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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-25

well as the slow-moving Shenandoah
are scheduled to get under way
next Saturday, July 2, for game
fish Waltonians. but it viii be
lean creel for 'Over-the-F Fourth"
anglers unless a decided change
takes place in present water con-
ditions. Anglers having recently
looked over the bass grounds, in
the broken waters, declare the
fish to be plentiful. II seeing Is
believing, for never before in
modern times have they seen 40
many leaping fish. This 10 In.
deed a most encouraging sign and
with the passing Of the unsightly
water anglers can hope for big
days upon the tideless waters.
Salt water angling was bit off
stride during the forepart of the
week, but has gradually tuned
itself into unison and today we
find the pastime marching with
even tread to the up and up.
Hardheads of select stock have
staged a comeback in company
with Norfolk spots and King viii.
liam perch, the largest of their
kind to be taken this season.
Forerunners Of the trout family
have put in their appearance and
a few scattered fish have been
hit into at lower Potomac AMI
Chesapeake resorts.
As the trout ID considered
one Of the gameSt fish that mi.
CRATES to our waters, anglers
can look for some real sport
from now until cold weather,
when the gamesters depart
for a warmer cline. When
comparing the fighting ability
Of the trout clans there are
only two tribes that match
them rs fighters, the rOckfish
and blueflsh.
There is little timidity about the
trout when he happens upon your
lure-he takes it on the Jump,
with no unnecessary fussing. But,
always remember his cunning, for
he is a foxy fellow and when
hooked will invariably swim boat.
ward. If hooked only in the car.
tilage + the mouth and the slack
in the line is not Immediately taken
up he will gain his freedom.
The trout is considered by many
anglers. to be the most handsome
fish that swims. His colorings
seem to comprise all the hues Of
the rainbow. He is q sporty fel.
low and might well be termed
the peacock of the deep.
He may be shy the power of some
of fresh water gamesters, but
when fished for according to the
sportsmen's creed. on light tackle,
he can put up fight that will
leave a lasting imprint in the
anglers memory.
His tender mouth has given
him another name-alOng the
Atlantic seabOard he Is known
only as the weahfish.
The angler should keep this
ever in mind and never "horse"
or force his trout, for unless
hooked deep, he will invariably
tear through the transparent .,ris-
tie. Adopt the time-worn slogan
when trouting, "handle with care"
Now, in regard to his feeding
time. The writer would say that
the trout has no fixed home as
this is affected by the tide, lish..
wind and water conditions.
Your may make . killing one
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1927-06-25
JACK HEATH IN
GOLF FINAL

CHARLOTTE, N. c., June 25.--
The southern amateur golf crown
will rest on a tarheel tonight. Two
North Carolinians, Jack Heath,
Charlotte, and Harry Ehle, Ashe.
vile, will play SO holes over the
Charlotte Country Club links here
today for the championship.
Heath advanced to the finals by
eliminating Gene Cook, Georgia
amateur champion, one up while
Ehle went into the finals through
his victory over Will Gum, jr..
Atlanta. 6 and 5.
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uay on certain the, and on the
morrow. on the same tide, in the
exact same spot, never have a
strike; this no doubt you have
experienced.
II is said by some of our
leading authorities on saltwater
fishing that the best time to
fish for the gameSters- Is on
the first Of the flood tide, a.
that is when the fish are max.
ing for the feeding grounds.
Then, too, they viii offtimes
feed when the tide Is running
out.
Trout are taken with a bottom
bait and on the surface. For still
fishing no bats are more relished
than bloodworms, but spot, peeler
and soft crabs. For trolling. men.
hadens and healthy strips Of cut
spot make attractive bats, also
artificial lures.
All fictitious bats should be
Kept moving very fast, as fish.
inclined to be gamey do not like
a dead bait. Tie best way TO
accomplish this is to give the rod
slight jerk or quick upward
movement with every few turns Of
the reel when retrieving this gives
ment.
With the sinking lures, the
oaits should be given time to
settle near the bottom before start.
ing to retrieve. If there is a
trout in the neighborhood, 1t win
surely attack him.
Remember, it's always the big.
gest fish that gets away. To
help overcome this dreadful sen.
satiOn, provide yourself with q
Landing net. The weight of
the fish, when being bOated
Outlines tears itself free of the
hook.
