The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-03-16
THE MILTON
MYSTERY
Gordy and Mrs. Lewis Quarrel
In New York.
.sIsH17 COLEMAN ON TIE IsINE.
Part of Gordy's Career in the
! Photo Copying Business
in Other Cities.

/. few days
A letter was given to the authorities to-
day written from New York on February
26 to Harvey Messick, who occupies Gordy' q
farm. 1t was written by woman and
read as follows:
''Dear Friend: lam letting you know
that will not be home tomorrow +, for l
am having q good time in New York.
Everything has been better than expect
ett for--that Is the reason that will not
be at home yet lam going to leave New
| York Monday, and II you want to let ms
know anything send your letter to Hart
ford, Conn, general del. If you have
nothing particular before the first of
March, send your letter to 96l3 Eighth
ave care of Mrs. Lewis"
The remainder of the letter Is In refer
enco to the work on the farm, and was
sgped "Your true friend, James M.
| GOrdy."
When Mrs. Messick, the wife of the ten
I ant, was asked to account for the hand
writing on the letters she replied that
Gnrdy is unable to either read or write, and
when he was Mt home she (Mrs. Messick)
wrote all his letters for him and read those
he received; that she had written two lot
ters for him to Mrs. Lewis (he would not
tell hor first name), at No. 26l3 Eighth
avenue, one to Miss Margaret Hildreth
and one to Mrs Estella Lewis, all directed
to New York
| GOrdy had also received letters from q
| Mrs. Lewis, and the writing was the same
| as that in the letter quoted above.
TIE CONTENTS OF THE POSTAL CARD.
| Attorney General White this evening
| received the following letter from Madame
! Grpnert the sister of the dead woman who
| lives in Brooklyn:
Dear Sir:-My widowed sister, Mrs.
Mary Lewis, of No. 26l3 Eighth avenue,
New York, sent mo the following postal
card on March s: Have got married, and
am going to Georgetown, Del, to live.
You can get some things whore lived
last-flat at No. 26l3 Eighth avenue, cor
nrr 139th street. New York. You can
Send there for them
Al noon to-day two trunks arrived from
New York addressed to James NJ. Gordy.
Dniectye Wilsl and Constable Lynch
toal; churgc of item, and in the presence
o Exl ress Agent short Of ened the trunk.
The Keys with which they were unlocked
were taken from Gordy when he was ar
rested on Saturday. Inside the trunks
were found u loI Of woman's fine clothing
together with conrSer clothes belonging to
a man. IL II corner Of one of the trunks
was found several handkcrchiefS marked
with the lcttr" 81. "
Tho grips which Goray and the dead
woman Brought to Milford from New
Nor; have not been found.
WihiHn ThnrOughgt'ul, a well-known
lumlTpr Hrrchnnt ii Georgetown, to day
ihlc,v considerable lighG on Gordys bus.
ines, ,,t,nslciions. Early in October Cor
dyIolI hlnl, according 10 MIR. Thorough.
good, that he was WORKING u Photographic
scloma making crayons from portraits.
1 about that time Gordy went 10 Pitts
burg. Pa, to work his scheme. On Oct 6
AIR. Thoroughgood received n telegram
froiH him saying that he was sick in Pitts
burg, ard for Mr. Thoroughgood to como
oa .G once. Mr.. Thoroughbred immcdi.
i,o.y left for Piltsburg, bu. could not find
Go'dy.
Thoroughgcod returned from Pittsburg
and soon received telegram from Dctec- !
tive Shore, saying that GDrdy was in trou- |
bic ia that city, and 10 send money to |
him. |
Mr. Thoroughbred tolcgraphcd $50 The |
next day lie sent him SO. A week after !
,i1 Gordy returned to Georgetown and OK.
plrinpd that he had hal trouble in Pit Is.
bur. with one of bis women customers for
portraits and to whom he had sold some
stock in his Photographic scheme.
liurdy is alleged to have said that no
worked his stock selling scbeme with con
siderable success and dealt mainly with
women.
