New-York tribune., 1922-09-27
Edith I4avoy's 3
Admirers Hear
Letters sat Trial
William Greasy, Accused of
Killing School Teacher,
Clares at Rivals, One
of Whom Declares Love
Epistles Are Unfattering
Alleged Slayer Called ssOil
CAM in One; He Will Go
ON Witness Stand To-day

Three men who admired the same
woman glowered at each other all day
yesterday during the trial in the Coun-
ty Court at Mineola Of William NJ
Greasy, charged with killing Edith La
voy, his school teacher fnancee. Three
heard counsel for both sides read let
ters allegedly written By Miss Lavoy in
which she expressed to each of them
her lack Of regard for the others.
John Dawson, commercial artist, of
l79 Sixth Avenue, Brooklyn, switness
for the state, dramatically declared his
love for the young woman. He iden-
titled letters received by him from
Miss Lavoy the day after her death.
One Of these was mailed the morning
Of the day she died and another at
$3.50 o'clock the same evening. The
first letter bore a postscript in which
she spoke of her annoyance because
Greasy had appeared unexpectedly in
her schoolroom that day.
Prisoner Glares at Him
Dawson was not permitted to testify
TO conversations in which Miss Lavoy
expressed fear of Greasy. During his
testimony the prisoner regarded him
with baleful glare, and the witness
as plainly evidenced his dislike Of
Greasy. Among the spectators, Daniel
Sherman, of Utica, another young man
to whom Miss Lavoy wrote intimate
lot 1,oko
may be called by the state in rebuttal.
In Miss Lavoys letters to Dawson
she referred to Greasy as an "oil can"
and otherwise contemptuously. In
writing to Greasy she referred to Davi-
son as "acting like crazy man" and
making himself obnoxious by his at
tentions. "a In one letter TO Greasy she
wrote:
George is acting very queerly, so
II you receive message from King
dom Come from me, Billy, you will
know what has happened. but never
cross a bridge until I have to. Can
you imagine him when he knows Dan
is here? Goodby, dearest boy. Your
true EDY"
More Than Twenty Notes Read
More than score Of letters and tel
egrams have been placed In evidence.
Some are addressed by Greasy to Miss
Lavoy, others by her to him and still
others were written by the young wom-
an to Dawson and Sherman. The state
closed its case late yesterday, and the
defense opened by Introducing charac-
ter witnesses from Kentucky In
Creasy's behalf. The defendant will
take the stand this morning. He Is ex-
pected to remain under examination
until late tomorrow. The trial may
reach its conclusion Saturday.
A letter written by Miss Lavoy oN
May l, 1922, after Creasy's April visit
to her in Freeport, Is held by the state
to support its contention that the
teacher lived in fear Of Greasy The
letter was addressed to Daniel Sher-
man, and read in part:
II am writing in hurry and, worse
still, am greatly upset. On my way
to school this morning who should !
meet but Billy. For the last five weeks
! have realized it was useless for me
to try to love him, and. as frankness
IS my motto, l wrote and told him so.
He says he is here with one of two
objects in view. He says he will live
with me or die with me. He said there
had to be a decision before sundown.
l will! never marry without love, so it
remains to be seen what he means by
the latter alternative"