The largest Of incoming trout
to be registered down to date goes
to Don Whitman, of The Wash
ington Times, and to top matters
OH, the big fish, which weighed
Tour and one-half pounds, was
boated when angling was con.
sidered at it's zero point. The
heavyweight was lured via the
peeler crab method on last Mon.
day, at Point Lookout, when FL
ing, according to the lower Mary.
land natives, was the poorest seen
this season. Just what sort Of
spell the successful angler held
over the finest Of the season was
a mystery to 'Sy" Harris, of Cedar
Rapids, Iowa; Paul McCrea, and
the writer. his fellow-companions
for try as they may not one fish
OF more than passing caliber fell
to their lot during the, entire day
J, M. Rector, secr4tary.auditor
of the Chesapeake Beach Railway
Company, had good luck fishine
this past week with a rcrty alonS
the creek at the L 1ch. Goodly
strings of perch catfish wert
landed. Live. shrimp were used
as bait. The creek fishing was
tried out as a variation from the
usual bay fishing for hardheads.
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preparing the fans to see one of
the hest pitching finds in years when
the little fellow from Memphis toes
the slab.
Goose GOsIin's batting slump
continues with unabating vigOr.
Up five times yesterday he
knocked just one ball beyond
the diamond, sending a fly to
Ea%ste"d in the seventh inning.
Twice he tapped to the pitcher
and twice to T0dt at first base.
Regan's two-bagger, giving the
Red Sox their second run, was the
result Of McNeely's misjudgment
in the sun and stiff wind, the bali
going over his head. He jumped
Tor 1t but missed 1t bysa fraction.
Umpires Dineen and Nallin are
again with the Griffs after a brief
respite. They have officiated in
about half the games played by the
washington club so far.
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TODAY'S
STANDINGS

Yesterdays RESULTS
Chicago. 4: Pittsburgh, 2.
Boston, 8: Brooklyn, 3.
New York. 7.S; Philadelphia. 3-6
ST. Louis, 3: Cincinnati. ..
GAMES TODAY
Pittsburgh At New York.
Chicago at Brooklyn.
st. Louis At Cincinnati.
(Only games scheduled
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In other words, why seek the
opinion on q coming important
battle Of one who was wet as
the Pacific Ocean on the last
big fight?
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$ future puSluSClc event. his
apparent compliment has been
laid out our feet so often in
the past months we are begin
ming to wonder if we are being
kidded.
In other words, why seek the
opinion on q coming important
battle of one who was wet as
the Pacific Ocean on the last
big fight?
But since the fish biting,
let US at least have . casual
discussion Of the Dempsey
Eharkey fight, a discussion which
might be saved and mailed back
TO us after the fight, either with
nice pink and white ribbons at
tached to it, or with black crepe.
Understand us, we are not
going to pick a winner NOW.
We will try to pick one when
the fight nears and as the train
ing camps develop some logic
more tangible than that avail
able now; but we have a couple
] Of theories to expound, neither
of which points to definite con-
clusion, but both Of which must
be considered in making up ones
mind.
Knowing that Jack Dempsey
Is basicly a tiger, fundamentally
the one-time leader of the wolf
pack, we feel he yearns to re-
store himself to that leadership
probably as much as he longs
for anything in this world or
the Hereafter. We believe the
loss of his title last September
was more humiliating to him
than any defeat has ever been
: to any fighter Of any time. He
loved the top rung. He was an
idol and he knew it.
No idol ever lost fewer. safe
lites when his star set, than did
Dempsey. He still has most of
the gang Win MIN.
Dempsey is satisfied he can
rehabilitate 100 per cent of his
former following and some be-
sides. If he were not, he would
not be back gambling with what
is left, He therefore believes
the chances are very slight he
will lose to Sharkey and a little
less slight he will lose to Tunney
should the Sharkey fadeout ma
terialize.
Outside of the money angle,
Of which Dempsey has plenty
left, that is Dempsey's attitude
today. Dempsey is the bulldog
scrapper who wants the victory
and is willing to take what
money comes along with it-but
the victory always. While he
feels he is gambling just q bit,
therefore, he is convinced from
his progress in his physical
comeback that he has the long
end Of the bargain and the very
longest end at that.
But there are two sides to
any question If we may waste
the breath and space for such
an interlude, and we cannot ac-
claim Dempsey a winner or a
loser until we have discussed
Sharkey's position.
Sharkey too loves glory and
wealth, to about an equal adj
mixture, we would say. And
the meat Of this observation
comes at this point. If Shar-
key pines for victory to such
an extent that he rushes Mr..
Dempsey in the early stages of
their fight, both fame and
fortune are very likely to go
a-glimmering. If his managers
can hold him in, as Tunney
held in, and let Dempsey beat
his own brains out against
short left jabs and inside right
jabs, then Mr.. Sharkey will be
about SO per cent out Of the
woods.
