The evening world., 1912-04-10
W0MANACCUSED0
SCISSORS MURDER
TELLS HER STORY
Mary Karn Admits She Was
Not Walter j. Snyder's
Lawful Wife.

At first apparently composed, but
nnaily burstins into a wild storm o.
sobs, Mary Karn. the dark-eycd. comely
woman who IL charged with stabbins
10 death with a pair OF scissors Walter
J. Snyder. editor Of the Sports OF the
Times. with whom she was living nj
No. $40 81. NICHOLAS avenue. sat to-day
In the counsel room Of the Tombs. and
dramatically told an Evening World re-
porter Of her life with tho mar she Ia
accused Of killing. with detail she re-
lated her whole story from their hrst
meeting to the AZ moment.l when he
whispered to her. Name. Tin dying
please get a doctor"
ADMITS SHE WAS NOT MARRIED
TO SNYDER.
She trcmbled slightly and made a
brave attempt to smile as she shook
hands with the reporter. then she
dropped with undisguiscd WEAKNESS into
the nearest chair. For the first time.
since she has been arrested she admitted
that she was not married to Snyder.
but that he had promised TO wed her.
AZ soon as hk second wife obtained her
divorce.
Well" she began In a dull voice. Il
was born In Morristown. and lived there
MS happy and free and she paused
Just for n second-'just as good as any
other girl who lives home with her
mother and father and has them to
care for her. I was just nineteen when
when Walter first came into my life.
He was then In partnership with
Barney Demarest. who owned the race
track and tie hotel. ! loved Walter
from the beginning. He told me that he
was married. and that was the reason.
and the only reason. that l consented to
run away with him.
at was not until 1900 that we eloped.
We went to Newark. Walter had very
little money. We soon were penniless
He threw all pride aside and o k a po-
sition as a bartender.
1T was While tending bar that he
met . newspaper reporter. who was then
on the star Of the Newark Advertiser.
He liked Water. and ~ Walter knew a
great deal about horses and horse rae
Ing. he managed to get him on the Ad-
v~ertiser in the sporting department. Il
was while he wal on the Advertiser that
Mr.. Lewis Of the Morning Telegraph met
him and brought him over to his paper.
1T seemed for q long time that no
cloud could overshadow our happiness
The days seemed to Oass by In . long,
delightful fantasy. We were happy and
contcnted for. three years until 1906.
when Walter was sent by his paper to
Cleveland to cover some sporting events
there.
WALTEaV TROUBLE WAS HIS
FoNDNEee FOR WOMEN.
He was away . month. Ind I began
He had left me with the rent unpaid
and the instailments on III furniture
overdue. Then-then''-she choked back
the threatened sob-"I heard that he
was paying attention to another woman
In Cleveland. I wrote him q letter and
accused him of II. lie wrote back a
denial. and told me to store the furni-
ture and Join him In Cleveland.
when / arrived In Cleveland ! stopped
at the Griswold Hotel with Walter. The
other woman whose name was Bertha
(but II was not Bertha Yacger. whom
he married later. / heard was stopping
at another hotel.
THAT was always the trouble with
Walter. He was always fond OF women.
| We remained In Cleveland until August
1908, and then went to Detroit. ant
| Walter became Secretary of the Detroi
Racing Association. II was there tina,
We had our final quarrel over . womai
| that he was Interested In. and afterWar RI