The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-05-12
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good health again yesterday, FOL.
/ fits and coilapseS. An attendant
said she Is IN very good shape.
Her mother, Mrs. Josephine Brown,
visited her for an hour in the
morning. The visit seemed to cheer
both women.
Al man who has access to the
jail daily and who has become very
| friendly with both the blonde
woman and her former lover. talked
/ freely to reporters yesterday follow.
ing visit with the pair.
Judd Gray told me again." he
said, "fllat he felt terribly sorry he
had to inplicate Ruth. But, Judd
said, 1t was the only thing could
do. had to get it off my con-
science. and in doing that had to
tell the truth. The truth could not
be told without bringing her into
Ruth Snyder, according to this
! man, is still insisting she never
struck q blow at Albert Snyder and
that she had no hand IN the actual
sshe Is very bitter toward Judd
Gray" he continued, t'hut Il Il my
opinion, despite this bitterness, they
are still In love. If they had the
opportunity, I am convinced they
would fall into each others arms SO
fast It would knock their teeth out.
If they were sentenced - life i'm.
prisonment, they'd contrive some
way to write to each other every
day.
More Intelligent Of Two
Judd Gray was deeply Impressed
with Haddon Gray's friendship for
him. II was a very wonderful and
beautiful thing.
He IL the more intelligent OF the
two. Mrs. Snyder is a lightweight
She seldom reads. She Is not the
type Of woman that cares about
books. Judd, on the other hand,
is q serious thinker and beguiles
many hours with books and maya
zines Of the better variety.
Prison officials, who cannot be
accused Of bias, say Ruth is far from
being tho cold, reserved person she
has appeared in court, but on the
contrary is normally a merry. light.
hearted woman.
'As bad woman, she IL the worst
sell have ever met-and I have
met many people in my life and have
seen all kinds.
~YIf she is an epileptic, It would
explain her moral degradation per.
fectly to me.
''Neithers Of them expressed any
desire to see the other to me. I
! don't believe they want to at this
moment. I think they will"
Judd spent yesterday in reading
Rebuilding q Lost Faith" by John
Stoddard. one of the first American
lecturers who became a convert to
the Catholic faith. He wrote sew.
eral letters, including one to his
friend, Haddon Gray.
Gray is wholly reconciled to his
fate. He has obtained the for.
giveness Of his mother. his wife,
and his friends.
Mrs. Gray To Pay Last Call
For the first time since a week
before he dubbed Albert Snyder to
death with q window-Weight, Gray
win be visited today by his wife.
Mrs. Gray. who has been in Sc
clusion in Connecticut since
shortly after Gray was arrested in
Syracuse, N. T., has made arrange
ment, 1t was. learned, to visit the
condemned man in his cell In the
Long Island Jail sometime this
afternoon.
She had written him she would
come to see him, Friday, but in
view OF the change of date Of sen.
tence she will come today, un.
doubtedly, as this will be her last
chance to see. Judd before he goes
to the death house.
Mrs. Gray did not attend the trial.
and until today, the only encour.
agement the corset salesman has
had from his wife has been q, few
notes delivered him by jail atten.
Mrs. Snyder also will have visi.
tor this afternoon when her Swear.
old daughter, Lorraine, will be per.
m1tted to visit here for a short
time in the jail.
me only glimpse Mrs. Snyder has
mad OF her daughter since she was
1lrst arrested was when the child
was placed on the witness stand for
Few minutes during the trial.
TWO mild flurries occurred in the
vicinity of the Jail yesterday. The
tlrst was when telephone cali
came from Brooklyn Police Head.
quarters asking information on Mrs.
Snyder. There was a rumor afloat
she had dropped dead in her cell.
DIR. Stoerger. who visited her in
the morning, reported she was alive
and in good spirits.
Attorneys Still in the Fight
The second furry was a personal
one. when Mrs. Leah Arendt. s
ALVIN Terrace. Rutherford, N. j..
called on District Attorney New.
combe with an idea. She beseiged
him with feminine logic and some
very bad poetry in an effort to
obtain his support for a movement
she said she had started to abolish
capital punishment.
Neither Ruth nor Judd was af.
fected by the news that they have
spent their last weekend in the
old Queens county Jail, where they
have been for eight weeks. Judge
Hazleton arrived in the late after
noon to break the news to Ruth.
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