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she covered up his head. He
was still alive the last that I
heard. She said is he dead?' l
said, no. she said this thing
has absolutely got to go through.
l said. well, l am through l
had lost the picture wire. There
were two pieces, am pretty
sure If you gentlemen said that
there was wire around his neck,
that it must have been tied by
her. / don't know whether 1t
was around his neck or not.
went right hack to the bathroom.
/ had blood on my shirt and
hands and came back to the bed
room when / noticed the blood on
my shirt, and on my vest. l had
my coat off because 1t was so
hot in there. Things were just
a big hazy during that period.
Didn't Know Where He Was
II didn't know where / was.
couldn't seem to collect my
brain for a minute. She brought
me in a shirt of his and it was
a new shirt. 1t was blue. ] took
off my own shirt and 1 didn't
know that she burned it until
after she told me that she also
burned a robe of hers which was
all covered with blood. l think
she also burned night gown.
/ was not there at that time,
was putting on my shirt.
She called me down to the
cellar and told me what she had
done and she had hidden the
weight. l had 1t wrapped in
paper because didn't think it
would hurt SO much. She evil
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come into the house or some
Italian had been seen around
there.
II happened to pick up this
piece of Italian paper in a train
coming over that night and I put
it in my pocket, which accounts
for that part of it.
Il sat there and said. Il don't
think you better make 1t one
Italian, you better make it two.
That is as far as plans went.
Stayed There In q Dare
Il stayed there, sat more or
less in a daze, until / suddenly
discovered it was getting daylight
and left.
Il got back to Syracuse. /
had said that l would go TO
Haddon Gray's house for supper
that night and l also wanted to
call up Mrs. Webb Howe.
After that l went to the hotel
/ had gotten Haddon Gray, in
case any telephone calls came in
from my own home, to come
over and make the bed appear as
though / had been sleeping in 1t.
l told him that had gone to
see her and that while I was
there these two men came in and
told him there had been a muir.
der committed. He, in his at.
tempt TO cover me up. took the
grip which had the brief case and
the shirt in it and the suit in it.
/ don't want to implicate them
at all because they had no hand
in it at all.
THE sashweight was bought in
Kingston, n. Y. bought it in
Kingston week prior to meet.
ing her. ! bought the chloroform
the same day. 1t was my idea
to just simply chlororm him and
the window weight came as an
after thought.
she took the window weight
with her. had the chloroform
myself. The gauze was an old
buster from my office which 1
picked up.
when got to the Snyder
house on Saturday night the i'm
Elements were under the mothers
pillow. She had put them there
and instructed me to find them
there, together with LIQUOR.
THE alibi letters mailed from
Syracuse were mailed by Had.
don Gray. l made that arrange.
ment.
Tied Mrs. Snyder--Took Money
Before left, in order to carry
out the pretense of robbery, 1 tied
Mrs. Snyder up. She went down
and got some rope and brought it
up and tied her hands and feet.
Before tied her up Mrs. Snyder
took the money out of Mr.. Sny.
der's wallet and handed it to me.
'"The yelled threats that I re-
ferred to were threats Mrs. Snyder
made to expose to my wife the init
mate relations between her and
myself unless l helped her with
this plan.
"Mr. Snyder may not have been
dead at the time ] had struck him
on the head with the sash weight.
Mrs. Snyder had also struck him
and administered the chloroform.
Sworn to before me this 22nd
day of March, 1927. Signed Henry
Judd Gray"
Gray Offers Statement
Miller sought to show that tn,
district attorneys had forced" tn,
confession from Gray.
O. Wasn't Gray in a state o
Axha ustion?
A.--No-He seemed to be In goo,
condition.
o--Didnt he tar you he hal
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her plans seemed to fail. She
started then to hound me. on this
plan. l said, absolutely no. Then
/ didn't see her so often as l did.
Later she told me that she and
her husband had big fight one
night. and she said isn't Is
strange that some man said that
If ne didn't treat me better he
would kill him?'
Got Him i'm Big Whirl
"As l recall it. there were at
least five or six attempts that
were made on his life, none of
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BOUNDED HIM TO CRIME
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had been arrested in Syracuse and
brought TO Long Island City.
