Evening star., 1920-07-09
WITNESS BRANDS
SNOW PLOT STORY
BLAcKMAlL PLAN
wanted Mr.. Hoover to bring out abo,
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ley through Mr.. Archer. II there had
been any promise of favor or OF
threats en- that occasion and Mr..
Kelley said no. Mr.. Kelley said that
at first Mrs. Acker talked in a ram
bling way about being employed Dy Mr. M,
He said that Langdon was next
brought in and that Langdon told
| them he had gone to work for Mr..
Snow about January Is. and had been
hired by him to shadow his wife and
dad SO until April Of this year. when when
| tifed that the middle OF February
| they were In Mr.. Shows Office. Mrs.
Acker, himself and Mr.. Brown. and
! that Mr.. Snow said to them: Il want
you to get this woman II you have to
drug her. kill he- or run her into a
| ditch"
Mr.. Kelley testified that 1Angdon
told the detectives that he, Mrs. Acker
and Mr.. Brown had not answered Mr..
Snow. and that he said he was not
| work. Mr. Kelley said that Mrs. Ack-
er was then called in and that her
story tailed with that given by Lang
don. He said that they assured the
detectives they had not replied to Mr:
Snow. but that after they got out OF
Acker had said. What do you think
of that old fool?"
Tells Mrs. Ackerrs View.
"They told us that they had no
intention whatever to do what Snow
had proposed" said Kelley. He said
that Mrs. Acker said she went to Mrs.
Snow with the story of the conspiracy
because she had found her true and
upright woman. and that Mrs. Acker
a telephone conversation she mad
with Mr.. Snow from Mrs. SHOWS resi-.
dence. Mr.. Kelley said that she told
them that Mr.. Snow asked over the
telephone, You have the cocaine;
you know how to use It," and that Mr.
snow said. II want you to stretch her
out this time. and stretch her out Tor
good" Mr. Kelley said that Mrs. Ack-
er had told them while she was talk-
ing with Mr.. Snow over the teiephone
Mr.. Davis was, listening In at the
phone.
Judge Hardison asked Mr.. Kelley.
Did they say they ever assented to
the proposition Of Snow TO do away
with Mrs. Snow?" Mr.. Kelley sald
MRS. Acker said they did not reply
ed and that Mrs. Acker said. What
do you think of that old fool?
Hoover Springs Sensation.
This testimony by Mr.. Kelley was
given first in direct evidence In re-
ply to questions by Mr.. Archer. then
in reply to questions by Judge Hardi-
son and again in reply to questions
from Mr.. Gordon. Mrs. Acker's At
torney. He said In reply to MT
headquarters that they never intended
to be parties to the proposal to do
away with Mrs. Snow"
Detective Scrivener's testimony
tailed closely with that given by
Detective Kelley.
The sensation of the day came when
Mr.. Hoover. in behalf of Mr.. Snow.
called to the stand Stuart X. Brown
Asked by Mr.. Hoover when and under
what circumstances he met Mrs
home for the Electric Power Com
Pany to aid in detecting man who
was supposed to be fixing the meters
SO as to steal current.
Never Heard Death Threat.
Brown testified that after he had
worked with Mrs. Acker on that case
for some time she told him that she
was a private detective and asked
him to assist her by being a witness
She explained that she had conhden-
tial mon in foreign countries and that
a confidential man was in Chicago. He
| said he met her again at Mr. Shows
ONCE some time in February. This
to a hotel to shadow Mrs. Snow, and
that his duty as a witness in that
case was to testify that he had seen
Mrs. Snow go into the hotel about 8
o'clock and como out about IL o'clock.
He said he had performed a similar
service the night Of Mrs. AckePs din
ner at another hotel, and that on each
occasion he had made his report the
following morning to Mr.. Snow and
that there were present on those oc-
Acker and Chester Snow.
Did you ever have any conference
with Mr.. Snow. Mrs. Acker and Lang
don at which any suggestion or prop
osition was made by Mr.. Snow to get
rid Of Mrs. Snow by accident. poison.
drugs or otherwise?" Mr.. Hoover
asked. 'I never heard such a propo-
sition." said Brown.
"Frame Upn Revealed.
In reply to further questions, Brown
said that he did not see Mrs. Acker
again until the afternoon Of June 80.
He found a note at his Office to call
her UP. which he ignored. About 2
o'clock. he said. Langdon got him on
the telephone and said that Mrs. Ack-
er wanted to introduce him to Judge
Hit. Brown testified that he went to
Mrs. Acker's home beween and 4
with her and Langdon. He told the
court that she then revealed to him
"a plot" to frame up" Mr.. Snow He
said he was dumfounded and that he
had previously thought she was "all
hot air"
According to Browns account of this
conference. the plan was for Langdon
to prepare a statement to which the
others would swear. He said that Mr..
Hit was to get the money for selling
the story to Mr.. Davis. He said that
he phoned from that house to Mr..
Hit and told him he was Mr. Brown.
ian associate Of Langdon," and asked
IL Langdon had seen him. He said
that Mr.. Hit replied that Langdon
would hear from him later.
ence was in progress Mr. Stuart
came In. whom he had never seen or
heard Of before: that Mrs. Acker told
Stuart to go upstairs to his wife and
that she explained to him that Stuart
was to be one of the four who would
swear that they were in Mr.. SHOWS
onice when he proposed to them to
kill his wife. He said that his nm
derstanding was that Mr.. Davis was
to pay the money through Mr.. Hit
"as a go-between" and that he thoueht
1t looked like blackmail"
Swears to Statements,
Continuing his testimony, Brown
said that on the following morning
July 1, he got Mr.. SHOWS son, Chester
snow; on the teiephone and told him
| that he was the subject Of a plot hv
his detectives and that he (Brown)
would like to see him (Snow) and dis.
close what he had learned.
He said that later he saw Mr..
hoover, who had phoned for him and
that ne made full statement OF the
affair to Mr.. Hoover; that a stenorra.
pher was present who took down his
| account and that on July 8. he went
with this stenographer, named
Holmes. before q notary public and
| swore to the truth of the statement.
| Brown further testified that iast
Monday Mr.. Hoover telephoned to
him that Mrs. Acker had phoned to