Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-24
SNYDER Staying
TRIAL TOBE APRIL Il.
Gray and Wife of Murdered
Man Indicted JointIy-Con-
LESSONS Repudiated.

! DS the ASSOCIATED Prees.
NEW YORK, March 24.-Mrs. Ruth
Snyder and Henry Judd Gray pleaded
not guilty when arraigned before
Supreme Court Justice Callaghan OF
Queens County today on the indict'
ments charging them with the murder
of Mrs. Snyder's husband, Albert
Snyder, magazine editor, at his
Queens Village home Sunday morning.
Trial was set for April II. They
were remanded to the Queens County
Jail without bail pending trial.
A separate trial for Mrs. Snyder
was requested and demanded" by
| Edgar T. HaZleton, her counsel, who
| asserted that her interests were sep
| arate and distinct" from those of
| Gray.
Il have nothing to do with that"
the justice said. you may make
your motion for separate trial at the
| start Of the trial.
The trial was set for April II after
| counsel for the defendants announced
| that they wanted reasonable time to
| prepare their cases.
| Confessions Regulated.
| Although attorneys for both defend
ants have repudiated their confes-
sions, Gray told his mother yesterday
that he aided in clubbing and stran-
Cling Snyder to death in Snyders
Queens Village home early Sunday
| morning. Mrs. Snyder, however,
| stands by the reputation of her con-
| fesSion.
God above knows that / did not
help in any way at any time to MUIR
der my husband" she told newspa-
nav int IN hi
and will say it with my last breath"
Mrs. Catherine Gray, the prisoners
| mother, saw him in his cell. They
| embraced and as she leaned his head
| upon her breast Gray sobbed,
Mother, mother, I can't lie to you,
l can't lie. I'm guilty"
The woman prisoner, worn out
through constant questioning, was
alternately defiant and fearful when
she was interviewed by score of
| newspaper reporters. Edgar T. Hazel
ton, her counsel, stood by as she was
questioned.
Married i'm 1915.
Her marriage to Snyder in 1915,
she said was her first real love
affair."" She had been a stenographer
| in an Office where he also was en-
ployed.
He got interpretive soon after
| marriage" she declared, wanted to
get out and rough it and would go off
on week end fishing trips. l went
with him, but l didn't like it. Our
tastes were dissimilar.
II liked to dance, play bridge and
go to the theater-do the things
women usually like. And, say, don't
drink. take mouthful to be a good
sport, sometimes. But I'm not the
wild type; / don't like liquor
Asked pointblank If she had aided
in the killing, she exclaimed: God,
no. / didn't help, No, MOI
She charges she was coerced into
confession and that she didn't know
or realize" what she was saying.
Insurance Held Up.
The Prudential Life Insurance Co.
has suspended payment on $52 900 on
four policies held by Snyder, pending
the end of the trial. Snyder bought
$4,000 insurance in October, 1926,
the World says, at the insistence of
Mrs. Snyder
Under New York State laws IL Mrs.
Snyder is convicted the insurance
money will go to Snyder's estate to
be held until his daughter becomes of
age.
Mrs. Isabelle Gray, wife of Henry
Gray, was reported at her home in
East Orange, n. j., to have expressed
willingness to care for the Snyder
child.
Snyder was buried yesterday. Mrs.
Snyder was not allowed to attend the
funeral.