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he said. II tried to sleep. but I
couldn't"
ODD you try to change your
appearance?
A.--No.
Gray said that somewhere above
Poughkeepsie he went to the vesti-
bule door and threw the brief case
he was carrying into the Hudson
River.
II still had the bottle Of chioro.
form and her watch she had given
me because she said it had blood.
stains on the strap" he recited.
II threw the watch down the
toilet / also disposed of the
chloroform and sleeping powders
that way.
II was pretty much in a daze, .
he related. 81 kept thinking of
what had happened"
Gray testified that when he ar
rived in Syracuse. it was showing
and he went to his hotel room.
Miller asked him to tell everything
he did in Syracuse on March 10,
prior to leaving for New York to
kill Snyder.
OOO OVupAS VI IlAkuBd1l3
The witness related that he had
gone to bed between 2 and q. m.
He had drunk considerable.
He went downstairs and had
breakfast. He had q luncheon en-
gagement with Haddon Gray. a
friend.
The little corset salesman then
said he went ito q certain place"
where he knew he could get some.
thing to drink. He had couple Of
highballs
Around l o'clock Haddon Gray
called at the hotel They had lunch
and he told Haddon he had an en-
gagement with "Mommie'' MRS
Snyder in Albany.
Il asked him." Gray testified, ''if
he would do me q favor by muss.
ing up my bed and mailing some
letters and II he would hang out
the don't disturb sign. He left
around g."
Gray went to this room. wrote
some letters and had a few more
drinks, He took the train for New
York, arriving shortly after 10
o'clock.
Q.-Now tell us everything you
did in Syracuse after YOU arrived
back In Syracuse on Sunday March
20).
A.-When I got back to Syracuse
went to my room and had three
or four drinks to steady my nerves.
Later, IN my room, found a note
on my table from Haddon. It said:
Perfect. Call me up later"
Told HaddOn Gray Fake Story
"Haddon called me up around $50
and asked me If I was coming to din.
ner," he said. 81 said, yes. He came
down with another gentleman. HAD.
don and ! had two or three drinks.
Il told him a story I did not re.
call until he told II again here on
the stand-about hiding IN the
closet when burglars were there and
leaning over Mrs. Snyder ana get
ting blood on my vest.
"IGhink L-ahoRad ehen TIA hlno6
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IN BAKER
Staying
AlI time. STAN Photos

