The Washington times., 1922-09-23
GREASY 'S[OVE
FALSE, ASSERTS
PROSECUTION
Trial Opens With Bitter Attack
on Alleged Slayer Of
Teacher.


II William Greasy for the murder OF
Edith Lavoy, a school teacher. OH
Tune 20 in the boarding house where
She lived at Freeport. opened yeker'
lay at Mineola, l.. l., with a dra-
matte attack by Assistant District
Attorney Elvin Edwards on Greasy g
character and his history.
Edwards declared that Creasy's
1rotestations Of love for the dead
;irl as she lay on the couch in her
sitting room, where they had been
sitting for three hours before she
was shot, were mere pretense and
deceit.
Miss LaVoy, said Edwards, had
yiven her heart to Greasy lin full
caith that the ring put upon her fin:
ger represented the most sacred
trust. When Greasy did this he was
villainous hypocrite," Edwards con-
tinued.
Greasy Already Wed.
THE representations he had made
to Miss Lavoy. in making her ac.
lGuaintance through the Matrimonial
Club, were false. not only as to his
age, which he gave as twenty-six'
though he Is much older, and his
position, which he described as that
of a prosperous steel car builder who
had inherited a large sum, when In
truth he was poor and only a small
wage-earner, but as to the most I'M
portant thing OF all, his ability TO
marry her.
Greasy was already married, Ia
married now and the father OF two
children, with his wife seeking q
divorce. He could not lawfully
marry Edith Lavoy, though he as
sured her he would. And though
he protested his love for her as she
lay, still warm In death, ten min
utes later, seeking to uphold his
pretense that she had committed
suicide, he desecrated the dead
girls character, asserting that he
had enjoyed intimate relations with
her.
This statement we expect to
prove by medical testimony was
hrutally false, a dastardly attack
upon the reputation Of a good girl
whom he had slain because she
would not submit to him.
This sensational statement stirred
the crowded court room and
brought tears to the eyes Of the
aged parents Of Miss Lavoy, who
sat in a rear seat.
Cry Of Anguish.
| Mrs. Mildred Sheldon who. ther
Miss Mildred Simser, was the close
| friend and roommate Of Edith La
yoy. testified to the GENTS OF the
night of June "a she retired early
leaving Greasy and Miss Lavoy TO
gether in the sitting room. Sh'
was awakened by shot ant
Creasy's calling to her:
| Mildred, Edith has shot her
self"
The couch on which the pair hat
sat and on which the body Of Miss
Lavoy lay, was brought into cour'
and identified by Mrs. Sheldon. Sh'
said she had said to Greasy. al
he repeated. II loved her &C." anc
ran about moaning.
| This is a hell of a time to thinl
Of that, Billy. Why did you do it?'
But Creasey protested the sir
had shot herself.
Mrs. Sheldon told of Greasy
friendship with and engagement tC
Miss Lavoy, and how the schoo
teacher had finally decided she die
not love him and determined tt
tell him so the night she was shot
The love letters which had passet
between him and the girl were tori
up that afternoon by Miss I-svo!
and Mrs. Sheldon, the latter tes
titled.
The witness recalled that in on,
of these letters Greasy wrote: I'll
no instance is love given by both,
and added that "one would be lovec
and not the other" The witness
al. L.. lot tA
Greasy wrote: II hope some da!
you win suffer as l have"
Die With Her."
In another letter, the witness
tool the jury Greasy wrote to Mis-
Lavoy he was fully determined
that he would either live or di'
Miss Grace Walsh, Miss Marjori,
Duby, Mrs. Annie Smith and VIII
liam Stevens. a neighbor and hi
son. all testified to Creasy's appar
entity hysterical actiops after tn
shooting.
Mrs. Smith testified when sh,
went up to the room Greasy sait
to her, IT don't know why she die
It," The witness said the body wal
lying full length on the couch ant
that the revolver was near he
right hand.
She said Greasy was moaning
and crying. He told her, she said
that he and Miss Lavoy fell asleeI
on the couch
she must have gotten up ant
shot herself" Greasy told witness
she testified.
II asked him IL Miss Lavoy ba6
ever said anything about shooting
herself" said the witness.
Greasy replied. she testified: "Sht
has been writing unpleasant let
ters for the past month or two"
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