The confession was admitted a
evidence after a vigorous battle on
the part Of Gray's counsel to pre-,
vent its admission on the ground II
was obtained under duress. The
statement was signed in the office
Of the district attorney at los a. m.
on March %. 1927.
District Attorney Newcombe reaG
the, confession without any attempt
at elocutory effect.
ST make this statement volun.
tarily Of my own free will, with
out fear or coercion, knowing
that anything / may say may be
used against me-" Gray had said.
''I was introduced to this Mrs.
Snyder about two years ago in
town by Harry Folsom. I be-
Heve that he had picked she and
another girl up at the restaurant.
came in from a trip and he in.
PRODUCED me to her. I didn't see
her, I don't think, for two or
three months after that. I would
say probably It was two months
when she wrote me and asked me
to get a corset am in the
corset business, salesman. /
did that.
she Is a woman Of great
charm-I probably don't have to
tell you that-and I did like her
very much and she was good
company and, apparently, a good
pal to spend an evening with.
st think that the intimate rela.
tions started in August. If ! am
not mistaken. 1 think in Septem
Der we started to correspond. 1
was in the habit of getting two
or three letters a day--one prac.
tically every day when was
away from home.
"She became confidential in
the fact she and her HUSBAND
were not getting along.
Told Mother He Was Wed
Il think it was in November or
December that she spoke about
increasing the insurance on her
husbands life. She told me that
It was to be $4,000, as 1 recall.
Il saw quite little of her
from then. on She would come
in town shopping and call me UP.
She called me considerably. and
wrote to me very often. I will
say, to use the slang. she did me
pretty hard for a while. / was
out to her home for luncheon.
and met her mother. I don't
think her mother knew of the re.
lations which existed. At the
time / met her 1 told her / was
married. was very happy at
nome. and had a very fine wife.
AS this thing kept growing
she made several attempts upon
his life. She told me, and told
her l thought she was terrible.
/ think In two instances she gave
him sleeping powders or so-called
sleeping powders and turned on
the gas. / think she gave him
bichloride of mercury at the time
he was sick with hiccoughs. She
wrote me. she gave him four at
one time and six at another. All
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which were successful. Then she
started to hound me upon this
plan to assist her.
II have always been a gentle
man and l have always been
absolutely on the level with
everybody. / have a good many
friends. IL l ever have after this
l don't know. absolutely re.
fused at first. With some yelled
threats and intents of love max
ing. she reached the point where
she got me in such a whirl that
l didn't know where ! was.
During the past two weeks
since this plan was concOcted
/ have been in a literal hell.
That is the truth because have
very finei- little wife and a
wonderful daughter.
I went over to her home
about two weeks ago tonight on
a call from her that day at the
office and l think | walked
Queens Village for two hours and
a half and absolutely gave up
any idea of it. ! started TO hear
from her again when | got out
on the road and called her up and
she said this night that last
Saturday, when they were going
to a party, that she would leave
the doors open that might get
I'm So / went in the house
and l was coming downstairs
to beat it when they drove up
the front. ! had to duck upstairs
as | was three quarters down.
! went back to her mothers
bedroom and sat there and he
came in and came upstairs. She
asked me II I was there. These
implements were underneath her
mothers pillow. She had written
me about all the plans and details
of what it was to he.
Il purchased a window weight
and the chloroform for her. l
bought the handkerchif also. This
may sound as though / was more
than vitality interested in any
outcome. wasn't because l
never really in my own mind
thought that / would go through
with it,
Snyder Showed Fight
"She came in that night and
said: You are going to do it,
aren't your said 4 think l can
/ sat there for probably an hour.
They got in about O'Clock and
told her to go back into bed,
figuring that l could steal away.
But she didn't go. she sat right
there at the doorway and 1
started after her. She went
first.
Il followed her to the bedroom
and it was l that hit him the
first blow with this window
weight. He started to fight and
she got very much excited. 1
scarcely knew what did happen
for a short time. He got me by
the neck tie and 1 think, | am
positive. that she started to be-
labor him with this sashweight
after that. She had the bottle
of chloroform and handkerchief
which she poured on the bed.
II don't know whether she
gagged him or not. She passed
me a necktie to tie his feet and
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which God hath joined together and
no man can put asunder!
Judd Gray's wife does not appear
in court.
