Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1909-12-21
SAY new LETTERS
TELL OF PLOT IN
BATHTUB TRAGEDY
Prosecutor Mott Believes Writ
ings Taken from Mrs. Snead
Bare Conspiracy.
TO ASK GRAND JURY FOR
THREE INDICTMENTS TODAY
Detective O'Neill Is First Wit
ness Called at Today's
Hearing.

A package of letters, found by de-
tectives in the room occupied by Mrs
Mary Snead. at 46s West Twenty-second
street, will be produced by Prosecutor
Mott when he presented the evidencSl
late today on which he hopes to OBJ
tain the indictments by the Essex
County grand jury of Miss Virginia
Wardlaw, Mrs. Caroline B. Martin, and
Mrs. Mary Snead for the murder of
Ocey w. M. Snead, the East Orange
"bathtub" victim. Detective O'Neil was
the first witness called.
Il expect to obtain the Indictment Of
all three women said the prosecutor
today.
1t is alleged that the letters found In
the room of Mrs Mary Snead will tend
to prove conspiracy. Prosecutor Mott
says that these letters are most dam
aging; that they are written on the
same paper and in similar handwriting
to the famous fsuicide notes" and on
the letters which were found in the
rooms Of Mrs. Caroline B. Martin at
Bayard, in New York.
Detectives O'Neil and Riker, of East
Orange, will tell the grand jury OF a
conversation they had yesterday with
Mrs. Martin in her cell in the Tombs,
New York. Detective O'Neii will tes-
tify that when he told Mrs. Martin of
the finding of the veil she said:
How could I lose my veil; it was
not windy on that day"
"On what day?" quickly asked Detec-
tive O'Neil.
Mrs. Martin would say no more he
will testify
To Call Fifteen witnesses.
: Fifteen witnesses will be called by
Prosecutor Mott. All will be from this
State Beside the East Orange de-
tectives several East Orange neighbors
of the Sneads will be called, Including
the men who rented them the North
Fourteenth street cottage.
The grand jury VIII hear the story OF
DR.. Charles e. Teeter, who was called
by Miss Virginia Wardlaw on the night
beore it is believed Ocey Snead was
murdered, and who. on the request of
Miss Wardlaw, gave Ocey Snead a cer-
tificate of health. DR.. M. Royal Whit
enach of 10 BatLgate place, will tell of
visit made by Miss Wardfaw and
Ocey Snead to his office November 10.
when he told Miss Wardlaw that Ocey
Snead was suffering from a slight cold
Other witnesses will be County Physi-
clan Mckenzie, Deputy County Physi-
clan M. Herbert Simmons, Chief of Po-
lice Bell and Sergeant Timothy Cannis.
who received the telephone message OF
the finding of Ocey Snead's body.
The star witnesses Will be two boys,
Edward Kirk and James Henry. Kirk
will testify that on the afternoon Of
the finding Of the body Of Ocey w. M.
Snead Mrs. Martin accosted him and
asked him to carry a bundle. The
Henry boy will testify to the finding
of veil, which, the prosecutor claims
belonged to Mrs Martin. This veil was
turned over to the East Orange police
and is now in the hands of the pros
ecutor. The evidence of these boys
will be important in proving that Mrs
Martin was in this State at the time
of the crime and will be doubly impor-
tant in the event of Mrs. Martin fight
ing extradition.
Another witness will be William
pert, who will testify of the similarity
of the handwriting in the note found
near tie body of Ocey Snead and the
notes found in the possession of Mrs.
Martin and Mrs. Snead.
Dispatches received today from st.
GATHERINGS. Ont, said that a move
ment is on foot TO deport Fletcher w.
Snead to the United States, the claim
being made that Snead entered the Do
minion of Canada under an assumed
name, that he has a past, and is un-
desirable as a citizen.
Snead says that he went to st. Cath
crimes to escape testifying against his
old employer, Earthman, of Nashville,
and Prosecutor Mott said that il Snead
is deported from Canada and enters the
State of New Jersey he will be ar
rested ON subpoena issued by the
Federal courts, whose former summons
he failed to obey.
In an interview Snead said that If
his mother. Mrs. Mary Snead; his aunt
Mrs. Caroline Martin, mother of his
young wife, who was found dead in
the bathtub in East Orange November |
80, both Of whom are in the Tombs; or
his aunt. Miss Virginia Wardlaw, who
is in East Orange jail, need him to tes-
tify in their behalf on the charge of
Ocey Snead, he will hurry |
to New York The threat to deport
him and the knowledge that he would |
be arrested on Federal subpoena were |
unknown to him then.