The Washington times., 1927-04-20
BY MARGERY REX

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CITY. N. X. April %. Before com.
ing into court Ruth Snyder had i
jolly Is minutes chat with the
matfons who guard her. Mrs. Irene
/ Wolfe and Mrs. Nan Hart. Here
= part of the conversation:
Mrs. WoIfe-..I was much more
4 nervous in court than you were.
Mrs. Snyder. could not keep my
hands still. And sitting there so
long Is tiresome."
Mrs. Snyder-"VV Well, maybe you're
not used to sitting down and taking
r easy. / am. NervOusS Not
Bailfff to Mrs. Wolfe ''You ought
g hold q rosary in your hands,
Mrs. Wolfe. Then YOU could think
about that"
Mrs. Snyder 'aThat doesn't mean
! anything. What good Isl it?''
Mrs. Snyder does admit, however.
That the kind offices OF Father MUIR
ply, chaplain of the Jail, have
1 helped her considerably. Father
Murphy. though Mrs. Snyder is not
Of his faith, has consoled her on
occasions.
Called On Mother
Someone in the office of Mrs.
Snyder's counsel called on her
mother, Mrs. Josephine Brown, in.
Queens Village.
Her defense probably felt 1t might
be well for their clients mother to
remain with her daughter in court.
MRS. Brown apparently does not
wish to visit the proceedings at
present. and her daughter does not
seem to want her, since she made
no comment when told of the plan.
When she entered court, Mrs.
Snyder was greeted by her lawyers.
Dana Wallace, one OF them, leaned
over and said to her:
went to see your mother last
night and she wants to come to
the trial."
Mrs. snyder's face broke as she
said huslily:
well, give her my love-"
A smaller crowd stood in front OF
the courthouse They fear now
that there is no hope at present
{ OF Ruth making q speech from the
courthouse steps or throwing roses
at them
No Sign Of Emotion
Ruth Snyder. on trial charged
with creating her own right to wear
mourning for her husband, looks
inst as much as ever q product Of
the mineral and not the animal
kingdom on earth. The hard,
enameIed face she turns MP To the
world ID unblemished by thought or
emotion.
The quiet clinical aspect Of the
courtroom persists. Even the press
seats have neat druggists labels
pasted on their backs. You almost
expect to see written on them Sac
iGsharine', or Cyanide of Potas-
sum-" or 'sBicholoride." Instead,
they carry numbers or letters.
Samuel u. Miller, who announced
that he would be trial lawyer for
Gray, is strangely quiet. Judge
Willard, his associate, is doing the
heavy work.
Several scornful young men from
Miller's office and Mrs. Miller her.
geIf sit In the seats from which
gazed at Ruth Snyder on opening
bday. It's the Big Boy Boss first
important case, and they're all ex-
cited.
The first juror. A blue-shirt adj
dict. He'll be the foreman, too.
Il 1t will be the duty of this gentle
man to tell Ruth Snyder the bad
/ news, or good tidings, whatever he
and the eleven yet to be accepted
decide.
Wears Black Crepe
Number one is a medium height,
dark young man with a pleasant
humorous face. A dark gray suit
and q blue shirt set OFF his moist
looking, pink, schoolgirl complexion.
The defendant Snyder" took off
her black silk coat yesterday after
noon. She wore q simple black.
Icrepe dress with plated frill
Iabout her neck.
Jet mourning beads sparkled
across the back Of her shaved neck.
An inch or so OF badly cut yellow
hair jutted out beneath the black
velvet tam" she wore. VI
Now the. defendant Snyder" shiv.
ars. No, not in the "reminiscences
Sc the murder night. Don't be silly.
Someone Just opened the window
and there is a strong draught.
IA band Of gypsies, who have
mitchell camp In Queens. are coming
~ fha courthouse. II Mrs. Snyder
ITill cross their brown palms with
silver they think they can tell her
whether She or Judd Gray COM
mitted the murder. We have feel
ING that this information would be
Buperfluous to Mrs. Snyder's already
crowded mind.
But the Romany sisters think they
can pierce the future. Perhaps this
will be the piercing OF "the mystic
VEIL" which Samuel L. Miller has
believed surrounds his client Gray's
split personality.
Miller Ii now examining talesman
I u He once won an oratory prize al
Georgetown University, they say.
and Ruthless Ruth may hear herself
denounced with a blast that will as
found the author Of the "Judd.G Gray
is-a.jackaln letter.