News story posted October 24, 1947, Charleston News & Courier
Former Charleston Man Stabbed To Death in Savannah
Carlton F. "Dutch" Gruber, 36 years old, of Charleston, was stabbed to death last night in his apartment at the rear of the seafood distributing company he operated in the Georgia city the Associated Press reported. Solicitor General Andrew J. Ryan, of Savannah, said Gruber's wife, Mrs. Myrtle Rayola Gruber 40, was being held but that no charges had been placed against her.
Mr. Gruber's mother and stepfather, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Jankey, live here at 71 Anson Street. While in Charleston, he was employed as an automobile salesman. He was a native of Winchester, Va., where he was born January 20, 1911. His father, Louis F. Gruber, still lives in Winchester.
According to Savannah police his body was found in the living room of the apartment. He had been stabbed in the heart with a fillet knife and slashed across the wrist. Solicitor General Ryan said Mrs. Gruber told him, her husband had killed himself and had made several threats previously to do so "and make it look like I did it."
Ryan said Mrs. Gruber inherited the Louis Rayola Seafood Distributing Company from her first husband, Louis Rayola, who died about two years ago. He said he did not know how long Mrs. Gruber had been married to her second husband. The Rayola market is one of Savannah's leading seafood supply houses.
Surviving besides his parents are a sister, Mrs. E. R. Bell, an adopted sister, Ruth Jankey, a brother, John H. Gruber, all of Charleston, and another brother, W. F. Gruber of Savannah. Funeral services will be announced later by Stuhr's.
News story posted October 25, 1947, Charleston News & Courier
Gruber's Wife Charged With Slaying Him
Mrs. Carlton F. Gruber has been charged with the slaying of her husband in Savannah Thursday night. Solicitor General Andrew J. Ryan reported, according to an Associated Press dispatch yesterday.
Mr. Gruber, often called "Dutch" by friends, was stabbed in the heart with a fillet knife and slashed across the chest. He was a 37-year-old seafood market operator who formerly sold automobiles in Charleston.
Soon after the stabbing, Mrs. Gruber said her husband had threatened to kill himself many times and "make it look like I did it," Mr. Ryan reported. She told a coroner's jury that she and her husband had been fighting, that both of them reached for the knife and that she remembered nothing afterward. Ryan quoted her as saying, "I don't know whether he killed himself or whether I killed him."
Funeral services for Mr. Gruber will take place at 2 o'clock this afternoon in Stuhr's chapel here with the Rev. F. W. Brandt and the Rev. Paul Whitaker officiating. Burial will be in Bethany Cemetery.
Surviving besides the widow are his mother, his father, a sister, two brothers, and an adopted sister.
July 8, 1948
Myrtle Rayola Gruber was found not guilty of all charges.
The housekeeper who saw the whole thing and said Miss Myrtle did it, disappeared before the trial.
Former Charleston Man Stabbed To Death in Savannah
Carlton F. "Dutch" Gruber, 36 years old, of Charleston, was stabbed to death last night in his apartment at the rear of the seafood distributing company he operated in the Georgia city the Associated Press reported. Solicitor General Andrew J. Ryan, of Savannah, said Gruber's wife, Mrs. Myrtle Rayola Gruber 40, was being held but that no charges had been placed against her.
Mr. Gruber's mother and stepfather, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Jankey, live here at 71 Anson Street. While in Charleston, he was employed as an automobile salesman. He was a native of Winchester, Va., where he was born January 20, 1911. His father, Louis F. Gruber, still lives in Winchester.
According to Savannah police his body was found in the living room of the apartment. He had been stabbed in the heart with a fillet knife and slashed across the wrist. Solicitor General Ryan said Mrs. Gruber told him, her husband had killed himself and had made several threats previously to do so "and make it look like I did it."
Ryan said Mrs. Gruber inherited the Louis Rayola Seafood Distributing Company from her first husband, Louis Rayola, who died about two years ago. He said he did not know how long Mrs. Gruber had been married to her second husband. The Rayola market is one of Savannah's leading seafood supply houses.
Surviving besides his parents are a sister, Mrs. E. R. Bell, an adopted sister, Ruth Jankey, a brother, John H. Gruber, all of Charleston, and another brother, W. F. Gruber of Savannah. Funeral services will be announced later by Stuhr's.
News story posted October 25, 1947, Charleston News & Courier
Gruber's Wife Charged With Slaying Him
Mrs. Carlton F. Gruber has been charged with the slaying of her husband in Savannah Thursday night. Solicitor General Andrew J. Ryan reported, according to an Associated Press dispatch yesterday.
Mr. Gruber, often called "Dutch" by friends, was stabbed in the heart with a fillet knife and slashed across the chest. He was a 37-year-old seafood market operator who formerly sold automobiles in Charleston.
Soon after the stabbing, Mrs. Gruber said her husband had threatened to kill himself many times and "make it look like I did it," Mr. Ryan reported. She told a coroner's jury that she and her husband had been fighting, that both of them reached for the knife and that she remembered nothing afterward. Ryan quoted her as saying, "I don't know whether he killed himself or whether I killed him."
Funeral services for Mr. Gruber will take place at 2 o'clock this afternoon in Stuhr's chapel here with the Rev. F. W. Brandt and the Rev. Paul Whitaker officiating. Burial will be in Bethany Cemetery.
Surviving besides the widow are his mother, his father, a sister, two brothers, and an adopted sister.
July 8, 1948
Myrtle Rayola Gruber was found not guilty of all charges.
The housekeeper who saw the whole thing and said Miss Myrtle did it, disappeared before the trial.
