Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-01-29
WOMEN PLEAD
NOT GUILTY TO
BATHTUB MURDER
Continued from First pugc.)

ished reading the indictments and ac-
cepting the pleas of the three women,
Attorney Fort asked the court for the
right to have a certain time to with
draw the pleas of not guilty made in
order to make any further motions
deemed advisable by the defense. At
torneys Kalisch and Riker made the
same request, and Justice Gummere
granted three weeks time in which to
prepare new pleas.
Then came the request for a trial
date. Prosecutor Mott said, addressing
the chief justice:
Il think these cases are of great
Importance n therefore / ask that
you preside at the trial. 1t will be inn
possible for either the prosecution or
the defense to get ready for the March
term, so ] will ask you to set a date
during April"
Justice Gummere consulted the calen-
dar and set the date of the trial for
the c week of the April term.
stating especially that the trial should
start on Monday, April II. so as to give
it the benefit of a full week.
That closed the hearing and the three
aged prisoners were led away by deputy
s~heriffs through the long corridors of
the Court House to the prison elevator
and thence to the wagon that carried
them back to Jail, where they will re-
main until April II. the late of trial.
1t was just $40 when the three
famous sisters reached the subway Gu
trance under he steps of the Court
House. They came in the little prison
van that is used for transporting all
prisoners, whether they are murderers
or petty thieves,
The three sistes made no objection
when told at the Jail that they were to
go to court and plead. They seemed to
welcome it as a break in the monotony
of their Jail life.
All Dressed in BLACK.
Dressed head to foot in rusty
black that has distinguished the APP
parel of sisters, in charge of deputies
from Sheriff Harrigan's office. Mrs,
Martin. Miss Virginia Wardlaw and
Mrs. Snead walked out of jail
for the first time since December
so, when they were, brought here from
New York city. Virginia Wardlaw was
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covery of Ocey w. NJ. Snead's body in
the bathtub at the East Orange house,
on November 20.
Mrs. Martin appeared extremely
weak, and had to be assisted from the
Jail door to the prison wagon. Mrs.
Snead and Miss Wardlaw supported
each other in the short trip. A crowd
that had gathered at the Jail to see
them leave, was disappointed, as
heavy black wells covered the face of
each of the prisoners.
On reaching the Court House the sis
ters were taken to the prison-room on
the third floor. while Prosecutor Mott.
Franklin Fort. Chandler Riker and
Samuel and Abner Kalisch held on
f~erences with Chief Justice William S.
Gummere.
AS o as the word was passed that
the three women We're in the building
there was a rush from the offices for
the Supreme Court room. From 10
o'clock until the arraignment was ovor
any one wanting to do business with
any of the Offices in the building had to
go to the Supreme Court room
BY the time the three prisoners were
brought before the bar the room was
we'll filed, u chattering bunch of girls
from the county clerks and surro-
gates office being present.
Every time the courtroom door would
open there would be q hush among the
female contingent, but the chatter
would go on loader than ever with each
disappointment, due TO the expected
appearance of the women.