The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-05-25
PALL|D AND WEAK
WIFE TELLS Of
GREG0RY's LIFE
Weeping Woman Bares Heart
Story of Devotion to
Missing Embezzler
DECLARES DEATH TO
BE BEST FOR HIM
Says Note to Her Had No In
timation ofSuicide-Tur-
bulent Married Life Re-
suit of jealousy

Louis Gregory. missing cashier of
the Atlantic Coast Line Railway Conn
pauy, who Is being sought by the po-
ice and private detectives for embez-
ziing $4,000 and probably more. gave
no intimatton OF suicide in the note
| written to his wife Saturday night Just
prior TO his disappearance, according
| TO a statement made Wednesday night
by Mrs. Gregory.
Paiiid and weak from nervousness.
the young wife of the alleged embezzier.
sat In the dining room OF the home OF
her brother-in law, Joseph r Phillips
IN brooklyn Park and conversed for two
hours with Ernest Poindexter vice.
| president and chief special attorney
Tor the American Surety Company OF
New York. which bonded Gregory in
the sum Of $4,000.
The interview is the first with Mrs.
gregory since her husband vanished
and she revealed many facts which she
had kept secret for reasons of her
own. She lost control OF her emotions
several times and wept but showed
| remarkable fortitude for a fraii wom-
an VINO has recently suffered Il nervous
collapse. .
Early Wednesday evening Attorney
PoindeSter was Informed that Mrs
Gregory was packing ner trunk and
making other preparations to leave the
city. supposedly for the purpose of
joining her husband. Accompanied by
| captain George Skipwith. local agent
or the American Surety Company and
Charles J. Buchanan, private secretary,
Mr Poindextar boarded a car and rode
to Brookland Park
The Gregory home was dark when
the attorney knocked at the screen
door but in few minutes, the form
or woman appeared in the darkness
or the hall. In reply to his inquiry,
sne said she was Mrs. Gregory and
invited him to enter. Mrs. Gregory then
summoned her brother in law, Philips.
and the three closeted themselves In
the dining room behind locked doors
and reviewed the Gregory case from
beginning to its present stage.
! Wife lmpresses Callers.
II is pertinent to note that this
young wife made a deep impression on
n three callers and won their sym
patty and aid for all time, notwith-
standing the trying ordeal through
| which she Is passing. her face retains
traces OF her former beauty. She wore
her light brown hair parted In the mid
die and brushed back over the ears in
manner which lent IL pleasing SIM
plicity to her appearance.
Her dress was OF plain. inexpensive
| material but neat and welI-fitting.
her most attractive features are her
+, eyes large. brown and OF pathetic
expression and her mouth. small and
pretty. with even teeth showing be-
hind the red lips. Her face reveals
strong character and evidences OF
much suffering but she held her head
erect and seemed capable of UNDER
going any mental stress to which sho
may be subjected.
When she lit the light for the callers
TO enter and revealed herself in its
i glare. siae larprtsed the. thee men
with her quiet gentility, innate cour-
teousness and made each of them
think: This Is truly a remarkable
! woman. woman OF refinement and
culture and a lady bern and bred"
She WAS SO weak she could barely
walk and she placed her hands against
the wall several times to prevent her
self from falling. She spoke in a low,
tremulous voice which she controlled
only with great difficulty,
Prompted by questions put by Mr..
| Poindexter. Mrs. Gregory told the in
side history of the case which has
created enc of the biggest sensations
in Richmond in many months.
Hopes He's Dead.
! mo, Mr.. Poindexter. ! have no in>
tenuon of leaving Richmond" sha
said. Il have not started to pack
ever informed you must have been
mistaken. | love Louis and though
he Were in San Francisco or any other
part of the world and | could join
him ! would go TO his side. But r
cannot Join him for / do not know
where he is. / have not even an idea
where ne Is. I would like to go away.
go far away to some secluded place
where / could rest and be quiet but
II seems / must stay here and face
the gazes, stand the torture. IL 1 can,
and read the newspapers.
Il hope Louis is dead. He has
ruined himself and death would be
best for him. But ] do not believe
he has committed suicide. He never
intimated he would end his life. Once
he told me he believed there is no
hell hereafter. that conscience gives
US all the hell on earth and another
time he asked me II / would go In
mourning for him II anything should
happen to him. but that Ia all. The
ne~spap ers have reported he threat
ened to end his life in the note he
wrote me Saturday night but that was
erroneous.
Nss sJntiaaattsB~ OF Suicide. ~,,>.
That note was only an affections
ate message to me. saying he had to
yes 'avsaY q fiXt There vxas nothing seas4a
for him to do and asking me to take
care of the children. He did not say
where he was going or II he intended
coming back and there was not sin--
gle phrase in II all 10 indicate he COM
templated committing suicide.
Louis and have been married for
six years. He used to love me. hut
drink took him away from me. Wo-
men did not steal his love. and tho
only woman I ever knew him to pay
any attention to is woman who,
Hives down in Second street. He and
4 | used to drive past her house, and
he would always speak TO her. Some