The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-04-28

Anything about his leaving
Syracuse?"
"He said he was going to Albany
that night and wanted to know if
would help him OUT
Help him out howl"
Had Dinner Engagement
He said he was going to keep
dinner engagement in Albany with
'Mumsie' and might be out all night
He asked me to stay in his room,
answer telephone calls from his wife
or office and generally give the i'm
preston that he was in his ROOM"
did he ever show you picture
Of 'Mumsie?'"
"Yes."
do you know who she is?"
II do now"
"Who?"
MRS. Snyder"
Haddon Gray said he agreed to
establish an alibi for his friend,
thinking that he was helping in
mild filtration.
/" "Just what did you do?"
II went to the defendant Gray's
room, mailed some letters he had
left there, phoned the desk not to
disturb me, and hung the don't
disturb sign on the knob of the
1
and made it look as though it had
been slept in. That was the next
day, March 20.
You left note?"
Eyes"
Note Read in Court
District Attorney Newcombe then
read from slip of paper: Bud; per-
feet. Cali when ready. Had, and
the witness said that was the note
he left in Gray's room.
when did you hear from him? ?"
'fIe telephoned me late that after
noon and invited me to supper"
Ibid you go?"
ayes, with Charles Plat in his
car. That was about 6 o'clock. We
went to Gray's ROOM"
what was the conversation
"He said that when he had got to
Albany he found telegram from
'Mumsie' telling him to go to her
home in New York. He said he went
athere and when her husband returned
unexpectedly he got in closet. He
told us that when he came out of the
closet he found that the husband had
been killed.
Ibid he show you anything?"
"He showed me some blood stained
clothing and again showed me the
picture of his 'Mumsie,' the picture
of that woman there"
did he have any explanation for
the way the husband got killed."
Gray's Explanation
Eyes, he told US about dark man,
apparently burglar, ransacking the
house."
what was done with the articles
he showed your"
"He said 4 must get rid Of these,
will you help me?" ! suggested we
take the stuff to Platt's office, which
We did in black suitcase that we
.put on a shelf"
"What them"
II took the defendant Gray home
with me. While my wife was getting
supper, he played marbles on the
floor with my Children"
EYES,"
Conversation"
he said: Had, / did,"
Il said why did you and he said
4 don't know"
As Haddon Gray gave this evidence
against the man whose intimate
friend he had been since their early
school days, Judd Gray still sat
motionlcss with his eyes on the floor
Mrs. Snyder Smiles
mony eagerly and fleeing smile
crossed her face as Haddon Gray
spoke of seeing her picture.
Under cross examination Haddon
Gray gave more details of Judd
Gray's story. He said that while in
the closet the defendant saw the
burglar "slug Mumsie." When the
burglar had gone, he said, he left
the closet and found the husband
dying on the bed. In leaning ovel
him to see If his heart was beating
Judd Gray was quoted as saying HI
got his clothes blood stained.
(By Dana Wallace for Mrs. Snyder
"You thought burglary had beer
committed and q man killed. DID
you do anything to help the author.
ities?"
II did not"
"Did you do anything in your
power to cover up your friends trail
although you knew that this might
obatruct justice?"
II did"
"Why?"
II thought I was protecting hin
from being victim of circum
Stances" He learned on Monday tina
Judd Gray was charged with murder
he said.
Told Falsehood
Tuesday morning three Syracuse
detectives told him Judd had con
Afessed and. asked for his bag. %
told them didn't know anything
about it," the witness said.
s'That was faisehood?"
eyes"
"You lied although you knew h,
was charged with murder?"
Absolutely"
Asked why he had not told tn
truth, Gray replied:
81 didn't believe Judd was guilty.
ION the other hand, wasn't you