Opening the door of room 423 at the O. Henry hotel in Greensboro Saturday night about 9 o’clock. P.V. Brown of Danville, Va., found Mrs. L.H. Groves, a young married woman with whom he is alleged to have been occupying the room, lying across the bed in a pool of blood, with a .38 calibre revolver, with which she had just sent a bullet through her heart clutched in her lifeless hand.
Brown, who is connected with the Standard Oil Company in Danville, is at liberty under a $200 bond on a charge of occupying a room for immoral purposes with Mrs. Groves who is also of Danville. The couple are alleged to have spent most of the day in the hotel together.
According to the story Brown is credited with after the shooting, he told Mrs. Groves that they must return to Danville. She is said to have protested against this and it is thought that the shooting was a result of the idea of returning to her husband.
Brown stated that he left the hotel about 7 o’clock and did not return until about 9 o’clock. When he opened the door, according to his statement, he saw Mrs. Groves lying across the bed. He immediately called a bell bon who was near and together they entered the room.
From the front page of The Reidsville Review, Monday, Aug. 13, 1923
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