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a quarter of beef shipped out by q
packing house
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paragraph by paragraph, reading
the points he said were true.
81 did like her very much-she
was an apparently good pal to
spend the evening with he said.
Mrs. Snyder flushed and bowed
her head.
II think It was in November or
December she spoke about increas.
ing the insurance on her husbands
life. She told me 1t was $50 900"
''She made several attempts on
her husbands life. told her she
was TERRIBLE
''She told me she gave him bI.
chloride Of mercury when he had
hiccoughs-."
Her relations with her husband
became more and more strained. As
I recall. there were four or five
attempts on his life"
Mrs. Snyder averted her face
from the spectators who glared at
her.
"she bounded me on this plan"
II absolutely refused at first"
During the last weeks I@have
been In a literal hell"
II had very fine wife and little
daughter
Gray's voice choked.
Then Gray read about his pur.
chasing the sashweight.
Never in my own mind did I
think I'd so through with 1t
ST told her so ."
At this point Mrs. Snyder shook
her head.
When I hit him (Snyder) he
started to fight me. She got
excited. She started to belabor
him with the sashweight ="
Mrs. Snyder recoiled and her
slim. black form seemed to shrink.
II said If there was wire around
his neck 1t must have been put
there by her ="
Il think it was my undoing as
far as l was concerned. / said
1t would not go through but un.
fortunately / did 60 through"
There was note of remorse in
Gray's voice and it broke az he
said this.
The rest Of the confession was
practically the same as what he
had previously testified.
Direct examination of Gray was
concluded at exactly IL o'clock.
There was wait after Gray's
examination was concluded.
A recess was declared and the
fury left the room.
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STAINS TO him. We left, went to an.
other hotel to visit a friend. There
we had some liquor and talked until
or o'clock.
81 know was very much con.
fused and intoxicated. for when I
came out Of the Syracuse Hotel /
could not get my bearings and
walked around rs minutes, then
asked q policeman where my hotel
was"
Gray said he finally got back to
the hotel and there finished a bottle
dressed when three detectives came
in and arrested him.
He was in daze. He was taken
to . cell. He couldn't remember
some things, but he knew he was
questioned. He asked IL he could
communicate with Haddon Gray
and the police said no. He finally
made a statement regarding his
whereabouts on Saturday. Finally,
New York detectives came and
grilled him. He said they told
him his hand had left the imprint
on the pillow and that they had
seen his fingerprints and asked to
see a telegram he received on sat.
urday.
Then he was led, handcuffed, to a
patrol wagon and taken to the
train.
Confused; Explained n. Y. Trip
There was a big crowd there
and I was flashlighted every min.
ute, he said. He wanted to go in
compartment and agreed to pay
for it.
They told me in the compart.
ment that Mrs. Snyder had con.
fessed and implicated me and de.
said.
He stuck to his story. however.
and they continued to question him.
At Albany, three men got on and
questioned him.
got 50 confused and hazy that
! FINAL told them that / had been
In Queens Village that night" he
said. Il don't remember il 1 told
them the entire story then or later"
de told OF being taken off the
train and driven to the district at
torney's office in Long Island CITY.
he said there were ten or fifteen
men IN the room and he was asked
to tell his story in his own words.
which he did.
He was then taken "sonne place"
ana fingerprinted. He said he had
not slept since Friday night.
Odd you see many people at
police headquarters?
A.-Yes, they wore masks ana
| stood on stand this was at the
police lineup in New York;.
Asked il he recalled a CONVEX.
sation he had with Mrs. SNYDER In
January, 1926, regarding & trip he
had with her. Gray said he did
and explained az. follows;
Didn't p lad Document
Il had received a clipping from
the New York American about q
marriage mill In Elkton, Nd. She
asked me about us going to Elkton
to be married. l told her that was
ridiculous - that that would be
blgamy. Afterward she kidded me
about this"
Several times when he was IN.
toxicated the question of going to
Elkton came up and once he con.
sented, he said, but got too in.
toxicated to go.
II ask you to look at this con.
fession." said Miller. and state
il 1t is true"
Gray examined the twelve.page
document he had signed.
II do not recall reading it." he
said.
Points Out True Points
Miller asked Gray to say what
parts of the confession were true.
Attorney Edgar F. Hazleton, counsel
for "the defendant Snyder" OBJ.
jected. but was overruled.
Gray went through the confession.
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Eugene Meyer Jr. to Lead
u. S. Farm Loan Bureau

President Coolidge has decided to
name Eugene Meyer. jr.. a Demo.
crat. as executive head OF the re.
organized Federal Farm Loan Blu.
reau, it was learned today.
The appointment will be an
nounced at the White House within
a few days. Meyer having been per.
sonally endorsed for the post by
Secretary Of the Treasury Mellon.
Meyer. who served a decade as
managing director Of the war
sIinaQca- 6oEnora&aons 'NiR : eueceed'
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Robert A. Cooper as executive com.
missioner of the Farm Loan Blu
reAu. The resignation Of Cooper
was reported to have been accepted
by Mr.. Coolidge. along with that Of
Commissioner Edward e. Jones.
The designations were requested by
the President in his reorganization
Of the bureau.
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ORDER LIMITING TIME TO FILE
CLAIMS AND FOR HEARING
THEREON.