~pclking of the Gordy case Attorney
General White said to-day; II have no
duub. as to the guilt of James NJ. Gordy.
We have woven round him the strongest
chain of circumStantial evidence | have
over seen. 1t will bo impossible for him
to escape cOnvlcilon.
ClrYk of the Peace Dorman and Pro.
thonutury Adams this afternoon drew tho
extra panel ol jurors from which will be
selected ;he twelve men, who will deter
niue whether James NJ. Gordy is guilty
or not.
hrpanel is as follows: Joseph w. Vim
cen, ". W. Bryan, George james, Charles
II Calhoun, Peter W. Dunn, John Lewis,
George II. Titus, Thomas A. Galfncy,
GPoansbury Short, MiIlard f. Murry, Il.
T. Hart. David NJ. Reynolds, George w.
Jones sSr, John II. NJ. Burton, Richard +.
Morrix. Sydcnham March, Levin Hcarn,
William Owncs. John Prcndivile, VII.
liam W, Bedman, Williams O,lay, James
B. Cunoway, Isaac Lisley and William
WH-ht.
here y,s"c day Pi 'hop Coleman rcfNrtd to
The murder Of Mrs Lewis, declaring chat
the tragedy was nno her indubitable proof
OF the power of Covrtousness, against
which he warned the congregation
Washington, d. G., March l5.-Jamcs
NJ. Gordv is known in Washington as
clever confidence game operator, and is
wanlud by Inspector HollHbcrgnr for tho
olfrnso of false p@ctcnscs.
II lis principal vic i'm in this city was Miss
Lizzie Brown, who re des at Nc. 20l6 G
street nort Invest. Miss Brown came from
A AMHERST Court House, Va, last summer,
md was seeking employment in Wash
ingtOn
About August | she answered an ad-
YER isement and went to No. 62S Penn
-ylvnnia avenue northwest, where she met
James NJ. Gordy. He represented to her
that he wanted II partner in the business
)f tcaching others to paint photographs.
Miss Brown gave him Sl!5, all she had, to
become II half owner in his business On
inc following day when she called to be
installed as partner Miss Brown found
hat GOrdy had suddenly left town.
Gurdy was indicted by the grand jury,
>ut he was not located until the news OF I
lis arrest in connection with the murder ,
usC became known here.
NEW YORK, March l5.-An important
discovery was made to-day that James NJ.
iordy hud quarrel with Mr.. Mary Lewis
II her apartments, No. 26l3 Eighth ave
lue last Monday, during which, it is said, ,
10 struck her. |
B. G. Lampugh, who occupies the fiat ,
ID Joining that vacated by Mrs. Lewis,
said that he was about to retire last Mon
lay night he heard voices in Mrs. Lewis
He stepped into the hall and
leurd all that was said.
Gordy was urging the woman to accom- I
|
le gave q brilliant description 4
She told him he was only gassing" and (
hat she could not afford TO leave New
FORK, rs her ink business was prosperous, ,
iordy insisted however, and when Mrs =
lewis remarked. You're talking through
our hat, "Gordy became angry and struck
er," Then Mrs Lewis burst into tears, 3
nd soon afterward Gordy left the house. /
Clark Lamplugh, Mr. Lamplugb's little
ION, says that he saw Gordy abstracting
nail matter from Mrs. Lewis Ietter.box'
lsing a long, thin wire, Mrs Lewis always 4
ept the key, 2
Mrs Lewis advertised in paper In Jan
ary for purchaser of her ink business [
nd the secret process by which her former a
usband manufuc ured ink. Sho met :
iordy MS prospective purchaser. Mrs.
iordy told sever al persons hCre that she
ad married Gordy, and she showed a mar. i
age certificate to her physician, Dr. Geo. n
. kerley of No. 1l3 West Eighty.third Y
treet, This showed ,h they were mar
led in an Episcopal church, in Harlem,
.st month. II
The murd' n before he mr.. u
age was unerG, and sal Ar q
srents IN "dukee, Wis.