New Britain herald., 1927-03-23
Haddon Gray and Har- ry Platt Say Accused Asked them to ''Cover Up" For Him as He Had ate "With Girl Friend"
Mrs. Snyder Not Allowed to Attend Husbands Fn- neral-May Ask Sepa- rate Trial-Man Not to Present Insanity Plea.

New York. March B lp,-Haddon Gray and Harry Platt. Syracuse friends Of Henry Judd Gray. ac- cused of the murder of Albert Sny der. today told District Attorney NeWcombe that Henry Judd GraN had asked them to cover up Tor him at Syracuse Sunday, accordiug 10 information coming from the room where the two men were be ins questioned,
 Had sunday Engagement
 Henry Judd Gray the police say told the two friends that he had an engagement in New York with q girl friend" and that his otflca might check up on him and be 'peeved' leaving Syracuse. where he was supposed to be working his sales territory.
 Haddon Gray, according to the attache of the district attorneys office, is said 10 have declared it was he who used the telephone from Henry Judd's room in the salesman s absence, and to have rumpled the bed, making it appear the salesman had slept there Saturday night.
 No Insanity Plea. F. r. Iiazlcton. attorney for Mrs. Ruth Synder, whose alleged confes- sion to participating in the murder sent detectives to arrest Gray in Syracuse as the other principal in the plot, today issued a statement saying that he was not considering an insanity plea for his client.
 He added that he was not yet de- cded whether to request that the woman be tried separately on the murder charge, or whether he would agree 10 the woman and her lover being tried at the same time.
 T have learned authoritatively, he said, that Mir. Snyder did not recently raise his insurance. as it has been commonly reported. On his own voltion. he raised his policy to $50, 900 two years ago."
 Woman's Request Refused.
 Mrs. Snyder. after restless night in her cell in the Queens county jail, where Gray also is held, made several requests that she hc permitted to attend the burial of her husband. Her pleas We're refused, | Funeral services for Snyder werH held at the Queens Village residence last night with large crowds of th" curious held back from the house To which only relatives and friends of the family were admitted. | Hazelton after talking to his clients reiterated today previous statements that he believed Mrs. Snyier's alleged confessions had been made under duress. What is more cruel than mental durcss-showing her bloody objects and giving her little sleep and little to eat" he asked. She told nc she had hardly slept since the mur- der"
 He added that Mrs. Snyder did DO drinking al her home the night ot the murder. was not drinking woman, did not got drunk and had been temperate all her life. The good weather brought out about 300 persons to follow the bod, ot Albert Snyder to the grave. OnlH a few were friends or relatives O. the family.
 Among the mourncrs were Mrs Snyder's mother. Mrs. Josephine Brown. who had hold of the hand of Mrs. Snyder's nine-year- old daughter. Lorraine. The other rela tives were two married brothers and two married sisters of the murdered man.
 , shortly after noon District Attor. , uoy Newcomhe promised confer , once 10 newspapermen who pressed him for details of the questioning
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