New Britain herald., 1927-04-25
SNYDER'S MURDER
 PLANNED MARCH {
 PROSECUTOR SAYS
Pictures, Graphically, Brutal Staying by Wife and Her
 Paranl0ur
SENSATIONAL TRIAL IS
 STARTED THIS MORNING

Basket by Gray Was What De-
 stroycd His "Pcrfcct Albi'-TwO
 Accused show Little Emotion In
 Court Room Today.
 Queens County Courthouse. New York. April 25 P.-Albcrt Snyder, Queens Village art editor. was "Slat- cd for dcath' on March last. Dis trct Attorney NcwCombc told the jury in his opening statement today.
 Mrs. Ruth Snyder and her lover, Henry Judd Gray, met in Manhattan that day" he said. "after Gray had bought a sash weight and chloroform in Kingston, \. Y.
 That day the death Of Albert Shy der was decided on and the i'm ple- monts of murder were procured.
 Two Insurance Policies Prior to that two insurance poli- cies for s50.000 had been taken out on the life of Albert Snyder. with double indemnity clause for death by violence.
 Albert Snyder never knew about those policies. gentlemen, but Mrs. Snyder knew Of them. for she had taken them out, and Judd Gray knew of them, for he hoped 10 bene- it through his mistress" Gray then went away but he re- turned on the night of the murder and hid in a darllened room while Snyder was put 10 bed by his wife.
 Story of Brutal Murder 'Whcn the poor devil was asleep. Mrs. Snyder sneaked out of bed and told her skulking lover, Now is the time.' "They kissed and then they went to albert Snyder's room. They stun him with the sashweight, they stick chloroformed cotton up his nose, ! they strangle him with picture wire 1 Then. gentlemen, the job is done. | Gray wore suede gloves and after 1 the murder he takes these off and 1 goes into the bathroom where he | sees blood on his shirt. They burn l the shirt and her bloody gown. She l lends him q blue shirt belonging 10 ] her husband.
 
 like a burglary and they upset every l thing in the house. ''They sat then in the house from | in the morning to 6, plotting what. l God knows.
 Tho Burglary Scheme Before leaving, Gray binds and ! gags Mrs. Snyder to help out the | burglary story. Then he takes the | train for Syracuse" Only when he got back to Syra- cuse. Newcombe said, did he dis ! cover large spot Of blood on his | vest
 While the district attorney shouted ! 70 the jury in voice trembling with ! emotion. Mrs. Snyder and Gray sat ! close behind him. without any show 1 Of emotion stronger than very mild ! interest.
 Perfect Alibi Destroyed How the stub of Pullman car ! ticket broke down the perfect ali l Ii" of Gray has been revealed. The ticket showing the date and 1 the train on which he had travelled | from New York 10 Albany on the | way to Syracuse after the staying ] of snyder was found by police in | | waste basket in his Syracuse ho- 1 tel room. Samuel l.. Miller, his attorney, | who told the story, said police ! withheld their information from | Gray until after h" had related the 1 aihi he had framed. They then .
  fessed.
 Brother Tc>tifcs
 Warren Schneider, brother Of the slain man, was called as the first witness today.
 lis appearance on the stand fol- | lowed q half hour opening state ment by the state and after de- fpnsc counsel had waived rights to opening statements at the time.
 Schneider who has retained the original spelling oi the family rame. established the fact Of his brothers death, q necessary legal preliminary to the trial. He said he had identified the body in the presence of county medical eX- aminer.
 He was then excused and Dr. II. w. Neail. medical examiner. took the stand. He also established the corpus delicti, Dr. Neail described the Snyder home in detail as he found it on March 20 when he was called as soon as the murder was discovered.
 The examiner described at great length the position and eXlent ot wounds found on the body at the autopsy describing how Snyder must have been beaten first on the brow and then rolled over and struck on the back of the head.
 Grucsomc Evidence
 He told how picture wire had cut deep into the neck and how hands and feet were tied with a neck,ie and a towel. The nostrls were stuffed with cotton soaked in an anaesthetic and a pad Of the cot ton was bound against the mouth and nose with a handkerchief.
 Dr. Neail identified picture wire he found around Snyder's throat and it was entered in evidence. He also identified an architects ground plans Of the Snyder home,
 The large drawings were scci- dentally held close before Gray's eyes by lawyers examining them
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