New-York tribune., 1909-12-15
NEW SNEAD TRAIL
CLEW IN 1FFID1YIT.
Notary Uay Furnish Fresh
EJideHce for Grand Jury.

While the Essex County Grand Jury was
Instructed yesterday 10 take action on t1s
death of Mrs. Ocsy W NJ snesd. the von-
an whose body was found tn the bathtuo
of an East Orange ~ j. cottage on No
vernoer % the detectives IN the employ y,
the County Prosecutor followed several I'M
portant clews which were suggested 5y
two affidsvits found IN the possession 0f =
First avenue expressnsn BY a Tribune re-
porter on Monday night. The first doeu-
ment had the positive signature Of Mrs
Ocey ". W. Snead. and was sent 20
handwriting expert for comparison Win
the suicide n0ts which was pinned 20 the
clothes Of the dead woman
Louis Hartman. auditor employed ~
Iden & Co at No - University Piac-.
whose name appeared on the second paper
a notary Duniic. was asked 20 explain
where the signature OF Ocey Snesd was
% tanned on August A. 1909. when the young
woman ~ said 70 have lived IN Flstbush.
BROOKLYN. This affidavit was a receipt for
so obtained from the wife - the express
man. and was signed on a SATURDAY. after
noon.
Mr.. Hartman was found By Detect,vs
HarEsn and A reporter at the Office of Tde,
& 60. Tie said that he knew Miss Ward
law. but refused ~ say where ne had seen
Mrs. Snead on the day his name appeared
under that of the dead woman Tho notary
used the seal % Westchester COUNTY. which
had been noticed on another paper IN con-
uection with the Snead case Mr. HartIuar1
was told OF the circumstances under which
the signature was obtained. bit ne ds-
cIined 70 give any information. beyond
saying that he had signed the srrdsvir AMI
that the Westchester County seal belonged
70 him.
He said. II know Miss Wardlav. ou-
cannot speak about Mrs. Snead. A friend
in this ofiCe has advised me not 20 msks
any statement about this case lf her
name IS on that paper il must be her sig
nature do not remember where IL was
signed This IS very distasteful TO ne.
When he was further reminded that his
testimony might be favorable TO Miss Vir-
ginia o. Wardlsv. the aunt OF Mrs. Sn-sd.
who is in the Newark Jail Mr.. Hartman
Ieft the investigator with remark thar
the affair did not concern the public. De-
tective Harzan was sent out 70 md ths
notary by Prosecutor Mott
The East Orange police no longer doub.
that Fletcher ". Snead. the husband oe
the dead woman. is alive. Through dsvel-
Opments in the case il was shown that ~
left New York last summer. He had lived
III 1-NcldA AuEulcucu lphiA Aluu1r7 dA4 ~
known in FIatbush. where he spent SONS
time with his wife. Miss wardlsw and his
uother-in-Iav. Mrs Caroline 3. Martin.
who is also sought BY the police.
william HenkeI. United States marshal.
remembers Snead as the man who vas
wanted in connection with a bank investi-
CATION in Murfreesborc. Tenn. The federal
authorities IN the district where the bank
was involved IN a lumber company failurs
communicated with Marshal Henksl 20
subpoena Snead as a witness. Then =
search was made in the city. and the man
was finally found at No. ~ Fourth avenue.
The deputy marshals trapped Snesd when
he was calling for mail at store managed
by Samuel Iauber.
The incident. which was followed bv
several peculiar circumstances in Correc-
tion with Mr. Snead's disappearance, was
described by 0Ir Lauber yesterday Hs
said that Snead held "A letter box in ta-
store for several months In the spring OF
this year the federal authorities served
him with paper. Then Suead left the
place and never returned for mail. vhich
accumulated in the letter box. Mr. Tan
ber understood that Suesd had been called
as witness in connection with bank
ir Nashville Tenn. \ month srrer the
subpGnas were served officers in The en-
rloy OF the government again called az
the place. but Snead had disappeared. This
letters we're returned 10 the pOstofire
While Marshal Henksl said thar he had
no warrant for Suead. he told or an at
tempt 10 find the man in April The mar
shall accompanied by deputies. watched
the Fourth avenue address. but Snest
Stunned the neighborhOod II was sbour
the time the federal authorities began
their search that bundle OF clothes was
left in Third avenue drug store. rhs
package was taken 70 the place st ~
o'clock a Saturday night. A woman
delivered them % a drug clerk. whose
name is ". r. GOrham- The bundle was
given 70 the New Jersey police a few days
after Mrs. Snead's death
A woman answering the description &C
Miss Wardlaw lived with Mrs. Snead ac
Irving Place and East 18th street when
the clothes were taken 70 the drug store
She gave her name as Mrs Saunders. ami
left there in May OF this wear Tires
months later Miss Wardlaw ia said 70 hsv.
given her address 70 a warehouse manages
as No. 35S West 18th street The house,
keeper az this place said that the vorsn
Lad not lived there