The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-24
GREGORY CASHED
CHECKS BEFORE
LEAVING TOWN
Got Money Two Hours
After Planting Sui
eide Note.
BONDING COMPANY
NOW ON HIS TRAIL
Eleventh-Hour Request to Have
River Dragged Ridiculed bv
Police and Railroad People.
Shortage May Exceed
Amount Of Bond, Which
Is $4,000.

NithouSn the police and officials OF
the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad stao
without hesitancy that they do not he.
iieYe Louis c.. GreEory's BODY will ia
round In James River, Major Nerrer
In compliance with the request ot ~
family, made through Robert
"a. Talley. yesterday ordered that b
..seI IN the vicinity of the Old Dol
minion wharf be dragged. The polica
and the public have been unabIe 80
understand why his request was nor
MADE on Sunday, when a note lar ~,
Gregory stating that he would LII,
himself, was ound on the CITY wharf
Mnlch 1djoins tho Old Dominion prom
Get Clue Elsewhere.
Sut the police did more than thir
They got word thai Gresory haa haas
seen on Monday in q city not verv far
rum and telegrams cor.
taining his description. were semi I'm.
meaiately TO have him arrested a.
s.sh q ING held for papers. which would
sent from Richmond. Nothing
ue n came in reply last night.
me Atlantic Coast Line peon,e
MT that Gregory. who was cashiar a.
~ .locaI freight Office for the past
.metVe years. was short In his accounts
me statement being made by omc,ai.
Q the company that the total smo,n
= u shortage may reach s15Oo0I "A
snostase OF more than $40, 900 has al
q oeen round. Gregory was bond-
OF New York In the sum or sao nnn
u rhiiroad will not lose anythine
Cashcd Checks Saturday Strht
Inc tact that Gregory is known -.
nave transferred from e Broad "a
caait street car to an %eastbound Main
street car at Eighteenth Street anonr
ciock Saturday night leo 70 rnc
oeiet mat ne had sailed for Norfo1k
on the Old Dominion steamer RrsnN
don that night. but he did NOT. W.
went to the eastern part OF tho citv
10 leave that farewell" note 4han
am back uptown. for he had a bmsl.
ness mouse cash his check on the Com
monwealth Bank for $40 between q
ana 10 o'clock. There were reports
mat ne cashed other checks about the
same time Saturday night. and while
1uese eouidN not be confirmed, The
Times-Dispatch knows that he did
cash one at the Jour stated.
This naturally shows that he was
preparing to skip town. He could
nave left Richmond over the Chesa-l
peake and Ohio for the West at ii
+. NJ; he could have left for the South
over the Southern Railway at 1l:45.
or he could have left In the sama
direction over the Seaboard Air Line
at ll;oo. At all events, he got out oy
the city before daylight. 1t also being
possible for him to leave Tor the Easl
around 4 o'clock.
Bonding Company on Trail.
Ernest Poindexter. special attorney
for the American Surety Company. of
New York. arrived in the city last
night from New York to put men on
Gregory's trail. Mr.. Poindexter, who
Is a brother of United States Senator
Miles ~Poindexter, of Washington, is Il
Vlrginian. and has prosecuted some
Of the most famous thieves In the
United States.
Mr.. PoindeHter said at the Jefferson
Hotel last night that he will a
charge OF the Gregory case at onco,
and that no sane man will see the sense
OF dragging the river when Gregory
is simply an absconder. He said thar
in cases of this kline it Invariably hap
pens that the Shortage is larger than
at first reported.
You may state he said. that my
company viii leave 10 stone unturRed
TO find and arrest Gregory in any part
of the world. Indeed. we are already
on his track-and We are not going
to walt for the police 10 bring his
body out OF the river
Seen by Conductor.
In the Investigation of the case 1t
came out yesterday that after attend
ing the ball game with his wife on
Saturday afternoon Gregory went to
his office in his motor car for a few
moments, promising to return after
sending Mrs, Gregory home, to explain
certain discrepancies. which had been
found that day in his books. Although
the auditors waited, he did mot return,
that being the last seen OF him at the
office.
G. c. Whitmore. or c5l7 West Main
Street, a conductor on the Broad and
Main street line OF the Virginia Rail-
when seen last night that Gregory
boarded his car, e%astbound. at First
and Broad Streets on Saturday after
noon at twenty minutes to al O'Clock.
Tina time is remembered distinctly for
the reason that Gregory asked the
conductor II his watch was correct.
81 have run on the First Street line
for a long time" said Mr.. Whltmore.
"and r happen to know Gregory very
we'll. When he boarded the car Sat
prday night he rushed through the
door without paying his fare, and
had to bring him back 80 he could
drop his tick In the box, He had
nothing smaller than so cents In
change, and when I TOOK it and asked
him III he wanted tickets. as he invari-
nbly did, he said no, that he would not
need them.
Gave Him Transfer.
Gregory asked me how far my
car went. and when Isrepliel that l.
left Main at Eighteenth he asked me