All the fighters who have
tried to take Dempsey by storm,
men like Firpo and Miske and
Carpenter and Willard and his
myriad exhibition opponents
have found themselves on the
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ThurstOn has proved a vaIu.
able addition to the Griffmen.
He has now won nine victories
and suffered but four defeats,
at least two Of which were
really caused by his supporting
cast. 1t IL exceedingly doubt.
ful II Roger PeckinpauYh has
begun to be as valuable to the
White Sox as ThurstOn has
been to the Washington Club.
HnuavAv. a. nannoA - l.uaS -
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The Washington and Boston
teams leave for Washington TO.
night on the Federal Express and
will battle in a single game at the
Griffith Stadium tomorrow return
ing tomorrow night to complete
the series here. Two games are
booked here for Monday and Tues.
day after which the Griffs won't
see Boston again until late in Sep.
TENDER,
Walter johnson went home from
Philadelphia to be prepared for to-
morrow's tussle in the Capital. Tn.
less he is called upon today, Harold
Wiltse maybe will try his south.
paw stuff against Johnson and the
Griffs before the Sunday gathering
Of voteless citizens.
Hollis Thurston and Ossie BIuege
were the bright lights in Wash.
ington's opening victory here, s.. to
3. Each got three hits. Each
scored two runs. Thurston earned
bit more praise for he got q
double and two singles to three
singles for Oss and he also twirled
q clever game.
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Remember, it's always the big.
gest fish that gets away. To
help overcome this dreadful sen.
SatiOn, provide yourself with \
landing net. The weight of
the fish, when being bOated
Offtimes tears itself free of the
hook.
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However, It cannot be denied that
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His tender mouth has given
him another name-alOng the
Atlantic seabOard he Is known
only as the weakfish.
The Washington times., 1927-05-03

from your husbands room.
A.-No.
The court admonished Broessel tc
be less harsh.
Mrs. Snyder then denied she went
into the cellar with Gray when he
was burning the clothes. No, she
didn't look to see what she could
do for her husband while Gray was
down stairs. No, she didn't scream.
Who took the wallet from your
husbands pocket?" suddenly de-
manded the belligerent Froessel.
II did"
Protected Her JeweIry
She admitted under more cross.
fire that she went to her husbands
room and got her jewelry and hid
it.
You were more concerned about
your jewelry than your husband.
weren't you?" shouted Froessel.
You protected your jewelry from
Gray but you didn't protect your
husband from Gray"
Yes" she said YEARLY.
Gray left the house at $50 a, m.
about two hours and q half after
the murder.
She said Gray told her he was
going to Syracuse.
Q-Gray bound you up in your
mothers room?
Ayes,
. Q.-Did you lie on your mothers
bed for two and a half hours be.
fore You called your daughter?
A.--Yes.
Q.--You didn't call your daughter
to call the police?
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Mr.. Gray's."
Attorney Edgar F. Hazleton leaped
to his feet and objected ito parading
this filth"
1T isn't my fifth" shouted Froes-
sci.
The court raped for order and
admonished both lawyers
Gulps Seeing Sashweight
Froessel then questioned her
about the confession she signed in
the presence of Peter M. DAILY, of
the district attorneys office.
Q.-Do you remember telling Mr..
Daily: Don't use the word 'kill'-use
the words get rid OFF"
Al don't remember.
She was shown the sashweight.
which had tag attached to it. She
gulped
Did you sign your name to this
tag?" asked Froessel.
Eyes"
Froessel then showed the witness
her signed confession. He went over
the confession point by point and
asked her TO tell him what parts of
the confession were the truth.
/ 1t differed from the version she
gave on the witness stand last Fri
day.
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SEVENTH RACE
Mia and IN rnrrln
were unlocked" yes, she corrected
herself. she did say that.

were unlocked" yes, she corrected
herself. she did say that.
No, 1t was not true she went to
the postoffice for q large letter of
instructions from Grey the day of
the murder.
No. she didn't say Gray knew her
mother would be away the night Of
the murder; yes, she corrected, she
did write him to that effect.
No. she didn't say she brought
the sasIIweight up from the cellar
for GFay's use.
No. she did not know Gray had
chlOrOf0rm with him that night:
yes. bhe found that out later: oh,
YES, IL was the truth that he had
the chlOrOfOrln.
HaxIeton Objects TO ''BulIdozing"
Yes, she had said IN the con.
fession that Gray stuck cheese-cioth
in her husbands mouth.
Yes. she left q quart Of liquor
for him that Saturday night and
he drank most OF it.
Yes, 1t was the truth that after
the details were arranged he kissed
her.
No, she was not In the han when
Gray first struck her husband: NO,
she was not in the room when
the murder was committed, She
was in the bathroom.
