The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-05-05
Memory FaIters

Gray went on to say his memory
was vague as to the exact method
of striking.
"You remembered yesterday, didn't
your" shouted Wallace.
81 think So"
"You think so, do you? Do you
remember breaking down and crying
here yesterday as you reached a part
of your story?"
az don't know that do"
'You were told to cry at just that
point, weren't your"
mo, sir, was not"
Wallace mentioned the part of
Gray's testimony in which he told of
Mrs. Snyder's alleged attempts to do
away with her husband.
"She told you of these attempts
to take Albert Snyder's life, did
she?"
Eyes, sir"
"But the fact is that Snyder was
alive until you entered his room
that morning."
eyes"
an other words he lived until you
decided to kill him."
Gray's answer was unaudible.
Justice Townsend Scudder again
reminded the audience, 1--WE are in
a court of justice and order must
be maintained"
Miller referred to the burning
of blood-stained clothing in the fur
mace of the Snyder home. Gray said
yesterday that Mrs. Snyder had
taken the clothing to the furnace.
Put on Snyder's Shirt
while Mrs. Snyder was out of
the ROOM" Gray said today, 81 was
trying to get into one of her hus-
bands shirts.
"W hen she came back l asked her
to cut the buttonhole, so that couldl
button it. She did and 1 asked%
her where she had been. She told
me she had gone to the cellar to
burn my shirt and her nightcloth-
basement and the stuff was still
burning. l threw in some coal and
then took a broom and swept the
floor She showed me the place
where she had put the sashweight
and there We're ashes on it,
Made Burglary Scene
His movements after leaving the
cellar, he said, were indefinite in
his mind. He told again of mussing
up the room so as to make the crime
suggest burglary as n motive.
"Then she asked me if her hus-
band was dead and l said l thought
not" said Gray.
'She said I'd have to help her put
picture wire around his neck.
said l could not, but l did try to
help. l was so shaky, though, it
wasn't any use"
Justice Scudder interrupted.
You say you tried to help" said
the court, where were your"
I'm her husbands room, your
honor" replied Gray courteously.
Gray said he left the room before
the wire was put around Snyder's
neck. He told of drinking liquor
and Of going around the house wild
ly, further missing it up.
Tied Up Woman
He said, as before, that he tied up
Mrs. Snyder and then, fortified by
more drinks, left the house.
He walked over to bus stop early
on Sunday morning, March 20, andf
rode to Jamaica. He recalled havN
ing talked to IAN elderly man." and
Of having seen a policeman shoot.
ing at bottles. Both were States
witnesses.
Arriving at Jamaica. he found no
train was due to leave at once for
Manhattan. Accordingly he took
cab.
II got out and paid him." said
Gray. Il gave him all the change
l had"
1t was recalled that the chauf.
feur. testifying for the State, said
the bill was $3.50, and Gray gave
him scent tip.
He took train for Syracuse, he
said, and while on the train threw
away Snider's watch, the strap of
which was bloodstained, and Sleep
ing powders Mrs. Snyder had given
him.
The witness told of arriving in
Syracuse and of drinking consid.
erably.