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The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-27
THOSE OFFICERS BROKE
RUTH'S BEAUTY SLEEP
Maurne Watkins Tells How Snyder Case Defense Views
That Confession Made in Bed.

time Of the MARRIAGE, he seemed
like fifty to me-"
He never took me out, and that
is why l had to seek the company
of others"
He was constantly picking and
nagging at me and l had gotten to
that stage where 1 would take any
means to get out Of it all
Il could not divorce him :"
Attention. State of New York: Il
could not divorce him."
II was in love with Mr. Gray and
Mr.. Gray loved me, and if my hus.
band hadn't said that he would take
my life, we would not have thought
of taking his
No excuse for the crime, but 1t
makes Of the marble woman a crea-
ture of flesh and blood.
Copyright, 1927, New York Telegram
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-27

Mildred Riddle. upper left eighth
grade pupil in Valley Mills, De-
catur Township schools, won the
County Zone Spelling Bee at
Warren Central Tuesday after
noon, and will compete in the
State Spelling Bee, sponsored by
The Times, in MAY. Upper right
is Betty holland, sixth grade pu-
pill. John Strange School. Wash
ington Township, runner-up in
the County Bee. Upper center
Geft TO right are Chairman {. T..
Fash, Warren Township; Frances
Carter. Lawrence Township. and
Ruth De Long, Pike Township, of
the County Spelling committee,
and w. N. Stafford of Butler
University faculty. the official
pronOuncer. Center. below Qeft to
right Walter Rudolph of Law
renee Township, Irma Cartmell of
Warren Township. Helen Stumpf
of Center Township, Mary Vaughn
Of Perry Township. and Marvin
Roberts. Beech Grove SpeK.ng
champion, who represented their
townships i'm the rural champion
ship competition.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-27
Will Remembers Churches
I'm YimeS NDccinL

BIZ Times Special
SHELBYVILLE, Ind, April 81
Three churches here, the First
Methodist Episcopal, the First Pres
byterian and the First Baptist, will
receive $4,000 each by the will of
Samuel Laughlin, who died here re-
Gently. Other beneficiaries are:
Hanover College, $4,000, and a
church and Sunday school organiza-
ton in Ireland.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-27
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prove this perfect palliative, and, any
druggist sells it.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-27
BY Maurine Watkins,
Author of Chicago"

NEW YORK, April 27.-The jury
looks puzzled and dazed. Who is
on trial-Ruth Snyder and Henry
Judd Gray, or the officers and as
sistant district attorney. who OBJ
tanned their confessions?
It's very confusing. The indict.
ment, as they vaguely recall. con.
tains the names of the former, but
for hours and hours the latter hold
the witness stand and are the butt
of defense attack.
And, with what crimes they are
charged! Speaking rudely to a lady
held for murder, interrupting her
beauty nap to ask questions-think
of it, to ask questions, Naughty,
naughty Mr.. DAILY of the district
attorneys office, didn't mamma ever
teach you it was rude to ask ques-
tons of lady, even if she did sash
weight her husband and scent him
with rhloroform?
Such Bad Manners!
And. worse still, you neglected to
announce her callers-her mother
and daughter; what did you mean,
Mr.. DAILY, by interfering with the
reception hour of a woman held for
murder? Is this the etiquette of
our criminal procedure? Why didn t
you let her go?
Because the investigation was
not complete" is Mr.. Days simple
explanation.
o, fie, fie! Shall officers of the
law be thus allowed to monopolize
the time of ladies who kill?
And Mr.. Gray Jared equally bad,
for they talked to him. the men who
made the arrest in Syracuse, with
out even calling his attorney.
And then, my dear, when Mr..
Gray got chummy and questioned
them in return, they refused to
answer! Can you beat it-such
rudeness to a man held for PIC
ture wire strangulation!
Some day. long hence, when jurors
need be neither liars, illiterates or
eccentrics, the status of confessions
will be clearly and Enthusiastically
defined.
But at present they're documents
a police officer has to get in order
to clear his books; documents that
the suspect is glad to sign in order
to hush that singing, buzzing mos
quito questioning that constitutes
the modern third degree and docu
ments that are instantly repudiatec
upon the entrance of the defense
counsel as obtained under duress
violence, threat or promise of re
ward or immunity.
And the law holds that any sucl
attendant circumstance immediately
invalidates the statement, however
true it may be.
Confessions Defined
Their chief value-confessio
not defendants-is that they enable
the State to gather evidence. Theil
chief danger is that their admission
to the jury may be grounds for ap
peal and reversal.
Hour after hour they bubble anC
fight.
Finally. it's read. Ruth Snyder.
statement-and, curiously enough
for all her attorneys objections, it.
the best defense she'll ever have.
Even though read by Prosecutor
Newcombe. who is most assuredly
not sympathetic, it rang out with {
strange simplicity and sincerity tina
touched the heart. The crime wa.
hideous, the slayer callous, bu
certain phrases, certain sentence,
paint a poignant picture:
! While he was only 80 lat tn,
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-27