1t was now 1885 and co.sre was
adjourned for the luncheon recess
with Hazleton objecting to ''the
bulldozing tactics" Of the state
cross-examiner.
Mrs. Snyder was still on the
stand
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LONG ISLAND CITY, N. Y, May 3-In his
despair and bitter realization, Henry Judd Gray
has turned to his Creator for comfort.
An idle scribbIe, recording the sub-conscious
trend Of the man as he heard Ruth Snyder hurl
the hrunt of the burden on his shoulders, has
revealed the mind of the man whom hundreds
of courtroom observers have reported to be al
most Indifferent to his fate.
Gray, by no means, is uncOncerned. Possibly,
however, he has resigned himself to the worst
and has turned his thoughts to the hereafter.
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As to the truth OF the confession
Mrs. Snyder testified:
No, she did not understand that
the confession would be used against
her; no. she never asked what il
the worst they can give me for
,this?''
No, she didn't ask what will they
do about the insurance money; no,
she hadn't said she was 80 and her
husband so and that she was too
young for his years.
Yes, she said Snyder was not COM
panionable and that he did not take
her out; yes, she had confessed her
husband knew nothing about Gray.
COrrects Her Statement
Yes, she said, she quarreled with
her husband, and could not divorce
him; yes. Gray was the only one
who would listen to her troubles;
no, she did not talk with Gray OF
getting rid of her husband; "he'
talked about it, not "we," she ex-
planned: no. she didn't say her hus-
band was going to blow her brains
out; no. she hadn't talked of chloro-
forming her husband.
No, Il was not true she said 81
made il my business March 19) to
see that the cellar and side doors
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Odd you touch his head or his
body?
A.--No.
Q.--All you had seen or heard
was the sound of the sashweight
on. your husbands head?
A.-Yes.
Q.-When you came to, didn't
you pull the covers off his head
and see IL you could help him?
A.-No.
Q.-You knew what had hap.
pened to him?
A.--No, 1 didn't.
Q.-But went to another room
and remained with Gray for a
couple Of hours. Didn't YOU know
whether you're husband was dead
or alive?
A.-No.
Took Off NightgOwn Before Gray
She insisted Gray left the bloody
bedroom first, mot quite a half
hour" after she entered it Yes
she admitted, Gray burned his
bloody shirt, her nightgown and
her robe.
Q.--And then he came back to
your mothers room?
Ayes.
Odd you take off your night
gown and bathrobe in his presence?
A.-Yes.
She couldn't recall how long
Gray was down stairs burning the
garments. Yes, she went into her
husbands room to get some other
clothing. No. they did not 60 back
together to her husbands room.
Dwell, then, you were the one
who got out that shirt for Gray
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1t will be noted that Gray used the word "can"
where the Biblical word is "shall," and that he
did not complete the sentence whether through
lack of knowledge or through some stabbing
testimony Of Mrs. Snyder.
In any event, this unwittingly given evidence
of the mans mental attitude Of the moment, is
remarkable revelation of how Gray, accused Of
an atrOciOus crime, seems to have abandoned
hope in rescue by his fellOwmen and has turned
to God.
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A.-No.
o.--The neighbors finally came,
the police came and you lied to
them?
A.-Yes.
Q.-You lied to every one you
spoke to?
Ayes.
She was very tired by now. 1t
seemed a question how much longer
her remarkable vitality would hold
out.
Yes, she was addressed when
the. neigiTbors came. Yes, she told
ridiculous" H'roessel's terml story
about two foreigners attacking her.
Yes. she was taken to the police
station and was questioned there.
Unafraid Of Police
"You knew the questions at the
police station were close to the
facts?" Froessel asked.
Yes"
Froessel asked her II she wasn't
afraid of the New York police
department, which had questioned
her all day that Sunday.
No" she replied
DO you mean that?" he said in
an amazed tone.
Yes, I mean it," she replied
evenly, her eyes narrowing.
ibid you tell Commissioner Nc.
Laughlin Judd Gray was the man
who killed your husband?" Froessel
asked.
YES"
She couldn't remember whether
she had told Mclaughlin she had
tried to prevent Gray from killing
Snyder.
Odd you frame a new alibi
story since you confessed to Nc.
Laughlin?
A.-No.
Odd you tell Mclaughlin you
tainted? A.--No.
Q.-Wasn't it important? A.
oh, yes.
Odd Mclaughlin show yon an
address book of yours containing
the name OF Gray? Ayes.
Undecided in Memory
Odd you then say that's the
party" Ayes.
Odd you add: Has he con.
