The Washington herald., 1920-07-09
|SNOWDNORCEE
TELLS OE PLOT"
TO MURDER HER

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had greeted her on the day OF the
exposef
Mrs. Snow replied Mrs. Acker had
embraced her and kissed her on the
cheek. saying Il am the best friend
you have-I have come to do you
a great service-I can do more for
you than any other friend you
have"
Led on Mrs. Snow again related
some OF Mrs. Acker's confession.
"She told me- said the witness
that Mr. Snow had engaged her
to kill me; kill me. at any price.
Mrs. Acker also told me-" said
Mrs. Snow. that they were the hard
est, and coldest, people she ever
came across and she would prove
1t to me. Then she went to the
telephone -
Mrs. Snow also testified that
Langdon told her he was hired by
her husband to kill her.
Asks why Change Of Attitude.
Judge Hardison Interrupted and
asked Mrs. Snow to what she. at
ftributed this change In attitude OF
the two people who were to kill
her. "T don't know" Mrs. Snow re-
piled. Mrs. Acker explained thar
IL was because Of her friendship
with a Mime. Hankar" that led her
to tell me what she did"
Mrs. Acker was a most unconven-
ticnal woman, Mrs. Snow testified.
and related an incident at the Belle
vue Hotel in which she said Mrs
Acker had a key to the room OF
man guest at the hotel and entered
1t one day to get a package OF
cigarettes and later went down.
stairs in the reception room to smoke
them.
Further. Mrs. Snow said. Mrs.
Acker had a lover named Louie"
whom she expected to marry some
day.
Her first meeting with Mrs. Acker
occurred in the middle OF last FEB
ruary, Mrs. Snow said, after the
woman had introduced herself as
friend of a French friend OF Mrs
Snow named Nine. Hanker. wife OF
a member of the French High Conn
mission at the willard. 1t was there
she met "Dr. Brun." the witness
said. other dinners followed at the
numerous clubs and cafes, she tes-
titled.
Calls Detective "HaIf Gypsy"
Mrs. Snow described Mrs. Acker
as half gypsy and half Bohemian.
Not altogether satisfied with her new
acquaintance in Mrs. Acker, Mrs.
Snow said, she consulted Davis be-
fore she even went out to dinner
with the woman once and always
consulted her attorney thereafter.
She went to all these other dinner
parties on the advice OF her at
torney, Mrs. Snow said, and at all
times kept her eyes open for de
velopments," as she realized "she
must not allow anything to hap
pen"
Coming back to the expose and
the telephone conversation. Mrs.
Snow went into detail again. Her
attorney had planted two other
witnesses in convenient places, the
witness admitted, when the tele-
phone conversation took place. They
were John Zimmerman. the care
taker, and Mrs. Shows sister, Miss
Anna Hubbard.
Called Up Snow, She Says.
Mrs. Acker went to the telephone
and called up Snow. 1t was testi-
fed, to prove that there really ex-
listed a plot to kill her. Davis was
on the small end of the receiver.
Mrs. Snow said. and Mrs. Acker at
the other.
I'VE will finish her this time"
Mrs. Acker told Snow, the witness
said.
We will do IL today sure. I have
the dope in my bag-(Exclamatton
from Snow) what?-(Mrs. Acker)
The dope-you understandable
will go I'm the direc-
ton of Philadelphia-you will hear
from me by telegraph"
Mrs. Acker then went to the door
and whistled for Langdon who came
in. Mrs. Snow said. Langdon then
admitted he was employed by Snow
to kill her-but explained that mur-
der was not lin his line"
Brings In Diplomats.
The Diplomatic Corps was fairly
well represented in Mrs. Shows tes-
timony She first mentioned a 'Dr.
whom she understood to be
the Danish Minister. Mrs. Acker in
troduced her to 'Dr. Brun." Mrs.
Snow said, when they had their first
out at a hotel. This man had
all the earmarks of being a MEM |
ber of the Deplimatic Corps, the wit |
ness said, because he seemed to
know all about Legation things"
The witness also declared she met |
this "Dr. Brun" several times after |
that on the street.
Later in her testimony Mrs Snow