The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-11
GRAY ASKS DATE
WITH RUTH
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did not mean to rush her to the
deathhouse. with his testimony.
He's still in love with her. There
Is no doubt about that in my mind,
anyhow. IL I can arrange it with
Sheriff Quinn win try to see that
they meet before they go to the
lighthouse next Monday, after they
are sentenced.
Gray said to me: Il think Mrs.
Snyder will want to see me. il only
for q few minutes. Please let us
bid each other good-by. That's the
most I can EXPECT from life.
T told d true story. and I have
a clear conscience. and I'm truly
ready to meet my God And would
like to know that we're going with
out any hard feelings toward each
other "
Desmond talked with Gray for 20
minutes He said Judd seemed in
good spirits, and was resigned to
his fate.
Although Judd is eating his heart
out in remorse because his words
have sent the woman he loves to
her doom. his present tortures can
not compare with the blow that
awaits him. IL Ruth's recent letters
to her mother. Mrs. Josephine
Brown. have uncovered the blonde S
innermost heart.
These epistles crackle with hate.
loathing and lust for vengeance on
the man who damned her by his
story on the witness stand.
In q letter dated last Thursday
Ruth wrote:
Beast OF . Man"
Have you ever heard such a
liar as that beast of man?
Would you ever think he even
cared cents worth for me2 No
/ should say not.
Hes Just filthy, dirty skunk.
mo one--save God alone--knows
how suffer-"
Although Judd Is well aware of
the antipathy for him Ruth has ex.
pressed through the newspapers, he
apparently has believed all along
that her attacks were mere ges'
ture for the purpose Of the trial.
Mrs, Snyder, who had been in a
semi-hysterical condition since her
conviction, was resting better today
and hope was expressed that she
soon would regain the poise she
maintained throughout her trial A
special matron has been assigned
to watch her. however, to see that
she does not try TO commit suicide.
Had Three Attacks
The icy blonde" suffered three
attacks during her trial, physicians
were told by her matrons. She did
not tell her attorneys Of the attacks.
Thew expressed anlazement at her
condition.
Attorney Edgar r. Hazleton said:
"She was too proud to tell US of
her epileptic attacks. They would
have had an important bearing on
the trial IL she had told U.S.
Physicians believe she Is not now
suffering from epilepsy but merely
from d severe case Of hysteria.
They attributed her recurring at
tacIxs Of hysterla to the reaction
from the strain on her nerves
during the trial.
Insanity Plea Fades
Her chance Of escaping the cleo.
tric chair on plea Of insanity be.
came more remote today as her
condition improved. She viii be
carefully examined az to her men
tai condition next Tuesday after
her arrival In the death house in
Sing Sing. Her recovery is ex-
pected to be constant from now on.
Gray, meanwhile, IL fully recon.
ciled to his fate. He talks amiahly.
even voluably. to his guard a. be
PAGES his fiye-by-nine cell In Queens
county jail. He apparently Is ravel-
ing in his approaching doom. clutch
ing AZ -it az 4 means of explatIOn
OF his crime.
He has received o letter OF sym
patty from his wife, Mrs. ISABELLE
Gray, who plans to visit him on
Friday. She has not seen her fus.
band since the Tuesday after the
murder Of Snyder. more than seven
weeks ago.
Gray Writes Letters
Judd sat up until past rnldnighk
and In the dim light of HIS CEN
wrote letters to Mrs. MarRaret Gray.
his mother: to Mrs. Isabel Gray. his
wife. and to Haddon Gray, his hoy.
hood pal.
He packed hts extra clothing and
instructed q keeper to turn them
over to his Tnother--he believes ne
viii need only one suit until be full.
fills his rendezvous with death.
He waits calmv for the fatal
words OF doom that Justice Towns.
end scudder wall pronounce uDon