Evening journal., 1897-03-17
KNIFE IN GORDY'S CELL.
Accused Murderer Secured it
From a Fellow Prisoner.
MADAME GRUNERT HAS ARRIVED

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MADAME GRUNERT HAS ARRIVED
SHE IDENTIFIES THE PICTURE OF
THE MURDERED WOMAN AS
THAT OF HER sIsTER-TRoU-
sERs WORN BY GORDY DIsCov-
Erred WITH BLOOD SPOTS ON
THEM.
Special Despatch Evening Journal.
GEORGETOWN, March Thames
NJ. Gordy the accused murderer, will
not be taken to Milton tomorrow TO be
present at the inquest to be held on the
body of Mrs. Mary Lewis, or Mrs. Mary
Gordy, which was found in BrOadkiln
creek. IL is said that the state officials
fear violence.
KNIFE IN GORDY's POSSESSION.
Considerable excitement was caused
yesterday by the discovery of a sharp
knife in Gordy's cell 1t Is supposed
that he intended to commit suicide with
the weapon or use il to murder one Of
the keepers and thereby make his es-
cape
Gordy secured the knife frcm pris-
oner who is waiting trial for killing a
man during a disturbance at Greenwood
.ast Summer. He got the weapon in the
absence of iailer. and then proceeded
to sharpen il on his shoe Then he put
the keen-edged blade in a sheath and
hid it under an old stove in one corner
Of the room. His suspicious actions led
the keeper to believe that something
was wrong, and he summoned the
sheriff, and they at once made an in
yestigation. Gordy was told that a
prisoner had said that he had the knife
concealed about the cell, but he stoutly
denied that he knew anything about t..
He said he had no weapon of any kind.
/ After searching everything about the
cell, Sheriff Johnson finally found the
secreted weapon.
MADAME GRUNERT IN TOWN.
Madame Grunert, sister Of the mur-
dered woman, accompanied by a wo-
man relative and Detective McVey, ar
rived on the train at 7.15 last night
Madame Grunert is about 80 years old
with light hair and a winsome face
| She refused to enter a coach at the de
pot to ride to the hotel, even though
the detective declared he would remain
with her. She insisted on walking. She
was frightened owing to the murder Of
her sister.
Madame Grunert was shown a photo.
graph Of the dead woman as she lay in
the establishment of Undertaken Wilson
and exclaimed: Yes, / am sure that /,
my poor sister Mary" She says sh,
does not know whether her sisters lif,
was insured or not. She knows tha
she got considerable money upon tn,
death Of Mr. Lewis but what became o
it she does not know.
Madame Grunert went to Milton thi
morning with Attorney General White
She Identified the body of Mrs. Lewis a
that of her sister, also the goods at tn
{ station and the trunks at the expires
: Office here.
THE INCRIMINATING TROUSERS.
The trousers worn by Gordy on tn
night the woman was murdered hav
} been found. They were muddy an
; showed that they had been wet Their
is a red spot on one leg, which look
ike blood
Detectives have measured the foot
, prints found I'm the sand near the spo
where the body was found. and b.
comparison with the soles of GOrdy'.
shoes they are said to be identical.
r 1t is believed the satchel5 for whic
{ he authorities are still searching con
ain some Of the woman's money or SO
] ;urities. II is reported that a woma
] near Milton washed a pair Of trouser
and other garments for Gordy tn
e night of the murder.
MAY PLEAD INSANITY.
}. It. is probable that Gordy's lawyer
J, will try to prove him insane. The
have secured a physicians certifcat
- given several years ago by Dr. G. l
D ] tones, in which GOrdy was pronounce
r to be suffering from acute mania A
e. that time il was alleged that he ha
r made slanderOus remarks about
/, | young woman named Warrington. the
living in Lewes, and she threatened I
/. bring suit against him. When he hear
j. Of the proposed suit, it is said that
n suddenly became apparently ViOlen
n and that at times it took four men
keep him in bed. DR.. G.. f. Jones Wa
+. called in on September IA. 1890. and a
!, ter an examination pronounced him II
a sane. The case was then dropped
# the young woman.
: GORDY'S MOTHER ILL.
l. Gordy's aged mother is said to be d.
l. ing at her home over worry, though 81
d only knows that Jim is in trouble
e the particulars having, it is said, bee
,e kept from her.
.e While Gordy was at the home Of h
Is mother last Friday night and Saturds
Ie morning, fugitive from the officers. !
Ie Joined in the family devOtions, leadir
a in prayer.
BICYCLE CLUB OFFICERS.
The following nominations for on
GERS Of the Wilmington Bicycle Cll
at have been made: President, w. \