The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-04-28
BY SAMUEL SHIPMAN
Copyright, 1927, by the New York
Daily Mirror

Copyright, 1927, by the New York
Daily Mirror
LONG ISLAND CITY, April rs.
District Attorney Newcombe had
Just finished his burning arraign-
ment of Ruth Snyder and Judd
Gray.
Never before had heard such a
lashing. Every syllable trembled
with death. Never before had I
heard the story of such an APP
palling, CHASTITY, soul-wracking muir
der as the district attorney pinned
on the hearts Of Ruth Snyder and
Judd Gray.
1t was short and murderous.
What is the jury going to do
when they get the case? We are
here to size them up individually
and collectively, and tell you just
what we think of them and what,
in fact, we think of the whole jury
business.
Tribute to American Men
After a week of tedious and lrk-
some examination of about 400
good looking Long Island citizens,
IL of them have been coaxed and
coerced into admitting that they
would be perfectly happy to send
two of their feIlow-citizenS to the
electric chair, If, in their wisdom,
thew found them guilty. It was
mot so difficult to find IL men
who would be willing to send the
male defendant to his death, as it
h ~ H1A
Of the taIesmen who were exam
ined shuddered at the idea OF m
fIicting capital punishment on
woman.
That was great tribute to the
humanity and gallantry of Amerl-
can manhood. Let us forget Tor
q, moment that it was American
manhood that enacted the law and
made the woman the equal OF the
man before death.
The district attorney and his as
eistants have taken firm grip
Of the defendants right arms and
are trying desperately to pull them
into the death-house; while the at
torneys for the defense are Selling
the left and trying as desperately
to pull them through the gate lead.
ing to freedom.
Both will use the same force.
words! words! words!
But trust me, where Ruth Sny-
der and Judd Gray will ultimately
land will depend entirely upon how
the IL gentlemen of the jury will
happen to feel after all the legal
and judicial wrangling, and am
sure they are not going to feel any
too well.
They'll Do rs They Like
Indeed, for weeks they will hear
about intents and motives and legal
and judicial technicalities; but the
moment they will step out of the
Jury box and retire to a private
room to deliberate they will tell all
the justices and the district attor-
news and the lawyers to go hang,
and do as they happen to feel.
If in their opinion Ruth Snyder
and Judd Gray had too much fun
in this world, they will send them
to the. other.
Now. ask you, plain citizens,
who read The Washington Times,
why should your good money, paid
In taxes, be spent for legislatures 10
sit all day chewing at long cigars,
thinking out some new "dOn't"-
new laws, and a lot more money
for printing the "dOn'ts," and still
more for judges to explain the
''dOn'ts," when any IL men, who
don't know anything about the
'don'ts," have the final say on the
''dOn'ts?"
Judd Gray may be proven guilty
by a preponderance of evidence, and
vet, il only one of these IL men
likes the color of his tie. he will
not be convicted. And if there is
going to be one juror out of the 12
TO take q fancy to Ruth Snyder's
nose, they viii not only not find
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