BB United Press
LONG ISLAND CITY, n. Y,
April 27.--Henry Judd Gray blamed
1t on the woman" when he made an
alleged confession to the murder of
Albert Snyder.
Gray's confession went into evil
dence today at the trial of himself
and Mrs. Ruth Brown Snyder for
the Snyder murder and it revealed
and absorbing story of a man who
admitted that his own will had given
way to dominance by the will of a
woman. The woman was Mrs. Sny-
der, the statement said.
Used Threats
1T absolutely refused at first and
with some yelled threats and intense
love making, she reached the point
where she got me in such a whirl
that 1 didn't know where l was at, "
read the confession as it charged
Mrs. Snyder with inspiring the MUIR
! der.
At another point it said
IT will say, to use the slang, she
did me pretty hard for a while
Gray charged that Mrs. Snyder
made several attempts to end her
husbands life, before the murder.
aeTwice, he charged, she gave Sny-
yder sleeping powders and turned on
the gas, in hopes of killing him, but
each time Snyder escaped.
Checked FaIterinC
The confession charged Mrs. Sny-
der with actual participation in the
murder. Gray said that after he
struck Snyder with a window weight
Snyder clinched with him and
grasped his. necktie.
When Gray faltered, the confess
sion said, Mrs. Snyder stood by and
told him that "this thing has abso-
lutely got to go through"
Then the statement said that If
there was picture wire found around
the neck of Snyder's body, it was
tied there by Mrs, Snyder and not by
him.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-27
Fall From Auto Fatal

BU Times SDeciQI
MUNCIE, Ind, April 27.-Funeral
services were held today for Vinton
L. Mickey 2S, of Castor, who was
fatally injured when he fell from an
auto driven by George r. Thomas.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-27
REFUGEES HELD
ON RIVER SPAN
Continued From PAGE II

VNUHIIIUVu FTOm Page II
ly 10000 refugees quartered in
Nicksburg and vicinity.
Close guard was kept over Negro
refugees on the outskirts of the city
after labor agents We're found try.
ing to induce the Negroes not to re.
turn to plantations when the flood
is over.
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-04-27

