New-York tribune., 1884-12-06
PRINTER GRAY'S HISTORY.
A MAN CAPABLE OF COMMITTING MURDER

REASONS FOR CONNECTING HIM WITH THE CARLE-
TON HOUSE TRAGEDY-PUNIsHED FOR ATTACKING
HIS WIFE.
The belief Of the residents Of the Carleton
House that the unknown woman whose body was dug
out Of the heap In the cellar on Tuesday afternoon
had been thrust down through the trap in Printer
0ray's room becomes firmly rooted as Gray's his
tory brought to light The published accounts OF hs
printer led to the discovery that Gray Is at present
serving sentence In the Trenton Penitcntiary
for crime similar to that OF which there Is
to believe him guilty In connection with the Carleton
House mystery After he left his basement bedroom
March 81. 1888. he led shifting life until October 49,
months later, when he got of evening train at
Dover, N. j., where he had worked time He had
with him the small woman with a thin face, blue eyes
and fair hair who figured his wife when he lived ut
the Carleton House.
Gray and his wife said that they were going to
the Allen Mine and started TO walk thither through
lonely wood Cutting stick under the preencc that no
wanted to- defend them from dogs he fell behind tho
and struck her several blows the back OF tho
head leaving her In the road Mrs Gray recovered
consciousness however, and crawed to q farmhouse.
The farmers Of the neghborhood went in search OF tho
brute and captured him In swamp That night he took
poison, but his intention to kill himself frustrated.
Mrs. Gray denounced him bad man, ana
said that he had led an evil life,
and that she knew enough to hang
him. When tried for the offence in Morrsown. however,
a reluctant witness. The jury gave him ten years
for the attempted murder Of his wife and three yeara
for trying to break Jail.
ACCESS TO THE PRISONER DENIED.
All access to the prisoner denied
Yesterday by the keeper Of the gloomy
Prison Trenton. On the records of the insti
tuition the printer entered under the name of Samuel
6. Gray He is an Englishman, weighs l21 pounds. II
twcnty-s six years old, five feet. four and three
ipcha tall nd has
hair dark skin The only marks on him are
slight the first finger OF the left hand and another
the right eyebrow. His small and he has
habit of COMPRISING his thin lips tightly. His present
occupation is starchng collars In the laundry OF Con-
tractors Downs Il Finch. Gray entered the prison on
February 4 last
"If," said Keeper Lnverty, he gets the benefit OF
I 800 days of for good behavior, which very much
doubt he win receive his discharge barring accidents
Marcus Moore is the foreman Of the gang OF sistygvs
TRir"SE That fellow has got bad eye lie differ.
from the rest, for he Ia as suen and morose as
in s'' him. Every On now two s"" occasion @ @ esrsea ws
not showing any INSTRUMENTATION, he go ugly looking
that had half a mind to report him He keeps 10 hi'
sclf has no companions, and IL a surly brute
RRrCENr Anour nIs LIFE IN sEw-YoRK.
Several Of Inspector Byrnes's detectives AMI one Of
Plnhertons men have had look FOR Gray. The result
of their observation Ia not known to the public,
hut II Ia safe to cay that the eonsws
haa n ~
ihpr, he Ia sar and auin and Keeper liivety AMI the
,jee,typs ran question him nj hpt risnrr Ne viii
beep" sad of the pfisen guards with whs at The
| reporter
Ito Ia very fetieent." said Mt' Moore,
{" when tho sniIeet ~ hs Nn~tws
nfe Ia ioiehei nuan, Ito saii ~ s,is'ah,r
| u fepiy ~ s0ma questions to'lat, that 10 iete
tho basement VI the Carleton House oh March "a ihh'
eease of bad health ana spent ve weeks ~ e thafs
| Hospital on Riaekwss Island While al tbs carleton
Iiouse has wife made MS a misery Wy hei CONSTANT
OF inndeity his part OF which ha claimed
he was innocent. lie denied that other women visited
| him In the basement" tiierst, the carleton
! House tailor, AMI streetmatter tho Carleton
House restaurant keeper. both declare that Mrs.
| Gray jealous OF seeohd woman
| who was a constant visitor ID Grays room
Ibeieve," said Keeper Laverty, "from my expert
encc with criminals that Gray is capable OF the crime and
| also that he is tho Carleton House murderer"
MRS. GRAY's DEVOTION TO HER HUSBAND.
strange feature Of the mans imprisonment has been
| tho affection displayed for the husband by Mrs.
Gray. At his trial In Morristown last winter
she testified unwingly. When he went to Trenton sho
followed him and visited him In prison song book
WAS taken from Gray when he entered the pententiary
In which he had written the fyea: 'What shame!
| Ten years In the State Prison on account OF q
dirty little wretch of wife" He seemed glad to see her
after he had been in confinement while she brought
him cigars and costly book liiis Manliaf IoDo
near him. the woman whose life he tried to take worried
yea s,reas w,,l sna with James smythc, tailor in
Grecnest with Mrs Cody, drcssnaker IN state-s;
with the family Of John stevens cNil engineer, ~
staest with Mrs Burke at No. MIlows. ANA WIN .hn
went that her husband was In state Prison Tor
ry"Y scn not to t M work. ass at st. Hospital She
Mrs Klgers in the latter part OF septenner ana IL Is not
known where she went Iii supposed that she Is now
month ago she paid her last visit to her husband
| He says now that he believes she Is not
in reputable company and that he never wants 20 geo
Saratoga trunk with her No one except herself ever
saw the contents Of the trunk hal,
nervous way jumping, as struck, when SPOKE tfnd
oherw.e acted aueery Thought her lshs her
husband who can throw any light upon the Carleton
Capan Webb of the Oak Street Police Station still be-
lcves the body the to be that OF Mrs Johanna
Robert Kgsby who keeps u cigar store at No. ~ New
Cambcrsst says that Gray rented room from him IN
Where he had been Under for rheumatism IIe
bchav ed himself WELL lie had previously lived in Rose,
he hS''''a tried d." to i xiii in SewJsrssy; MT:
Kigsby thinks was named Annie DOWNING On tnS n1Sr
Gray dressmakcr"
BURIAL OF THE BODY.
The keeper of the Morguc gave sigh OF relief yester-
day when the steamer Fidelity bore to liars Island tho
ronch pinc coffin containing the skeleton OF tho
wonan Il was buried I'm the Pottcrs hed.
along with half score Of others. As long as the re-
mains at the Morgue curious people o, every
station IN ltfc CrOwucu tTcrc W ~ 80
tions One woman called hoping TO find the remains OF
long lost daughter but disappointed There sun
remans in the dead house the clothes OF
the woman and her hair, natural ami fase'
While the natural hair IL two feet long aud OF dark
brownsh red Color glossy, and hnc a. SILK the iaso
hair is OF the coarses quality several shades darker than
the other, and OF a dull appearance.
THE MISSING HAND.
The sorv of the missing right hand has aroused tho
interest of many, who believe the finding OF II Will
h. the clew to tho murc: II murder there has been
H. wa. said at Morgue yesterday that no part of
,hc body was missing when the comm
was nailed up On the morning OF October II James
Eshnn OF 10 212 William St. carried a small human