The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-08-27
ACCUSED SISTERS
WANT INSURANCE
Demand Money on Ocey snead's
Policies for De-
tense.

Newark. N j., August 26.-Money
that became due from an insurance conf
pany on the death of Ocey w. NJ. Snead
was demanded yesterday by the mother
and aunt, who are awaiting trial on
the charge of having murdered tho
young woman Riker & Riker and
Chauncey II. Beasley, attorneys for the
defense. say the money is needed to
defend the women.
| A demand also has been made on the
county prosecutor for papers taken
from the women at the time they were
order was received by Louis Hood.
assistant to Prosecutor Mott. Neither
ne nor the prosecutor would tell what
action they intended to take, but the
other lawyers promised that If the pa
pers were not Willingly relinquished
they would take the case to the SUI
preme Court and thus add another to
the many postponements of the trial.
! The order mentions eight papers
needed for the preparation OF the case
| for the prisoners One relates to land
in Wilder Park, in the suburbs of
Louisville, KY, where Mrs. Martin owns
sixteen building lots valued at $4,000.
Another refers to the Montgomery Col
lege. in Christiansburg, Va, and tells
of an offer of $500 made to Mrs. Mar
tin for her share of the property. All
! the correspondence with the New York
Life Insurance Company also has been
demanded.
1t is said in the papers that the policy
due from the company should be paid,
as the amount precludes any possible
I ity that they slew Ocey Snead for the
value of the policy Another insurance
policy demanded is with the Equitable
Life Assurance Society. A note OF
Rev j. P. Wardlaw, in which he prom
ises to pay in September of last year
between $3.50 and $500 due on Gcor-
gia Methodist annuity, is on the list
to the French and English school es-
tablished by Mrs. Mary Sread at 81
East Thirty-ninth Street.
Letters of introduction to New York
ers from persons prominent in New
Il Jersey and the South are included IL
plans for opening a small Christian
!; home for women in East Orange or IL
i New York City form the subject o
another demand. and the last item o
;, the llSt asks Tor Stne pank pookS lihu
out in the name OF each of the de
4 PENDANTS and Virginia Q. Wardlaw ant
Ocey Snead.
j Virginia Wardlaw, whose funds ar
}, demanded, was one OF the three wo
i men arrested for the murder of Gee,
} Snead and she was believed TO be IN
Z principal in the plot to get the yount
woman's property She was sent Y
5 the House of Detention With the othe
5 two women, but starved herself, an'
{, 5iad In priSOn two weeks
When the body of Ocey Snead wa
found in a deserted house in Eas
) Orange, N. j., last year, Virginia Ward
8 law. aunt OF the woman, was in thu
8 nous and when arrested said sh'
| had known of the young wonan''
II death for a day before the police were
. Uniformed, She was uncommunlcatiy'
!, ! when taken to Jail, and would not lei
: the whereabouts or MIS-. 5pedu aI'
$ Mrs, Martin 49,.
Ocey was the wife of son Of Mrs
. snead. lie disappeared several !, week.
before tho young womans death. ant
cry was set up to find the sisters. tif
. was not suspected of complicity II
7 the alleged murder plot The two wo.
men We're finally, 4 ca y aI y n sepafa''
The principal evidence that LED g
the indictment of the trio for murder
v Was copies. OF a supposed farewell sui
eide note found on the floor OF ".
0cev had been woman OF morbic
tendencies, and had written seYer,a
notes before she finally decided 10 taks
her life, *,
The women have been prison tol
months. and illness and the death q
Virginia o. Wardlaw, one OF the prison,
ors, have deferred the date OF trla
several times. II the prosecutor doe'
mems counsel another dale will haye
10 be set to give the Supreme courl
time to act upon a motion 70, eonpe
the prosecutor 10 surrender the papers
Should he give them without lega
place in the middle of September.
SUMMER WEAKNESS Hqrsford's Ac!t
1 Phosphate quickly relieves the langhiot. sx
haustion and reryousness OF summer.