Mildred Riddle. eighth grade
pupil at Valley Mills, and rep
resentative Of Decatur Township in
the Marion County Zone Spelling
Bee. at Warren Central School
Tuesday afternoon, won the county
championship.
And Betty holland, who wore the
colors of Washington Township,
shed bitter tears. She had lost on
what the judges considered q
technicality. Betty is a sixth grade
pupil at John Strange School.
The line had simmered down to
two. with Betty and Mildred fighting
it out for county zone honors, which
would pave the way to entry into
the State Spelling Bee here in May,
sponsored by The indianapolis
Times.
The word Protestant" was given
by w. NJ. Stafford, of the Butler
University faculty, who had been
appointed official pronouncer. by the
county spelling bee committee, COM
posed of c. f. Fash. principal of
Warren Central; Ruth De Long of
Pike Township. and Ruth Carter
Of Lawrence Township.
Failed to Capitalize
Betty spelled it, but she had
failed to capitalize. The judges
ruled her down-the word was cap
italized in the Mccall Speller, which
was authority in the rural bees.
Betty protested before the word had
been given to Mildred, and the pro-
test may have put Mildred on the
alert. for she spelled it to the salts
faction Of the judges and was de-
clared county zone champion.
There was protest from Betty's
mother and there is possibility of
carrying the case to the board of
appeals, appointed to act in dis
puted matters. There. it is un-
derstood, Webster would be cited as
authority that capitalization of the
word protestant" is not compul.
sorry.
Only twenty minutes were re.
quired to declare the winner.
Pauline Hines of Pike Township
headed the line and spelled correctly
the first words given to her. Then
came the word deceive" Pauline
began, then hesitated. She began
Evening star., 1927-10-21

week., at 1855 am. 1885, $40. $40,
7:o5 and 9:15 pm.
Little Theater-"A Dolls House."
continuous l to IL pm.
Tivoli-"Smile, Brother. Smile" at
23o. AIS. sos, ESQ and 9:4o pm.
Ambassador-"Broadway Nights"
at 610, s and GAS pm.
Central-"Cheating Cheaters..' at
1890, 2, $50, 5. $50, and 9:40 pm.
Wardman Park-"Log of the
T-BOat," at and 9 p.m.
Evening star., 1927-10-21
U. S. Woman Asks Paris Decree,

PARIS. October 21 up. Mrs.
Marie Louise Sabatier Evans has
made application for divorce from
Noble Woodson Evans, charging
abandonment. The couple were mar
ried in st. Louis July S, 1921, and
have one daughter.
Evening star., 1927-10-21
TODAY'S ADJUSTMENTS.

National-"The Jazz Singer" com.
edy drama, at $40 pm.
Belasco-'And So to Bed" comedy.
at $40 pm.
Keitl's-Julian Eltinge. vaudeville,
at 2:15 and SIS pm.
Earle-Jimmie Carr's Orchestra.
vaudeville, continuous 1880 to IL pm.
Gayety--"Jiggs. Maggie and Dinty," "
extravaganza. at 2:15 and SIS pm
Strand" Naughty Nfties,' bur
lesque. at els and SIS pm.
Fex--"Seventh Heaven" continu-
Gus l. am, to II pm.
Metropolitan-"The Rough Riders, !"
at HIS am, lis, 3:15. sis, 715 and
500 pm,
Running Wild" at Ills
am. lis. 3:15, SIS, tbs and 915 pm.
Rialto--"A Gentleman of Paris" at
1850 am. las. $50. 5:35, TAO and
$50 pm.
Columbia-"Beau Geste" (second
New Britain herald., 1927-07-18
sEAsHoRE SPECIALS

FORD COUPE. : or ) pass, good condi-
tion. shock absorbers. extra tire. Special
at $45.
BUICK -FOUR" ROADSTER. Navy blue
and wine color. New top. cowl parking
lamps. motometer, windshield wiper.
Exceptionally good looking and fine
running. $175.
STAR -FOUR" SPORT TOURING. Ele-
giant condition Almost new. Mileage
$40. Duco finish, factory equipment
and two original tires Not a scratch
anywhere. Runs about rs miles per
gal. Shock absorbers glass side Shields
double bumpers sun shade. spare tire.
step plates. 1915.
FORD TUDOR SEDAN. Balloon tires
puco finish. slip covers, many extras,
1927 model. 3325.
LEXINGTON LIGHT Six TOURING. &
PASS. Duco finish. nne running and
very economical (nearly 20 miles per
gaD. Many extras. sass.
FORD TOURING. Not 1898 model but
looks good, runs 0. X. and has splen-
did tires. Bargain at $s5.
COLUMBIA LIGHT Six SPORT TOUR
ING. Has bully good Continental
motor. fast and snappy. Low hung
sls5.
wH1TMoRE PAIGE co.
31s EAST MAIN ST.
OPEN EVENINGS TEL. $50
New Britain herald., 1927-07-18

