Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-12-17
Mrs. Mary Snead Also Arrest
ed--TeII-Tale Notes Are Left
by Mrs. Martin in Her
Flight From the Hotel.
1.-THE END IS DEATH; |
WOULD DE-" SHE SAYS
MiSSiveS She Left in Her
Room Are Worded Like Sup
posed Suicide" Note of
Bathtub Victim.

AEN EstGNAaAt4 EANaEsl
NEW YORK. Dec. 16.-Mrs. Caroline b.
Martin. mother Of ocey wardlaw-Mar-
tin-Snesd the victim OF the East Orange
hath tub tragedy. was today held by
magistrate here TO await eXtraditiOn 70
New Jersey. where she stands formally
charged with the murder Of her daugh-
ter
The prisoner was apparently on the
verge OF collapse as she stood before the
bar OF court and heard the charge
against her read. Her stoicism speedily
returned. however, and she faced the
Judge with indifference as he directed
that she Be returned TO the TOmbs.
Mrs Mary Snead. sister Of Mrs Martin
and mOther-in-law OF OCey Snead, was
arrested this afternoon on a warrant is
sued BY Recorder Mott. Of East Orange.
y. J.. charging her with being fugitive
from justice in that she was implicated
in the death Of Ocey snead.
TALKS OF SUICIDE.
Mrs. Caroline B. Martin. mother OF
Ocey Snead. the East Orange bath tub
victim. talked OF suicide and collapsed as
she was being Ted to a cell in the Mercer
street police station early today.
The ending is death. was Mrs Mar
tins reported comment on the answer or
the detectives 70 her questions as TO whaG
the legal proceedings would be IN her
case.
4 would welcome DEATH the detectives
reported her as continuing. Il am old
and can't help anyone and am OF no use
want TO so TO heaven"
Mrs Martin was arrested late last night
On a warrant issued In New Jersey,
charging her with the murder OF ocey
Snead, her daughter. Mrs Martins sis
shortly after the sad tragedy in East Or
anEe, been hsI< n New Jersey prison
cell ts A~RtS the action Of the grand jury
on a similar charge.
MISSING SINCE TRAGEDY.
Mrs. Martin has been missing since the
tragedy and her unexpected appearance
and the circumstances leading up 10 her
apprehension was a dramatic develop
rnent OF a case sensational from the first
In her room IN the little hotel, where she
was found after a diiigent and protracted
search, were three notes. the wording OF
which was almost identical with that OF
the suicide note pinned TO the clothing
OF Ocey snead-
The notes were written on paper OF the
same color and texture of that or the
original suicide note and the handwriting
was practically identical Slight changes
IN phraseology are all the differences
noted
Taken from the hotel TO police headquar-
tiers. Mrs Martin underwent brief ex-
animation and then was transferred 10
the station house. On the way she talk
ed ramblingly and several times referred
TO Ocey Snead as that poor girl and
my daughter
THREATENS SUICIDE
The word suicide was frequently on
her lips. There are hundreds OF suicides
every day, was her comment to the de-
tectives on the case OF her daughter. ana
no attention would have been paid 10
this one she added. except that the
PARTY had money"
100 "sCICIDE LETTERS
Further discoveries in the room vacated
bx NrS Martin were made by the police
today. Ii was stated that these included
more than TOO suicide letters" purporting
10 have been written by Ocey Snead,
many OF them addressed 10 prominent
New Workers. among whom were Ars.
Russell Sage and Mrs Clarence Burns.
a well-known club woman
The letters we're varied in phraseOlogy
but ALI or them sounded The pathetic note
Of de<nair. one Of them. addressed Ito
whoever finds this" expressed dread Of
pain and concluded:
Nobody has harmed me and have
harmed nobody I love everybody and
everybody loves me. but I cannot endure
physical agony"
This letter was signed Another letter.
addressed TO my counsel and attorney,
was worded 10 indicate that the writer
feared the lapsing OF her endowment in
stIrance policies II she lived, through her
inability TO keep up the payments. The
lawyers were instructed TO promptly col
Iect my insurance in cash and pay it over
70 my grandmother without requiring any
bond OF security from her" This was
signed in full. "Ocey Wardlaw-Martin-
snead."
LIFTS BLAME FOR DEATH.
In stiu another, the writer addressed
my family" and declared that mo Iiv-
ing person Is - blame for my death or
has had anything to do with causing my
death"
Two letters from Mrs. Ocey snead to
her husband also were in the collection
one OF them was dated June 3 and the
other September. last. The batch in
cluded a viii purpOrting 10 have been
made BY the bathtub victim. dated Sep
TENDER I. last. and directing that all OF
her property be turned over 70 her grand
mother.
When the hour for her arraignment ar
rived. AIRS. Martin was taken to the
heavy wells which she wore last night
but. notwithstanding this protection
when she saw the group of photographers
about the station. she protested against
their presence, stating that she was being
prosecuted
She was permitted to send a telegram
10 Franklin W. Fort. her counsel, asking
him 10 come TO New York at once. The
original OF the telegram was retained by
the police as a specimen Of Mrs. Martins
handwriting Her extradition to New
Jersey may depend upon establishment Of
ser presence in that state preceding the
-. tth OF Ocey 27esd.
Action by the New Jersey authorities
is awaited Whether Mrs. Martin W.
consent to accompany the officers to East
Orange or whether extrsdition proceed
ings would have 10 be resorted to had
not been indicated prior to her arraign-
ment IN the Tombs police court, where