The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-10-16
SHE FOUGHT FOR HER LIFE.

SHE FOUGHT FOR HER LIFE.
THE MURDER OF MRS GREGORY IN AN
ORANGE COUNTY FARMHOUSE
| Two Rooms Bear Marks or the struggie-
She Was Shot In the Cheek sss In che
Ear and Her Skull Crushea-0ray Hairs
She Tore from the whisker- or tho Nur.
aerer May Lead 70 HE IAentiacation.
MIDpLErowN. N. Y. Oct. 15.-Mrs. Amelia
Gregory. who was murdered at the Gregory
| farmhouse on Wednesday afternoon. was
born near here. and had lived In this vicinity
all her life. She was we'll known and had many
| friends. and her untimely death has caused q
feeling which BODIES no good for the man upon
| whom tho crime Is fastened. She was Amelia
| Goldsmith when she married Noah Gregory.
eighteen years ago. They have two sons
Wilbur, about II. and Arthur. IL years OF age
For tho last eight years they have lived on the
| farm where the murder was committed. The
Gregory farm is on what is called the Back
| Road" about mile and . half from Middle
town. The road runs from the old Orange and
Sullivan county turnpike through to tho main
road leading past the Middletown Insane
Asylum It is about mile and half long.
anu lOE d ROOu part VI TIC ulbtbLco pUSSeo
through dense piece Of woods.
The Gregory house is one Of half dozen on
the road. It stands just at the edge Of the
wood. in q spot we'll fitted for the scene Of
such cowardly crime as was committed there
| yesterday. It is low. square. wooden house,
| standing about forty feet back from the road
| Tho front yard is full OF trees and bushos
which screen It from the view Of passers along
the road Entered from the front door there
is a square hall. To the left Of the hall is tho
main sitting room. or parlor. where the body
was found Opening out Of the sitting room
on the right is small bedroom. occupied by
| Mr.. Gregory and his wife, In It was closet and
| bureau. Back Of the sitting room 10 the
kitchen.
Mr.. Gregory and Wilbur. with two hired men.
Warren Brayington and Edward Conkling.
had been working In q celery field all day.
| Arthur Gregory wns at the Rockville school
house. about three-quarters Of q mile away.
| The celery field is perhaps quarter Of o mile
| from the house. Early In the afternoon Mr..
Gregory saw man drive away from the
house. When he and Wilbur went to the
barn at about 3 o'clock to put up their
horses. they went to the house to see who the
man was and what he wanted They found
Mrs. Gregory sitting in the front room near the
| window. reading paper. She told them that
butcher. who had called to see about buying n
| COW which he understood Mr.. Gregory wanted
to sell. Mrs. Gregory told Davenport that her
| husband had concluded not to sell the COW.
! and he went away. Mr.. Gregory and Wilbur
| then went back to the celery field.
The Rockville school closed for the day ut
O'Clock. and little Arthur started home.
It was perhaps $3.50 when he reached the
| farmhouse. He went to tho rear Of the house
and entered 1t by the kitchen. Putting his
dinner pail on the table. he started up stairs
to change his clothes. In going up stairs no
had to pass through the front room to the hall.
The door from the kitchen into tho
front room was closed. and the little
fellow did not notice that 1t was
spattered all over with blood He tried
to open It. but It was as fast as though held by
brace. He pushed as hard rs he could. and
the door opened far enough to let his head in:
NO mos ans g .Msmma he said f again. NV Shsts
h H. bos sh hiEs a. Hs rsn
he i Knew he would and his father As soon as
head and she was lying on the floor"
sha s
they Ss En- she
through under the door. va little, stream sip
has 'eSn 'ssy S Se Swse e''eSe
oody Goth s %ped there
though w2man's long hair. covered with her
The was S and On the door Joint the
and stufTy.
Mr.. Gregory pushed open the door into the
him. The Sody WIZ lay was tie
pao sa Ss dcs shss fl
from two bullet holes IN hSs head End from the
stantiy widening the pool. 'The door was COW COW
cred with 4: Il was spread an over the floor;
table i Which MRS. had y been On ST.
We're ;% red with blood. Scattered around The
shey Too o.
Then. in the wild. desperate hope that lifs was
sS the Pre- and tried $s SrisS
her back to consciousness. Then he realized
her head he laid her down again and and ran to
spread the news.
Tse shs s was ssa
back Road" He told her Of the crime and Miss
Parson ran for, the Gregory house a. fast as
she could. With a woman's instinct her first
act was an effort TO restore the dead woman to
consciousness. When she saw that that was i'm
see what else had been done. Tho boys
worked with her. and their first glance
Gregory is the COLLECTOR Of school taxes for ITS
district, and he had IN the house at the time Of
here. Of course; that Mr. GrsgSsy Ws ;. likely to
the bedroom adjoining the front room. Every;
thing there VIZ IN CONFUSION; The closet Ind
thrown Rssa dowa and sea scattered sfound. All
the bureau drawers were open and their
.s fspe ~
drawer. was missing. The $50 Of school tax
money Gaf kept partly n hoah stsS0sTd boz
the closet The pastebosrd box was found on
the door empty The cigsr boz was ss broken broke, to
: When It was seen that nothing could be done