Family LOANS
so to $500 ON "a HOURS NOTICE
50 to s. monthly. plus lawful interest.
repays SO to 800 cash loan. Every re-
payment reduces the cost. Write. call or
phone 1-94-3.
BENEFICIAL LOAN SOCIETY
lol RAPHAEL BLDG. SECOND FLOOR
80 WEST MAIN STREET
Between Washington and High Streets
OPEN Q to $50 SATURDAYS to l
Licensed by the State and Bonded
to the Public
New Britain herald., 1927-07-18
FINANCIAL
Business Opportunities

MIRROR SlLVERING spare time bust
ness for sale. Complete equipment and
instructions, No opposition. Price rea-
sonable. Tel. o929-12
Money To Loan 48
New Britain herald., 1927-07-18
BUSINESS SERVICE
Repairing and Plano Tuning

BEDDING-Have your work done now
Mattresses box springs. cushions, etc,
renovated and remade equal to new and
return same day. New bedding made to
order. Upholstering How're City Bed
ding Co., 60 fremont st. Phone S1c5
CUTLERY. lawn mowers sharpened and
repaired. r. H. Wilcox 2ol Hart St.
Tel, 30lo-e,
New Britain herald., 1927-07-18
BELyIDERE, "a FRANCIS STREET

Formerly Lake Boulevard. Brand new
room cottage with all modern inn
provements. Living room c7xl3, and all
other rooms very spacious. Fireplace.
ironing board, steam heat. stairs to
attic, large front porch; one car gar
age in rear. Very high and level lot.
House now open for inspection. Call
OWNER, 2o2e-3, BETWEEN AND
II A, NJ OR S TO Z P. NJ.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-18

BLACK ROCK AVE- tenement house
Of Is rooms. all modern Improvements.
Lot has frontage OF lis feet. VIII
be sold reasonable. Aaron Dnnielson 4
New Britain herald., 1927-07-18
Houses For Sale

BELVIDERE--Fram dwelling, 2 family,
IL rooms, new, ready for occupancy.
Priced for a quick sale Easy terms.
II. j.. Christensen. Room 4, 1S1 Main
st. Tel BEL
New Britain herald., 1927-07-18

105 ACRE FARM, ) miles from city. all
tillable, 10 room house. with all mod
ern improvements, city water, big stock
and farming tools. Price reasonable.
New England Real Estate Co., +s6
Main St. Tel. 1875 or SOS.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-18

LINWOOD ST. 2S2--6 room apartment
on End floor, tile bath, cedar closet.
all improvements. Call 4246.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-18
Footwear and Clothing

FIELD CORN. Leaning Eureka. Long
fellow. Red Cobb Ensiage 8. P. Stro-
pie. 1855 Park st. Tel. 939.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-18

CENTRALLY LOCATED-3 family house.
Single house near Normal school, Both
priced to sell. Middleton. Tel. 9S1-1&.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-18

81 ACRE FARM on good road. near
railroad station and factory. House Of
8 rooms, all improvements: barns.
stock and tools Price very reasonable.
See Carlson & Carlson. 16S Main St
Tel 1877.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-18

ST, 1915 room tenement,
house just completed all latest i'm
provements. weeks rent free. Tel.
1890
New Britain herald., 1927-07-18
EDUCATIONAL
Dancing Teachers

4 SUMMER DANCING STUDIO! Bali
room or stage, $50 W. Main St. Call
6l3 or 1865 for Information
New Britain herald., 1927-07-18
Agents-Real Estate
Farms For Sale

llENSINGTON-New 5 room bungalow.
all improvements, including heat: lot
60 IT. front. Terms $500 cash. $50 per
month for 100 months interest.
Ing. II. ]. Foiren. 1s2 Main St. Phone
1890 after o'clock. Phone 643-l3.
PLAINVILLE--S Small farm for sale.
acres of land 6 room house, the
main road. All kinds OF fruit trees.
Price $500, Apply Peter Denuzze. AIS
Main ST.. New Britain.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-18

