The herald., 1898-12-21


the dead body was discovered. A chamber
maid went to the door to clean the room
, thinking Mrs. Gray had left long before
as has been her habit. The girl showed thu
, door open, and to her surprise perceived
Mrs. Gray, dressed, but without her hat
seated in the arm chair, with her head ben
forward on her breast. The woman at once
saw that something unusual was the matter
hurried down stairs and notified the land
lady that Mrs. Gray was very sick DIR
l.ovewell was sent for, and he went into the
room and there discovered that Mrs. Gray
was dead. Deputy Coroner Summertelc
was notified, and at once took charge OF
the body and effects. The remains were
removed to the undertaking rooms OF Orr
d Hines, where an inquest will be held this
morning at 10 O'clock
GKAY'S WHEREABOUTS
1t was not known at first where Gray
could be found, as some said he had lett
Oakland the first part OF the month, after
the close OF the exposition there, and gone
to Portland. lie proved to be at room 40'
Call building, San Francisco, where he ap
parenty had desk room. lie was notified OF
his wife's death. The following telegram
was received last night from Mr.. f. W.
Wright, who apparently 4 a friend of Gray:
Gray very i'll. Please make funeral ar
rangements. VIII send money!
A dispatch was also sent to Mrs. Gilman
in Rochester, but no reply was received
last night. Whether there will be conflict
between the husband and the mother IN the
disposition of the remains OF Mrs. Gray
remains to be seem From statements made
by Mrs. Gray to her landlady, the dead
woman had for some reason become es-
tranged from her father in the east. Old
MIR Gilman died some time ago. and 1t
seemed a source OF continual regret to Mrs.
Gray that she had never received his Tor
giveness Whether this estrangement eX-
| tends to the other members OF her family
cannot be stated. In view OF her last re-
quest, it probably does not. Mrs Gray once
expressed the desire to be Inferred IN the
family lot of her Iandlady, but as the fare
well note LETT addressed to her landlady
expressed the wish to be buried in the
east. that last request may be observed.
GRAY'S PECULIAR HISTORY
Charles de Garmo Gray was generally re-
garded by the men who came in contact with
him in this city as remarkably shrewd
little man with a genius for the organiza-
ton of expositions and fairs, but neverthe-
hess there was something about the man
that to those who saw much of him caused
a Feeling of distrust A man intimately
connected with him during the Home
Products exposition in this city said last
night: Gray is a smart enough little iel-
low to look at, with an engaging address.
but the poor little woman who lies dead sup
Piled the brains cf the firm. She was an
expert woman Of business, and during the
exposition here used to make up the cash
every night and keep the accounts. Their
four months work here netted them about
$500, which, Gray explained. they divided
in equal shares.
IAN sorts of rumors about Gray began TO
hy around soon after he was engaged by ih.
Merchants and Manufacturers association,
but his credentials were so exce,ien that
any i'll report was not seriously entertained.
Mr.. and Mrs Gray had been grea. travellers,
having conducted expositions in Bombay,
India; Johannesburg, South Africa, and
Melbourne. Australia, and Gray presented
such indisputable warrants of success that
we thought we had found an Admirable
Crichton.
"Still, one, at least, of the rumors con-
cerning Gray and his antecedents was SO
unpleasant and so persistent that finally
confronted him directly with the accusation.
1--WE were having lunch one day III Jtrr,
Ilichs, and having fed well, felt Familiarity
inclined toward each other. Over the ccf-
fee and cognac | looked straight into his
eyes and said deliberately:
- Gray, did you ever have some serious
trouble in Paris, France?'
Nothing to speak Of jauntiy answered
the sleek little chap; "a little affair with
woman, that's all
" Isn't it true insisted, that you were
arrested for numbering your wife there?
"Ciray still maintained a wonderful in
souciance, and proceeded to explain that
woman with whom he mad been living in
Paris died suddenly under peculiar cir
cumstances, which temporarily, but without
any just ground whatever, caused him some
inconvenience-in fact arrest for a very
short time, when as soon as the circum
stances were investigated he was entirely
eXOncrated.
"Gray's explanation OF the affair was
speciouo enough, 30 fair, indeed, that he
succeeded in entirely removing from my
mind any suspicion. The particulars Of the
affair. which he related to me, have really
forgotten"
Did not Gray have some unpleasa SAINT expe-
lriences in Buffalo with women? asked
the reporter.
81 really cannot say" replied Gray's fer
mer confdant, but here again there were
some ugly rumors floating around. The
story goes that Gray became acquainted
with two sisters who were employed as
typewriters in Buffalo; they were the
Misses Gilman, and came from Churchvile,
n. y. Gray paid attention to both sisters.
One of them died very enly-reported
to have been suicide, and Gray then is said
to have eloped with the other, the little
woman who shot herself here Yesterday
A CAREER IN COMIC OPERA
To read OF the statuesque Alma Stuart
Stanley's recent comic opera triumphs in
London you would think her some new stage
divinity who had suddenly burst into bios.
som, said Leander Richardson of the Stand
| ard a couple of months ago. But if you are
an ''old timer" and beginning to get a lit
| tie shiny on the top OF the head you will
recall her readily enough as a brief but
dazzling sensation in this town nearly ff-
teen years ago. The peerless Alma is no
bud, but tolerably full blown.
When the English melodrama youth
was first produced here and Alma strobe the
stage in the iaunty white flannes of rakish
young London swell, there was buzz Of ad
mration that had sweled into a chorus oi
adulation before the week was over. A