The New York herald., 1922-06-27
MISS LAVOY WROTE
OF HATE FOR GREASY
Prosecutor Reveals Letter In
terrupted by SuitOr's Knock
at Door.
CALLED HIM OIL CAN
Epistle Cited to Disprove State
ment Teacher Wanted
to Die.
CALLED HIM OIL CAN

Edith Lavoy, %. the school teacher
night in her boarding house at F'reeport
L. l.. was writing a letter to her rela-
tives at Tupper Lake when William
Greasy, now under arrest charged with
This unfinished letter. made public yes
terday by Elwin ". Edwards. Assistant
District Attorney of Nassau county. re-
fers to Greasy as an "oil can"
Mr. Edwards made public the letter
yesterday as an answer to the state
ments of Raymond Malone. counsel for
Greasy, that he could produce nifty out
CO one hundred letters written by Miss
Lavoy in which she said she did not
care to live. Miss Lavoy's letter. which
was put hastily into desk drawer as
she rose to let Greasy in. not only refers
to Greasy as an oil can pu as
- oil can" She
The letter follows:
Dear Everybody: This sure has
been a busy week, and it will seem good
when everything is done. All my
cherubs made their grades and every one
passed regents geography. The weather
down here for the last week has been
just fine. By that 1 mean plenty OF
rain, so 1t made It nice and cool. Last
Sunday / went to East Orange. Bloom
field and Newark to visit Georges folKs-
We ate dinner at his fathers at Bloom
field and another elaborate dinner at his
brother Cliffs at East Orange.
BY the way. George sends mother
his best regards and says he would ike
to have another game of pinochle with
her. He has a studio now in New YORK
and Is quite a success at 1t.
Hazel and l were picked out again
this year to be ushers at commence
ment. Not any too glad over 1t. either
1T never rains but it pours. Who
should have popped in this week but
Billy -, that oil can.' ! just hate
him. Believe me, he got some cold re-
ception."
There the letter stops. 1t was found
in the desk drawer by Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Edwards. who last night
said he challenged Malone to produce
any letter in which Miss Lavoy had
threatened to take her life because she
feared she was losing Creasy's arec-
tions.
District Attorney Charles II. weeks
will present the case to the Grand Jury
Thursday. He said that II an .noict-
men. charging murder in the first de-
gree Is returned he hopes to bring the
case to trial In July. He said he had
obtained additional expert evidence
that Miss Lavoy could not have killed
herself DR.. Otto Schultz of the office
Of District Attorney Banton OF New
York county and Capt. William Jones,
former head of the homicide squad OF
the New York police. viewed Miss
Lavoys body and said that the powder
marks on the face, or rather the lack
of marks. was sufficient 20 prove tina,
somebody other than herself held the
gun and pulled the trigger.
A dispatch from Bellevue. KY. last
night quoted Creasy's boarding houss
keepers, Mr.. and Mrs. William Hurt. as
saying that Greasy had confided to
them that he and Miss Lavoy had quar-
relied. Until two months ago. they said.
Greasy received sometimes two and
three letters a day from her and then
they suddenly became irregular ard less
frequent. They said he sent her $3.50
diamond ring a few months ago. Abour
the lime Of the disagreement. they said.
Greasy received Idstol from Miss
I.avoy. He told them that 1t was one
he had left with her on one of his trips
to Freeport.