New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-12-02
TRACE GIRL VICTIM
POLICE HOLD HER
COMPANION.
Nrs. Wardla1c Formerly LCed
and Has Vel KROzcR an
Tennessee.
Tennessee.
Ia reIegraph to The rrioane.l

East Orange. " J., Dec lon for
NAL charge OF murder made by Police
Chief Bell. Of this city. Mrs. Virginia
Wardlaw. the woman arrested In con-
nectiOn with the mysterious death of
Mrs. Ocey W. n. Snead. whose body
was found in a bathtub in a deserted
house here. was held for examination
on December by Recorder Francis A
Mott to-day Franklin ". Fort. son Of
the Governor. who appeared for the
woman at the preliminary hearing. said
that before the date set by the Recorder
for the regular hearing the police case
against Mrs. Wardlaw would have fallen
through.
A dispatch from Nashville, Tenn, late
last night said that Mrs Wardlaw was
we'll known in Tennessee. She had prom
trent educational connections in Nash
vile. and later in MurfreesbOrO. She has
two sisters there, Mrs. NJ. B. ". Martin
and a Mrs. Snead. IL was said. Mrs
Snead. according TO the dispatch, Is the
-EIother OF Fletcher Snead. husband of
the dead woman. who was his first
cousin. Snead was formerly with the
w r.. Bartnan Lumber Company. at
Murfreesboro. The company failed. and
efforts 20 bring Snead before federal
grand Jury as a witness in investigation
Of the company's affairs proved futile,
the dispatch said
Mrs Wardlaw was sent back TO Jail
after the hearing. Earlier in the day
she had sent note 20 some person
by messenger from the Jail. but she
said that she had received no answer.
She intimated that the note had been
confscated by the Jail officials or the
police in the hope that II might contain
some evidence against her
Chief Bell to-day received a COmmuni-
cation from the New York Life In
surance Company asking for all the de-
tails connected with the death of Mrs.
Snead. The insurance company. il is
understood. carried large policy on the
life OF Mrs. Snead. and the amount is
that they will hear from other life in
surance companies n which the woman
was insured.
MORE ABOUT INSURANCE
is contained in the circumstances Of Or.
Charles E Teeter's Thanksgiving eve
visit 20 the North 14th street house The
doctor has told County Physician Me
Kenzie that he was asked TO give a
certificate Of good health 70 Mrs. Snead.
and the inference is that borrowing on
the insurance policy was contemplated
According TO DR. William H McKen-
zie. the county physician. the guilt or in
nOcence Gf the accused woman may hang
on the handwriting Of the alleged sui
eide note and the note written last night
by Mrs Wardlaw- The theory is ad-
Nanced that Mrs. Snead, from the time
she fell into the power Of her alleged
aunt. had been helpless and not ac-
cOuntable Dozens of stories are being
told about the mysterious actions OF the
group OF four women. Of which Mrs
Snead and Mrs Wardlaw were a part
a new figure was brought into the
deepening mystery late this afternoon
when Mrs. Kathleen Bond. hOusekeeper
for Mrs. Catherine Anderson who rents
furnished rooms at No. 4tij West 2:,d
street identified the body OF Mrs Sncad
as that of a young woman. accompanied
by three older ones. who had rented
apartments recently from her employer.
Mrs. Pond told OF the actions OF the
mysterious group during the two weeks
they occupied apartments in the 2.,d
street house.
ANOTHER HOUSE OF MYSTERY.
They were the queerest people / ever
saw" said the hOusekeeper. They kept
their doors and windows Closed an the
time and the lights on until We had 10
turn the gas or in fear they would do
some harm. They would not let US into
the room for two weeks. in order that
We might clean up
Mrs. Bond understood the relationship
Of the women 10 be- as follows. Mrs.
Snead. the younger. was the wife % the
missing Mr.. Snead. who was mentioned
at the I'D street house as having died.
Mr. Snead was tho son OF the elder Mrs
~ cad. and Mrs. Maxwell known 20 tie
police as Miss Virginia Wardlaw. was
the daughter OF the eldest woman by
SdoptiOn.
More hight was thrown on the life led
by Mrs. Snead and her elderly csmran-
ions In the house az No. 1893 last 4Sth
street. Flalbush. yesterday afternoon BY
a peighbor. who asked that her name be