Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-01

community WHICH TeCeHIIy mas seer
Edith Lavoy taught in the public .
night, June 20.
Edith loved Greasy with a vast
devotion. That is, she loved him
once. Whether this love existed at
the time of her death nobody knows.
Indeed, in a late letter she spoke of
her "hate" for him.
But certain little phrases in some
Of her letters to Greasy laid bare
the heart of the girl. I
And now and then a poignant
touch of pathos!
"Don't worry about me falling in
love-" she wrote once. "I have given
up hope. I thought I was once,
you know, Bin, but I found it was
only a dream. God, is there any
such thing as love? I am afraid not
for me-"
And, again, this in another letter
to Greasy:
"Billy, dear, how are you these
lovely, LONELY spring days? So
glad you love Miss Veith SO much.
Billy, know she must be a wonder
full girl"
Who is Miss Veith? What part
did she play in Creasy's life? Was
Edith's heart at the breaking point
when she wrote to the man she loved
Or had loved-"So glad you love
Miss Veith so much?
On, the other hand. who are the
other men who figured in Edith
Lavoy's life? What part did they
have in it?
What, for instance, Of George
Davidson, to whom, in letter Just
before her mysterious death, Edith
wrote:
~ was happy because I was with
you. thought of you many times"
And in another letter to Davidson
she referred to a surprise visit by
Greasy. ~ am not nervous, but Just
annoyed" was her comment. "Do
not worry, George, dear, and I'll let
you know how things are just as
soon as I know"
"Murder" Say Her Friends;
"Suicide" Is Creasy's ARsWer
Greasy, whose home is in Ken
lucky, at Fort Thomas, is now in the
Mineola Jail, Nassau County, held
without bail on an indictment charg-
ing murder in the first degree. Ar
raigned on the indictment, he pleaded
not guilty. He insists that, Edith
shot herself with a revolver she
found in the pocket of his coat.
Yet Miss Lavoy's relatives and
hundreds of her friends and ac-
quaintances in Freeport rise up to
deny Creasy's statement. They say
he killed the girl they loved and re-
spected; the girl who was found in
the living room of her boarding
house at 1876 North Main street,
Freeport, with bullet through her
head and blood trickling down either
side.
"Murder!" they cry.
Suicide" replies Greasy, and
looks scornfully from behind the
bars at all who come near his cell.
"You planned to kill, her." they
accuse.
"She often thought of taking her
own life, and at last she did it," he
answers imperturbably.
For two years Edith Lavoy taught
IN the Grove School at Freeport.
Young, lively, attractive. she was
, one of the most popular teachers.
She had the devotion and affection
OF her pupils; the admiration of their
parents; the trust of the school Of
fcials.
She was one of the most efficient
teachers in the system and charm
ing GIRL" said George Du Bois. su-
perlntendent Of the Freeport schools.
so far as know she had no reason
70 be Respondent or to wish to take
ner own life. She had been reelected
lor next year, with an increase in
salary and know that the school
board wanted her to return and
teach"
Her interest conferred in the
schoolroom.
:! don't think she cared much for
a"s.hing but her work." said one of
Asf friends. "shs went around some