News story posted October 24, 1947, Charleston News & Courier
Former Charleston Man Stabbed To Death in Savannah
Carlton F. "Dutch" Gruber, 36 years old, of Charleston, was stabbed to death last night in his apartment at the rear of the seafood distributing company he operated in the Georgia city the Associated Press reported. Solicitor General Andrew J. Ryan, of Savannah, said Gruber's wife, Mrs. Myrtle Rayola Gruber 40, was being held but that no charges had been placed against her.
Mr. Gruber's mother and stepfather, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Jankey, live here at 71 Anson Street. While in Charleston, he was employed as an automobile salesman. He was a native of Winchester, Va., where he was born January 20, 1911. His father, Louis F. Gruber, still lives in Winchester.
According to Savannah police his body was found in the living room of the apartment. He had been stabbed in the heart with a fillet knife and slashed across the wrist. Solicitor General Ryan said Mrs. Gruber told him, her husband had killed himself and had made several threats previously to do so "and make it look like I did it."
Ryan said Mrs. Gruber inherited the Louis Rayola Seafood Distributing Company from her first husband, Louis Rayola, who died about two years ago. He said he did not know how long Mrs. Gruber had been married to her second husband. The Rayola market is one of Savannah's leading seafood supply houses.
Surviving besides his parents are a sister, Mrs. E. R. Bell, an adopted sister, Ruth Jankey, a brother, John H. Gruber, all of Charleston, and another brother, W. F. Gruber of Savannah. Funeral services will be announced later by Stuhr's.
News story posted October 25, 1947, Charleston News & Courier
Gruber's Wife Charged With Slaying Him
Mrs. Carlton F. Gruber has been charged with the slaying of her husband in Savannah Thursday night. Solicitor General Andrew J. Ryan reported, according to an Associated Press dispatch yesterday.
Mr. Gruber, often called "Dutch" by friends, was stabbed in the heart with a fillet knife and slashed across the chest. He was a 37-year-old seafood market operator who formerly sold automobiles in Charleston.
Soon after the stabbing, Mrs. Gruber said her husband had threatened to kill himself many times and "make it look like I did it," Mr. Ryan reported. She told a coroner's jury that she and her husband had been fighting, that both of them reached for the knife and that she remembered nothing afterward. Ryan quoted her as saying, "I don't know whether he killed himself or whether I killed him."
Funeral services for Mr. Gruber will take place at 2 o'clock this afternoon in Stuhr's chapel here with the Rev. F. W. Brandt and the Rev. Paul Whitaker officiating. Burial will be in Bethany Cemetery.
Surviving besides the widow are his mother, his father, a sister, two brothers, and an adopted sister.
July 8, 1948
Myrtle Rayola Gruber was found not guilty of all charges.
The housekeeper who saw the whole thing and said Miss Myrtle did it, disappeared before the trial.
Former Charleston Man Stabbed To Death in Savannah
Carlton F. "Dutch" Gruber, 36 years old, of Charleston, was stabbed to death last night in his apartment at the rear of the seafood distributing company he operated in the Georgia city the Associated Press reported. Solicitor General Andrew J. Ryan, of Savannah, said Gruber's wife, Mrs. Myrtle Rayola Gruber 40, was being held but that no charges had been placed against her.
Mr. Gruber's mother and stepfather, Mr. and Mrs. H. L. Jankey, live here at 71 Anson Street. While in Charleston, he was employed as an automobile salesman. He was a native of Winchester, Va., where he was born January 20, 1911. His father, Louis F. Gruber, still lives in Winchester.
According to Savannah police his body was found in the living room of the apartment. He had been stabbed in the heart with a fillet knife and slashed across the wrist. Solicitor General Ryan said Mrs. Gruber told him, her husband had killed himself and had made several threats previously to do so "and make it look like I did it."
Ryan said Mrs. Gruber inherited the Louis Rayola Seafood Distributing Company from her first husband, Louis Rayola, who died about two years ago. He said he did not know how long Mrs. Gruber had been married to her second husband. The Rayola market is one of Savannah's leading seafood supply houses.
Surviving besides his parents are a sister, Mrs. E. R. Bell, an adopted sister, Ruth Jankey, a brother, John H. Gruber, all of Charleston, and another brother, W. F. Gruber of Savannah. Funeral services will be announced later by Stuhr's.
News story posted October 25, 1947, Charleston News & Courier
Gruber's Wife Charged With Slaying Him
Mrs. Carlton F. Gruber has been charged with the slaying of her husband in Savannah Thursday night. Solicitor General Andrew J. Ryan reported, according to an Associated Press dispatch yesterday.
Mr. Gruber, often called "Dutch" by friends, was stabbed in the heart with a fillet knife and slashed across the chest. He was a 37-year-old seafood market operator who formerly sold automobiles in Charleston.
Soon after the stabbing, Mrs. Gruber said her husband had threatened to kill himself many times and "make it look like I did it," Mr. Ryan reported. She told a coroner's jury that she and her husband had been fighting, that both of them reached for the knife and that she remembered nothing afterward. Ryan quoted her as saying, "I don't know whether he killed himself or whether I killed him."
Funeral services for Mr. Gruber will take place at 2 o'clock this afternoon in Stuhr's chapel here with the Rev. F. W. Brandt and the Rev. Paul Whitaker officiating. Burial will be in Bethany Cemetery.
Surviving besides the widow are his mother, his father, a sister, two brothers, and an adopted sister.
July 8, 1948
Myrtle Rayola Gruber was found not guilty of all charges.
The housekeeper who saw the whole thing and said Miss Myrtle did it, disappeared before the trial.
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