This, too. is quite natural!
A wife may stand 10y her hus.
band in time of trouble, but only
with honest feelings If that trouble
is any but the fact that he mas
preferred another woman!
Neville can einoerely urhnld- her
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1t is the. natural instinct of
mother to fly to her child in time
of trouble and danger. She would
brave the furies OF hell. and defy
the world at large to protect her
child!
No degradation so deep no glory
so great, that it can alter a moth
er's love!
The bond Of birth between q
EnothSe ana child II the true de
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court opened. Mrs. Snyder, flankad
by a police natron, was calm and
collected. Gray looked depressed.
James Conroy. assistant district
attorney. who was present when
Gray signed his confession on
March q, was recalled to the stand
and cross-examined by Samuel
Miller, counsel for Gray.
Miller first asked permission to
call witnesses to testify concerning
Gray's confession and the court
granted it.
High Blonde Pressure"
Gray, whether or not he has it,"
was it yesterday, for Ruth Snyder.
in her signed confession, read to the
court after being introduced into
evidence, told all--on Judd.
Judd's fault, apparently, was he
was suffering from high blonde
pressure. According to the WON.
ans statement he did the killing for
her. because she had ''burdened
him" with her domestic troubles and
had told him of Albert Snyder's
threats to blow her brains out and
get her."
II loved Judd Gray and he loved
me-" she said. And Judd could not
bear the thought of the woman, who
had come to mean so much to him.
being destroyed by her husband.
I'VE must get him before he gets
you" Ruth says Judd wrote her.
And they did. the State charges.
After the dramatic reading Of the
marble woman's confession by Dis
trict Attorney Newcombe. in which
all the cold-blooded details Of the
murder were revealed in skin.prick-
ling minutiae shocked spectators
were treated to a new slant on this
strange woman.
Objected to Word xiii
She went to sleep in the District
Attorneys office ON the afternoon
OF Monday, March 81, the day after
the murder. Her statement was be-
ing transcribed from shorthand
notes into cold, discriminating type
writer sentences. When Assis-
tant District Attorney Peter Daley
came in to see her about the con-
fession, she had awakened and was
curling her hair with a curling front
She objected to the length of the
confession.
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BY Fay King

LONG ISLAND CITY, n. Y,
April 27.-Judd Gray's mother
sits white and heartbroken in Queens
county courthouse as her son sits
before her, alleged to have committed
one of the most atrocious murders
on record.
She deserves no special credit for
Nals-a million mothers would do
he .Aa1,aaa
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COPS BEAT HIM,
JACKSON SAYS

Philip Jackson. colored. accused
OF having criminalIy assaulted Mrs
Daisy yelling on the Capitol
grounds on February 18, testified
in his own behalf today. His de
Tense Is an slibi. He was at home
on the night in question, going ia
he'd at Q o'clock and sleeping until
s the next morning. Three wit.
nesses, with whom he lives corrobor
ated his story.
The accused charges he was
taken to the District Building, put
through the third degree, and
forced to sign a confession that
he had committed the assault.
He detailed how he was struck in
the face by various officers, and
how guns were stuck in his face
and he was threatened, unless he
confessed.
Officers who took his confession,
however. denied. under oath, that
any force was used.
Jackson was unable to recollect
little that was said or done, during
the two days that he charges he
ives questioned. except that ne was
abused, beat. struck and threat
eped."
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ing can alter the bond between
mother and her child Her love is
rooted in that child's first cry. and
the years of innocence and hope
that belong to no one on earth but
that mother.
Every mother can understand why
judd Gray's mother sits in the
Queens county courthouse. and
every wife, can understand why his
vile 81 not thAcet
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husband when he has broken every
vow and sacrifice. every sacred
promise Of their union, for another
woman.
Wives have forgiven for the sake
Of their children, hut no love is
deader than that which dies when
husband sacrifices his wife, his
home, and his children for another
woman! - u.
VEfVAs. zaaatnAsaaa, 1,aurdAn...- a.nth.