State of Minnesota, County of st.
Louis, SIS.
IN PROBATE COURT.
In the matter of the Estate of Lee
Mcintyre, Decedent.
Letters of Administration this
day having been granted to Lewis
J. White,
It Is Ordered. That the time within
which all creditors of the above de-
cedent may present claims against
his estate in this Court, be and the
same hereby is limited to three
months from and after the date here
of; and that the 10Th day of July,
1927, at ten o'clock A. M in the Pro-
bate Court Rooms at the Court House
at Duluth in said ounty, be, and the
same hereby is fixed and appointed
as the time and place for hearing
upon the examination, adjustment
and allowance of such claims as shall
be presented within the time afore-
said.
Let notice hereof be given by the
publication of this order in The Fly
Miner as provided by law.
Dated, Duluth, Mimi, April 18th
1927.
s. w. GILPIN,
Judge of Probate.
Seal Of Probate Court, st. Louis Co.,
Minnesota.
Luther M. Bang, Spreitzer Building,
Ely, Minnesota. 4-22 SO
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State of Minnesota, County of st.
Louis, IS.
IN PROBATE COURT
In the Matter of the Estate of JOHN
MATSCHINER, Deceased.
A certain instrument purporting
to be the Last Will and Testament of
John Matschiner having been filed
in this Court and open for inspection,
and the petition of Mary Matschiner,
surviving spouse of said decedent
and sole legatee and devisee under
the terms and conditions of the will
of the said decedent and the person
named as executrix thereof, having
been filed herein, representing,
among other things, that said deced-
ent then being resident of the
County of st. Louis, State of Mime
sofa, died testate on the 7th day of
July, 1926; that the estate of said
decedent consists of miscellaneous
household goods, One Third Liberty
Gold Bond of the United States beat-
ing Az 90 interest dated May 9th,
1918, and numbered 1890, and
the following described real estate.
Homestead situated upon leased land,
described as East half (Ek) North
east Quarter, Section "a, Township
SO, North Range Twelve at Winton;
all of which is claimed TO be exempt
from application toward the payment
of debts of said decedent and from
taxation and of a value not exceed
ing $650!00 and praying that said
to- probate as the Last Will and
Testament of said decedent, and that
at the first hearing the court make
and enter it's decree assigning said
estate forthwith to the persons here
unto entitled, pursuant to the Last
Will and Testament of said decedent;
NOW, THEREFORE, 1T is Or
DERED, That said petition be heard
before this court, at the Probate
Court Rooms at the Court House, in
the City of Duluth, in said County
on Monday, the 23rd day of May,
1927, at 9 o'clock A. M. and all per-
sons interested in said hearing and
said matter are hereby cited and re-
quired at said time and place to show
cause, if any there be, why said pei
ton should not be granted.
ORDERED FURTHER, That this
order be served by publication in
The Ely Miner, according to law,
and that copy of this order be
served upon the County Treasurer
Of ST. Louis County not less than
ten (10) days prior to said day of
hearing.
Dated at Duluth, Minnesota, pril
9th, 1927.
By the court,
Attest: S. w. GILPIN,
Sheldon Watts Judge of
Clerk of Probate. Probate.
Seal of Probate Court, st. Louis
County, Minnesota.
A. ]. Thomas, Attorney for Petit
toner. Apo 5-13
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count of the administration Of said
estate. having been duly filed in this
Court, representing, among other
things, that she has fully admins
tered said estate, and praying that
said final account of said admins
tration be examined, adjusted and
allowed by the Court, and that the
Court make and enter its final de-
cree of distribution of the residue
of the estate of said decedent to the
persons entitled there to, and for the
discharge Of the said representative
and the sureties on her bond.
It Is Ordered, That said petition
be heard, and said final account ex-
amined, adjusted, and if correct, al
lowed by the Court, at the Probate
Court Rooms in the Court House, in
the City of Duluth in said County,
on the 31st day of May, 1927, at ten
O'Clock A. NJ, and all persons inter-
ested in said hearing and in said mat
ter are hereby cited and required at
said time and place to show cause,
if any there be, why said petition
should not be granted.
Ordered Further, That this order
be served by publication in The Ely
Miner according to law.
Dated at Duluth, Minnesota, May
4th, 1927.
By the Court,
Attest: S. w. GILPIN,
Sheldon Watts, Judge of
Clerk of Probate. Probate.
Seal of Probate Court, S. Louis
County, Minnesota.
A. j. Thomas, Attorney for Repre-
sentative. SO $40
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NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORE
CLOSURE SALE.

NOTICE is hereby give that the
said mortgage executed and deliv-
cred by Allie Willett, mortgager, to
John Bouska, Mortgage, dated the
9th day of June, 1912, and filed for
record in the Office of the Register
of Deeds of the County of st. Louis
and State of Minnesota ON the 9Th
Gay of June, 1912, and recorded in
Book 266 Of Mortgages, at page 495,
will be foreclosed by Public Sale,
according to statute herein provided,
of the premises described in such
mortgage and hereinafter described
at the front door of the Court House
in the City of Duluth in the County
of st. Louis and the State of Mime
sofa, at the hour of 10 o'clock A. M.
On the 23d day of May, 1927, to
81 tisfy the amount due upon such
mortgage on the day of the sale.
The premises described in such mort
gage and which will be sold to sat
isfy the same are described as fol-
lows: NORTHWEST QUARTER OF
THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF
SECTION 26 OF TOWNSHIP 81
RANGE IL WEST OF THE 4TH
PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN.
The amount claimed to be due up
on said mortgage at the daGe of this
notice is the sum of $4,000, prlnci-
pal and interest, besides the sum of
$279.42, taxes necessarily paid by
the mortgage and interest thereon,
and $4,000 attorneys fees allowed
by law, besides such expenses as are
incidental to this sale.
Dated>at Ely, Minnes"ta, this 9Th
day of April, 1927.
JOHN BOUSKA,
I luther M. Bang, Mortgage.
Attorney for Mortgage
Spreitzer Building, Ely, Minnesota.
4-8 5-13
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ORDER TO EXAMINE FINAL AC-
COUNT.
State of Minnesota, County of st.
Louis, IS.

