The Washington times., 1920-07-09
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Witness Says Federal Agent
Was to Sell Plot
Story.
CHARGES FRAME" ON SNOW
Woman Detective Drafted De-
tails Of Alleged Plan Of Mur-
der, He Declares.

The trial of Chester A. Snow, aged
millionaire patent attorney, charged
with conspiring to murder his for
mer wife, today promised to de-
velop into one Of the biggest sensa-
tions Washington has had in years
Allegations made today involve
a Federal official here.
OFFICIAL AS "GO-BETWEEN.~
Stewart X. Brown, a witness for
| the defense. testified in Judge Robert
Hardison's branch OF the police court
that Mrs. Ena p. Acker and Hugh Mil
ton Langdon. both under arrest. con-
spired to frame up" Snow. and that
the U. s. official was to receive
money from Henry e. Davis, Mrs.
Shows lawyer. with which they were
to be paid
Brown swore that this plot was
hatched on Wednesday, June 80, in
the home of Mrs. Acker, 1888 r street
northwest. 1t was planned to frame
lup" a story to the effect that Snow
| proposed to them that they kill Ar&.
ltSnow and serd this story through
the US. official to Attorney Davis,
| they in turn to get q large sum for
| their part in the plot, Brown testified
Brown declared that Mrs. Acker. on
| the afternoon Of June 80, outlined .
plan which she intended the three
| Langdon. Brown anA herseif-would
memorize and that this plan be re-
! lated to Davis. Brown stated that
Mrs. Acker herself wrote the nrst
part of the plan, and that the last
part was dictated to him (Brown) by
Mrs. Acker. The alleged written plan
| was introduced as evidence by George
P. Hoover, attorney for Snow:.
THE PLOT AS PRESENTED.
It is a series of notes, as follows:
"Snow's office-told to follow me
on all occasions--to drive my car. II
necessary-also to get dope, novo-
caine-put in her drink, coffee. tea or
whiskey, and enough to stretch her
out for good-to drive of the bridge
and precipice." This. Brown says,
was written by Mrs. Acker.
That which was written, Brown de-
clares, at Mrs. Acker's dictation,
reads:
"Went to Hoover's office (front Of
| fce), wanted to know when action
on plan in the matter Of doing away
with this woman. We suffered and
told him opportunity would present
itself and we would do our best when
1t did"
| Brown emphatically denied alleged
statements by Mrs. Acker and Lang
don that he was present in Shows
office when the aged millionaire sug-
1 gested his wife be done away with
or drugged.
sHADOwED MRS. SNOW.
| Brown declared he first met MrA-
| Acker last January when he went to
her r street home to do some deteo-
| tive work for the Potomac Electric
Power Company, for which at times
he acted as sleuth. Mrs. Acker later
hired him to aid her IN trailing Mrs-
| Snow, he declares.
| az trailed her two nights" Brown
testified. "The first night at the
Powhattan Hotel and the second
night at the Washington Hotel. I
made my report to Mr.. Snow on what
1 saw about these two instances"
| Brown declared this was the only
work he did on the Snow case at that
time. He testified that the case ap-
parently was dropped until several
months later, June 80, when he was
| asked by Mrs. Acker to come to her
| mousse. f1e WtHt, anu Tie pal Va
her home met Langdon, Mrs. Ackcr.
and Mrs. Acker's daughter.
'They told me of a plot to frame
up Snow" Brown declared. Il was
dumfounded at the suggestion. They
said there were to be four persons,
myself, Mrs. Acker. Langdon, and a
man named Stewart, whom l did not
know, but who was later dropped
from the proposition. Are you with
usr Mrs. Aoker asked me. / did not
tell them 1 was.
TELEGRAM UPSET HER.
"They told me the story was to
be taken to Mr.. Davis and we were
to receive our money through MT.
-. Several black ways were pro
posed. We were to swear we were
in Shows office when Snow suggested
we kill his wife.
at was proposed a plan be written
out. and Mrs. Acker took a sheet OF
paper and began writing. When she
was about half finished she received
a telegram and was so nervous she
said she couldn't write any more ana
asked me to write the remainder.
"She dictsted the rest to me. then
told them felt feverish: the day be-
fore had been down to the beach
and was all sunburned. I got away
| from them on this excuse.
| T later called up Mr.. - and
told him who ! was, that was work.
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