New Britain Herald Newspaper, May 3, 1927, Page 13

==] NEW BRITAIN HERALD CONNECTICUT, TUESDAY, MAY 3, 1927. PROSECUTOR AND | DEFENSE BATTLE (Continued from First Page) accounts of incidents prior to the killing were drawn from her. Disclosures Made. After more than five hours of cross-examination the blonde widow of the art editor had disclosed: That she secretly had paid the premiums on a $45,000 double in- demnity insurance policy, and & $5,- | (00 policy, taken out on her hus- band's lite without his knowledge, and made out to her as beneficiary. That she had placed under a pil- Jow in her mother's room a bottle | ot whiskcy, part of which Gray drank before the murder. That she had left open the door by which Gray entered the house. That she failed to notify her hus- band or police that Gray planned to Kkill her hugband. Gave Her 885 a Week. That during her marrled life her husband gave her $85 of the $115 he drew each week; that he kept her well dressed; provided shelter for her mother for seven years, and gave her free access to a seven passenger | automobile which they cowned. She testified that police were not notified of the murder plot because she hoped to dissuade = Gray from the plan and that it was for the same reason she admitted him to the house on the night of the killing. Asked how she thought Gray would be benefited from the insur- ance when she was the beneficiary, Mrs. Snyder replied: “He would have got it out of me just like he got other money.” She referred to several hundred dollars she said '‘Gray had borrowed, but had not re- “Yes." Left Doors Opea. “But you removed every obstacle to his getting in by leaving two doors open?” “Yes.” Mrs. Snyder then told her oft-re- peated story of going upstairs to the bathroom, leaving Gray downstairs and the pistol on the piano. “Did Gray know the pistol was there?"” ‘How daid {t get upstairs later?” “I told him where it was.” She then then told ot hearing a “terrific thud” while in the bath- room and of running out to see Gray { beating Snyder. “You grabbed Gray?” “Yes” Says She Fainted. “Then?" “He pushed me and I fainted.” “When you came to, you pulled the covers off your husband?"” “Just enough to see that he was covered up. I didn’t see him.” “Not the wire on his neck? the waste in his nose?"” “No. Not never saw any part of the body?"* “Well, yes. I saw his hands.” “Did you touch him?" “No. “Didn’t you try to help him?" “No." “You didn't even look o see if he was 'm or cold?” ‘Dead or allve?"” “No. “And you stayed in the next room then with Gray for two hours?” “Yes.” “You went Into your husband’s room during that time to get a shirt | for Gray “No." “Haven't you were the only one to ente: wfter the murder?” “Yes, but- “No buts, madame.” testified that you that room NEW BRITAIN, Snyder told him paralleled her sworn confession very closely. “Did you tell him Judd Gray mur- dered your husband?” “Yes.” “Did you tell him you tried to prevent the murder?’ “I don’t remember. “You told the jury that, you?” “Yes.” “Did you fainted ?"” aidn't tell McLaughlin you “Don’t you think that was an im- portant enough fact to teil him?" “Yes.” “Did you think his investigation was a joke?” “No. “Can you remember a single thing you told him that he did not tell here?” “I don’t remember what I told him.” As the examination passed the first | hour of the day, Mrs. Snyder's voice was faltering and she often appeal- ed silently to the court against the stern questioning. Memory Gets Vague. Froessel took up. in - detail Mc, Laughlin’s " testimony, asking the witness her recollection of each statement. She insisted her memory was vague as to anything she had told the commissioner. Gray was sitting upright in his chair, staring at the jury, his hands for once in his lap and no longer fingering his chin. Mrs. Snyder said she had no rec- ollection of telling McLaughlin any of the statements read but ac- knowledged that they were largely true. She remembered telling him of the return from the card party, but de- | nied any recollection of telling Gray |in her mother's room, “If you go | through with it, T will.” | “Did you tell McLaughlin that | Gray went to your husband’s room {and you watched him kill your hus- | bana 7 (‘ Emw EEee Twenty Five Cent Day Tomorrow ll’ Wednesday, May 4th iI; lI1 III Ill Turkish Towels First quality closely woven, very absorbent. 