New Britain herald., 1928-01-13
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 eFiys,l,st xsrds were, not audible but t Nes c%ttAiu that hia lips were meyIa1 in prsyer as the current was ,spppsi :. =. ..TAs, eisx stng death chamber is- snst . ,bqlA black. warning to those vho assemble there. silence, The wsrpiax yas not necessary as Mrs snydeF,, the,, first woman to be, exc cuted in the state in nearly 30 years. can4s through the door. beneath the sign, The 20 newspaper. men And seven physiciins. three of them prison doctors. were deathly silent. Only the slight sound of escaping steam from a radiator could be heard. .'
 Wcman,s Appearance =
 Mrs Snyder wore a black dress with a tan smock as she walked 25 feet from her Hast minute" cell, One of her, black stockings. the right, was rolled down, Her slippers were gray felt Her lips were moving but thu words could not be distingnuish- ed until she was heard to murmer. have mercy on my soul!' The Roman Catholic chaplain of the prison stepped forward as she vas placed in the chair and Warden Lewis E. Laves asked the stereo- typed question if the condemned had anything to say. Then the woman repeated the words Of Christ on the crope.
 In1m ediately the black mask h,1 her face from the lookerscn. and four minutes later she was pro nounced dead.
 Gray Carefully Dressed
 Az soon as the body of the wcne an could be removed from the chair and the room. her co defendant vas brought in, walking with two guards who barely touched his elbows.
 Gray vas carefully groomed: in contrast to the bedrassled appear anee of his erstwhile paramour. The man wore a gray suit with hand k.rchief showing from pocket and was freshly shavsn. Mrs. Snyder had washed her hair on her last day alive but prison confinement with no access to beauty parlor equipment had destroyed its wave, Her once blonde hair vas streaked with brown and was much longer than she wore 1t when she was the Queens village housewife.
 Makes No Response
 Gray seated himself in the chair as the Protestant chaplain of the prison began to repeat the beatl- tudes,. with a pause before each of the blessed as he quoted the as surances from the scriptures of in- heritances for many. The prison CTS lips seemed to move in response but no one could hear what he said He made no response to the. ward ems formal question. If he had a last word.
 Three times the pulsinE current of the dynamo feeding the char with electricity had been sent through the form of Mrs. Snyder but only twice was 1t called on to snIff out the life of Gray.
 The second execution over in -ah- sclute. quiet. the witnesses filed slow ly and eclemply from the death chamber. As they left the prison Dr. C. C. Sweet. chief Sing Sing sur geon, and hts assistants. Drs, ker' ncy and Gcslin. were performing the autcpeies the law requires.
 Autcpeies Helu
 Relatives of Mrs. Snyder, through counsel, had sought to prevent this but their contention was overruled
 .r>day funeral services will be held in the prison. chapel and the bcdiaA giten into the hands of rela- tives. They. must. however. be taken immediately to the cemeteries chosen to receive them. ~
 The oficial witnesses were news papsr reporters. The four visiting physictans completing th. official group were to be present at the autersiee. .
 To the reporters before they vent to tho death. chamber. Warden Lawes, appealed for fair play" Ad- dressing the newspapermen. the Yafdeni an avcwed opponent ct capital punishment although he has set the day and the hour for more than 100 legal deaths. told then, that they labored under 3 double duty
 With their responsibility to their papers. he declared. went another to the state,
 Appeals tc Reporter. T only ask you" he said ''to tell exactly what you see" He begged that there he no attempt 10 height en morbid interest nor sny effort to paint apicture of sruesome }1or- Tor where none existed
 The warden had outlined before the hour for the executions. the ey- a"t procedure, giving minute de tails, 50 the little audience vas pre-. pared for the chair. with. its foot. ball helmet encaslns its ins'rum en' et death, when they entered the little room where the final chapte, has been written 10 so many cri mes
 Mrs Snyder fanttent
 The last persons from the 'out. siae'' 70 epeak to thA condemned pair were their la-vers. and thei' spiritual advisers The attorney: came from the rre-executlon cells with reports that both were read, 70 die and Father Murphy. Lont Island City jail chaplain, quoted Mrs, Snyder. If ever there -ae penitent, it IS I" The woman va also quoted as saving she bore n' malice to any who had crlficizer her. No mention of Gray was mad. in the ~omans quoted last utter ances.
 Gray was sad 10 have referred t'