The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 13, 1928, Page 8

ONCE HAPPY Mrs early Ruth Snyder, who paid the p married life, at the time of RUTH SNYDER AND H. J, GRAY DIE IN CHAIR Both Forfeit Their Lives for Killing Husband of Woman (Continued from Fag and orrobor ticket in the was not long ated Mrs. Snyde Brought (o turned against eac 9, a jury murder in the on Nov. 22 the tby the Court Ruth Snyder scarcely past w hacket s he ¢ ny love er on Mz m guiity first degree, and srdict was upheld Appe i was married when 20, man 1 in his thirties. Albert Snyder an‘| his wife were not long- happy.! hn\uv-r, heavy, stalwart man found of als | to wel a ol s " - pr—— Here is where Mrs, the shown the switch and th Snyder and Henry Judd G for murder of Mrs, Snyder's hust Gruen Cartouche with newest metal band §46.50 ' loved the out of doors and spent lnllp, hours in his motor hoat Was Gay Woman Ruth was ana dancing and p: A blue-eyed, | by high-colored, vi ous blonde, she|ness | was instantly popular among the| pleasure loving companions she chose. She met Judd Gray on~ |7 evening in a Manhattan restau- ant. He “was a slight man, with | dark hair and horn-rimmed spec- and | £eco < For Summer — smart gold watch bands Trim and tidy metal bracelet bands give a new smartness to your wrist watch for warm weather wear. || TAKE IMPROVED | PINE-TAR AND HO | Mentholated, with Cod Liver Extract and Eucalyptus for relie lof Cough Bronchitis, | tions of In plainand engraved designs, they may be easily fitted tc yout present watch — or ob tained as a feature of our new Gruen Cartouche Watches 0il ef ffec- Lungs. hroat and Only At FEATURES th tacles enjoyed | their marital vows. Gray ‘THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, FRIDAY, JAN. 13, 1928. OF RUTH SNYDER. WHO DIED 1. ST NIGHT IN I“IJ:(JRI( PRI the woman's Sn | months in \im: Sing Pri DANCE TONIGHT " AT ELKS' HALL | chloroform were secured. (.1,1\ i came from Sy use, N. Y. to the r“bt Clly Bl”S Wlll Be‘ side door of the Snyder home on | an_appointed night and fomd i) Hosts—Bowling Tourna- | unlocked as arranged. The Sny-| @ v dvs returned: from a hridge pariy| ments Ends Today | in the neighborhood and went g |bed. At length Ruth came to! Al } ' him, jevim for dances will be on hand | | Wife Siruck Blows [tonisht at the Elks' Hall for tho Although Ruth insisted she took being given by l\'"'f')nk'"‘ I no part in the actual slaying of No. 1429, P..0. ‘Hilks her husband, ¢ said it was she from the tickets (o] | Who struck the final blows. Then iifair are selling, member they went about the business of the committee in charge ar covering their tracks. T d1s. | nounced today. {arranged furniture, burned hlood | stained clothing. He then bound Ruth’s hands and feet | participating | 'She asked nim to strike hes|Meut know lover the head, he sald, but Lo Uime because could not. Iullhnll’h Only Ruth appeared on the stand not | tearful as did Gray, but with her head held high. She repudiated her contession to_police, ; | that ¢ v killed her husband oye her frantic protests, and said L in terror that she let him bind her. 13 Months later, when they lean od that their sentence of deaih ‘hml been upheld by the Court of liked Judd. On their| ADpeals, it was Gray who stoical \ing they transgressod |1y accepted his fate, and it was| This was told | Ruth who burst into tears and as he stood inthe wit-|hysterically shook the bars of her box in Queens County Court cell. a rehearsal of their amor paramour, of killing triai with Henry Judd hervalleged the yenalty Ly, e crime, ared during and after sever: ous meetings, he told of a mee: | ing when Ruth made a suggestio n that Albert Snyder be put out the way The murder ned for weeks. The with which Snyder’ l'erushed, the picture w to| Juneauites who are in th B. the tickets rikan howl )J Elks’ tourna- have a L:n..r! is ¥ tho fair crowd at- | Ke in the they'll this fread, and the Anchorage is expected to glide over furnished by in honor of the men, but a crowd be on hand tonight the floor to music the Moonlight Serenaders. Eve one invited to attend-—the af. | fair is not confined to Elks only asser e electric iir at Sing Sing 8 ray were executed last night hand. He at once admired Ruth | Ruth nd m r ———-——— 0l1d papers tor saie at The Tmpire. “TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE” BUSINESS BANK ACCOUNT be a hard ‘but we are bunch and We are building our We find it to harding working Let us be and your piece