Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-03-22

blood when the art editor was slain.
He said a blood stained kimono and
a nightgown of Mrs. Snyder were
burned after the killing.
Gray had been regarded by his
friends as a man of exemplary con-
duct. He was an active church work
er in East Orange, n. j., where he
lived
His affair with Mrs Snyder origi-
mated in Irritation in a restaurant
two years ago.
Police doubted Mrs. Snyder's first
story of giant burglars when they
found a diary which told of her af-
fair with Gray, and when they found
jewelry which she said had been
stolen.
Clues Lead to Confessions.
The unforeseen clues which murder
leaves 10 trap its perpetrators were
never better illustrated than in the
events which forced the confessions
of Henry Judd Gray and Mrs. Albert
Snyder They said they planned two
phases of the alibi. which was to prove
they did not club the woman's hus-
band to death.
One was the planted evidence of
robbery in the Snyder home, which
was to show that Mrs. Snyder had not
been in her husbands room.
Immediately after her arrest Mrs.
Snyder, astounded when the police re-
marked that the case did not have the
feeling" of burglars job, exclaimed;
What do you mean?"
Just that it doesn't look right"
''How can you tell?"
1--WE see lots of burglaries. They
aren't done this way" was the police
reply.
Six Flaws In Arrangements.
Six distinct flaws appeared In the
plotters' arrangements, as follows:
There was no confusion on her head
where she said she had been struck,
and no marks where she had been tied.
The lob did not have the ear marks
and the characteristics of burglars.
The entrance had not been forced,
indicating that the intruder had been
admitted.
There was scant medical precedent
for a woman's remaining In swoon
for five hours without real physical
injury.
The jewelry which Mrs. Snyder said
was lying in the bureau was found
under mattress.
Snyder's revolver was found on the
bed. broken open at the breach, but
not discharged, apparently having
been put there in a clumsy effort to
suggest that he had reached for the
revolver and sought to make a resist
ance.
"Alibr' to Preclude Mercy.
The second phase of the alibi was
Gray's supposed presence in SYRIA
cuse. n. Y, hotel at the hour when
TO hOy
killed. This alibi proved too perfect"
and now that Gray has confessed. it
rises up to stand between him and
the hope of legal mercy, which he
might claim by showing that the
killing was not premeditated.
GRAY. mancled to two detectives, was
brought to police headquarters in New
York this morning As the trio
stepped from an automobile, a swarm
of photographers rushed toward them.
GRAY buried his face in his chest and,
with the detectives. ran up the stairs.
He was taken to the identification
room, where he nervously pulled at a
cigarette.
Mrs. Snyder Faints.
Mrs. snyder was brought to police
headquarters later through a rear
door. She tainted as she was being
taken up stairs In an elevator, but was
soon revived. officials decided to post
pone her appearance in the routine
lineup
Police surgeons. after examining
Mrs. Snyder. decided that she was too
unset to stand the ordeal of being
lined up with other prisoners arrested
during the night throughout the city
and she was removed to Queens
County in an automobile.
Gray was taken back across the
East River to Queens County to be
formally arraigned. Police sought to
evade the crowds of reporters and
photographers by going out of side
door But the reporters sensed the
scheme, and when the manacled pris-
oner, guarded by bluecoats. emerged
there was IL rush, the boom OF flash
lights and the grinding of yards OF
movie reel.
Gray WINGED when he saw the crowd
and ducked his head under his over
coat.
Meanwhile. efforts to keep Mrs.
Snyder from the photographers also
failed. After she had been sufficiently
revived, she was led out of the build
ing by officers. She paled slightly
when the flashlights exploded and
buried her head under the collar of
her fur coat. The police car was tied
up for five minutes In the jamming
crowd.
Mrs. Snyder wore a blue dress.
champagne-color stockings. alligator
skin pumps. green hat and a heavy
fur coat. 1t was noticed that she
still wore her wedding ring.
WIFE STANDS BY GRAY. :.