The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1911-06-01
Wife BELIEVES
HUSBAND is ALIVE
Gregory Did Not Threaten to
Take His Life; Merely Said
That His Wife Would Be
Surprised-Warrants
Are Sworn Out.

iAAS WAS TIC St1lCilCnI III SUD-
stance made last night by Mrs.
Louis Gregory, wife of the alb
SCOnding railway cashier, to At
tOrncy Ernest POindeXtcr, of the
American Surety Company, and
told To a representative of The
Richmond Evening journal.
Mrs. Gregory, though she made
every EFFORT TO preserve an outward
appearance OF calm, was Verging on
hysteria and frequently during the
conversation buried her face in her
hands while her frail body was
shaken 10y sobs.
Il never knew how much money
my husband was earning" Mrs. Greg
DRY declared. He would never tell
me. lie said he had a very impor-
tant position. and told me that he was
drawing large salary. OF course
l believed him. There was nothing
| else for me TO do.
Poor Louis has broken my heart
l have tried to be a good wife and
mother. but my husband did not al
ways act as he should have done.
( Now l know L shall never see him
! again. / also must go away. 1 can
not live here any longer. 1 am near
| ly dead with grief. If don't go away
will die. 1 don't know where to go.
! / don't know what to do. My heart
has been broken. My life has been
wrecked.
But l must live for the sake OF
|
I band loved them. too. Why he
! brought this disgrace upon aus L do
| not know. l tried to keep him al
| home. but I could not. He would sc
out with others. For the sake of my
! babies and because l loved my hus-
| band l stood great many things, but
! my heart has now been broken. EN-
| cept for my babies 1 do not care to
! live"
Cashiers Picture Destroyed.
Asked 10y Attorney POindeXter If she
would give him picture of her huS-
band, Mrs. Gregory said that she had
never had but one photograph OF him
and that she had destroyed that one
1t was not very good picture, she eX-
planned, but she was oS afraid she
would be compelled to surrender it &c
| the police that she tore II up and
burnt the pieces. She did not know
where another photograph of Louis
Gregory could be found, she declared
The one she had destroyed had beer
taken at some summer resort and was
printed on the back of a postal card
Confirms Yesterdays Report.
Mrs. Gregory's statement to tn,
effect that she believes that her hus
band is still alive bears out in tn,
fullest the announcement printed eX
clusively in The Journal yesterda,
that Gregory never said in his fare
we'll note that he had drowned him
self.
Up to the publication Of the an
. nouncement in The Journals last edi
ton yesterday it was generaly be
leved that the cashier had told hi
wife that he intended to commit sui
eide. The Journal, however, printe,
the following statement, completed,
disprOving the suicide theory:
1t was learned this afternoon tina
Gregory never mentioned suicide" il
his note left on the wharf. He merel.
said his wife would "be surprised"
This information was furnished b.
a person who has read the note.
Regarding her husbands note
Mrs. Gregory last night declared:
My husband did not say Inc
was going TO commit suicide. He
! did not even mention il. He said
. he was going away, and that
: would be surprised at the deVcl-
! OpmcntS."
Warrants Sworn out.
The Journal announced yesterda.
o that warrants would be sworn GU
against Gregory before night. Tn
= pap erS were drawn up in police head
. quarters at o'clock in the afternoon
n Though the missing cashier stole, ac
y cOrdinS TO the auditors now checkin
J up his accounts, over $4,000, he
q at present charged with the theft q
= only $4,000. That, however. will b
sufficient 20 cause his arrest i'm an
part of the United States, and Tn
ms out kilograms and letters 20 ever
large city ia the country.
Papers lett 10y Gregory on the whay
/ | SATURDAY night we're examined an
sealed las, night. Among the paper
] were two Ntt insurance policies fo
$4,000 each. Both were paid up 10
twelve months in advance.
His bank book, also left on tn
wharf, showed that he had on depos
in the Commonwealth Bank abou
$500. That has been attached by tn
attorneys for the American Suret
Company. with which Gregory wa
bonded for $4,000.
Caught i'm Gambling Raid
Though it has been several time
limited that Gregory was given I
gambling and lost large sums {
money in that way but few definit
facts had been discovered regardin
il. The Journal. however, this morn
ing discovered that when one of tn
SO-called social clubs was raided seN
eral weeks ago and the mem bel
charged with mdiscriminate gamblin;
Gregory was among those caught
the police net.
His name was not given out by TIL
police for publication at the time bt
cause he told them that he was en-
plOyed by railway and was undt
heavy bond. He would lose his pc
sition Immediately, he declared, if
became known that he had bee
caught gambling, because the bono
ing company would 1mmediaUel
withdraw its surety.
Another interesting fact regardir
the cashier. though probably throw
ing 10 direct light upon his presel
whereabouts, is the sudden disaI
pearance from the city of a your
married woman, who is said to hay
lived in the neighbOrhood of East Ola
Street, and with whom Gregory is sat
to have been intimate.
According to an investigation qu
city made by relatives Of the cashie
he is said to have visited the woma
| nearly every day. They would fr
quently go out together in the eVeI
ing, it is said, the young woman &,
ing back home at a very late hour.
About a week before Gregorys di
appearance man answering his d
Scripti0n exactly and accompanied /
the woman in question registered
Il local hotel as man and wife ar
were given room by one of the a
sistant clerks. The head clerk r.
n turned to his desk a few minutes lat,
n and finding out what had been don
Immediately went up to the room
the couple and ordered them out.
After some little delay the man al
80 peared fully dressed and rushed fro
= the building. The woman did not al
for mil lot l.