ASSSCus Al Hll$HC nave
She could not recall having told
Mclaughlin that Gray said: Now
is as good as any time" and that
she replied: IF you go into the
room I'll go with you
She could not remember having
told the commissioner that Gray
struck her husband.
She admitted she went to the
Waldorf Astoria and got a tan suit
case she and Gray used to take TO
hotels, after talking to Commits
sioner Mclaughlin.
The suitcase was opened and
shown to Mrs Snyder.
Whose bathrobe is this?' said
Froessel, holding it up.
Mime"
Whose pink pajamas are. these?s
Mine"
Whose blue pajamas?"
''Mr. Gray's."
Whose striped pajamas?''
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HER CONFESSION

HER CONFESSION
1T first met Henry Judd
Gray in the office OF the
Bien Jolie Corset Company,
at Thirty.fourth Street and
Fifth Avenue"
0E"After we had arranged
all the details, he kissed
me and walked into my hus-
"a n d room. He
walked from me where was
standing in my mothers bed.
room into my own bedroom
and / followed him into the
hall. l stood in the hall"
9-"In the darkness, I could
y see Mr.. Gray raise his
arm, holding what ! believed
to be the weight in his hand.
saw the weight In Mr..
Gray's hand start to travel
and / heard a thud. / saw
Mr.. Gray tie my husbands
hands"
1-"He put the blue handker
chief and the waste with
the chloroform on it on the
pillow. He then covered his
head with the blankets to
make sure of suftocation. He
then tied his feet. He and /
then went downstairs.
S-''Before he went down.
stairs he dis.
covered blood stains on his
shirt and l took one
OF my husbands new blue
shirts and he changed
it In my mothers room. We
burned the shirt and the paper
with the bloodstains in the
furnace put. the win
dow weight into the toolbox
and came upstairs to
the living room and sat
there"
WINE We sat there, ne
thought OF binding his
(Snyder'sl neck with wire to
make sure of everything. He
took this piece OF wire from
his pocket and went
upstairs and I went with him
and he put 1t around his
throat to make sure of every.
thing. He frightened it with
his fingers"
Tin her confession, Mrs.
Snyder made no mention
OF conversation with Gray at
any time concerning her hus-
bands insurance.
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jewelry than your husband?"
NO. screamed Mrs. Snyder.
She insisted her main idea at that
time was to get Gray out of the
house.
Couldn't You have kept him out
IN the first place by locking the
Yes"
''Rut You didn't lock the door, did
NO
Left Revolver ON Piano
Yes, she answered, she went up
stairs to the bathroom and left the
revolver on the piano, about 10 feet
from the settee upon which Gray
wax sitting.
Q.-Later the revolver was found
upstairs, Who put 1t up there?
A.-Mr. Gray did.
She waA in the bathroom about 10
minutes, she said.
Q.-And while in there you heard
the terrific thud?"
Ayes.
Q.-At, the time you heard the
thud, Gray was in your husbands
room?
A.--Yee.
Q:-The bathroom door was closed?
AL won't say whether 1t was
open or closed.
Q-Did you not testify ''T came
upstairs to the bathroom and,
while / was in the bathroom, I
heard . terrific thud. Immediately
opened up the door and rushed
down the hall?"
Ayes, but / don't know whether
the door was closed or just pushed
to.
Heard. Gray Strike Blow
They battled over and over on
whether the bathroom door was
opened or closed. Finally. she said
In evaporation:
I don't know"
She YEARLY admitted she ''nnight
have" testified the door was closed.
Q.-Under these circumstances
you say You heard Gray hit your
husband over the head?
Ayes.
Q.-You grabbed him then?
Ayes.
Q.-Then what? w
Ale pushed me and I fell in
a faint.
. o.-And you found blood on your
garments later?
Q.--And you gave them to Gray
to burn?
A.-Yes.
Q-Gave them to the man you
band?
A.--Yes.
Q.-Did You pull the covers off
your husband. all the way.
Aust long enough--Oh, / don't
know what I want to say.
Stayed With Gray After Crime
Her voice was fearful and it
seemed as if she was about to cry.
90 on, Numbered Froessel.
Tell me- what you did"
i tried to pull the covers Off"
Do you see wire around his
mo-
nose?'
II did not"
head?''
no m
Froessel asked il she saw the
body at all and she replied that
when she revived from her faint
she tried to get the covers off, but
couldn't.
You saw the body with the
blankets on top--isn't that rieht?''
mo- shrilled Mrs. Snyder, by
now almost hysterical. She was
showing the effects Of the ordeal.
"Q.--You never saw the wire
around YOUR husbands neck.
A.--No.