The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-12-20
.sWO0Ns ON THE
BRIDGE OF S|GHS
Mr. Martin, Charged With Murder
Of Daughter, 0cey Snead, Becomes
Hysterical After Hearing.

NEW YORK, Dec. lS.-Mrs. Caro-
line B. Martin and Mary w. Snead,
mother and mother in-law or Mrs.
Ocey W. NJ. Snead, whose dead body
was found in East Orange. n. j.. on
Nov. 80. were arraigned today In the
tombs court. Extradition papers on
murder charge have not yet been com
plsted by the Essex county authorities
and they were remanded To the Tombs
for as 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
trimmed with curious spectators. Coun-
sci for the women, Franklin Fort, Jr..
was not in court. and the magistrate
asked them II they had any attorney.
Fhey said NO" and he asked them
to come up close TO the bench so that
he could explain the case to them.
Mrs. Martin did all the talking She
demanded by what right she was held.
Told that the charge was being n
fugitive from justice she broke out:
How can that be. when neither ] 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 to let them see the
section under which they were operat-
ing in the present case.
Magistrate Cornell gave them the
book and they sat down on bench
and read it. after which they talked
together a few minutes. They ap-
preached the desk again and Insisted
10 the magistrate that under the code
they we're not fugitives. inasmuch az
they never were in East Orange. He
was touched by the plight OF the two
elderly women. explained gently that
he had no recourse but to mold them.
II am told by tho New Jersey author
tiles" he said. that your case Will
he disposed OF by a grand jury in that
state next Tuesday. would suggest
that you permit this case 20 be ad-
journed until next Wednesday"
II will do nothing OF the sort .
snapped out Mrs Martin. Il insist
that you do not adjourn this case
more than AZ hours"
The court could do nothing else but
grant her demand. the law providing
FOR only IS hours adjournment in such
cases and the women were ordered
back TO the Tombs. Court officers as
sisted them, but as she reached the
doorway leading across the Bridge or
Signs" Mrs. Martin seemed overcome.
She stopped still in her tracks and re-
fused TO so further. When urged she
grasped at the door handle and
screamed so that she could be heard
all through the building: 81 won't go
back cannot 20 to that awful place.
Let me go Let me 60"
AS gently as possible the officers
released her grasp and assisted her
back into the prison She was then
so historical that the prison doctor
had To be called on 70 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
a 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 il was planned to kill Mrs Snead
I'm Brooklyn, where the women for
merly lived. but that this was after
ward changed and Mrs. Snead was
taken to East Orange for the purpose
of numbering her The prosecutor,
however, refuses 10 make public any
OF the alleged evidence.