Evening star., 1920-07-09

Oy Justice MCCOY denying MTe'
Shows plea to vacate her anti-nup-
tial agreement. which had the effect
| of cutting her OF from participation
| in Mr.. Shows estate, was discussed.
Judge Hardison questioned how the
| death of Mrs. Snow could advance the
| interests of Mr.. Snow in that case
| It seemed to be the understanding OF
the court that it would give Mr.. Snow
| absolute custody of the child, Hubert
and would remove the risk OF re-
versal of Justice McCoy's decision. and
| would abate the appeal.
When asked for the names OF the
] two men whom Mrs. Acker had told
him and Mrs. Snow would do anything
| she Mrs. Acker) bade them. Mr.. Da-
Wis mentioned Hugh Milton Langdon,
under arrest as co-conspirator. and
Stuart A. Brown, an employe of the
| Potomac Electric Power Company
Mr.. Davis said: Brown did some
sleuth work for that company. He
| lives in Alexandria" He told how
Mrs. Acker telephoned to Alexandria,
! 912-J. from Mrs. Shows home. but did
| not get Brown on the phone.
When Mr.. Hoover chided Mr.. Davis
| that he had not previously mentioned
this In his testimony. Mr. Davis replied
| There is a great deal / have not yet
told. l have too great self-respect as a
| lawyer"
| Judge Hardison again asked Mr..
Hoover what he gained by this close
| cross examination and Mr.. hoover
| said he was testing the ability or the
witness to remember. The judge said:
1T seems to me you are putting too
! much time on this
Mrs. Snow on the Stnnd.
Mrs. Snow, when questioned how
| long she had known Mrs. Acker. said
since the first part of February. Their
| first meeting. she said. was when she
was invited by Mrs. Acker to lunch :
con in the Willard Hotel. Their next
meeting was when Mrs. Snow invited
Mrs. Acker to a lecture at the wash
ington Club, where she got her ten
day guest card and introduced her
to some members of the club. She
| said that several afternoons they mad
tea at Cafe ST. Marks and the willard
! Mrs. Snow said that Mrs. Acker had
made arrangements to take Hubert
Snow and her own two boys to the
| legionaire circus at Liberty Hut, but
| that it turned out that she and Mrs.
Acker went and met there two friends
who were introduced as Mr.. Broderick
and Mr.. Egee. She again met Mrs.
Acker on st. Patrick's day. when they
had dinner with a couple Of her
friends from Chicago" at a local
hotel.
| She said she had asked Mr.. Davis
! if she should go to this dinner. She
] D.
and said she called herself half gypsy
and whole Bohemian"
Tells OF Visit to Hotel.
| Later in her testimony she ex-
planned that her first realization that
Mrs. Acker was unconventional was
when returning from the Liberty Hut
circus. She stopped her car at a ho-
tel. they went in together: Mrs. Acker
stopped at the desk and then told her
to come upstairs with her. She had
a key and opened a door. Mrs. Snow
said she had no idea where they were
going. but thought it was to ladys
restaurant. In the room she noticed
mems clothing and asked II it was
not a mans room and what they were
doing there She testified that Mrs.
Acker replied that it was Mr.. Egee's
room and that she was looking for
a box Of cigarettes. When she found
them Mrs. Snow urged her to go
downstairs to the reception room.
While Mrs. Acker was smoking a
| fri end came in.
| Mrs. Snow said that Mr.. Davis ad-
vised her it would be all right to at
tend the dinner at the hotel and that
she had sufficient discretion to take
care of herself. She thought the din
ner was to be in the public dining
room. but when they reached the no
tel Mrs. Acker started for the ele-
vator. went upstairs and knocked on
a door. 1t was opened by the man
who was introduced as Mr.. Broderick.
Another gentleman was present and
Snow said that Mrs. Acker intro
duced her as Mrs. Barnes, but that she
corrected 1t.
whisky With Ginger Ale.
In reply to questions about the
dinner, which was served in the sit
ting room of a suite, Mrs. Snow said
that Mr.. Broderick brought in a
was served mixed with ginger ale.
| Mrs. Snow said that she, herself.
merely raised her glass to her lips
when Mr.. Eber proposed the toast,
| happy days." but that her glass was
drunk by one of the men. Mrs. Snow
of the bottle of whisky was drunk.
| She said that next day she told Mr..
| Davis all that occurred.
A few weeks later. according to Mrs.
Shows testimony. she received a let
ter by messenger from Mrs. Acker,
which was put into the court record
| by James B. Archer. United States
| assistant attorney, who is prosecut-
| ing the case for the government.
This letter invited her to another
| said:
Il am going to celebrate in a quiet
| way-shall you bring your escort or
shall hunt up a congenial third
party?" Mrs. Snow said that she
attended that dinner. at which there
were six others.
Dinner I'm Private Suite.
The dinner was in a private suite.
| Mr.. Broderick brought in whisky. which
| was served with ginger ale Mrs. Snow
says she drank only ginger ale and that
nobody had much whisky.
Mrs. Snow said that on reporting to
Mr. Davis he seemed struck by the use
of the false name. Mrs. Barnes" and
had advised her do not arouse suspi-
cion. but fall in" After this second
dinner. Mrs. Snow said. Mr.. Brode-
rick invited her to go to the theater. but
Mr. Broderick said he had been thinking
| things over and said to her, Watch
| your step-how do you know this is not
trap?" Mrs. Snow said that she re-
ported this the next day to Mr.. Davis.
Mrs. Snow said that she planned to
give dinner to return the compliment.
| and suggested that they go to a Mary
| land hotel. but that she found out they
| would have to give a days notice. It
was then that Mrs. Acker suggested the
congressman knows where you can get
| a good chicken dinner near Marlboro"
On starting for Marlboro they picked
| up Mr.. Broderick and Mr. Eber Mrs.
Snow testified that it rained during the
utlVe' tHdl eAcy Hdu QlNncr, WnlCh was
slow in being served. as they had to
| wait for everything to be cooked; tina,
they started for home Immediately after
dinner. but it was still raining and they
! did not reach home until possibly 12
o'clock.
Mr.. Archer asked Mrs. Snow when
and from whom she first learned that
Mrs. Mayo was not the right name
of Mrs. Acker. her supposed friend.
She replied that about six weeks ago
M toll
wanted to see her when Mrs. Acker
would not be present. Mrs Snow