New Britain herald., 1927-04-26
M'LAUGHL|N TELLS
 ABOUT CONFESSION
 IN SNYDER'S DEATH
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(Continued From First Page) lin said. of her intimacy with Gray. He quoted her as saying she had told Gray 0. her domestic troubles and they had decided the only way out was to get rid Of Snyder"
 Mir. Mclaughlin then told how Mrs. Snyder told him of returning home the night of the murder, put ting her daughter and Snyder to bed, and going 10 Gray where he was hiding in another room.
 Details of Murder
 She then told him, he said. that Gray went In and struck Snyder while she stayed in the hall watch ing him. Immediately after that they prepared the burglar evidence and burned clothes which had be- come blood d-stained.
 Then, after taking several drinks, Gray tied up Mrs. Snyder 10 strengthen the burglar theory and then returned to Syracuse, MT. Me I.aughlin testified the Snyder woman told him.
 Mclaughlin then told Of being in troduced to Gray in the district at torney's office, after arrival Of the defendant with officers from Syra- cUse.
 Other Murder Attempts
 MT. Mclaughlin said that Gray told him Mrs. Snyder had attempted to take her husbands life half a dozen times before Gray decided to help her and purchased the sash weight, wire and chloroform. Gray Was then quoted as saying when he struck Snyder the victim grabbed him and he dropped the sash weight. Mrs. Snyder picked it up, he was quoted as saying. and beat her hus- band until he lay still.
 From that point on the confes- sions Of Gray and Mrs. Snyder were the same.
 On the way back 10 Syracuse, Mr. Mclaughlin said Gray told him he threw a brief case out of the train window.
 Mir. Mclaughlin was not cross examined.
 Slain For Insurance.
 Murder for insurance money has been revealed as the motive the prosecution will attempt to prove caused the death of Snyder.
 Through the testimony of Leroy Ashfield, an insurance agent. one Of II witnesses called by the prose- cution yesterday at the trial. 1t was told how Snyder unwittingly signed a s50.O00 insurance policy with his wife as beneficiary when he was taking out a s1,000 endowment policy.
 When Snyder signed contract for the s1,00o policy, Ashfield testi- fled, he also had him sign a blank application after telling him 1t was q mere formality and this later was filled out for s5o,o00 modified life" insurance.
 The modified life" was issued tr two policies, one for 5000 and tht other for s45, ,ooO, the latter carry ing double liability in case of deatf by accident.
 Ashfaid said Mrs. Snyder eX plainei her willingness to pay tho premiums on the ground that shf had some money from an estate and had not been able to save any of it. AS witnesses were called tC prove she paid the premiums Mrs Snyder's attorneys agreed to stip. uation that such payments were made by her.
 Snyder's brother was the frs witness called. He merely estah lished the fact Of death and aftel him there trooped through the wit ness stand line of men and womel who had played minor and uncon. scious roles In the preliminarie' prior to the climax Of the sordil drama.
 The jury filed in just before II o'clock and Justice Scudder tool 'he bench as the defendants wer' brought In by prison attendants.
 As the jury roll was being called Police Lieut.. Charles Dorschell wh' was being questioned when conr adjourned last night was called t' the stand.
 Saw Gray Sign Confession.
 He introduced 2. diagram of Ger tain streets in Kingston, N. Y. which he said Gray made after hi arrest 10 show where he bought 'h' sash weight, picture wire an' choloroform with which Albert Shy der, the woman defendants hus band was beaten. strangled and an aesthotized to death. The police man also said he saw Gray sign ; confession to the murder and tha Gray seemed alert and that he act d under no compuision that h' could observe.
 Police Lieutenant McDermot' one 0. the two officers who arrest cd Gray In Syracuse the day afto the murder, took the stand and un da- questioning by counsel fo Gray. told details Of the arrest.
 He said Gray told him that h had been in Syracuse all during th weekend. Gray was quoted 2 having given a detailed account c his actions tho day before and afte the killing. much Of which time n said he spent In making bushes calls and In the company of Had don Gray friend but no rela ftra
 ono of the acts he told O, durn' the time he was believed to hay