The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-12-18
SWOONS ON THE
BRIDGE OF S|GHS
Mrs. Martin, Charged With Murder
of Daughter, 0cey Snead, Becomes
Hysterical After Hearing.

! NEW YORK, Dec. 1S.--Mrs. Caro-
line b. Martin and Mary W. Snead.
mother and mother-in-law OF Mrs,
Ocey w NJ. Snead, whose dead body
was found in East Orange. y. j., on
Nov. 80. were arraigned today In the
tomhs court Extradition papers on a
murder charge have not yet been com
pleted By the Essex county authorities
and they were Temanded to the TombS
for IS hours until the New Jersey au-
thorities can complete their work.
When the two old women were aid
ed into court by officers the room was
damned with curious spectators. Coun-
sci for the women, Franklin Fort, Jr..
was not I'm court. and the magistrate
asked them II they had any attorney
They said No" and he asked them
to come up close To the bench so that
he could explain the case 10 them
Mrs. Martin did all the talking She
demanded by what right she was held
Told that the charge was being a
fugitive from justice she broke out:
How can that be. when neither I nor
Mrs. Snead has ever been In New
Jersey in our lives.
The magistrate explained the Grim
inal code procedure and the two wo-
men asked him 10 let them see the
section under which they were operat-
inc in the present case.
Magistrate Cornell gave them the
book and they sat down on bench
and read il, after which they talked
together a few minutes. They APP
preached the desk again and insisted
10 the magistrate that under the code
they were not fugitivos. 9nasmuch NJ
they never were in East Orange. He
was touched by the plight OF the two
elderly women, explained gently mat
he had no recourse hut 10 nold them.
II am told by the New Jersey author
tiles" he said that your case viii
be disposed OF by grand jury In that
state next Tuesday. | would suggest
that Won permit this case 10 be adj
iourned until next Wednesday
81 will do nothing OF the sort"
snapped ont Mrs. Martin. ~ insist
that you do not adjourn this case
more than As hours"
The court could do nothing else but
grant her demand, the law providing
for only IS hours adjournment In such
cases and tho women were ordered
back to the Tombs. Court officers as
sisted them hut rs she reached the
doorway leading across the Bridge or
Sighs." Mrs. Martin seemed overcome.
She stopped still in her tracks and re-
fused To go further. When urged she
grasped at the door handle and
scrcamed SO that she could be heard
all through the building: ~ won't go
back. cannot go 70 that awful place.
Let mo 20. Let me 60"
As gently as possible the officers
released her grasp and assisted her
back into the prison. She was then
40 historical that the prison doctor
had To he called on to give her some
medicine.
Mrs. Martin was highly indignant
over the statement. attributed to
Prosecutor Mott Of ESSEX county that
Mrs. Snead was not her daughter. but
child taken from an orphan asylum.
1T is simply another OF their cruel.
uncalled for lies" she weepingly as
serted.
Prosecutor Mott insists that he
secured from Mrs Martins effects
when she was arrested. letters that
show II was planned TO kill Mrs. Snead
I'm Brooklvn. where the women for
merlv lived. but that this was after
ward CHANGED and Mrs Snead was
taken TO Fast Orange for the purpose
Of numbering her. The prosecutor,
however refuses 10 make public any
OF the alleged evidence.