Evening star., 1927-05-03
SNYDER
). CALLED TOSTAND
Nine -Year.0Id Girl Appears
Briehy-Gray Begins His
: Testimony.

Hv the Associated press.
NEW YORK. May S.-Lorraine. y
VAar.old daughter of Mrs, Ruth
Rrown SNYDER. was called 10 the stand
this afternoon to testify IN heF
mothers defense.
Lorraine Snyder was asked on
question as to whether she brough~
= cid TO her mother.
= II got the Mulhausers, she SAID
IN a childish treble. and was excused.
Henry Judd Gray, co-detendant WIN
Mrs. Ruth Brown Snyder in their
trial for the murder Of her husband
took the stand later.
AS GRAY testified. Mrs. Snyder.
his former sweetheart and his CO.
defendant for the murder OF her hus-
~band. sat in her ch ir almost In
state of collapse.
II Tells of His Life.
y She had finished more than l. hours
on the stand just before Gray was
called, and her eyes wcce red from
Suppressed weeping.
!. Gray told of becoming a corset sales
man and of his marriage and the birth
of his daughter.
Is He sat in the high chair with hands
IN his lap and head erect, speaking
sNn a clear voice apparently devoid OF
emotion.
u His territory, he said, was all Of
New England, New York State, Penn.
sylvania and part of New Jersey.
h Mrs. Snyder occa sionally put her
hand to her forehead as he spoke. as
though suffering from headache She
booked as though she might collapse
any moment.
Insurance i'm Question.
Mrs. Ruth Snyder if acquitted will
receive the $96, 900 insurance. which
she took out for her husband, Albert
Snyder, some time before he was mur.
dered.
If the jury finds her responsible for
her husbands death and renders a
. verdict of murder in the first or sec
ond gree or homicide the insura ace
money will go to her daughter, Lor-
raine.
Counsel for Mrs Snyder and for the
State almost came to blows at the
trial today.
Under examination of Assistant Dis.
trict Attorney FroeSsel, Mrs. Snyder
said she was downstairs on the night
. her husband was killeF. when pre-.
viously she had testified she was
bound upstairs.
Froessel asked if she had made a
mistake or lied. and her lawyer, Ed
gar F. Hazelton, walked shouting to.
ward the prosecutor, who moved bel.
ligerently to meet him. A clash was
narrowly averted by the stern remon-
STRANGE of the court.
Inclement weather and the fact that
Mrs. Snyder was no longer a novelty
on the witness stand seemed to COM
bine today to hold dowr the early
crowd at the Snyder murder trial, but
the spectators, as on other days, were
mostly women.
Assistant District Attorney Froessel
resumed his questioning after court
opened, asking Mrs. Snyder about the
various times she said Gray had men.
toned his intention of killing her hus-
bahd, Albert Snyder
Hazelton, in the redirect examina-
eaon, asked a few brief questions about
the insurance. followed by questions
phraSed TO stress the assertion that
Mrs. Snyder was in state OF exhaus-
ton when she signed her confession.
Valves His Right
DR.. Howard w. Neall, an assistant
medical examiner, who was the second
witness Of the trial, was called to sue
ceed Mrs. Snyder.
Lorraine Snyder then testified, after
which the defense case of Mrs. Snyder
was closed, and Gray was called.
Gray, seeming composed. waived his
constitutional right to refuse to tes-
tify against himself. Samuel Miller,
Gray's counsel, conducted the direct
examination and brought out that his
client was a constant church com.
municant.