The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-12-20
OCLY SNEAD OWNED
VALUABLE REALTY
Had $1,000 Worth of Furni-
ture Besides, Declares
Mother.
MUCH is EXPLAINED
BY THIS, SHE SAYS
Mrs. Martin Brands AS Black
Lie" Statement Attributed
To Her.

NEW YORK. Dec. 20-AIrs. Caroline /
y. Martin, now in the Tombs awaiting I
extraditon TO New Jersey. is authority /
for the statement that OCey w. NJ |
Snead. who was found dead in a bath |
tub in East Orange, n. J., died owning |
5000 worth of furniture, besides real |
estate in three States.
Mrs. Saead had, she declares, a hand |
some piano. Persian and other Oriental
rugs and carpets of much value. and
conside able amount Of mahogany fur
niture.
It was The dead girl's purpose, If she /
liked East orange and found the local I
ity suitable for a private school. Mrs.
Martin said. TO sell her real estate in
the South. buy the East Orange house
I'm which she met her death. and move
thither her furniture, now in storage in /
this city.
Explains Much.
The fact that much OF the property
which has been controlled by the three
sisters was in the name OF the girl eN-
plains. Mrs. Martin says. the difficulty
she and Miss Wardlaw have encounter
ed in raising money for their defense.
Their own property, and perhaps hers.
is said 20 be heavily mortgaged. Mrs
Snead's property. in the absence of a
valid viii, passes. il was said yesterday
in Brooklyn.
Mrs. Martin declared yesterday that
she would ike to have Prosecutor Mott
or Essex county, \. J., come to see her
She also discussed the evidence brought
out by the prosecution against her and
the members OF her family
She said that. next 10 the desertion
a. IL -
Of Brooklyn for the money due him
when her second child was born was the
chief cause Of her suicide 1t was TO
get rid Of his persistence. she said that
an offer TO make him a beduest Of $1,000
was made.
A 'Black Lie7
Mrs Martin said the statement at
trtbuted TO her that Miss wardlaw had
been in the East orange house all the
time and did not so upstairs because
she knew Ocey Snead was a suicide. was
a black le.s such a thing had never
occurred. to her she declared
Miss Wardlaw is one Of the most
honorable OF women" she said. IF
told not to disturb one until a certain
time, she, would almost as soon have
her hand cut of as 10 do II. She would
hardly enter the room TO give an alarm
OF fire If possible 10 give It in any other
way
She gave st as her opinion that Miss
Wandlaw was in the house all the time
from the hour Of the girls death until
twenty-fOur hours later when she re-
ported the 6nding Of the body, but did
not go upstairs because told not 10 do
so.
my daughter was extremely nerv-
Gus" Mrs. Martin continued. She had
been asked 20 be left alone Tor twenty
four hours Miss Wardlaw did not go
upstairs because the steps were doubt
1fre ! i
light a sleeper
lawyers Views.
Lawyer Fort, Miss Wardlaw's couu-
sci, seemed 20 think this theory or,t=
probable. when the twenty-four hou-s
had expired Miss Wardiaw, Mrs. Martin
says, felt free 20 30 MP TO see how her
patient was g2rt ng on.
THE wash cloth in my child's hand
may be accounted for I'm at least two
ways" Mrs. Martin said. "She was one
Of the daintiest persons in the word.
she would be spOtlessly clean even IN
death, and perhaps took the bate be-
fore killing herself. or IL Us quite pos
sible that her aunt had thrown the
cloth into the tub and it drifted into her
half-open hand. The police said her
hand was not clutched about IT,
las for Miss Wardlaw's going 90 see
Dr. Tcetcr at 90 O'Clock al night for a
death certificate doubtless my CaUgIlteI
was uneasy about herself and Der
friends over here and elsewhere were
uneasy about her, and Hiss F,~rcldW
wanted to assure the patient and hel
friends that she was suffering from
nothing but a little cold. as the doctor
said. She would also be cheered 10y the
presence OF the doctor.
Not STARVED"
'It is a lie, the statement that my
daughter WAS starved. She had milk
clipped beef, crackers, and fresh eggs
costing cents each, in the room she
occupied I'm the East Orange house. She
was told by the doctor 70 eat the eggs
raw and has been used for long time
Mrs Martin said She alone knew tho
full extent OF Mrs. Snead's alleged SUI
eide mania, though Miss Wadld" n"o
an intimatiOn that she was somewhat
y0rsessed ~ H. She dsd not know there
was any great danger however. aul
doubtless for that reason did not keeI
any closer watch.
When her attention was called 10 th'
literary perfection Of the suicide note
on the dress as compared with those
written previously and found ln Mrs
Martins papers NJ inc Holel Bdtald
Mrs Martin said.
"Tt IS the custom Of educated and re
fined people 20 leave notes upon cOuINil
tlng suicide The ilIterate and uure
fned ra-ely do. II was perfectly naJura
then for her % try - make the not
she left as nearly perfect as she could
it seems 70 me a most natural thlng U
do"
Manufactured Lie"
Mrs. Martin pr0fessed that she ia 20
recall her Identification by john KirSe
the East Orange boy ass the woman VIII
offered hin nrss nve then ten cents q
carry a bundle for her I'm east Orang
on Monday. November q. the day IN
girls body vas found
at is a manufactured lie." said she
''but il was just the thing they wanted
Va sut it2'
She had never denied that she ha
been ia the East Orange house, she SAID
When pressed on that point she Ie
clared She had beer instructed by coun
sci not 20 talk about herself
when she and her sister Mrs. Mar
Snead, who occupies an adjoining cel
come into court today they VIII proDabi
he REPRESENTED by counsel. They WI
probably be held for another forty-eigh
hours on report from Prosecute
Mott that active steps are being take
10 have them extraditcd 20 New Jerse
Their cases viii be presented 90 IN
New Jersey grand jury tomorrow
NOTHING IN NAMES.