New Britain herald., 1927-03-23

mission by her counsel 10 attend | 1 the burial Of hcr husband of { whose murder she and her lover, Henry Judd Gray. are accused. Edgar Hazieton. representing Mfr. l. snyder. said Nh" had begged in her {. cell in the Queens county Jail ro be . allowed to go. but he advised . against it because he feared n" of- ! feet on her rapidly vanishing morale.
 Iazl"ton was interviewed in tho . corridors os tLo county building wher" the grand jury was assem- bling and was expected 10 yo'" d first degree murder indictment against Mrs. snyder and Gray.
 Lawyer i> Bitter
 EaZloton was extremely bitter over the states methods in iayes- tigating the murder O. Albert Say- ter, ma-azin" editor. and obtaining the confessions Of Mrs. snyder and { Gray, which they have rcpudiarod.
 He denied that SnylerS insur- anca had been increased from coco 10 s-5.oho shortly before the murder, on Mrs. snydors re- quest.
 MT Snyder had carried insu-- ancc oc s5Q,Goo for several years," he said
 Haz!~,on added that if Mrs. Shy der vas found guilty sh" un3ouut- edly would not grt tho Sj0.Up0 . which would go 70 the doaI mans , es'at" and probably 10 his 9-ycar- olI daughter. Lorraine. Seeks Other Clues.
 In d"nounciug the states meth ! , ois, Haz"'ton said Dana Wallace. {. associate counsel with him. had 1 gone to Syracuse and "ano'h,r city" 10 run down clues which the prose- cutton had overlooked .u its hHr- ried and precipitato iny-s' isation." ! lIa2Ieton was asked about rhe | truth oe the report 'ha, Mrs. Synder . vas about 10 gl." birth to a child . O. which Gray is the father. such a suggestion he said. lis . complete falschood and probably | was given out hy the police, IL is typical Of their attitude and shows . wanron disregard O: the truth" He also denied ompha'ically that . Mrs. snyder had been drinking cith- . TT before or after the murder, a. . charged.
 Mrs. snyder does not drink" he said.
 Plans separate Defense. r., ,l. l. ming q aparate defense and was not : i considering Gray's case. lie sa'i he . had not even considered the possi- Dility Of an insanity plea. Anxious for Daughter.
 Asked bout Mrs Snydrr's feelings ! toward her husband anl daughter. iaZleton said:
 she is just as anxious about Tor raiuc as a motu,r could be. She ! loved her husband and her child. Ii . she had har way. Lorraine would . have spent last night with her in the . cell. Mrs. snyder is d family Nom- an"
 Richard $. Newcombo, district at torney. said he would present his . evidence in the Snyier murder 10 . the grand jury during the day and 1 expected indictments this afternoon, | Both prisoners would b" arraigncd | in county court tomorrow, he added, ! and an earl trial asked.
 AS final preparation for taking i the case to the grand jury New ! combe questioned at length iladdon ! Gray and Harry Platz, both oi Syra- | cusc, who had been relied upon hy i Henry Judd Gray to back up his i alibi. Hadion Gray Is q friend, but 1, not relative Of Henry Judd Gray. ]
 The two Syracuse men Were taken | off New I ork Central train at iar- | mon, x. Y, early today and Wer" ! taken by automobile to Long Island {. City for a conference with the dis , trict attorney. T. was supposed that ! the procedur" was 10 avoid writ ! of habeas corpus in New ! York county.
 Samuel l.. MiIlcr, attorney, who | said he had been retained by Mrs. | Gray to defend her husband, later . admitted he WAS considering hiring ! alienists. but declined 10 admit that i an insanity defense was planned. !
 Mrs. Snydcr's attorneys refused to . discuss their plans. They were bitter . in court yesterday in their dcnunci- I! ation of police methods in obtaining | Mrs. Snyder's confession, and held , it was void because it was obtained | under durcss.
 Gray's attorneys advanced the ! same plea, but Gray later told his . wife the police had treated hlm . like a gentleman.
 Was Long Planned
 Evidences of the cold b!oodcd ma . ,,lre Of the murder increased as the ! investigation went on. IL had been , planned off and on for six months, | Gray said, originating in hat-Jok- ! ing way and finally crystalilzing into definite plans
 Mrs. Snyder was drunk when her husband was slain, according to Po- lice Inspector Coughlin-"So drunk that she didn't have sense enough to upset her own room.'
 After snyder was dead, Mrs Sny- ' der and Gray went into an auJoh- ing room and talked TOT an hour po- lice said
 According to one story Of the slay- ing. snyder tried to light after ne had been hit once with an iron "lh- dow weight, and Mrs Snyder hit him | on the head, knocking nlm nncoh- scious. Another version, however said Gray killed him and after the 1