The times., 1897-06-21
G0RDY BURIED HIS MONEY
Delaware Wife Murderer Planted
Cash in a Cemetery.
His Brotfiers, who Had Been AG-
vised of 1t, Exhutued 1t After
He Was Hanged.

Georgetown, Del, June 20.-Theugh
James NJ. Gordy the Sussex county farmer
who was hanged here last week IA the
murder Of his Wife, declined to furnish bis
counsel money to get expert medical tes-
tiruony in his behalf, on the ground that he
was penniless, the discovery was. made
here today that he left behind him w hat a
Sussex county farmer regards as a snug
fortune
HIS brothers, John and Burton Gordy,
say that on the day preceding the ha n gi ng,
In a private meeting ia his cell, he told
them . hat he had buried So, 200 at the base.
OF the tombstone W hich marks the grave OF
his first wife in the Gordy family cemetery
near WhiteSville The hrothers kept the
matter secret and went to the graveyard
on Thursday and dug up the money.
The lawyers who defended Gordy are
not surprised that the discovery has been
made. They say that Gordy was alwars
regarded as weIi-to-do, and that his plea
OF poverty puzzled them during his trial
The money he paid them to defend him
was realized from the sale OF some Of lis
household goods and farm stock
Attorney General White and other au-
thorities who figured ia Gor1y's trial. .,on-
meet the discovery of the nurGerer's hidden
fortune with the mysterious visit that
Gordy made to Georgetown on the cay
preceding his arrest in March He was
then seen TO enter the National Bank,
where he stayed for some time Th,,se
who saw him go into the bank reported at
the time thst he carried satchel
Gordy had kept his money in the hank
and the authorities now believe that at
the time he went to the bank he appre-
hended his arrest, and drew his savings out
and hid -hSIa on the spot where HIS sr0ti-
ers have recovered them.
On the morning OF the 11th of March,
when Gordy returned the team, In which
he had taken has grewsome ride, to the
Hveryman In Milford, he took two satehels
out Of the carriage One OF these safctleis
was missing until last week, when it WIS
found at the home OF enc of his brothers.
in-Iaw. The State detectives mad,.
special search for 1T, because they believed
that it contained some important Chew
that would tend to fasten the murder on
Gordy more definitely. IL is believed hy
the authorities now that this was the
IL
which he carried the money to the grave
yard to barry it, afterwards turning it over
to his bIotherin-Iaw.
Gordy did not have $1,000 on deposit In
the bank, and it is believed that the
greater part of the sum represented Lis
savings during the two years he roaEled
over the country copying photographs.
Gordy expected to escape Jail until the
Monday before his execution. He told his
counsel, Charles w Cullen, that he had
tiled TO hribe his guard to let him ont IN
payment OF $500. When he was asked
here he expected to get the money he
hesitated and shook his head. Cullen now
believes that Gordy was then on the verge
of divulging his great secret. It is under
stood that Gordy left ins tructions with his
brothers 10 use the $1,000 for the edu-
cation and maintenance OF his two chtI
dren.
Medical men are already after Gordy's
body, ami it is reported that several at
tempts have been made to steal It in the
last four days Gordy 's brothers are guard
ing fis grave closely.