State of Minnesota, County of st.
Louis, SIS.
IN PROBATE COURT
In the Matter of the Estate of
FRANK H. MERHAR Decedent.
The petition of Anna M. Merhar
as representative of the above named
decedent, together with her final ac-
count of the administration of said
estate, having been duly filed in this
Court, representing, among other
things, that she has fully admins
tered said estate, and praying that
said final account of said admins
tration be examined, q iIusted and
allowed by the Court. and that the
Court make and enter it's final de-
cree of distribution of the residue
of the estate of said decedent to the
persons entitled thereto. and for the
discharge of the said representative
and the sureties on her bond.
It Is Ordered, that said petition
be heard, and said final account ex-
amined, adjusted, and if correct, al
lowed by the court at the Probate
Court Rooms in the Court House, in
the City of Duluth in said County,
on Monday, the 23rd day of May,
1927, at ten o'clou. A. M, and all
persons interested in said hearing
and in said matter are hereby cited
and required at said time and place
to show cause, if any there be, why
said petition should not be granted.
Ordered Further, Thet this Order
be served by publication in The Ely
Miner according to law.
Dated at Duluth, Mimi, April
21st, 1927.
By the Court,
Attest: s. w. GILPIN,
Sheldon Watts, Judge of
Clerk of Probate. Probate.
Seal of Probate Court, st. Louis
County, Minnesota.
A. J. Thomas, Attorney for Repre-
sentative. 4-29 5-13
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containing milk or cream or milk pro-

