidently, with a
nervous, trembling hand, upon sheet OF
common note paper, covering nearly two
rages. The writing was in some places al
most unintelligible and the photography
very inaccurate. The following is an ex-
act copy of the letter, except the correc-
tions in the spelling:
To acl.on1 this may concern:
l have waded through trouble for many
years, and worked hard that might re-
ceive thanks, but all in vain, since Mrs.
Gregory has borne false witness against
me, had me locked up in prison under false
pretence, which often makes me do things
that would not have done. l hope God
will pardon me for this horrid crime for
have done it. tol put an end to my trouble.
This Miss Roy brought me into this last
crime which | can't unfold. wish for Mr..
Pugh to select piece of ground in Wood
land Cemetery and take Willie up, place
him beside me in the grave, and this girl
in the same grave beside me, and leave
room for Mrs. Gregory and my little girl
next to me. Put me in the dead-house
frs t; don't let the doctors have me. Here
is two hundred dollars TO pay my expenses,
and then divide all between Mrs. Gregory
and Ida Bell. MIR. j. Pugh has always
been my friend. want him to see to this.
Farewell to this world of trouble
There was no signature to the letter. The
handwriting was identified as that OF Greg
ory.