By: David C. Horvath, Great Grandson

 Weather; Fair-Wed pm and Thr, Temp. rising Thursday with moderate N. winds, becoming variable on Thursday. Tribe open, with the Red Sox at League Park, Babe Ruth is on roster of players to play that day with the Red Sox.

 Early Wednesday morning on July 16, 1919, Cleveland Police notified Marshal Maloney of a car stolen from Cleveland may have headed their way. A woman from the outskirts of town informed Marshal Maloney there was an unidentified auto abandoned on Lost Nation Road. Thinking that it was stolen, Marshal went to investigate. Believing it might belong to the incident called in earlier by Cleveland Police, the Marshal called Willoughby for assistance.

 Deputies Grey, McCarthy and Gilmore responded, with Grey driving. George Gilmore sat on the left side, and Barney McCarthy was sitting on the right in the back seat.

 The Officers along with Marshal Maloney went on a search for the driver(s) of the stolen car. As the deputies approached Sheehan's Hill (Plains Rd.) they passed two men eating cookies out of a bag, one wearing a long driving coat and the other was carrying his over his arm. They decided to investigate, so Grey put the car in reverse and backed up. As he was backing the car, the men noticed the guns the deputies were carrying. One of the men opened fire and a fierce gun battle ensued. When the smoke cleared, there was one dead and 2 wounded. Grey had been fatally shot in the head,  Gilmore received a flesh wound to the head, and McCarthy was shot through the back.

 The gunmen made their escape through nearby woods. Marshal Maloney brought the dead and wounded back to Willoughby for Dr. Thomas Moore to attend. On the way he stopped to warn the Mayor. Soon fire bells and factory whistles blew and the whole town turned out to take up the chase for the gunmen.

 500 men, some in machines (autos), others in wagons and on horse back and afoot filled the roads. Farmers left their fields and guns bristled on every side.

 At Painesville, a posse was hastily organized and headed towards Willoughby to intercept the murderers. Cleveland was notified and Chief Smith headed a police detail from the city while Sheriff Hanratty, Chief Deputy Ball and a detail of others all armed with shotguns and rifles started east.

 It was the Painesville Posse that caught the fugitives. The posse found them exhausted from their two mile flight over rough country fields, their weapons thrown away and ready to surrender to save their own lives.

 The round up was effected on Bieldlers Farm about two miles east of Willoughby on Euclid Ave. at stop 35 (street car stop).

 Marshal Maloney's group reached the scene just after the posse from Painesville made the capture. The gumen made a full confession and were immediately bundled into an automobile and taken back to Willoughby. The town was so aroused that officials feared for the lives of the two. The townspeople wanted to lynch the pair so the two were taken to the Painesville jail where extra deputies guarded the entrance to protect the murderers from the townspeople.

 Grey was survived by his wife and four children.