Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-27
.I0VE ENOTES BRING
. GRIEF TO Greasy
Alleged Slayer Of Edith Lavoy
Weeps When Letters
Are Read
ASKED HER TO KEEP GIFTS

New York, Sept. 27.--Morc than once
xss,erday tears filled the eyes Of Will
liam Greasy Hour after hour he wns
drawn back into the poignant past
through the pages Of innumerable let
tors. Methodicnlly Prosecutor Charles
II Weeks set about presenting this
cbapter in the States case against the
foir. haired young man for the alleged
murder of Edith Lavoy.
hs the curious ears OF crowded
courtroom opened to receive every pull
.o,ion Of his distress. Creasys pale lips
trembled. and he sat listless and still.
Among the sheaf Of letters with which
,be nros,cution rested, two letters. one
broken and incohcrent. stand out con-
spicuously.
Always Was an EASY Loser"
On Sunday, April %, Greasy wrote
Miss Lavoy, whose love he strove to
"Your letter of Wednesday can.
not answer. All day has been a bad
dsy for me. No one knows how I really
have felt. Oh. gee, Edy. dear. ] always
vas an easy loser. But this is more
than any one can imagine. My poor
broken heart. All ] can say Is
this, IL YOU do rot miss mo now you
can't miss me in June, and IL our love
"a not true now it will never be.
$50, darling. can't write anything
a. all has been said. Oh. my poor
heart. viii God help me. Edy? My
heart is broken, never to heal again.
Who is true? No use. There is no
true love. As have no heart in my
,,hv IL I 1ivnr
not understand. No, Edy darling.
I plesse do not try to love me. have
lost all the world, everything.
II do hope and pray will never see
smother day as this has been. spent
Il all in my room and cried oil day.
Many thanks for your frankness, dar-
hing. Yes, will take the pill. and
game. J will try and write You real
long letter Wednesday night IL / am
still in the land Of the living
Wanted Her to Keep Gifts
In this same letter Greasy implorcd
Miss J.avoy not to return his presents
and the ring. saying:
"AlI ] gave you you may keep. 1t
Is yours. ] could never stand tol see
It again. Always wear the ring in
remembrance of true. loving sweet
heart. the man who loved you as no
other man cOuld.'
Without date. but apparently in
answer to tho respondent letter Of
Greasy. Miss Lavoy responded: .... .
Dear Billie:
"Your. letter. received. today and 7
have no words in which to tell you how
surprised and shocked I am to know
the state you must be In TO do the
things you are doing. Now. for your
own sake as well as mine. pull Your
self together and go back to your job.
Settle down andsyork again and let time
settle the rest. When you are calmer
and Yourself again you will realize how
honest have been. DO YOU think it
quite right to blame me for that very
honesty?
"Wonld YOU want wife who did
not l"lc YOU?
Take Good Care Of Gun
AS fnr the gun, will take good
caro- of it. and keep it for you. Billie.
you say YOU love me. II YOU do you
will do no rash or evil thing. That
Is not th" "ay, out for strong man
onh Il soldier. That is the way Of
coward and weakIing, ono afraid to
fa"" life. In the old days thought you
strong man and not wcaklng. Don
make m" know ! was mistaken.
=, - ] am sending you my best
thoughts, aud praying that God will
open Your eyes to the right
On May I. 1922. Miss Lavoy wrote
to Daniel Sherman. described as a
friend. Of Tuppar Lake. n. T.:
Dear Dan: ! am in n hurry and
greatly upset. Why pick on YOU.
though: On my way to school who
should ] meet but Billie. Of Kentucky?
For five or six weeks I have real
lied that ! could not marry Billie. and
As trankn"ss is my motto. I wrote and
told him just how ] tcli. Ito says h.
came here with but two ideas in his
head, to live with mo ar die with me-.
Dan. am not worryiSg so much
for myself as for mother. II would BE-
terrible for her If anything should hap
pen. II would be- the death of her. And.
Dan, this is confidential. fccl hotter
now that | have told some one about
this. II is load off my mind