Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-09-17
REV. DR.. WARDLAW
VISITS sNEAO
SUSPECTS IN JAIL
Says He Believes Sisters limo.
cent of 0cey Snead's
Murder.
THINKS HIS NIECE
COMMITTED SUICIDE
DenOunces Detention of the Ac-
cused as an Injustice and
Will Urge Early Trial.

That the Rev. John B. Wardlaw.
brotner of Mrs. Caroline B. Martin and
Mrs Mary w. Snead. is very much in
terested in the outcome of the muir
der indictment against them is shown
by the fact that he has been a continu-
GUS visitor at the county jail since the
sisters were first confined there last
December.
This. fact was learned by a reporter
for the EVENING STAR yesterday
afternoon when he called at the jail
and found DR.. Wardlaw there.
Il come here very frequently to see
my sisters" said DIR. Wardlaw. Il do
not know that am u public character.
and that my goings and comings should
be of such interest to the newspaper
men,"
The Rev. John B. Wardlaw is a gem
tleman of the South There Is no mis-
taking that. In language. dress and
talk he exemplifes the South in every
move Speaking, and with the drawl
that distinguishes the real Southerner
from the Northern man. he talked
slowly at first.
IT come here solely through SYM
pathy for my sisters, who are in
trouble. 1t is unjust that they should
be confined in a jail. They are abso-
lutely innocent of the crime they are
charged with"
Il do not know. no one does, whether
Ocey W. NJ Snead committed suicide
or not. but l believe, and so do all OF
our family. that she did. To hold my
sisters for this crime Is wrong, un-
just; it is persecution, not prosecution
My sisters are old women, much older
than 1 am If l were charged with
such crime as they are I might be
able to linger along in Jail and await
the pleasure CT the prosecution of the
case.
sTncnrceration Killed virginia.
ut is different with my sisters. Con-
finement is telling on them. 1t killed
Virginia o. Wardlaw. and unless Mrs
Martin and Mrs. Snead can be brought
to trial speedily it will kill them also.
My sisters are innocent of any crime
against the laws of the United States,
New Jersey or before their God. Why,
then, should they languish in Jail while
the prosecutor dallics and fingers with
the case against them?
1T rs not right My sisters have
right to be tried and their guilt or in
nocence shown at the earliest possible
moment. l will be at the Court House
on next Tuesday and insist that my
sisters' case be tried at once"
DR. Wardlaw's efforts to push the
case of his sisters to a quick trial Will
not avail however, as on next Tuesday
motion will be made by Louis Hood,
special counsel engaged to assist Prose
cutor Wilbur A. Mott in the case, for
postponement until October Is.
This agreement was made between
Mr. Hood. Chauncy H. Beasley and
Chandler w Riker, counsel for Mrs.
Martin, and Abner Kalisch, who repre-
sents Mrs. Snead's interest ten days
ago and was exclusively announced IN
the EVENING STAR at the time
Mr.. Mott is still Ill at his summer
home in Nantucket, Mass, and will not
be present on Tuesday. when the mo-
ton for the postponement Of the case
is made. Latest reports received from
him by officials In his office are to the
effect that he will be on hand about
| October 1.