New Britain herald., 1927-05-04

his nose"
 This Identical phrase was at- tributed to Gray himself when Mrs. Snyder was on the stand and told of telling Gray of an accident" her husband had had. ' met her again early in October" he said, "and she told ne she had had another argument with the old crab,' and that she was at the limit o: her endurance. I urged divorce. but she said that was not the way out"
 Called Trips Honeymoon" In the middle of October. he said, she met him in Newark. N. J.. and i they drove up to Newburgh. N. Y.. for lunch, and thence to Kingston. He said she referred to the trip as the first honeymoon she had ever had.
 As Gray related this. his voice ] caught with emotion and 1t seemed for moment that he was going to cry.
 | At Kingston, he continued. she told him In detail of the differences
 between her and her husband. He said he told her he could not under stand her feelings as he was not un-
 happy at home to that extent. They went to Albany from King ston and thence to Troy.
 As Gray continued his recital. he seemed to be struggling. . lump
 in his throat. He sighed deeply at intervals and was evidently hard
 pressed to retain his composure.
 From Troy they went to Schenec-
 tady, he said, and thence to Amster- dam.
 Was Her Hove Slave"
 He testified that on this trip Mrs. Snyder's love making was so intense
 that he became to all intants a slave
 to love. It is this condition Of help
 less submission that Gray's counsel says the corset salesman was in at
 the time of the killing.
 At Amsterdam, he said. Mrs.
 Snyder learned by telephone that her ;, husband was ill. He said he suggest
 cd her return home but she said,
 Let the old crab die."
 They then went to Syracuse. with
 stops at Gloversville, Bonneville and
 Watertown.
 I Hides Her Face. While Gray testified Mrs. Snyder
 sat at her counsel table with her
 head buried in her arms. He spoke
 in fiat, even voice. devoid of emo
 tion, and was allowed to tell his
 story with almost no prompting
 questions from his lawyer. Binghamton was the next stop. where they had luncheon with the
 buyer for his principal customer.
 Then they went over into Pennsyl-
 vania. At Scranton his funds were low and he borrowed $57 from Mrs. Snyder.
 In Scranton, he said Mrs. Snyder l, suggested they "get good and plas-
 tered" as it might be the last day of
 their trip. He said he protested that 7 they must stay in condition to call on his trade, but in the end they ] both got intoxicated.
 They then went to Stroudsburg, J Pa, and thence to Newark, 10 days
 having been spent in the trip. Gray . said that at Newark he repaid the
 money he had borrowed and they ther went to their respective homes. At subsequent meetings he said, Mrs. Snyder told him of continuous quarrcls with her husband, and something would have to be done" Said She Was Foolish. ; 'I told her she was toolish." he said. ''and that I had taken her on the trip to get her over any such ideas.
 "she replied by asking me if l knew anything about knockout
 drops and if could get her some. said absolutely not . He said that she then told him ot a friend in Hartford, who was going to take her to the theater. saying she had asked him to bring her some sleeping powders. He visited her in her home, Gray
 said, and she showed him how she had kicked 8 tube from a gas heater in an attempt to asphyxiate her hus-
 band.
 T think you are absolutely crazy Gray said he told her, land she then told me she had also tried to kill Snyder in his garage. She said she
 took him two drinks of whiskey there and had then closed the doc, while the engine was running" Or this visit, he said. he took her some small bottles of whiskey and she
 told him she was going to put pow. ders in the bottles. "She had several kinds of poisor around the house." he said.
 Gray said he saw Mrs. Snyder hall
 a dozen times in November of 1926 and she spoke constantly Of hel marital troubles. He then identified the suitcase which has figured in the case severa times, before, telling which article. in it were his and which were Mrs Snyders. At one of the November meetings he said, she again asked him about knockout drops.
 She said she had some powders. F he testified. but told me she wa. afraid they were not strong enough She asked me if I could find out.
 said I could but that l would not. . refused to have any part in such { | scheme"
 Says He Refused. Toward the end of the month, ht
 said. she asked him if there wasn'
 any way to get rid ol her husband and would Gray help her. He testi fled that he refused. "She told fine she was going tt 5 make one more attempt alone" h. l said. and if that failed, l woult