Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-07-29
WAS POOLING HER.
Gray Says No Truth in Olive
Handyside's Story.
Told Her the Yarn to Make Himself
Solid With Her.
Hunorad That Quinn Will Soon Be Arrested
TO- Fosbu Oh Murder.

New York. July 2S.-Wn. Lewis Gray,
who is held in connection with the
murder Cf Miss May Fosbuhgh Of
P.ttsfe,d. Mass. was arraigned in the
Jefferson market court, today, and re-
TT ndcd to Police hes dquarters by Mag
! istrate Deuel. until tomorrow after
noon. when he will again be arraigned.
Gray voluntarily surrendered him
aaif l. Captein Of detectives Titus al
police headquarters. Saturday.
Cray was implicated by y woman
named Olive Handyside. or Olive Gray.
with whom lie had Aived She alleged
that Gray committed the burglary and
.he murder.
Cray denied any connection with the
case, ma said he told the woman the
story in order to Brighten her and 10
make her leave him.
Word has been sent To Pit(Siirld ana
Gray will b. detained un:i 4 reply ~
re-, eiycd.
Miss ilandyside. who also goes under
the name of Mrs. Olive II. Green. made
a tour of The city. Friday night, accom-
panied 10y u detective.
she Last &3w Cray IN the evening or
OF MAY Fosburgh. 81. saw Gray in
Springfield. Mass, when he returned
from what he told her was some Grim
inal depreciation. lie was compcllcd he
said to use q revolver Which he found
on : table il tile house ~ burslarizrd
The man arr, sted. Friday. iii Wash
inston. u. =. On suspicion OF being
Gray and subsequently, rcloa sed. did
not answer his description according TO
capt. Titus.
Gray made an affidavit in which he
says he was born in Brewer Me. in
1871. and that ne was n sailor by occu-
patton. He arrived here on Monday
last, from Savannah. The affidavit con
J"ins the following statements:
olive IIandyside. otherwise known
as Olive Gray. first met in Springfield.
Mass. when l was employed on the
steamboat Mascot. | have heard the
statement made hy this woman To
Capt. Titus. ana the truth is this. The
The statements she made That ] told
her are partly true. | was Stringiug her
and fooling with her. / did tell her that
committed a robbery ana had got
away. She had loaned me her watch
to wear. In jumping on freight train
smashed the case. ana not wishing
TO show il To her in Il damaged cundi
ion. | told her that I had hid il under
q rock near the river that runs through
Warren | subsequently lost the watch
About the 20th Of August. the month
ana year in which May Fosburgh was
killed. left here in company with Al.
E,x-a N-a intended cofnsr IN I'uroDa
We started by the way OF Albany, but
hearing that murder had been com
mitted at Pittsfield and that the farm
ers We're all securing the country, we
started the other way. toward Bos
ton.
1T began to rain and we turned
back. arriving AT West Springfield the
early part Of the evening. | having
been away from Olive over night |
saw her shortly after and she asked
me where had been. | did net wish to
tell her. and put her off abruptly with
The remark that | had been away and
done job, fired a shot and hid some
property under a rock. | am not posi-
tive as to the exact words, but believe
this to be true. I had damaged her
watch and told her this story.
She was woman who worshipped
4 man who appeared to be desperate.
ana as I was getting money from her,
| wanted to appear to he desperate
and strung her along. | wanted to be
desperate in her eyes and told her that
I had committed robbery and fired 4
shot. There is absolutely no truth in
the statements ! made 10 hcl.