Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1888-03-03
HIS NEW CONFESSION.
FREDERICK GRuPY SAYS HE MURDERED
THE RAILWAY GIRL.
Next He Denies All that He Has Told, and
Says he Wishes to Get Away
from Here.


received the following communication
from Frederick Grupy, the man who
being arrested here as a tramp "con-
fessed that he was party to the muir
der of the Railway girl that the killing
was done by friend of his that it was
done with his (Grupy's) razor, and that
the deceased was named Fannie Gun
ther. Subsequently prisoner was adj
judged TO be a lunatic, and is now held
in jail here until he can be sent to lu-
matte asylum
My Dear Friend Judge,-I am going
to make clean breast OF the affair that
has Mt times made me lune, knowing
that my days on this earth are but few.
!, Frederick Grupy, of Baltimore city,
of the State OF Maryland, the youngest
son OF the late Francis Grupy and Mrs.
Christian G.. ; am twenty eight years
of age. born of grand old family
whose narle is but the tongue of praise,
but like all other men Of the world who
has been raised up TO nothing but
pleasure and fun, hns 10 some day or
other pay very dear for their pleasure.
The wages of sin is death, and the wages
of my sin is death. o ! Judge, | have
told you lot about myself, but what L
haven't told you is eating my very
heart out of me. | am the guilty man,
and not my friend No one else but me.
Insanity at the time made me accuse
him of it but having a spite against the
man told lies on him; but 4 am too
brave man to let him suffer for crime
which he never had hand in it, and |
alone am the lover. She was no wsnton
and never lived in house of i'll fame.
[ with my own hands killed ner for going
with another man. Oh, God If could
call it back again | would but it is too
late now to call back what is past. You
have earned your reward. | now have
made about all the confession in this
State am going to make. There is no
such thing as box. That is nll q
blind. BY Mr.. Fentons books in his
feed-entry he will find i'll the box pair
Of cuffs and collar l wore the night |
killed her.
Then follows long, rambling, foolish
lot of stuff that throws no light or the
mans history or on the crime. Then he
adds:
II am guilty Of nothing else which
am ashamed to confess. / am the man,
and you and everybody else III Rich
mond viii git no more out of me. .
ask to be taking on at once. Or
will commit death by cutting my throat.
81 am guilty and 1 can stan it no
longer. FREDERICK GRUPY.
4" Richmond CitV JaH"
A NEW INVESTIGATION.
Upon receiving this letter Justice
Richardson went down to the Jail to see
Grupy. He WAS in his cell raving and
almost naked, having torn his clothing
into pieces. BY direction of the PoEce
Justice Grupy was dressed and taken up
stairs into a room. Justice Richardson,
locking the door, said "Grupy, you
have gotten yourself into bad fix now.
Under the laws Of the State OF Virginia
any person upon being adjudged luna
tic by a commission is placed in the
lunatic asylum and maybe kept there ior
lie"
Grupy at once ceased his raving, and,
looking the Police Justice square in the
eye, said "Well, 1 am not crazy"
Tho Justice remained with him for
nearly two hours. In the presence OF
the jail officials, Captain Frank Gun
ningham, and a gentleman from Balti-
more, Grupy reiterated the story that he
was implicated IN the Railway murder,
and declared that everything he had pre-
viously said in reference to the murder
was true.
The Police.Justice questioned Grupy
closely in reference to the date of the
murder. He replied that he did not
know the exact date. but knew it was IN
the latter part of March, and thought il
was on Friday night. He was then shown
some pictures which had been sent here
by Detective Keron, Of Elizabeth, n.
J. On seeing the picture of the muir
! dered woman he remarked: "That
looks like her." When he saw the pic.
ture OF the man he said. /" think that is
calling the name OF the mani. 1t is
so much like him could almost swear
to 1t but he is somewhat stouter now
| than he was then" The Justice caused
all the persons to leave the room and said
to him earnestly: "Grupy, there may
be some truth in what you have told me,
but if there is, am satisfied that you
have not told me the whole truth.
After some hesitation GrupY said there
we're some other things in connection
with the case which he could tell, but
could not do 50 then. he finally pro
missed to tell the Justice all in an inter
view TO be held later.
Grupy said that he had worked under
the name of Carroll Sanford for Edward
Chamberlayne, about seven miles from
Long Branch for Holmes Bennett, al
Fair Haven, and for Frank Fenton, al
Deals Beach.
GRUPY's LAST
The chief outcome Of the examination
Of Grupy yesterday evening was some
thing OF resemblance he bore TO pho
tograph OF Carl Wolff sent to Justice
Richardson by ex-Chief-of- Detective
John Keron, Of Elizabeth City, n. j.
Carl Wolff has long been sus
pected of the mysterious Railway
murder. The face IN the photograph
is oval, the forehead high, the features
regular, the moustache slight, and the
expression almost identical with that Of
Grnpy. A notable difference perhaps ii
that Grupy has months growth o.
thin beard around his face which il
absent in the picture. II Grupy haC
been shaved, his hair dressed, anc
no bad on decent suit O
clothes, the similarity with the photo
graph would have been considerable
Grupy also proclaimed himself as "Car
Wolff" the suspected murderer, anC
said that he was known in Railway anC
other places by that name.
There may be a chance, however re
mote, that the photograph now in Jus
tice Richardson's possession will furnish
the clue to the solution Of this singulal
murder mystery.
ALL LIES.
Originally Grupy said the deceased