The Washington times., 1927-05-09
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nsver abandoned her plan.
ssSlle got him more and more A her
power. She knew that by the sap.
ping Of vitality ana the constant re
sort TO drink she could make any
suggestion and get him to do most
anything Tor her.
What 3 cold, calculating, Fen0rse-
les. cOnscienceIess inlauman plan
ming Of . human nends. She finally
oneceeded.
She kept ct it until she HI him
INST as dull as one under hypnotic
apell4 She cot his mental condition
90 Slapped that she lured him into .
&Mnso atmosphere and rot him 20 thu
point when she merely said: u want
Is so and that was enough fer him.
From then on Gray never stopped
% thlnk-he did Just as she said.
1EIIlard told the jury.
She had overcome his resistance
stliat was the tragic part Of I" the
attorney said, land, finally, one
na0rning she told him: My husband
must be killed.
The suhdenness shocked him and
he told her 90. She spoke Of getting
3 gunman TO do IL, Of chlOr0fO forming
her husband. Of killing him In Otlaer
ways.
Just Poor Dupe
FINALLY. she said, Judd must help
Her. She went ahead as though the
naurder were an accomplished fact.
Under her alIuring power. under
the dominating tnkluance Of mas.
ter mind. he went to do her bid
ding.
elalOrOEOr1n. gets the wire, the waste,
comes down on March IN the
afternoon and they mAe9k. She
wanted To- Gee Whist his mental con.
ditaOn Wa. She was testing him.
"And burning and pointing at
Cray. sittang mOtlOml0nB lA his
chair that poor fool. that Door
dune, went cut there"
What, inQnired MlIlard. was the,
first thing Mr.. Snyder 0id when
Gray came to the home the niGht
OF March Z at her bidding, whsn
she wanted Gray - kin her hus-
band?
'.shs saws Aan : Sax drink Il
whisky" he .saAd
Gray then tod her he aguldnt
do N. said Millard. and he tried 70
give her the wire. tlIe Cott9N waste.
the clllOrOforn1 and other things 10
had been carrying around but she
''But. gentlemen" he sllOuted.
ssshe already had hidden the sash
weight which she had Judd Gray
buy for her. in the basement"
Everything Set For Gray
s.Did Gray prepare his alfbl in the
way the criminal prepares an
alibi?" Millard asked the jury.
ssNeverr'
Willard recalled the night OF the
murder in Queens Village, March 10.
s1She left the door unlocked Tor
Gray, didn't .sllee" cried Millard
s'Elle cigarette signal that all was
well was there. But he didn't even
know when he got there, drinking
IS he had been. what the signal
meant.
'sAni this woman went to . party
with her husband that night. All
the while, she was shalmming and
planning his death. Isn't that the
/, dlabolical mind Of . ffend3"
MiIlard reminded the jury that
Gray got 60 the Snyder home at
about midnight and that, waiting
for him, under q pillow In Mrs.
BHyQSE . ItAOlACk , GOOkA was y SeSAAe
weight, pliers and tour.ounce bot.
Gle Of whiskey.
sRemember that bottle said Mi.
lard.
Nearby was another quart Of
Whlekey, said Willard.
Mrs. Snyder knew Judd would
drink.
ale drank from the bottle. with.
out hesitation and 70 made him
dizzy" explained Willard. ssf1e sat
on the floor. What was In that
bottle? IN tell you what / think.
think the quart bottle counter
acted the effect Of the poison IN the
small bottle"
Objection Overruled
Attorney Edgar r. EIazleton, 81
Mrs. Snyder's counsel, leaped % his
feet with an objection. but was
Overruled.
Millard then reviewed the actual
death scene. Mrs. Snyder bhook
her head negatively over various
accusations BY Millards When he
accused her OF actually hitting her
husband with the sashweight she
became excited.
Describing the actual killing Of
Snyder. Willard said. 4
when Mrs. Snyder Aaid every.
thing was ready. Gray went into
the room and struck Snyder. Sny.
der jumped up IN the bed and
fought grabbing Gray's nectEtlo and
nearly choking him. Gray called,
MOmsie, Tor Gods sake. help me-
She picked mp the sashwelghe Gray
had drOpped and she struck Albert
Snyder and he never krappled again.
Gray may have thought he
killed Snyder, but the medical ex.
aniner testified here that no one
OF those blows had fractured Sny-
ders skull. Do YOU remember how
Gray showed YOU the other aav how
he held the sash weight2, WHY. \
blow as he held it In his shakv
hands would not have fractured the
mans skull.
Ignorant Of wire
"She had tried to get him, you
remember, to help her tie the wire
around Snyder's neck. and he
could not do it. Ruth Snyder later
asked whether her husband was
dead. Gray said he felt cold. Judd
Gray was so totally ignorant OF the
wire around Snyder's throat that he
old' not even see Il there. And
when the wire was found around
the throat q gold lead pencil be.
longing to Gray was with the wire,
] win tell you why, that pencil was
there.
Do you suppose she was going ID
cake the chance on leaving 4 sur.
v1ving. witness Of her crime % travel
arOund the country No, she thOnrht
mat after her hNRhMYan wnnlA IA