Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-17


II really know very little Of my
wife's DEATH reaffirmed Fletcher
Snead today at the hotel in st. Cath
crimes, Ont. where since last April he
has been working as an assistant chef
under the name of John Lucas.
aIn Justice to Miss Wardlaw,
however,. he continued, 81 would
saw thai she is one of the finest
women who ever lived; in fact, they
were three of the finest women one
could know
Snead declared he knew nothing OF
any insurance of his deceased wife,
and persisted in his refusal to state
why he had left her.
II know but little of the circum-
stances, and shall make no further
statements" he concluded.
Extradition papers are already being
prepared in the case. Mrs. Martin and
Mrs Mary F. Snead win be extradited
while Fletcher Snead, husband of the
bathtub victim, is under surveillance
in st. GATHERINGS. Ont. and Prosecutor
Mott says he win not extradite snead
The prosecutor today said that nc
was preparing his affidayits IN the e1-
tradition proceedings, which. he ex'
plained, could not be completed within
two weeks The prisoners are held
until tomorrow morning by magistrate
Kernochan. who will then be asked t
again hold them for another forty
eight hours. These requests will have
to be continued from time to time
until extradition has been granted.
Much care in the preparation o.
papers and no little evidence is neees-
sary to bring about extradition. BY
fighting extradition Lawyer Fort VIII
be enabled TO learn much of the prose-
cutor's case In advance, even more than
If he was familiar with the grand jury
proceedings. The Snead and Martin
women, it is understood, are much op-
posed to voluntary surrender. Mr.. Fort
spent the greater part Of the morning
with his clients in the Ton1bs
Before extradition can be obtained
Prosecutor Mott is obliged to show two
things; that both Mrs. Martin and Mrs.
Snead have been in New Jersey about
the time of the commission of the al
legged crime and that there is evidence
and not reasonable grounds for be-
lieving that the women were connected
with the bath tragedy plot. The prose-
cutor is in possession Of documentary
proof as we'll as oral testimony that
both Mrs. Martin and Mrs. Snead were
at the East Orange house prior to No
yember %. when Miss Virginia Q. Ward
law reported the discovery of Mrs.
Oceyt tSnead's body 1t was Mrs. Snead,
the prosecutor will try to prove, who
first went to East Orange and rented
the house at SO North Fourteenth street
from the Roseville avenue real estate
firm That would connect Mrs. Snead
with the alleged plot Mrs. Martin, the
mother, according to Mrs. Snead'
statements. came over TO East Orange
to spend the Inflated Sunday with her
daughter Ocey Mrs Martin had paid
previous visits TO the East Orange
house and the prosecutor has wit
ness in one of the neighbors who has
identified Miss Wardlaw in the Essex
county Jail and Mrs. Martin in the
Tombs as the two women who. were
seen coming and going from the North
Fourteenth street house.
Does Not Want sncad.
The prosecutor is satisfied that he
has now in custody all the persons con-
nected with the alleged plot. To a
STAR reporter today he said:
Il am thoroughly satisfied that
Fletcher Snead, the husband, was in
no way connected with this crime, and
if he should walk into this office this
minute he could walk right out again.
l would not detain him. ! know he is
in st. GATHERINGS, Ont, and l win not
seek his extradition."
Prosecutor Mott is also satisfied that
Mrs. Eliza Martha Wardlaw, the So
year-old grandmother, was in no way
directly connected with the affair.
True. Mrs. wardlaw was the bene-
ficiary in Ocey Snead's will. but the
prosecutor is satisfied that she had no
cognizance of the alleged plot to do
away with Ocey Snead for the insur-
ance she carried. The grandmother was
some time ago removed from the house
at 1866 West Twenty-second street,
Manhattan. and is said to be living
with wealthy friends on the upper
west side. While the prosecutor would
not admit it, it is very likely that Mrs.
Wardiaw will be a material witness at
the trial.
William ]. Kinsley, the handwriting
expert. has not made his report to the
but it is understood that
he has discovered evidences of forgery
in the so-caliei suicide note" The
newly discovered suicide notes which
were found in Mrs. Martins room at the
Hotel Bayard have been turned over to
Mr.. Kinsley. To the average person
they show evidence of having been
written by the same hand as the
original suicide}note Mrs. Martin has