FRANKLIN ST. 72-2 furnished rooms.
light housekeeping. all conveniences:
private entrance.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-18

LINDEN sT-Near Chapman St.. fam
lily brick house. new. rooms to floor.
car garage All modern improve
mentA Price real reasonable. RAbinoW-
Raschkow Real Estate Co.. 303 Main
~ Tel lsl0
New Britain herald., 1927-07-18
MERCHANDISE
Fertilizers, Seeds, Pla

| 20 ACRES of standing grass for sale,
| cheap. f. P. Durham. Tel. 1854.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-18

NEAR STATE NORMAL sCHOOL-A
beautiful s room house. fireplace. hot
water heat. built-in bookcasss and Ill
modern improvements. II you are con-
sidering to buy a home. don't fail to
see this one. Price reasonable. Carlson
I Carlson. 1sa Naia u TEX ls15.
New Britain herald., 1927-07-18
O.
dCct But Very 5andPm
MERCHANDISE
Household Articles

Machinery, Electric and Tools 81
CUPBOARD MOTORS-Elto Light Twin.
Starts on quarter turn. Let US dem
onstrate. Economy Sport Shop. Is Main
St
New Britain herald., 1927-07-18

young girl wants light work
caring for baby afternoons or evenings,
or answering telephone and caring for
office. Tel. $40.
The Washington times., 1927-07-27

marked. somewhat thiclly.
Yes, And by the looks of things
we're going to be here consid'aD
longer. That freight train can't
seem to make up its mind what to
Co." the driver agreed.
The caboose. having cleared the
road. ground to a stop and, after a
few minutes pause, slowly rolled
back across the road again, followed
by a grumbling string of freight cars.
Cop gonna geshya for parkin'
overtime" the confused individual
remarked, ponderously turning his
head toward the side window. with a
motion somehow suggestive Of the
heavily moving freight train. Here
comes a cop now-gotta ticket al
ready for you"-as the blue-cappad
solicitor for the hotel approached ex.
tending a printed card toward the
pessimistic traveller.
"Grea' Shcott!' the West Vir
ginian gasped, staring moon-eyed al
the pastsboard, ''read wha'sh on
here: Room an board, hic, fol
two pershonsh by the week, $45.
Goo night! We're gonna be here
a week"
Many users of the Baltimore
Washington boulevard have prob
The Washington times., 1927-07-27

ably reached q similar conclusion
while waiting for an interminable
freight train to quit shilly-shallying
and get down to business.
The Hyattsville grade crossing is
one of the most troublesome In the
United States. Seven thousand
motor vehicles cross the tracks
there daily in the twelve-hour period
from a. m. to p. m. On Sun
days and holidays the number
mounts TO 10000. During the heavy
eight hours of this period, rs pas.
senger trains are scheduled to hold
up traffic there, ably assisted by
an equal number of freight trains
which figures out q train holding
up traffic every nine minutes on q
highway carrying a motor vehicle
every ten seconds-in the peak per.
iods, much more than that.
A. delay of five minutes for a
heavy freight train IL nothing I'M
usual, while 200 or 800 motor We.
hicles jam the highway for q half
mile or more on each side OF the
track.
According to Charles p, Clarke,
assistant general manager Of the
American Automobile Association.
these traffic jams are not straight
ened ont until the vehicles have
proceeded a mile or two.
The Washington times., 1927-07-27
Wife Fond of Malone
Despite Divorce Suit

PARIS, July S7.-One would never
suspect that Doris Stevens is suing
her husband, Dudley Field Malone,
international lawyer. If one could
have seen them separate at st.
Lazare station today.
Miss Stevens feminist. who re-
tanned her maiden name after her
marriag on the boat tran
to sail upon the liner Majestic. She
and her husband walked down the
station platform arm.in-arm. They
kissed affectionately before Miss
Stevens boarded the train, When
his wife departed, Malone waved
his hand until the train was out
Of sight.
Miss Stevens filed suit recently
in the French court for divorce.
The Washington times., 1927-07-27

