The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-05-22
LOUIS GREGORY
MISSING; NOTE
SAYS SUICIDE
Railroad Cashier Left
Message to Wife Near
River Bank.
NO EFFORT 10
DRAG FOR BODY
Coast Line Auditor at Work on
His Books Since Early Satur-
day, One or Two Items
Being Found Which
He Was Asked to
Explain.

While no report vas made to the
police and no effort was made to drag
the river. a note which Louis l.. Greg
Org. cashier OF the Atlantic Coast Line
Railroad Company. left at the foot of
Twelfth Street some time Saturday.
night. led his family and friends to
believe that he has killed himself.
The note. which wes written to Mrs.
Gregory. was picked UP YESTERDAY
morning along With a bank book. con
tanning a number of paid checks and
q bunch OF keys BY Waterman Throck-
morton. who is employed at the Vir-
ginia Railway and Power Company's
power house.
Said He Would XIII Himself.
Fearing that something might be
wrong. Waterman Throckmor,on got
in touch with r C. Triton. manager
OF the Richmond Overland Sales Agen-
cy. OF which Gregory is president, and
Triton hurried TO the w house TO
make an Investigation. In the letter
to MS wife Gregory referred to his
troubles, gave explicit Instructions as
10 where certain insurance policies and
other papers could be found, told thai
his were kept IN the Com
monweaith Bank and announced that
he would destroy himself. saying that
u would be best. The full text OF the
letter was not made public.
Relatives Are silent.
Although the report that Gregory
had committed suicide spread all over
The city and around Brookland Park.
where he recently Quilt a home, no
facts were given out BY his relatives.
VINO claimed that they had no infor-
nation which would help IN the dis
covery OF the body II Gregory had
really killed himself. The county po-
lice looked into the case. but took no
part In any investigation, not having
been request-d to act. 1t was the
same with the city force.
Even though Gregoryis friends de-
clared positively that they believed he
had Jumped int the river. they We're
unable to explain why the family had
no, requested the police TO help ind
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that this would be done to-day.
Auditor Mt Work on Books.
omcials OF the Atlantic Coast Line
Railroad Company by which Gregory
had been employed for eight years
as cashier. stated that an ~exanina-
ton OF his books was begun on satur-
day morning. and that two Items had
been found which he had been asked
to explain. 1t was said by railroad
people that the auditor would con-
unue the examination to-day II that
by tonight 1t would be possible to
ascertain whether his accounts We're
straight and correct. The fact that no
attempt was made to recover the body
led TO the belief among railroad en-
ployes who had heard of the auditors
work that Gregory might not have
ended his life. His friends. however.
contend that he had been acting queer
ly OF late and they do not believe that
anything Will be wrong with his books.
Many Sensational Reports.
But the mystery OF the affair added
to the many sensational reports which
circulated everywhere. 1t was not I'M
til a very late hour last night that
The Times-Dispatch was able TO secure
the facts printed this morning. Joseph
Phillips. a brother-in-law of Gregory,
being unable or unwilling to deny
or affirm the report that Gregory had
left a note to his wife announcing that
he expected to commit suicide.
Gregory vas last seen by some OF
his associates in the railroad business
about Z o'clock Saturday night. Two
hours later he telephoned his wife thnt
he you'd be home in a few minutes. He
never went there. 1t was thought
that he might have gone out in one
of his motor cars, While others sug-
Eested that he had gone away on a
fishing trip. Before his letter was de-
livered to Mr.. Triton his family had
e~ndeavored to locate him. Atlantic
Coast Line officials had expected him
to visit the office TO assist the auditor
in the examination Of his books, which
was begun on Saturday.
Recently Fined for Shooting.
Gregory was much in the limelight
IN March. when the local newspapers
told how he had chased a citizen or
Highland Park and fired at him from
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