The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-12-25
CRIME CHARGED
|. AGAINST WOMEN
--s-
Cruesome Phraseology Used
IN Indictments.
EVIDENCE OF SUICIDE PACT
Members Of Snead Family May
Have Signed il.
Attornes for sars. Martin cIaams He
HISS Eviaeaee q shew TAas
Dead woman was aDope
Fiend,v and Thas she
Ended Life.

New York. Dec. 24A-Gruesome
phraseology In the indictments against
the wardlaw Sisters. charged with the
murder of ocey Snead was made pub
lie today in the arraignment OF Mrs.
Caroline w Martin, the victims
mother. Mrs. Mary Snead. an aunt In
the Tombs police court, when they
were reeommitted to the Tombs for
thirty days pending extradition to
New Jersey.
In the indictments against both 1t Is
charged that they did take the said
ocey Snead with both their hands. and
f. cast, throw and push said Ocey Snead
into a certain bath tub. where there
was great quantity of water. and by
means of which said ocey Snead was
choked, suffocated and drowned"
Another count charges that Mrs.
Martin and Mrs. Spead did incite, pro-
cure, abet, counsel, hire and command
Virginia Wardlaw to do and commit
murder upon the body of ocey Snead
AS heretofore. the grand jury. as an
additional precaution. charges all
three with aiding and abetting the
victims suicide.
Was her own constant use of the
hypodermic the cause of ocey snead's
death?
Colonel Robert ]. Hare, counsel for
Mrs. Caroline B. Martin. the bath tub
victims mother, brought this question
to the fore today as he was preparing
to appear In court here for the third
hearing on the cases of Mrs. Martin
and Mrs. Snead, whom the New York
authorities are holding pending ex-
tradition.
Colonel Hare declares that he has
evidence to show that the young wo-
man was what Is known in the popu-
Jar vernacular as dope fiend."
by that / mean" said the attor-
ney, that she used drugs, chiefly
morphine. for nearly two years before
she died. 1 have learned this from
talking with her mother about the
cause.
'The hypodermic needle was used
upon her when she was seriously ILL.,"
continued Colonel HARE. "and after
that its employment was constant
She tried to stop the habit and would
resist for long periods. Then would
come another period of illness, and
the temptation to obtain relief was
too great for her to resist. She would
go for days without food, living on
morphine. l am convinced that 1t was
In this condition that sne destroyed
herself"
Colonel HARE said that this would
charges of numbering her daughter.
1t was expected that the two wo-
Fear Revolt in Finland.
Helsingfors, Finland. Dec. 24.-The
Russian military authorities are TAX
ing great precautions to prevent
possible revolt in Finland.
men held by the New York authori-
ties would be sent back to jail after
today'a hearing to await the further
steps Of the New Jersey authorities In
extradition proceedings.
Discover Important Papers.
Further complications I'm the maze
of contradictory evidence developed
today with the discovery of addition
al documents. The papers were found
by the Brooklyn police in the Henry
street house once occupied by the
Wardlaws and have imbued the deteo-
tives with a BELIEF that the entire
family made a suicide pact which
was only partly fulfilled by the death
OF ocey Snead.
The alleged pact is said to be re-
,vealed by the letters signed hy ocey
Snead. her husband. Fletcher, Mrs,
Martin. ocey's mother. ard the two
aunts, Mrs. Mary Snead AMI Miss Vlr-
ginIa Wardlaw. Accompa nyiug the
letters were several blank forms Of
power of attorney. all signed by ocey
Snead The documents have been
turned over to the New Jersey author
tiles.
When Mrs. Martin and Mrs. snead
were aratgned in court here today the
New JERSEY indictments against them