New-York tribune., 1909-12-08
HALT BURIAL AGAIN
4W4IT SNE4D FRIEND
Officials GiUe Permit after
Identification.

Although all the arrangements had been
completed for the funeral OF Mrs Ocey ".
II Snead. the victim OF the East Orange
bafhtub mystery. the Essex County OFF,
cials refused 20 allow the removal OF the
body from the local morgue yesterday.
The order postponing the funeral until to-
dsy was received by the chief OF police
from Prosecutor Wilbur Mott a few min
utes before the arrival of a Presbyterian
clergyman, who was 10 conduct the ser
vices
The sudden hitch In the plan 10 take the
body OF Mrs snead to Mount Hope Gene
1ery was explained later in the day by the
arrival OF woman who had taught school
in Virginia when Mrs. snead was a child
This woman cleared away the last doubt
as 70 the identity Of the dead girl, and
after her statement regarding Mrs. Snead's
girlhood days had been given 10 the Coun-
" Prosecutor Dr. william II. Mckenzie.
the county physician. signed the death Ger
tiicate.
The direct cause % Mrs snead's death
vas Still undetermined. according 70 DR..
Mckenzie. and il viii be several days be
fore the autopsy viii show whether the
young woman was drowned in the bathtuh
where she was found by Miss Virginia O.
Wardlaw, the aunt who is being held on
murder charge Prosecutor Mott said that
several scientists were making chemical
analysis OF the stomach and lungs
Franklin ". Fort. counsel for Miss Ward
law, was informed Of the change OF time
for the funeral but he was not told OF the
presence Of the visitor from the South who
was accompanied by several local detec-
tives. Mr.. Fort said that the postponement
did not mean ANYTHING Of importance
Mrs, Oeey ". N. Snead. it was learned
yesterday was married 10 Fletcher W
Snead in Jersey City on January Is. 1908.
The Rev. Edmund T Crowen. a minister.
and also chief clerk in the Office Of the chief
engineer OF Jersey City. married the couple
in the chief engineers office in the City
Hall. The Jersey City Board Of Health rec
ords show that Fletcher ". Snead. thirty
two years old. OF No II Grand street. Jer-
sey City. son Of F T. Snead and n. l.
Wardlaw. was married TO Ocey W. Martin.
twenty-five years old. Of No 10 East 11th
street Manhattan daughter of r. NJ. Mar
tin, and c. 2. Wardlav. the mother. The
witnesses were Miss Josephine X Daily.
stenographer in the chief engineers Office.
and Oliver II. Stringham. employed in the
Office: Mr.. Fort did not visit his client yes
terday
Mr.. Fort read letter from ". P Webb.
master Of the Webb School at Bell Buckle.
Tenn. in which Miss Wardlaw was men
toned as one Of the best educated women
in the South. Mr.. Webb sent the letter
10 a BROOKLYN clergyman. with A request
that he aid in the defence Of the prisoner
After a conference with the Essex County
officials. Mr.. Fort came 70 New York,
where he called on Mrs. Mary Snead. the
mothe--in-law OF the dead girl. and Mrs.
Martha z. Wardlaw. the aged grandmother.
who is living al No. 46s West 22d street.
The prosecuting officials admitted yester-
day that the only evidence in the case was
the disputed handwriting Of the suicide
note said 70 have been left by Mrs Snead.
MIR. Mott said that he believed there was
evidence enough 70 hold Miss Wardlaw for
the grand jury. He had not heard from
Mrs. Caroline B. Martin, the dead woman s
mother. or from Fletcher W Snead. her
husband He added that Il was not shown
that Mrs. Martin had been in New Jersey.
and that there was no evidence on which
20 make other arrests
Detectives who have been searching the
city for papers left by the snead-wardlaw
family in New York ana BROOKLYN stores
and boarding houses found two hand bags
full OF them ~ the home OF Mrs EVELYN
Cook. al No. 25s Martense street F'latbush
Photograph films, cards and personal let
ters were among the papers in the bags.
I They also contained pictures OF the missing
husband. The men called at a BROOKLYN
warehouse. where iyis said several trunks
belonging 10 members OF the Snead family
were stored. They could not get pernis-
sion 10 examine the property.
Prosecutors Detective GREGORY ana De-
tective Riker, Of East Orange, took tc
the Prosecutors Office in Newark from
headquarters in Brooklyn last night two
suit cases containing papers and other
stuff found in the Wardlaw house Of rnvs-
cry" in Flstlands
An examination OF the records in the SUI
rogate's Court, in this city. showed that
in 1901 Ooey ". Martin. then girl fifteen
years old. had an estate valued az g. 800
Mrs. Martin was appointed guardian OF the
girl by Surrogate Fitzgerald in that year.
On March Il. 1894. Surrogate Thomas au-
thorized Mrs. Martin 20 expend $500 a year
for the education. maintenance and sup
port of her daughter
Mrs. Martin. in her petition. SET forth
that the girl was a pupil in Soule College.
Murfreesboro, Tenn. and the money was
wanted 70 paw the school fees A year
later Surrogate Fitzgerald allowed the
girls mother 20 withdraw the remainder
Of the $500. which was 10 be used for
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