The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-04-26
MAKES
GRAY STUDY
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actors can play the part, or If the
actors win live up to the emotional
strain, how they would look, or how
they would photograph. Old fate
himself did the casting.
Mrs. Snyder comes in first. She
Is dressed in black, black hat and
black dress. She seems rather
slender and I should say, better
looking than the pictures make her
out to be.
The camera Is often a demon, how.
ever. She has q long rather thin face
and a prominent jaw. She does not
look tIntroubled, by any means. But
she watches everything and seems
to hear everything. I should say
she IL not without determination.
Then Gray comes In, the leading
man.
Now. the great show begins.
He sits silent in his chair. /
never saw him speak to anyone
once. He has rather q small face
with q great deal OF back air.
He wears glasses. He looks, WE'LL
about like hundreds and thousands
Of other men look. could see
nothing In him any worse, or any
better than hundreds Of other men
you can see any day.
Tremendous Interest Aroused
Now. the first witness Is on.'i
The prosecution IL attempting to
show how often Gray and Mrs.
Snyder visited the hotels as man
and wife. They brought out the
tents in minute detail. They are
~ - - 4sssa al O..
case they had with them on the
pajamas, the mans pajamas, the
blue dressing gown, the powder
puffs, the talcuYn powder, ana other
things. Some of these other things
arouse tremendous interest.
neclss to see this piece OF drama.
think, when they see It.
Perhaps their minds 20 running
back to the time the suitcase was
packed; what hope, the secret
thrills, the amorous etirs, the exs
pectaI1cy. Those nights they spent.
You wonder how they feel now
these two as their minds must 20
back TO that time.
Gray still sits in the same posi-.
ton, looking at the floor.
Mrs. Snyder now ID leaning her
hand on her chin. Her fingers are
working. Her eyes move from the
witness to the prosecuting attorney.
pens at the window. It il quite
draughty. The wind blows through.
It seems to bring something that
IA HxAk /
himself was hailed to the bar Of
justice, wrote:
For who can tell to what red
hell his sightIess soul may stray?"
can imagine It written on the
floor before Gray's eyes. / wonder
II such q thought gets before those
eyes Of Mrs. Snyder?
Tap! Tapi Goes the telegraph KEY
The Newspaper people are busy
and as they finish a para.
graph or 90, they stop ara pass it |
from one to another down TO the |
carriers. They will rush It to the
press. Fifty.two telegraphic |
are clicking madly all |
at the same time, sending out the
story.
Telephone wires ali busy; printing |
presses ell humming. sending this |
tsory out to the world. Every tap,
tap, tap Of the telegraph, every |
hum Of the press which seems in |
rhythm to the lines:
"FOr who can tell 70 what red |
hell his Sightless soul may stray"
OF all the great crowds who read
this stuff sent out, how many OF |
them. reading careless1y and lightly |
this story, may come themselves to |
feel the weight Of this poets line?
Now they have the insurance |
agent on the stand. The one who
sold the policy to Mrs. Snyder. The |
trial seems to go fast, even to us |
spectators. How fast is 1t going to |
the two principal? This witness |
seems to be a very practical chap
and he answers incisively and direct.
". The prosecution IL trying to |
show, It seems, that Snyder took out |
only one policy for $1,000 on his own
account, and was tricked by his
wife into signing another policy,
which amounts to $4,000 face value |
and 100000 in case Of death by |
accident or violence.
Double Blow May Fan Soon
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