To buy, sen, rent or employ use
lines and Herald classified ads.
The Washington times., 1927-07-27
DIES
IN THEATER
By international News Service

NEW YORK, July "a. Film
circlesl from coast to coast were
shocked today by news Of the sud.
den death of Juae Mathis, noted
scenario writer and "discoverer" of
Rudolph Valentino.
She died as a result Of q heart
attack in the Forty-eighth Street
Theater as she watched a perform.
ance Of Fhe SQuall."
She had attended the theater with
her mother. Mrs. Emily Hawkes..
Ten minutes before the final cur.
tain, Miss Mathis shrieked:
Mother, I'm dying"
Miss Mathis was dead by the time
aid arrived.
Miss Mathis was the wife of Sill
vanio Balboni, a motion picture
director who is in California.
She was about 35 years old. and
had been engaged in scenario writ.
ing and motion picture making for
10 years.
Her achievements, besides the
writing of the SCRIPT for 1.-THE -Four
Horsemen" and Ben Hur," in.
cluded Blood and Sand" and 1.-THE
Ratah." both films in which valen-
tino was starred: Turn to the
Right" and Camille"
To buy. sen, rent or employ use
Times and Herald classified ads.
The Washington times., 1927-07-27

itself to the line and before the
caboose Of the leisurely moving
freight train had cleared the cross.
ing. vehicles half mile down the
boulevard were coming to a stop.
One Of the two men who .Oc-
cupied the sedan appeared to be
bewildered, either by the strange
ness of his surroundings or by the
contents Of a pint bottle, which
bottle, after a lingering caress. he
threw to the roadside.
Been here long WHILE" he re.
The Washington times., 1927-07-27

was porn July
"a, 1891, In GAINESVILLE, Tenn. He
attended the Clarksville grammar
and high schools. and af'o~ gradu.
alton from high school studied
engineering at Vanderbilt Uni.
versity. Nashville, Tenn, receiving
the degree Of bachelor Of engineer.
ing.
During the war he was a. lieu.
tenant Of engineers, designing vari.
Gus engineering equipment for the
army. Five years ago he entered
his present line Of business, and
now IL manager Of the Phelps-Rol.
low Company. This company has
twenty employees. The motto Of the
company IL I'VE Deliver the
Goods"
Mr.. Rollow ID married. He has
two children, . boy and q girl.
His son IL In q private school at
Clarksville. Tenn, and his daughter
viii enter the Potomac School Of
this city In the fall. He Is q mem.
Der OF the Chevy Chase Club and
the Masonic fraternity.
Read the PheIps-RoIIow Com
pany's message to You In the
Who's Who Directory on next 20
the last page Of tOday'a Times and
| k4GBa40s
The Washington times., 1927-07-27

The advertising Is restricted to
incoming cars and the average tie
up affords him time to patrol the
line Of stalled vehicles, often for
distance of three or four city
hlocks. pick out the nonresident
cars, and now and then talk for q
lew minutes with the waiting
drivers.
Traffic was heavy last Sunday
I afternoon, and a long queue of
: Vehicles was waiting for the gates
90 rise. A Studebaker sedan, bear
ING a West Virginia tag, added
The Washington times., 1927-07-27

Corporation Mt
122 fourteenth
st. N. W.
T hese COM
p a nj es are
wholesale Job
bers for auto.
mobile parts, and
maintain q shop
for the manu-.
facture and re-
pair Of parts.
They are now
p r0pa r ing TO
move on. August
] to their new
location at Four.
teenth and Swan
CT NJ Wy
The Washington times., 1927-07-27
Peril Seen In Traffic
lTe-ups at HyattsDiHe

The traffic teups that frequently the railroad
grade crossing the Washington Baltimore boulevard
Hyatsvile have introduced wrinkle in advertising.
Washington hotel company keeps stationed at the road
side who hands the stalled motorists printed
tong the advantages of this particular hotel along with
Schedules of charges