The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1927-05-10
Slayers of Snyder Are Found
Guilty, Murder; Death Penalty


her corset salesman paramour, will
pay with their lives for the crime
which made them internationally
known.
Deliberating less than two hours.
the jury convicted them of murder
and sentenced them to die in thu
electric chair, for Staying Mrs Sny-
der's husband. Albert Snyder, mag
azine art editor.
The death sentence is mandatory
for first degree murder but formal
sentence was postponed until next
Monday
Cheers Greet Verdict
Cheers greeted the verdict when i
was flashed to the crowd outside the
Long Island City Supreme Court
Inside the court, the verdict was
received in silence. Neither defendant
exhibited any great emotion and
seemed to be either too dazed To
July comprehend its Importance or
only hearing what was expected
Counsel for both defendants de
ferred announcements of intentions
regarding appeals.
Justice Scudder thanked the jurors
Jurors being men Cheers greeted
them outside. along with flashlights
as photographers pressed around
them.
Stole Defendants
When, after the usual formalities,
the foreman uttered his both guilty
of murder in the first degree Mrs
Snyder's head jerked perceptibly
Her eyes were fixed upon the square
shoulders OF her erstwhile lover then
she stiffened, her head came back
into position erect and proud while
the jury was poiled
Gray whose plea of dominance
by the superior mind of Mrs. Sny-
der led some to believe him less
stole than the woman, made no more
fuss than she.
Mrs Snyder and Gray were led
one at time before the Bench ana
their pedigrees were taken then botn
were led to obscurity TO their separate
cells.
The murder took place on the
morning of March 20 and the trial
began on April Is. Gray accused the
woman of the murder and she claim
I'd he did 1t, that she tainted when
her husband and Gray began Il
struggle.
Mrs. Snyder leaves her little daugh
ter. aged 13, alone in the world.
Little Lorraine is the victim.
Mrs. Gray Loyal
Mrs Gray. wife of the convicted
man. stood by her husband.
The States case was built on the
theory that Gray was the secret lover
of Mrs. Snyder. that they planned
to kill Snyder in order to continue
their affair unimpeded by his pre-
senee and speeded by his life in
surance.
Mrs. Gray visited her husband i'm
mediately after his arrest. She OIL
fered him comfort. But there were
signs that her faith in
her husband had weakened. The man
tn whom she had borne daughter,
the man to whom she had been a
faithful wife for years, was en-
tangled in damaging skein oil
nolice evidence and a purported col
fession.
Struggle in Heart
No one knows-probably no ons
will ever know-the struggle that
went on within Mrs. Gray's heart
At one time il seemed as il she
would leave him to the fate soughs
nv the District Attorney, to be
bridegroom of another at ghastly
wedding. with Mrs Snyder as the
bride and the death house at sing
Sing as the chapel.
Then two of his attorneys resigned
s ~ .asa Police claimed fllrth-
er evidence against him.
At the moment that life looked
shortest for Gray, his wife emerged
as his champion.
She went among her husbands S
relatives ana her own, appealing ior
funds for his defense. She attended
conferences in his behalf and Offered
what little she had and told what
little she knew to save him from
the electric chair.