Evening journal., 1897-06-11

L why got off at Milford.
THAT night Harvey Messiok told me
the writ was no longer in Georgetown.
so the next day l came down from Mil
ford to Georgetown.
THE night got off at Milford and
drove from there to my place / stopped
twice on the way, first at Cedar Creek
Mills to see If l could sell some corn.
Found no one there. Second stop at a
school-house three miles further on to
get drink OF water.
THE hammer found at my place
know was never used by me to kill any
one.
I'm regard to the newspapers, I'm
sorry people believe all they say. They
are The greatest falsi1ers that / ever
heard Of and are largely responsible
for people thinking so i'll Of me to-day.
l thank God, though, that a day will
come when newspaper men will have TO
give an account for the deeds done In
thR body.
HIS CLEAR CONSCIENCE.
"They say l killed my dear father.
My people know that is false. l was
not at fathers house at the time 1t Is
alleged that l gave him something that
killed him. l was miles away at my
own home
I'm also charged with killing my
dear wife, who died about two years
ago I'm said to have caused the death
of my sweet little child. II is hard to
bear these things. | thank God that
my conscience is clear OF all these
charges and that God and know that
never directly or indirectly killed
anyone
! HIS TRUST IN THE LORD.
1T don't hurt my soul what you say
about my body. In spite of all can
still put my trust in the Lord, who viii
never leave or forsake. He is greater
than man.
Considering the world, it is a place
of trouble and trial. Thank God he
pardoned me fourteen years ago, and
although in weakness / have followed
him, hut have made crooked paths. yet
my hope rests in Him, and l believe
that soon shall be with Him where
, the wicked cease from troubling and
the weary are at rest.
Now / want the gentlemen whom
selected as pallbearers not to think /
did It through spite. / bear no ill-
feeling toward anyone / ask them to
, put their trust in the Lord 50 that
J when time shall be no more they can
stand with great hope of eternal rest
before the Judge of all the earth.
For the sheriff, his assistants the
minister, my counsel and all others
concerned, have only kind words TO
speak. They, believe have done what
they could for me.
A., GOODBYE TO ALL
ITO all l say goodbye. You believe
I'm guilty. God and / know l am not.
i believe I'm going to Heaven. / do
!, hope you who hear and those who read
o my statement will ultimately enter the
4 rest that remains for the people OF
] God. Farewell
Gordy retained his composure and
J. high spirits all day yesterday. In the
: afternoon he was visited by his coun
e sell Charles f. Richards, John NJ
n Richardson and Charles M. Cullen
who went to say goodbye TO him.
When the lawyers entered the cell
Gordy walked up to each OF them an6
l. shook him by the hand. Upon beinG
asked II he realized what short time
he had to live, he answered: Yes, In
s. deed"
6 Mr.. Richardson asked the condemn.
n ed man If he would break down. Gordy
e replied:
II don't know; this thing is ca.cu
lated to make a man nervous, but II
) do break down l will take rest anC
{. try it again. / am perfectly ready tC
!. die"
The visitors tried to get Gordy TO ad
nit the killing, but he persistently de
q MED all knowledge of II. "Harvc,
Messick," he said, did not tell th'
e truth" The lawyers then said good
n bye. GOrdy did not show the least fear
William ]. Thoroughbred and Rober
Short also visited Gordy. To Mr.. Shor
~ the condemned man returned a Bibl
d which he had borrowed. On the fy-lea
y of the book he wrote his name. II will
~ be remembered that at the trial II wa
II said he could not write.
y Rev. j. II. S. Ewell, pastor OF tn
= Methodist Protestant Church here
IL spent several hours with the condemn
ed man in his cell. Mr.. Ewell said
Y "GOrdy still denies having committee
l. the crime. and l do not think he vii
le make any confession"
20 BRIEF REVIEW OF THE CRIME.
~ On March IL the body of an unknown
woman was found floating in tn
. waters of the Broadkiln river, near ia
w quiet town of Milton. The bod,
, which was battered and bruise
4 fully attired. II was taken froI
ar the water and removed TO an under
takers establishment. where thou
sands viewed 1t, but no one at fir'
ad knew who the unfortunate was.
n From clues the state sought tw
id women from New York. When the
Nv gazed on the face of the dead wOmal
M one recognized her as sister, viii
ht the second one said she was cousil
re The women were Madame Grunert an
~ Miss Elsie DERRICK, and the murdere
woman was Mrs. Mary Esteele Levi
OF New York.
n James NJ GOrdy married his victi
&c February "a, and on March 9 packS
70 their goods and left their home, in Ne
N York. The next seen of them was
re Wilmington. They were followed dow
the railroad to Milford station, whe
nd the woman stopped at the depot an
a. Gordy hired a team to take her TO q
nv country. He left the depot and ne
Ne turned up at the house of Harvey Me