The Washington times., 1927-04-11
SNYDER
TRIAL ASKED
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der. They are accused OF beating the
sash weight on the night OF March
20, after Snyder had come home
from party with his wife.
Gray, morbid. and depressed dur
ing yesterday, broke down and sob.
bed in chapel at the Palm Sunday
services.
In her cell during the morning,
Mrs. Snyder, with no tools but her
own hands, manicured her nails,
polishing them on the prison blanket,
gave herself a dry facial massage
with her finger tips, and made an
uneven job of eyebrow. plucking In
the cheap. distortfng prison mirror.
Sings Hymns in Church.
Gray frightened a bit when he
went to chapel for the Palm Sunday
services. During the singing OF
Lead Kindly Light" he became
visibly affected and his sobs flied
the room.
Across the aisle. on the women's
side. not 20 feet from Gray, his
erstwhile flame, Mrs. Snyder, looked
at him disdainfully and smiled q
sneering, nocking smile.
Twenty-eight prisoners attended
the services which were conducted
by the Rev. ]. Hill johnson, pastor
of the Episcopal Church of the
Annunciation in Glendale, L. /.
Gray, needing his mothers advice
10 cast his burden on the Lord and
believe and repent, was attentive
throughout. He sang all the hymns
and responses with gusto.
Mrs. Snyder, cold. indifferent and
bored. seemed to relish the break
in the monotony of prison routine
which church-going offered merely
as a diversion.
Prisoners Stare At Gray
''The night is dark and / am
far from home" Gray sang falter-
ing now and then, as IL realizing
anew that he was not in the home
church in Orange, n. j., but q
marked man charged with murder
awaiting trial, and passing the in
tervenfng time in prison chapel,
he wept.
Lead Thou me on" he stumbled
brokenly through the concluding
line OF the hymn. He took out a
handkerchief, pressed it to his eyes,
but was unable to choke back the
strangled sobs that were plainly.
audible.
The prisoners stared. Some Of
them snickered. Al few looked sad
and sympathetic. Gray's partner
in crime looked at him.
''MollycoddIe, said her eyes.
The pair went through the usual
prison Sunday of arising at s, TAX
ing a tub bath, breakfasting on
prunes. bread and coffee and clean
ing Up their cells. After the mid.
day meal of boiled beet, potatoes,
bread and coffee, there was exercise
and chapel.
In the late afternoon Mrs. Snyder
read. She took two magazines Of
detective stories which some one
had sent her and threw them into
a corner OF her cell,
Denial Il Expected
Gray and Mrs. Snyder will APP
pear before Supreme Court Justice
Townsend Scudder in Part OF the
Queens County Court, Formal mo-
tions will be made by Mrs. Snyder's
attorneys for a separate trial for
her. It is expected Justice Scudder
will deny the motion, for 1t is
customary in Queens County to try
Jointly those persons who are in
dicted Jointly as these two are.
IT was learned following a check
up during the past week by the
District Attorneys office. that Gray
was among a group Of 1e men who
frequented Long Island roadhouses
along the Merrick Rd. with Mrs.
Snyder during the last two years
and half. These men, az well as
the proprietors OF the roadhouses.
will be subpoenaed as witnesses.
Samuel L. Miller and Judge
william J. Millard, counsel for
Gray, conferred yesterday in Judge
Millard's home. They have COM
pleted their defense and are ready
to 30 to trial. Mr.. Miller said he,
would not announce what their de.
Tense would be until the trial, hut
intimated 1t would be something
startling.
Gives Cryptic Explanation
''It Is both old and new. Parts
of 1t are very new and parts Of It
are ancient. The Talmudic and
Justinian laws cover t." was all
that he would say in his cryptic
explanation.
CrAy's mother. who has dis
PLAYED Spartan courage elnce her
sons arrest, wrote him another