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IDENTIFY stripped that because 1t
was bare. came upstairs and
started to throw things about, as
you know, to make it appear as
though it were a robbery. l
know | sat there and had three
or four drinks. She gave me
this bottle that, went with me
to Syracuse. She had given me,
guess, small bottle, together
with a larger bottle, which 1
think was probably my own
doings as far as / was concerned,
because even when ! was sitting
there l firmly in my own mind
absolutely said it would not go
through. But it did, unfortu.
nately. I went down stairs and
this story was then thought of.
She said that some Italian had
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GUT MAY
be FOUGHT
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fled for all loss. estimated at more
than $4,000, 900.
Business men and property
owners OF New Orleans have prom.
ised TO shoulder the burden Of REIN.
bursement
But these assurances failed u
satisfy the dwelIers of the con.
demned district. They are protest.
ing vigorously against any wilful
act that would destroy their prop
erty to save that Of others. They
hold that "nautre should be allowed
to run its course, and name its own
victims"
Caravans from the condemned
parishes streaked into New Orleans
with the dawn today. The refugees
report that while many OF the resi-
dents, have yielded willingly to the
mandate of the governor, many
others are in an angry mood and
there is much talk OF resisting the
order.
Reports from SC. Bernard parish
state whisperings amOnE the
farmers indicate that many OF them
may take up position on the con-
demned levee with firearms and re.
slst any attempt to cut IL,
Polygras LeVse IL at a sharp
bend on the eastern side Of the
river, ten miles below New Orleans,
After a careful survey Of the situa.
ton, engineers decided the opening
OF crevasse at this point would
lower the crest OF the flood up
stream and save the weakening
levees that protect New Orleans.
The spillway will give the waters
a shortcut to the gulf over the
farmland Of st. Bernard and Pla-
quemins parishes.
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been up three successive nights?
| A.-No.
Did you tell him that Mrs.
Snyder had cenfessedy
| A.-No.
o.-How did he come to make
this purported statement?
Ale said he wanted to make a
voluntary statement.
Conroy revealed that there were
half a dozen police officials present
including former Police Commits
sioner George v. MCLAUGHLIN of
New York City and District At
torney Richard s. Newcombe. Con-
roy said Gray did not ask to see a
lawyer.
Were Afraid-Cried Over Plans
Mrs. Snyder in her confession told
all about the plans to kill her hus-
hand: how Gray came to her home
one night two weeks before Snyder
was slain to do the gruesome job.
But" she said, "Mr. Gray and
I got cold feet that night. and we
cried like babies"
Two weeks later, the night of
March ~, 1927. they went through
with the murder. however. After
she put the baby to bed" she went
in and lay down beside her unsus-
pecting husband.
When l was sure he was asleep
went TO the next room and told
Mr.. Gray she said.
Gray had been waiting, murder
implements in hand. and a bottle
of whiskey which Mrs. Snyder left
for him nearby.
.'He kissed me-" she related. land
walked into my husbands room.
And then they killed him.
Spectators were lined around the
wall and every seat was taken when
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||SUMMARYOF|
DAYS TRIAL

LONG ISLAND CITY, n. r., April
27.-As court opened today it ras
announced .Grdy's confession RrOuld
be read By NeBcOmbe. The room
tcGs black NTH cTotrds.
Prior to the reading Of Grdy's
statement, James ConroV, assistant
district attorney, apho witnessed
GTGg'S signature to the document,
4Cds cross-erdmined By Samuel Nil
Ter. Gray counsel: he testified that
Gray made confession uoUHtdrily.
GrGy's confession tcdS read to the
court
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Hoover in New Orleans

Hoover In New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS, April 27.--secre.
tary Hoover will remain in New Or
leans today and tomorrow studying
details of the disaster relief mission
which brought him into the stricken
Mississippi Valley Monday. He will
return to Vicksburg Friday morning.
inspect the functioning of the pern1a .
nent Red Cross relief headourters at
Memphis Saturday and return to
Washington Sunday.
Army engineers and members of
the Mississippi River Commission,
who arrived with the Hoover party
today, launched Immediately into a
study Of surveys which they hope
will enable them to determine the
exact boundary and of the lands to
be flooded by the blast levee.
Within an hour of his arrival
General Jadwin was engaged in draw
ing formal legal instrument author
izing the spillway. All damage
claims arising out of the operation
are to be borne by the State and city.
It was emphasized by Federal of.
ficials.