of work WE can do it. » and be convinced. GASTINLAU GROCERY PHONE 37 We have steam heated rooms vacant above our store. Three Free Deliveries Daily too. a grocers NUGGET SHOP “EL GOOD LUCK DANCE TONIGHT” WE CONT END AND MAINTAIN can truthfully say, have one of THE and MOST RELIABLE Pre- sription Dru, sts on the Pa- cific Coast, Doctors can trust us and so can you. The very highest grade of everything is used and we do not substitute, Yes, we have 1928 Tide , Tables HELLAN’S PHARMACY - Next Door to Graves Store Phone 33 Free Dellvery “Elks Good Luck Dance Tonight” and we that BEST BUTLER-MAURO DRUG CO. When We Sell It It’s Right Free Dellvery Phone 134 Sub Station Post Office No. 1. WATCH For Prices On Our Dried Fruits QUALITY GUARANTEED NONE BETTER RGF BROTHERS Front Street m LUCK DANCE TONIGHT” ANNOUNCEMENT We have been appointed distributors in Southeastern Alaska for the following lines. This means you buy direct from factory eliminating Seattle jobbers profit. BIRCHFIELD BOILERS TRANE HEATING EQUIPMENT RAY OIL BURNERS HART OIL BURNERS “LEAD CLAD” SHEETIRON WE ALSO HANDLE “STANDARD” PLUMBING FIXTURES GEO. B. RICE Oil Burners “I tell you in advance what job will cost” “KOHLER™ “CRANE” Plumbing Heating ¥ FLORSHEIM | nendent { ing matches fini | bowling Y| chorage | opens against nden ot sien Tucly DAWSON RETURNS FROM ", TRIP TO SNETTISHAM CH 4". l'()I\ Ill'sl?4l\l)’ MURDER yder, magazine art editor. These pictures show her as she looked before her marriage, at the Note how beauty matured after her marriage but faded as the tragic events closed upon her. h\n the public is weicome and ox-|fnr George T. Cameron and a the local | pected to meet the visiting Elks. |ciates, and Ranger Harold ith In an endeavor to aid “Beet”|of the Forest Service returnad Spensl who declares he has not | here yesterday evening. They yet given II[) hope of h-‘nmg here | mml:' the trip aboard the Yakobi, with the “ball and chain,” ‘hke Capt. Tom Smith. | Anchorage men are making a lasi| Despite the unusually sevore| attempt In his behalf at the|winter, there was considerable dance. @Girls, don’t rush, he'll b |water in the streams in the In- there all evening. let, Mr. Dawson reported. Tnae | The time the dance will start is'flow was about 50 per cent of not definitely known, but it wiil|normal. The snowfall thére has|held last night in the Dugout was | probably be about 10 o'clock, d:- 'benu he: d about four feet!the best attended for some time, upon the time the bowl-|still remain on the ground at sea | according to LeRoy Vestal, Adju h this evening. _lv-vu]‘ Mr. Dawson said. tant. Discussion of date or fu the end of the| - ture meetings was the main orde* between Aa-| STANDARD OIL SUES of business and the meeting wu. chorage, Ketchikan and Juneau. | JACOB MARTY MINES! followed by a social hour aal The locals are well in the lead | serving of refreshments, and will undoubtedly stay ahead ! ———.e— —— until the end. This aftefnoon Au-| Fada Radio Sets and accessor- and Ketchikan are piay ies, Columbia Phonographs and this evening Juneau records. Radio Electric Co., Mar- 1I| First City a tin Lynch. —ady. 30 o'clock and = match up at playing Anchorage. e ——— pany at plant, eight and costs. resented by Attorney H. ner. The Jacob Marty Mines ate at Windham Bay. products sold together with interest at per cent from Jan. 1, 1923 The Company is rep- L. Faulk- oy, oper- A R AMERICAN LEGION MEETS The American zegion meeting Toc will s tournament The Standard 0il Co., of Cali- fornia, has filed suit against Jacob Marty, doing business as the Ja cob Marty Mines, for recovery of 3.70, said to be owing for com- ing wh ro———— 't Blue an(l Whtte Enamel Ware AT COST Special price on canned goods by the dozen GARNICK’S PHONE 174 g lnllu\\ this 8 |9 ‘clock b, After three days in Snettisham | Inlet checking stream gauges n.l| securing stream flow data, Wev-| ||All Dawson, field r(‘presmnanvw ———— > o t 1927 iner & Marx Plain unvarnished facts about a plain unvarnished season-end sale that starts the 10th Prices AArt_a Greatly Reduced On Hart Schaffner & Marx OVER-COATS .$35.00 OVERCOATS NOW $23.15 $40.00 OVERCOATS NOW $26.65 $45.00 OVERCOATS NOW $30.00 $50.00 OVERCOATS NOW $31.15 SHOES For the Man Who Ca;'es We sell Florsheims at Chicago Prices Most styles $10 Prices are reduced because we must have room for new goods. Price reductions. are Iogical for ‘'you and for us. ‘So there’s ; nothing amazing’ about this sale—it’s good business all the way ’round.