New-York tribune., 1909-12-24
NEW SNEAD THEORY
DRUG AIDED SUICIDE.
Bafhfub Ticfim .fddicfed TO
Morphine, Says attorney.

Mrs. ocev ". n Snead was q victim %
tho morphine habit. according 10 the state
ment made by Robert J. Haire, counsel
FOR Mrs Caroline r. Martin. after a CON
ference with his client u the Tomhs prison
yesterday. Nj Hsire said that Mrs. Snead
was addicted 20 the use % the drug for
eighteen months. and that "a aided her q"
a PAINLESS death by droN aims in the hath
tub ~ the Eas' Orange ~. - cottage
where her hody Vas found ou November -.
The lawyer would not name a. authority
for his statement but said thst the bulk
~ the suicide notes were written by the
woman while she was under the iufacncs
~ the . late.
pr Cornelius T. Love. 80 40. ls5 Clinton
street RrooklNu partlv confirmed the state
unent made hy M. Hare. The doctor told
tire Irooklyn police THAI De found Mrs
snead in q partly conscious condition when
DO called ~ the rooms which she and hey
RELATIVES occupied az No. lfs Henry street
in september Further confederation vas
made hv Dr William r Petit. 81 No. lS-5
East S7th street. Flatbusli. who had testified
lefore Recorder :sott iu Ess- Orange that
Mrs. Snead appeared 20 ~ under q hyp-
motto spell when he visited her in the Flat
bush house. The doctor said that her con-
dition may have been due to a drug.
The suspicion that Mrs Snead vas
morphine victim WAS suggested 20 TIE
police Ia Dr. J. WachSman. ~ No 5lf
Fast 18th stree. Brooklyn. who accom-
paricd John Y. Carabba. a BROOKLYN
lawyer. % the house occupied by the aunts
auo mother 80 Mrs.. Snead IN FIatbusi.
Dr Wachsman did not have an uppor-
tunirv for q careful diagnosis. but he told
the police that Mr.. Suvad was in a dazec
state.
A quantity - the drug. according 70
dispatch from Mu-freesboTo, Tenn. is SAID
o. have been left al an express once sev-
eral months sEo. addressed 10 TIE house IN
FTathush. The drug had been conhscateo
b, the express company 81 the southern
office NO traces ~ morphine have been
found by Tire police ina any % the houses
occupied by Mrs Snssd oT her kinswonen
Following the announcement that Mrs-
sneads death Was brought on by the pse
Of morphine was = statement made by .
member OF Prosecutor Motifs staff, IN New
ark. X J. that Dr. William r. Hicks. the
paihologist employed 10 make chemical
analysis ~ the dead Nouan's stomach. had
not completed his examination. In an un-
finished report DT. Hicks said that he Wa
convinced Mrs Snead had taken very httle
solid food IN the last three weeks OF her
life and that she appeared 10 have been
Starved.
Mr. Hsire I'm giving an ourline - his
plan Tor the fght sEainsl eNtraditon. SAID
that morphine rad more 20 do with the
death az Mrs Snead than dr0wnins Nj
Hare repeated has assertion that Mrs
Martin the mother OF che dead woman, b.
not insane Tie lawyer VIII appear via
his client IN the Tombs police court this
morning.
Mr. Martin Will - alone IN her hEht
against the New Jersey authorizes. Fier
SISTER. Mrs Mary Snesd. who viii also he
taken before Tie police magistrate, ~
waive eNtrsdition and MI accompany tle
detectives TO the Newark jail Mrs. Snsaa
pil he represented ny Franklin ". Port
Who e also counsel for Miss Virginia
o. wHrdlsw. who vas arrested In Eas-
Orange