The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-13
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co TO CHAIR
NEXT MONTH.
SIayerS Calm as Execution
Is Set for Week of
June 20.
SILENT AT SENTENCING
But Faces Betray Mental
Anguish.
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LONG ISLAND CITY, N. Y, May.
13.-Ruth Snyder and Henry Judd
Gray stood before Justice Townsend
Scudder today and heard the SEN
tence of death passed upon them,
as punishment for the murder of
Albert Snyder. Justice Scudder or
dered they be electrocuted at Sing
Sing Prison the week Of June 20.
The suburban housewife and cor.
set salesman, caught up in an Illicit
romance that shattered two homes,
they were straining and tense as
Justice Scudder pronounced the
doomsday words as follows:
"The judgment of the court Is
that yOn Ruth Snyder, for the
murder In the first degree Of Al
bert Snyder, whereof you are CON
victed, be, and you hereby are.
senteced to the punishment of
death; and il Is ordered that,
within ten days after this days
session Of court, the sheriff Of the
county Of Queens deliver you, TO.
gether with the warrant OF this
court, to the agent and warden of
the State prison of the State of
New York, at Sing Sing, where
you shall he kept in solitary con
fnement until the week beginning
Monday, the Goth day of June.
1927, and upon some day within
the week so appointed, the said
agent and warden of the State
prison Of the State OF New York.
at Sing Sing, is commanded to ex-
ecute and to do execution upon
you, Ruth Snyder, in the mode
and manner prescribed by the laws
Of the State of New York."
He repeated the same formula in
sentencing Gray.
The expected outcries, such as
condemned men and women some
times can not control as they face
the forfeit the commonwealth de-
mauds. did not materialize.
Listen With Closed Eyes
There was suffering in Ruth
Snyder's eyes and her head was
bowed, but she dill not weep. Judd
Gray's eyelids closed and his Jaw
quivered. but the composure of the
stole little man survived the fateful
sentence.
Both defendants will be spared the
trip to the prison at Ossining until
Monday. Although police motor.
cycles were stationed outside the
courthouse, it was decided to post
pone the journey.
All of the seats in the great court.
room, were twelve men listened to
the evidence against the two and
found them guilty Of murder in the
first degree after little~more than an
hour deliberation last Monday, were
filled at $3.50 a. m., but the vast
crowds that featured the trial were
missing.
Two juries, trying minor felonies,
were in the panel boxes and had
front row seats for the sentencing
of the country's most noted slayers.
1t was exactly 10 o'clock when
Justice Scudder came to the bench
accompanied by Supreme Court JUS
tice Carswell. Newspapermen
pressed forward around the counsel
table. The spectators stood. Then
came the prisoners.
Woman Appears Fresh
Ruth Snyder, her hair freshly
curled and blond tresses straying out
from beneath her black, close fitting
hat, appeared as though her nights
sleep had been fitful, but the woman
despite her mourning garb was sur
prisingly fresh.
"There she is," the crowd whis-
pered and pressed forward for bet
ter look at the woman. On such a
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