New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-12-03
SEEK MRS. MARTIN
NOW LOOKING FOR
GIRLS MOTHER.
More Light on Insurance Oper-
atoms IN the East Orange
Mystery.

Mrs. n. ". ". Martin. mother OF Mrs.
ocey u. NJ Snead. the young woman
who wac found dead in a hathtuh in an
unfurnished house in East Orange. y.
J. on Monday. is nov sought by the
police 81 New Jersey and New York
IN efforts 10 throw some additional light
on the mystery Mrs. Martin Is a sister
or Miss Virginia Wardlaw. Who has been
held on charge Of murder by the
East orange police. According 10 the
statement made by Mrs. Mary Snead.
another sister Mrs. Martin spent Sun
dsv night with her daughter
Mrs. Martin had not returned last
night 10 the rooms occupied by her
mother and sister AT No 46e West ed
street. where several detectives were
watching tho house. No warrant had
been issued FOR the arrest ~ either
sister.
New York man went 10 East
Orange yesterday afternoon and identi-
fed the dad gsri as the one who had
% lived in has house AT No. sl2 West 2Sd
street last February. This Identification
connected the name Of Eliza Enoch. the.
sister q a Southern lumberman. with
the arrival OF Mrs. Martin in this city
last February. Miss Enoch was de-
scribed as a Southern girl who had been
educated al Soule College in Nashville.
Tenn q which Miss Wardlaw was
president for thirteen years.
on the promise OF a remuneraiive
ulace in connection with private school
which Mrs Martin intended 10 organize
in this city. Miss Enoch accompanied
her. IL Is said. 20 the West I'D street
house and remained there for several
months
ANOTHER WOMAN IN CASE
shortly after Mrs. Martin had taken
n room for the Southern woman. Mrs
snead and her daughter-in-law visited
the house. Miss Enoch was later taken
20 a hat in Hoboken. =. J.. ana
= short time thereafter her brother came
here from the South and took her home.
While in New York Miss Enoch had
paid 500 on a life insurance policy
which was held for young Mrs. snesd.
The details II Miss Enoch's experience
with Mrs Martin and her sisters were
told 70 Tribune reporter by the owner
OF the West I'D street house last night
when ne hsd accompanied detectives
Downing and Oppenheimer Of Police
Headquarters 70 Lest Orange. He said
that Mrs Snead. her daughter-in-law.
Mrs Martin. and Miss wardaw stayed
IN the house from February until
March. Then they moved 10 the Fedora
ZION Home. No. 462 West I'D street The
women never met any Of the boarders AT
the house and they always guarded Miss
Enoch and Young Mrs Snead.
Mrs Snead and her sisters We're not
heard from by the West 23d street
boarding house keeper until the details
az the death o. the Younger Mrs. Snesd
were published. Then the boarding
house keeper communicated with the
police The Identification Of Mrs Snead
Was positive. At the boarding house il
was said that the women apparently
never had anything 10 eat. They usual
l. hsd a bottle Of milk and crackers.
but did not leave their apartment 10
visit lunch rooms.
Mrs. Snesd. the mother-in-law Of the
not 10 make any further statements By
her attorney. Franklin ". Fort. Mr.
Fort appeared al the rooms occupied
ly Mrs. Snead and her mother. Mrs.
Wardlaw. with a letter from Miss Viz
ginia Wardlsw. who is in the East
orange jail. In the document he is
named as counsel for the family. NJ
Fort said he would bear the funeral
expenses q Mrs. Snead 4 the life in
surance company viii not advance the
money He did not believe that Mrs.
snead had been murdered.
ELDER MRS. sNEAD TALKS.
Before Mr. Fort had an opportunity
20 stop Mrs. Snea6 from giving out any
further Interviews the woman answered
scores ~ questions concerning her fam
ily connections. She said that her son.
Fletcher ". Snead. who disappeared
from the city soon after the failure Of
the " r. Barthman Lumber Company.
OF Nashville. Tenn. and who was re-
. ported dead. IS believed 70 he alive.
although she did not know his present
herea bouts.
NJ f'AiNeA - tlAe4lif-iA AAlnA ne flGl ltIl
New York IN April. and that ne might
have developed tuberculosis while IN the
SOUTH. The younger Mrs Snead had
sven him Up Tor dead
Mrs. Snead repeatedly denied that she
knew whore her sister. Mrs Martin had
gone after her visit 10 the East Orange
house on sunday She said that the dead
woman's mother had often been 10 the
Flstbush house. whore a. least one Of the
sisters acted as a nurse during the
younger Mrs. Snead's illness When II
Was decided 10 move 20 East Orange
Mrs. Snead was taken 10 the room al No.
s06 West I'D street and the elder Mrs
Snead selected the New Jersey cottage.
IN explaining the condition % the East
Orange house Mrs. Snead said that the
family had only a few pieces of furniture
ready when the place was rented and
that any one % the sisters who spent the
light with the sick girl usually slept on
the hoOr. There WAS no heat in the
place. save that which came from the
range in the Kitchen Mrs. Snead added
that Mrs. Martin said she would go
South after her intended visit 10 East
Orange on SUNDAY.
ALL N LITERARY WORK
Tho family home Was described &c