containing milk or cream or milk pro-
ducts.
(D Licensees shall refuse to re-
ceive dirty or unwashed milk II
cream bottles or cans.
I'D Milk cans shall be thoroughly
washed and sterilized before they
ARE returned to the shipper or pro-
Queer.
(k) Milk or milk containers shall
not be removed from any premises
where communicable disease exists
or has existed, until permission is
given by the Health Officer and shall
then be handled as the Health Officer
may prescribe. Licensees not wish
ing to leave containers at place
where communicable disease exists,
may require that a receptacle be
provided into which the milk may be
emptied.
Section Is. Pasteurization plants
and pasteurizing equipment shall be
maintained in sanitary condition.
The pasteurization process shall be
conducted in accordance with the
rules and regulations of the State
Board of Health. No licensee may
receive for pasteurization and subse-
quent sale as pasteurized milk and
milk or cream produced in dairy
not licensed in accordance with the
provisions or this ordinance.
Session 16. All persons engaged in
the production, handling, pasteuriza-
ton or distribution of milk sold or
| distributed or intended for sale or
distribution in this city may be- re-
quired to pass the initiate medical
examination prescribed by the State
Board of Health, provided that the
following classes of persons are
hereby exempted fir m the provisions
of this section:<
(a) Persons at raw milk dairies
from which the entire marketed milk
production is sold to pasteurized
| plants
(b) Persons handling milk after
it has been sealed in the container
in which it is to be distributed to
the consumer. Such examinations
shall be made by the Health Officer
or other physician designated by the
Council, and no fee shall be charged
therefore to the person examined
The examining physician shall sub
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nit to the State Board of Health
Laboratories for examination such
specimens as may be required by the
State Board of Health. Subsequent
medical examinations may be re-
quired by the State Board of Health
or the Health Officer whenever it is
deemed necessary for the protection
of the public health.
Section II. If, upon examination,
the examining physician shall find
that any person employed or resid-
ing on the premises where milk is
produced. handled or pasteurized is
in such condition that disease may
be spread from him to- his associates
or other persons directly, or through
the medium of milk, whether such
condition is due to a contagious or
infectious disease in it's active or con-
valescent stages or to the presence
of disease germs, whether accom-
panied by or without any symptoms
of the disease itself, he shall order
that while such person resides upon
or works on such premises, no milk
shall be sold from such premises ex-
cept for such manufacturing pur-
poses as may be permitted by the
rules and regulations of the State
Board of Health. 1t shall be the
duty of each licensee to notify the
Health Officer Immediately upon the
presence of IA know or suspected
case of a communicable disease on
the premises where the milk is pro-
duced, handled or distributed.
Section 10. Any person who shall
violate any of the provisions of this
ordinance or who shall fail TO COM
ply with any of the requirements
thereof shall be deemed guilty of a
misdemeanor and upon conviction
shall be punished by fine of not
more than $4,000 and cost of
prosecution, or Imprisonment for a
term not exceeding three months.
Section 10. In case any section,
provision or part of this ordinance
shall be declared unconstitutional,
it shall not in any way effect any
other section, provision, or part
thereof.
Section 20. This ordinance shall
take effect and be in force 10 days
from and after it's passage and pub
| LEGATION.
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ORDER FOR HEARING ON PETI-
TON FOR ALLOWANCE OF
WILL AND DISTRIBUTION OF
PROPERTY PURSUANT - T 0
CHAPTER 2S9 S. l. 1917.
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domestic purposes or in any room
opening directly into such stable a.
room.
(g) Milk handling utensils and
containers shall be so constructed
that they may be effectively cleaned.
They shall be kept in good repair
and in a sanitary condition. After
each use, milk handling utensils and
containers sh all be thoroughly
cleaned and sterilized and protected
from contamination until used again.
Section Ia. All milk to be sold or
distributed in this city shall be ham
died and distributed in accordance
with the following rules:
(a) All vehicles used for the de-
livery or distribution of milk shall
be kept in sanitary condition.
(b) Milk unless delivered to the
consumer within one hour after milk
ing shall promptly be cooled to &
temperature of SO degrees Fahren-
heit or below and thereafter stored
under conditions which will maintain
it at or below this temperature until
it is delivered to the consumer or
pasteurization plant.
(c) All milk for delivery to con-
,, sumers shall be bottled or placed in
a container which is not inter
changed between customers.
(d) All bottles and containers
shall be thoroughly cleaned and
then sterilized before being filled
with milk and bottle caps shall be
kept in a sterile condition until used
Sterilized bottles, if they are not
filled Immediately after sterilization
shall be stored in an inverted posi-
ton and in such manner that they
will not become contaminated.
(e) The apparatus used in bottling
milk and in Gaping bottles shall be
so constructed that the milk caps
during the process will not come in
contact with human hands.
(f) Milk shall not be bottled al
any place other than the milk room
at a dairy or at pasteurizing plant
(g) Milk in bottles shall be com.
pletely submerged in water except
in pasteurizing plants for cooling
purposes following pasteurization.
| (h) Bottles, cans or other recep.
tacles for milk shall not be used fol
any other purposes other than fol-
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ORDER TO EXAMINE FINAL
ACCOUNT, ETC.
FINAL

State of Minnesota, County of st.
Louis, IS.
PROBATE COURT
In the Matter of the Estate of
Joseph Veranth, also known as
Joseph Virant, Decedent.
The Petition of Mary Veranth as
representative of the above named
decedent, together with her final ac-
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He Was DELAYED

Aged NativeAYes, sir. be the old
est inhabitant, ninety-four last June.
Yes, reckon If 1t had not been for
strikes and this ere putting back Of
clocks each year, would have been
. centurion By now.-Lenden Answers.
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Highways Lnuite You

1-Northern Forest Park, Wiscon-
sin. located on Highways 10. 26
and 30. Within its 76, 900 acres
of state owned land are forty
two lakes. Here are old pines
Scared with Indian hatchets
where the Red men obtained
pitch for the cementing of their
canoes, and thickets which have
probably never been penetrated
except by wild game.
zScott Field near Belleville,
Illinois. on State Highway 13.
America greatest air ship port
covering over 600 acres of land.
The Scott Field Hangar is three
city blocks in length, nearly a
block wide and as high as a
sixteen story building.
aScenic State Park, Minnesota.
1852 acres of virgin pine forest
surrounding Sandwich and
Coon Lakes. North of Big Fork
on State Highway 81.
MT. Clemens, Michigan, known
throughout America as the
bath city. where SO. 600 people
sojourn annually to take advarl-
tage of the remarkable mineral
water baths. State Highway
10.
-Caruthersville, in the south
eastern sectio1of Missouri. Al
mosphere of the south-va4
fields of snow white cotton
cotton pickers-the rustling 0
the gins" as they separate the
seed and bale the short STAPLE
cotton. Lofty spreading pecan
and walnut trees laden with
green fruits Groves of cotton
wood. State Highway g.