New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-04
MEDIUMS DEATH SUDDEN.
Mrs. Gray Vas to GiUe Seance for
DetectiUcs.

Mrs. stoddard Gray. spiritualist medium, who
was also known as Mrs. Jennie a. Snyder. died at
her home No Ss1 West Fifty-seventh-st., early
yesterday She was seventy-fve years old
In the Sunday newspapers for long time there
has been appearing under the head OF religious
notices" the following advertisements:
Spiritual Science Institute. No. SS1 West Fifty
s: Saturdays- 2. materalizations and communica-
tons. Mrs. Stoddard Gray. Mr.. HOugh-
Dewitt c. Hough. her son. assisted her in her
spiritual scances at the Fifty-seventh-st. house
and elsewhere. Hough said that two weeks ago.
when she was conversing with departed spirits she
stricken with heart trouble and for a time
was in a state of suspended animation. but he had
restored her to her senses and health Tuesday
night he said she retired in good health but early
yesterday morning she became III again and died at
. o'clock. He called in Or: Margaret A. N. Mount.
woman physician or No VT, 9a5
station, who mad been told nothing Of the case by
through the coroner's ONCE and reporters. they
an an EteIy Iept 10 the house and after
parey at the door with HoUgh and with a man
abundance. The lawyer said his name was J.
Knapton and that he was a barrister Of Middle
In the room, where, the, woman.s body was the
police found, before her bed, a curious screen OK
According TO Connolly, the man who said ne was
When a he was arrested With her and Hough in
June OF 4aS{ e1 hc %e b Ine g or t Arrest as
told in The Tribune at the time. Complaint was
a
seance. While the medium. who was said to be
Mrs, Gray was communicating with some departed
spirits the detectives turned a searchlight they
carrie! on screen from behind which the sup
posed spirit voices were coming and revealed Mrs
Gray talking with another woman Of anything but
Dr Mount said Mrs. Gray had been married four
times. Her last husband, she said, was James A
SNYDER, proprietor Of the Marvin Hotel in sara
husbands were buried at Saratoga. Mrs. Snyder
Will be buried there
The man who said he was II. KnaptOn.' gave out
q statement In which he said Mrs Gray was dead
hafO Dr U
present, seemed to want to say something but the
other siIenced him every time he opened his mouth.
virtues and a lecture on spiritualsm a faint.
spiritlike knock was heard at the door. and
woman of fran appearance entered the room
Mr.. Thompson. said she. is there any mai.
Mr. '-Knapton'' seemed annoyed. A reporter
asked him if he was not the Thompson arrested.
already referred to-
Il am known as James Knapton Thompson but
my real name Is Thompson j. knaDton.' he said
Detectives Quinn and Fitzpatrick, of the West
Forty-seVeath-st- station. reported to the captain
Yesterday, after hearing OF the death OF Mrs StOd
dard-Grey, that they had made an appointment
with the woman few days for a seance to-
night. and they thought perhaps the woman had
committed suicide because of worry their
threat arrest her If they caught her IN a fraud.
An examination of the wonnans BODY by the pOlfce
last evening not Of q character to decide the
cause Of her death. but there Will be autopsy
Quinn and Fitzpatrick had A letter which had
been sent to the police, declaring that the
was swtndhng people by pretending 70 talk with
spirits IN their presence. They to the
woman some days ago. told her about the
plant. showed their badges "a satisfy her that
they police detectives and said they would
a real medium or a swtndler She agreed to give
seanCe for the benefit az the detectives this
arrest her as a swmder IL they caught her in any
trick.