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staff Photo

SAN FRANCISCO, Doc. Glenn
Pop" Warner, whose stanford
Cardinals meet Pittsburgh in a
post.season game at Pasadena on
January 2, was back from the East
today where he watched the Pan,
Tiers in action against Penn State.
Warner said that Pittsburgh was
the best team he has seen perform
this year, and he, by the way. was
among those present at the Notre
Dame-Southern California game at
Chicago, Saturday.
Warner is among those who be-
lieve that the much talked OF deci-
sion OF John Schommer, the umpire
OF the Irish-Trojan game, deprived
Southern California of q victory.
II was watching the play closely, =
Warner said, for IL the play sue.
ceeded 1t meant a touchdown. ]
was positive that + saw Riley. the
Notre Dame quarterback, catch the
ball and start to run with it.
Hibbs and Saunders hit him while
he was in motion. The ball fell
out OF his arms and rolled out of
bounds in the end zone.
After a mad scramble q II. s. G.
man fell on the ball. In my
opinion that constituted a safety.
not a touchback as was ruled BY
Schommer. It was too bad that
such an important game was de.
cided on d technicality." u
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7l4ORP, FAMOUS GRID OFFICIAL, SELECTS STRONG ELEVEl
|L,IGI
FLASHES

At Philadelphia = Jack Gross,
Salem, N. j., heavyweight, scored
technical knockout over Homer
Smith, kalamazoo. Mich, In fifth
round. Harry Martone. Jersey City
scored technical knockout over
Frank Manaliari. Butte, Mont. in
fifth round. Ricardo Romano
Philadelphia heavyweight, won de
cision over Win Mathews, Baltimore
sixth round.
At New York Dominick Petrone
New York featherweight. won de
cision over Johnny Green, also o.
New York In, 10 rounds. Terry
Roth. New York bantamweight
scored technical knockout over joey
Ferrentino. Brooklyn. in third round
At Meadville, Pa.--Johnny Ryan
Boston bantamweight. won from
Freddy Vincent, Tronto in, Il
rounds. s
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CRESCENTSBOW
TO BONDS

The Bonds whirIwinds slaughtered
the Crescent five, ss-1s. last night.
Mickey Macdonald was the high
point scorer. caging four two
pointers and collecting two points
from the liberty zone.
The Calvary Methodists continued
their winning pace BY disposinE Of
Park View. 34-22. Calvary easily
penetrated the Park View defense
and ran away with the contest in
the final quarter.
The strong st. Martins foormen
scalped another team by handing
a $50 drnbbing to the Commercial
National Bank tossers. Warren led
his mates to victory with Z double
deckers.
Scores Of last nights basketball
games follow:
St Martins. IS: Commercial Bank. q
Bonds Whirlwinds. 80; Crescents, IL
Calvary Methodist, -, Park View, %
Calvary Reserves. 20; r. H. Smith, To-
Calvary Reds, 81; Columbia Firemen. is.
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be ideal for the attack. Other
good ends are Moeser OF Prince
ton, Scott OF Yale. Born of West
Point. Latsko Of Penn State. and
Folwell Scull OF Penn.
For the tackle berths we have Sc.
lected Hake, of Penn, and Douds, Of
w. and j. Hake was the standout
tackle OF the country. The Penn
leader played one of the most aggres-
sive games OF any tackle. Aggres-
siyeness is d necessary attribute Of
a lineman. 1t Is the foundation Of
line play. Lack of aggressiveness is
a cardinal sin in a forward. Hake
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The ends are Oosterbaarl of
Michigan ana Nash OF Georgia.
Both are capable extremity guard
ians. Oosterbaan is one Of the
greatest all-around players devel-
oped in years. He stands out like
i north star in the heavens Of
present day ends.
Nash is a steady player. He il
good at receiving forward passes
and q sure. hard tackler. With
such q pair to toss passes the de-
Tense would have plenty to worry
about. They would have to play
deep to safeguard their forward
DassinE zones.
Such condition Of affairs would
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played a fine game all season. He
would add strength to any outfit.
Douds, of w. and J., was another
of the same type. He was always
cutting through into the opposing
teams territory, Once the ball was
snapped. Douds was across the scrim-
mage linz, carrying the fight to his
opponents.