The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-16
ThrOngs HOOt as Ruth
And Judd Leave Jail
On Death Chair Trip

LONG ISLAND CITY. N. r.,
May 16.-Mrs. Ruth Brown Snyder
and Henry Judd Gray, convicted OF
numbering the husband Of Mrs.
Snyder, left Long Island City jail
this morning for the death house"
in Sing Sing Prison. The two
former lovers left in separate auto
mobiles under heavy guards.
A squadron OF policemen on
motorcycles guarded each auto.
mobile as thousands Of spectators
lined the streets for o last glimpse
Of the notorious murder pair.
Both Mrs. Snyder and Gray were
shackled to their guards. The shades
on Gray's machine were drawn, but
the curtains on the automobile con.
tanning Mrs. Snyder were up. The
so-called Icy Widow" was weeping
She sat between JAN Matrons Irene
Wolff and Nan Hart and was hand
cuffed to the former.
When the big green gate at the
jail swung open two motorcycle po-
lIcemen shot out, and behind came
q big blue automobile. Gray was in
this machine, with Sheriff Joseph
Quinn and three deputy sheriffs.
Throngs HOOt at Car
The crowd pressing In on both
sides hooted.
Then followed another squad of
motorcycle policemen, and behind
that a big gray car, in which Mrs.
Snyder sat on the back seat.
The crowd hooted again.
Other motorcycle policemen sur.
rounded the two machines, which
sped off toward Sing Sing prison.
Thirteen other machines. containing
detectives and newspaper men fol.
lowed.
Mrs. Snyder bid farewell to the
two matrons in the county jail be-
fore beginning her ''last ride"
I'm bidding you good-by now, but
! hope to see you again." she said.
IF everything goes the way I hope
I'll be back here, and maybe when l
come back / won't be going out
again this way"
Mrs. Snyder's cheerfulness dis.
appeared as she was manacled TO
her guard. As her machine speeded
through the dense throngs she
wept.
Aside from the jeers from the
crowd outside the Jail. there was
no demonstration by the thousands
who stood in the streets and
crowded windows and roofs.
There were only occasional muir.
murs Of disappointment at the
shades being drawn down in the
machine containing Gray.
After the procession had travelled
few block Mrs. Snyder regained
her composure. She threw her
head up and smiled and nodded at
the crowds.
Ruth's Cheeks Were Flushed
The murderess was dressed in
the black ensemble she had worn
during the trial.
She kept her handcuffed wrists
between her knees as IL to hide
the irons. Her cheeks were flushed
but she kept her head up.
Several times the crowd broke
through the police lines and blocked
the procession for a few minutes.
Before leaving, Gray said to q
guard:
az hope the clouds clear up ana
the day will not be gloomy for I'd
like to ride in the sunshine
Gray planned to have the cur
tains raised on his machine as
soon as they left the city.
Upon her arrival at Sing Sing
Mrs. Snyder will be put through
the routine mental test after which
she will be conducted to the central
of three cells in the women's tier.
There she win find awaiting her
the death garb." consisting Of a
gray suit and felt slippers. A ma.
tron win attend her.
Gray will occupy a cell in the
mems tier Of ''nurderers' row" not
far from the little green door,
through which the condemned per.
sons are taken to the death chair.
Rev. Father George Murphy
chaplain of Queens county jail, de.
clared today that Mrs. Snyder is
now thinking OF spiritual affairs
and. for the first time. appears to
realize fully the nearness of death.
Ruth to Become q Catholic
''Mrs. Snyder is approaching true
repentance" said the cha plain.
More and more she is showing a
desire to think about religious mat.
ters. She feels the need OF the
God In which she had never be
Iieved. Always before ahe had been
q woman without religious convic
ton. She q 4 diffaraut woman nAvv I,