Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-20
INDICTMENTS IN
BATH CASE FRIDAY,
PROSECUTOR SAYS
Declares Mother Was in East Or
ange House When Mrs.
Snead Died.
DECLARES WOMAN AND
AUNT WERE BOTH THERE
Chain of CircumstantiaI Evil
dence Involving Prisoners Is
Complete, He States.

Mrs. Caroline B. Martin and Mrs.
Mary snead. respectively mother and
mother-in-law of ocey w. M. Snead,
the "bathtub'' victim, both heavily
yelled, were arraigned before Magis-
trate Cornell In the Tombs Police
Court today. After a whispered con-
sultation between the court and the
lawyers in the case they were led back
to their cells in the Tombs to be re-
arraigned Friday morning.
Prosecutor Mott has promised that
rrsne.
Claiming that he will be able to
prove that Mrs. Martin did not
leave the North Fourteenth street, East
Orange, house until o'clock in the
afternoon of November 29-tifty MIN
utes after the police were notified Of
the death of Mrs. Snead--and that
in her haste getting away from the
scene of the alleged crime Mrs. Mar
tin dropped veil in Eaton place which
he now has in his possession, Prose-
cutor Mott today secuted the inference
that he would try to prove auto sug-
gestion'' in his prosecution of the case.
This veil was picked up two hours
after the finding of Ocey Snead's body"
said the prosecutor today, land was
turned over to the East Orange police.
She lifted the veil when she spoke to
Charley Kirk, the boy she asked to
carry the bundles. The lifting of the
veil gave the boy fine opportunity to
see her, and there can be no mistaking
his identification.
I'VE expect to prove" the prosecutor
went on, that for twenty-four hours
after the death Of Ocey Snead the
mother and Miss Virginia WardIaw
wore in that house. Then, at o'clock,
the mother left. She went UP to Eaton
place to Fifteenth street. She was on
her waysto get a trolley car for Newark
hen she met the Kirk boy.
Neighbors Find Veil.
when sne accosted the boy she
lifted her wells One of the several
that she wore fell off. 1t was picked
up by persons Who i've in Eaton place,
and we regard it as most valuable
exhibit"
Apparently, the two women delib-
Grated long on what to do after the
girl was dead" said he. .'Then at 4
O'Clock, having apparently reached a
satisfactory conclusion, Mrs. Martin
leaves the house. We have her timed
by the minute by chain of indisputa-
Bile circumstances. She was seen by
this Kirk boy about AIS, which makes
the approximate time of leaving the
house at o'clock. We hope to be able
to trace her movements, as she walked
to take the trolley car for Newark,
where she got train for New York
and went to live at a hotel there under
an assumed name"
when Mrs Martin left the house
Miss Wardlaw was alone with the body
of Ocey Snead There she waited for
fifty whole minutes-to be exact until
10 minutes to 5o'clock-before she noti-
fed the police. Do you see how this fits
in? am of the opinion that Miss Ward
law delayed sending the message to the
police in order to give Mrs. Martin a
chance to get away. And that is what
am going to prove.
"There will be no hypnotic sugges-
ton or any other kind of suggestion
in the case, as / will present it, the
prosecutor went on II am firmly con-
vinced that it was genuine cold
blooded murder, and that is what l will
prove"
Clnsh of Counsel Likely.
From what developed today there is
likely to be "a clash of counsel Colonel
Hare. of New York, who was retained
by Mrs. Martin Saturday. said today
that, no matter what Franklin w. Fort
says, he intends to fight the extradition
OF Mrs. Martin.
Prosecutor Mott said that he will be
well equipped in the event of a plea
of insanity in the case of Mrs Martin.
IF Mrs. Martin had not remained
away from the funeral of her daugh-
ter said he, "and shown other evil
dences of sanity there might be some
ground for this line of defense. 1t Is
too late for that kind of a play in this
case'
The prosecutor asserted today that
he had new evidence, other than the
fact that Mrs. Snead hired the East
Orange house, which implicated her
very seriously. He said that James
Foster, an East Orange druggist, would
testify that Mrs. Mary Snead called at
his store about the. time Ocey Snead
was taken to East Orange and got
from him list of East Orange doctors.
Mr. Mott conflded this information to
Attorney Fort, telling him that Mr..
Foster and his clerk. Miss Mary Quinn
by. had identified Mrs. Snead. 1t
brought about a change in Mr.. Forts S
attitude regarding the extradition of
Mrs. Snead and Mrs. Martin. Mr. Fort
said that If his clients would consent,
extradition would not be fought.
Mr. Mott intimated that when the
three women are brought to trial a
score or more of people from the South
will appear as witnesses. among them
Rufus McLaurin and his two sisters.
The McLaurin girls are expected to
testify that their homes were broken
up by Mrs Martin. One is the divorced
wife of Fletcher w. Snead and the
other the widow of his brother. John r.
Snead, who was burned to death.
Mrs Martin succeeded in separating
Fletcher Snead from his first wife. Mr..
Mott said. Then she invaded the home
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