Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1867-11-20
GIraoRYs CONFESSION.


After the arrival Of the coroner, and
the s%ummoning of a jury, the pockets of
the dead man were emptied of their con-
tents. These consisted of the key to the
] rooms, q pocket book containing about
$50 in money, a paper in which were
wrapped about a dozen bullets oil s size
corresponding with the revolver, a menu
orandum book. a number Of photographs,
several miscellaneous articles, and a letter
written by Gregory, giving all the posi-
tive information tnat can ever be known,
regarding the crime. 1t was wEtten, ev-
identity with - nervous, trembling hand
upon Il sheet Of common note paper, COW
ering nearly two pages. The writing in
some places vas unintelligible and the or.
thograi by very inaccurate. The follow
ing is an exact copy of the letter, except
the corrections in the spelling:
To lchons It may concern:
1 have waded through trouble for many
years, and worked hard that I 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 p~retense, which often makes me do
things that l would not have done. Hope
that God will pardon me for this horrid
crime for 1 have done it to put an end to
nv trouble. THIS Miss Roy brought me
into this last crime which l cant unfold.
l wish for Mr. Pugh to select a piece of
ground in Woodland Cemetry and take
Willie up, place him beside me in the
grave, and this girl in the same grave be
side me, and leave room for Mrs. Gregory
and my little girl next;o me. Put me in
the dead house hrst; don't let the doctors
lave me. here is two hundred dollars to
pay my expenses, and then divide all be-
tween Mrs. Gregory and Ida Bell. Mr..
J Pugh has always been my friend. I
want him TO see to this. Farewell TO this
world of t-oGbiei
There was no signature to the letter.
The hand writing was identified as that of
Gregory.
THE CAUSES OF H CRIME.
Like most of the other circumstances
connected with this terrible occurrence,
the exact causes which led to it can be but
partially understood. The unhappy rela-
tons between Gregory and his wife proba,
by did much to render him irritable and
passionate. His intimacy with the girl, as
alluded 70 in his last statement, was in all
probability the principal means of his be-
ing led into crime Miss Roy was nine
teen years Of age, quite progressing in
appearance, and ordinarily intelligent
She was engaged to be mgrried TO, We are
informed, a worthy young man. Her
general character, was without reproach,
but, although we would not now cast an
unjust stain upon her character, it is I'm
~questionably true that her relations with
Gregory were Of a criminal character.
Had she been wise she would have left his
employment upon the first discovey Of any
such disposition on his part, but she yield
ed, and has suffered q fearful penalty.
We believe that none of her friends enter
tained 0 suspicion of her conduct. She
has told some Of them that GrsEcEy Lad
tried TO induce her 70 elope with him, and
well would it have been Il they had reno
we'd her from the snare Of the tempter. 1t
does not appear that anything like infat-
uation bed taken possession other.