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Resumes Her Testimony. Court opened promptly at 10, Mrs. Snyder going directly to the witness stand. Both she and Gray seemed to have rested well and to be ready for the day Assistant District Attorney Charles Froessel resumed his questioning of Mrs. Snyder, asking her about the various times she said Gray had mentioned his intention of Killing her husband, Albert. “He became gradually more {in- sistent “And when he gave you a sash- weight on March 5, you knew he meant business?” “Yes." “And when he came to your house on March 7 you knew he meant bus- iness?"” “Yes." “Your husband was asleep when Gray came that night?” “Yes." Gave Him The Sashweight. “You gave him back the sash- weight at that time, although you knew he intended to kill your hus- band ?” “Yes, bit—" “No, buts, madame. Yes i{s an answer. And you notified no one al- though you knew Gray was going to take your husband’s life?” “I didn’t know ft.” “You remember testifying that you knew he would?” “Yes." “You were notified later by letter that he was ‘coming down to kill the | governor?” Obeyed G : *He told you to . under the pillow and you obcy. . ...m?"” “Yes. “And you knew he was coming to kill your husband? “I knew his intention but I thought I could persuade him not | to.” . At the Figeon's card party you did give your drinks to your husband and when you returned you went to Gray in your mother’s room and told’ him to wait for you?” “¥es." “Then you went to bed untll your husband was asleep?” “Yes.” “Your husband was deaf in one ear? “Yes» “Which ear?"” “I don't know Through questions and answers, Froessel then led the witness to re- peat her story of going to Gray, kissing him, feeling his rubber gloves, and realizing he meant to do the murder then. After that, she took Gray down- suairs, “By the hand?” “I don’t remember.” “You were confused?"” “Yes.” “You took away a revolver he had and put it on a piano?” “Yes." “You didn't hide it as you did your jewelry? You were nore mtcr-, ested in your jewelry than in your | husband 2" “No." “Your object was to get him out of the house?” “May,I explain?" No. Answer the question.” “Yes." “Couldn’t you have kept him out by locking the doors?” “You didn’t scream at any time?” | “No." “Who took the wallet from your | husband’s coat?” “I did.” “And you hid your jewelry?” “Yes, from Gray. “Madame, were you not more con- cerned about your jewelry than | about your husband?"” “No. “But you protected your jewelry from Gray although you did not pro- tect your husband from him?"” “Yes.,"” By answering questions, Snyder then told of her to make it seem that a burglary had been done and of lis leaving. Atter that, she sald, she lay still for | two hours hefore waking her daugh- | ter and calling in the neighbors. Tried To Protect Gray. “And then you lied to protect the man who had killed your husband?" “Yes" “The man for ‘whom you had left the doors open though you knew his | intention to be the murder of your | husband?" “Yes “You lied deliberately " “Yes.” ¢ “You lied all day but about mid- night you saw you couldn’t keep it up?” Mrs. | fand the witness Grey bINding | o)y monts and articles. !signed it she had no rest. immediately after the murder. “Well, does all this refresh your recollection as to whether you told the commissioner you iried to save your husband?"” % ! “I don’t remember.” “Then Commissioner McLaughlin lied 2" Mrs. Snyder's counsel objected to this question and was sustained. She then told of taking police to the Waldorf to get a suit case in which she had a picture of Gray. The contents of the suitcase was then dumped on the counsel table identified various Mrs. Snyder’s confession was pro- duced and she said that the initials on it were hers, and had been put there to make it authentic. She said that during the day she “You asked to see Gray?" “No.” ‘Wanted Curling Iron. “But you were told he was com- ing down and you then acked for a curling iron for your hair?” “That has no 2 “Yes, or no, madame?” £¥ie8.” Examines Confession. Froessel then asked Mrs. Snyder | to underline the parts of her con-l fession she said were untrue. After “Yes.” “You then told the truth?” “No.” Lied To McLaughlin. “You lied to Police Commissioner McLaughlin?"” “Yen.” i “But later you changed your story | and told him what he testified to in | his trial 2" “Yeés.” “He told the truth then?" “Yes.” Then Told Truth. 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