Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-11

she did not live there with her all the
time. Miss Nardlaw lold me that she
did not bring the young woman to the
East Orange house, but that another
member Of the family did. She would
not tell me which member of the fam
fly had brought her to the house.
Il asked her when she had last seen
Mrs. Snead alive and she replied on the
afternoon of the previous day. l asked
her If she had not remained in the
house all night and she replied that she
had asked her If she had been In
the house all the time. and she replied
that she had with the exception Of
about one hour on that afternoon,
when she went cut to do some shop
ping in the neighborhood. and that the
first she discovered of the death was
when she returned about ) o'clock that
afternoon"
o'Nein then told of the difficulty he
had In getting Miss Nardlaw TO tell
where the Snead woman had lived be-
fore she came to East Orange. He also
described the general appearance Of
the house, especially as 10 the absence
OF Furniture The officer told Miss
wardlaw that the note wss written by
Ia per. and ink.
1I mnde 4 thorough search OF
the house. and couId mot hnd ans
pen or ink. spoke 20 the Ward
law woman, and she aid not af-
tempt to explain said the SER
gent.
The Wardfaw woman also told nle
that she slept ON the bare floor When
aiuJ, in f1tf1h
Miss Wardlaw told me that Mrs. Snead.
her niece. said on Sunday that she was
going upstairs to take a bath and a
good long sleep The prisoner said
that she had not gone upstairs through
the night. and did not ever see her niece
again alive The next time she saw
her niece she was dead in the bathtub.
Mr. Fort did not cross-examine the
sergeant, and he was excused.
Chief of Police Bell then told OF his
visit to the North Fourteenth street
house.
Seated inside the rail with Recorder
Mott were the defendant. Mr. Fort
Prosecutor Mott. Police Commissioner
Edgar Sharp, Chief Bell. Detective Hor-
gan. Sergeant o'Neill, Sergeant Hector.
Detective Riker and stenographers
OLHtTS III the TQDili 1llOiuQcQ 0llGA "
Detectives Frederick Welner, City
Clerk Lincoln L. Rowley, Freeholder
Ougheltree, Councilman Frank Ban
croft. Mayor William Cardwell. coun
Gilman George a. Grover, John A. Mof-
fit. Detective James Mason, James
Barradale and seven women. who were
unknown.
Chief Bell told OF the reticence OF tlie
ns .+f f,n-- TTr
explained his search at the East Orange
house. but added nothing to the testi-
mony of O'Neill. Prosecutor Detec-
tive Hargan also told OF his uneventfui
visit to the house.
William j. kinsley. handwriting
expert WAS next called. He first
showed that he was qualified as an
expert
Il show you the so-called suicide
note" said the prosecutor.
MIR kinsley said:
"The pen used TO write the signature
of the note is not the same pen used
TO write the body OF the note"
do you notice tear?" asked the
prosecutor.
Mr. Kinsley said be believed that the
tear was made after the writing had
Z
he had two samples of Mrs. Snead's
handwriting he has not had time
enough as vet TO say whether the sui
eide note" is q forgery or not. Mr..
Fort asked the witness to produce the
standards so that they could be marked
for identification.
"Show the court the two known
standards" said the prosecutor.
Mr. Kinsley waded through large
bundle of letters and exhibited 70 the
court two letters supposed 10 have been
/. written by Mrs. Snead.
Mr. Fort tried to force Mr.. kinsley
to show any and all handwriting that
purported to have been written BY Mrs
Enead. The prosecutor objected, but
the recorder allowed 1t, and James
Rush. the clerk. proceeded to mark all
the missiyes and scraps OF paper which
the expert carried. After the marking
the documents were returned TO Mr.
Kinsley, who. expects to submit his re-
port the latter part Of next week.
Recalled, Chief of Police Bell said
that he found a pen-holder In the
house, but no pen nor ink.
The prosecutor and Mr.. Fort nd-
mitted. in order to facilitate the hear
ing. that upon the Snead womans life
there was a policy in the New York
Life for $1,000. and another for $7.5op
in the Equitable Company, and that
both policies were made payable n
the victims grandmother. Mrs Martha
Eliza Wardlaw.
DR. Charles E. Teeter vas next
called
"The prisoner. Aiiss Ward,aai. g<5It<l
OF u1y house on ThAnksgixIne eve ~
Wanted me te a1rozup4ox ~ a