Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-26

brother, and - left her Aone., ohtch she
raid was In IiiinoiA With the intention q
s srSnss,e sfs ! aIs 81 t sas i Ess years old a
Mss. sssaAy 1sterviewea.
At the time Mrs. Snoddy was also inter-
viewed. Her daughter. she said. was
somewhere In the world.' and she had
sSns to o saIsiae .'A'n1 FaI|,n 70 i Id sais s sss
mothers sympathics prompted her TO ofer
the young woman a temporary resting
Place
1t vas In 1891 tina Hitchcock eloped with
Laura Snoddy. and AT the time Mrs. Snod-
DIV offered n home TO the Olathe d~espondent
she had been q divorce only "A few months.
that on the very day. Aughs, u. 1891, Mrf.
Snoddy filed an action for d vorce against
hischcock. one Eula Icng T. ed a similar
courts OF jackson county;
John II. Snoddy. Of this city. read Of
Mrs. Snoddy, In the newspapers. He Is
duiries about his family. n he Is familiar
with Its genealogical tree. The name II
an odd one. SO he determined to call on
When sisi i he r Mss h tn = :, v is East s.IHG zenith Sen strees.
and She at first viewed him with suspicion.
She believed him to be u detective. why
s sne ~" VII, h"' r s,ansi she so was ( slender a, wSm,
cysS. and had a decisive way of talking.
She told him that her husbands name was
JtNU SllOuuS, AMI mat he nau been Qeau
Tor some years.
saw Mrs. Snoddy'. SON.
Il cannot remember said Mr.. Snoddy
10 u reporter for The Journal yesterday.
whether she said she had come from
one or the other and I think she said Tex
as. lie had been a minister and then Il
lawyer and as the latter had gone to ST.
Louis and there disappeared At the time
OF my visit there was a boy, about II years
old. in the house. who she said WAS her
h h',9i, ! Ismsmher him WILL; because he
ing to Mrs. snoddy. He was dark and
remarked to my wife that IN boy's re-
mel Jim Snoddy. of Pleasanton. Kas.. was
so great that It startled me. h boy had
what our family call the 'Snoddy eye 1t
is one of the characteristics of the family.
The woman impressed me. too. and l am
sure l would be able TO recognize her
"Do you think that her husband was in
amy way related to your family MIR.
SnOddy was asked.
81 got so little information out Of her
Mt the time that l could not arrive at a
conclusion. But the boys resemblance to
the family was very marked
Photographic strong Resemblance.
Mr.. Snoddy displayed a number of pho
tOgraphs of members of the Snoddy fam
fly. The resemblance to Mrs. Shirley and
Tom Snyder, whom Mrs. Johnson says is
her nephew. is startling. Mr.. snoddy's
daughter. were her hair "A golden hue.
would pass for Mrs. Shirley's sister any
where. A photograph of a little boy Is not
unlike In looks to Mrs. Shirleys little boy,
Lawrence. Mr.. SnOddy remarked that his
hair was of IA darkish red color. which. Is
the way one not an expert would describe
the hair of Lawrence.
A.prominent lawyer said yesterday that
a former client OF his was a supposed
wealthy and prominent citizen from whom
Mrs. Snoddy attempted TO secure money.
She wanted a large sum. more than the
man possessed, and he consulted the Well
known lawyer. This Law yer. as promin INT
then az he is now. interviewed Mrs. Snoddy.
He explained TO her the financial status Of
his client, warned her of the danger OF
pressing her demand and finally caused her
by his earnestness and pathos to abandon
her claim. She thanked him for the con-
At the time she was accompanied by a
young woman and before that. In 1897, he
had also business with them.
Mrs. johnson Was III.
Yesterday two efforts were made by q
reporter for The Journal to see Mrs. john
son. The new developments were deemed
worthy of consideration by her. but she
was not at home. During the day the re-
port was that she was confined to her
room by illness. In the evening ii WAS
that she and Mr.. johnson had gone to the
latter's fathers house and that Mrs. Shir-
ley. attended by an escort. was at the Au-
ditorium.
The peculiar connection of the names Of
Gertrude Snoddy. Gertrude Snider and Ger
trude Snyder. as Mrs. Johnson was known
when she married Mr.. johnson. in the diff
ferent issues of the Kansas City directory,
may be susceptible of explanation. as well
as the strange coincidence of a Gertrude
Snider living al ilO East Tenth street. in
1898. and u Gertrude Snyder living Mt her
old residence. .OS Park avenue, In 1884,
Extent of HuRh Wards Faith.
That Hugh G. Ward has faith in the just
ness of his clients claim for the Stets"n
millions Is evidenced by the interest he has
shown in the case. and the faith. notwith-
standing the Stetsons' contentious. he still
has In the claimant. For two years past. ii
IL said, Mr.. Ward has. through Tom Mas
tin, assistant prosecuting attorney of jack
son county, advanced Mrs. Shirley every
month 800.
Just what John w. Beehe. who has been
retained To assist Mr.. Ward AS counsel.
thinks of the case, cannot be learned. His
contract has been signed. but he has not as
yet examined into the merits of The claim.
He is Il busy man. In a few days he may
be prepared tn express his views. But he
has great faith in Mr.. Wards legal acumen
and business judgment,