text: "Ik" idß ®& x: JOB >Wfl • <<,a H : *"fl Jfl| / fl UH ■EJilfl lb *• - >.? fl fll»K' /. jll ' " ■ 1 '*Wl L-\> 11. Jr > a j ■ ‘ < '’'•'Y* ■ ■ I ■ - '* H ™ . ■' - >-? < WSPIF\'' - ■ i Yh xVsX \. TWsSv-.? 'HHv i “SHE FORCED ME TO DO IT” MAS. SNYOER IWLLI SORRY' N KILLING : (Continued from Page I.)- the got a job as stenographer with the Russell Wood Lithograph Company. It was there that she met yder. '.•., "He was a very interesting man and he made good money,” she said. “He was very nice to me, took me about to shows, and to dances and he really was a very good sweetheart." “Did you marry him? Money!” she was, asked. ~. -..4 “No, my God! Where did you get that? I married him because I loved him.” She said she met Gray about two years ago this summer. “Ten months later we became intimate,” she admitted. “We just drifted into it we had been eliminated in our house by my husband and I blew he was se c Retly unhappy. Never went, with any other man than Gray." She then paused with tears in her eyes and said: "I'd like to see my child." Sorry About It All. Mrs. Snyder was then asked what she thought of the "whole affair." She said: "I’m awfully-, awfully sorry." “Did you participate in the kill ing of your husband? 1 ’ she was asked. '? ■■ > “God, knows I didn’t know what I wag saying because I was hun- They could make me say any- Mra. Snyder told the reporters she vis not “a hard, pleasure-rnad woman." ' ’ ?I do not drink* I take a cock tail when it is offered to me for I want to be *' good sport, but I stop right «t that point,” she said. "Friends will tell you that I have often been chided for not finishing a drink.” .< | Wanted Baby Girl , She related that two and a half years after their marriage, their daughter, .Lorraine, was born. She admitted she wanted the baby from a purely maternal feeling. “Albert .wanted her, tod,’’.she said. “In fact, ALL GOOD COMEDIES MUST COME TO AN END—HERE’S THE LAST SCENE IN  r "-Tf CO,SE you w , OEA , , HOMY jf lHAve R-EVEM-6-EA *‘% o X , g ' /x. I’*<>jl r gtawm 'HI I [rnuHoS COvwJ Bffl wffip^x 2 ! A S/T'- jCjfcg, IWIII 1 Ir J ec eoyi. m A- 1 afc Ar II ■ HI X fl '“ K3i t z 'f®®S M JHMw (üßmv/ \; JT//.A. m i*J , V // * *"■ 1 -«Mfafc^—-XiTj. l j l “ E ' J°iij r ENRY JUDD GRAY'S CONFESSION IN SNYDER CASE TOLD IN NEW PHOTOS OFACCU I had an operation in Bay Ridge Hos pital in order that I might have the child.” There were no other children bom to the Snyders in their 11 years of married life together. The sweetheart that had been Albert Snyder before their marriage, and for a short time thereafter, soon disappeared in the pressure of business and caring for a family, it appears. He reverted to his former healthful habits—roughing it, fishing, beating over the weekends. Mrs. Snyder always accompanied him. But she didn’t like it. “I liked bridge, the theater, dancing and the other things that appeal to a woman—but I was not the wild type,” she asserted. And into the lives of this couple of dissimilar tastes strode Henry Judd Gray, who glorified the human form divine in the hinterlands with corsets, brassieres and accessories. He strode in via the mutual friend introduction route. Mrs. Snyder didn’t care to mention the friend who introduced them. That was two years ago. About the same time Albert Snyder, past the high premium insurance rate of 40, on a salary of $116 a week, took out life insurance amounting to $150,000. Mrs. Snyder and Gray did not plunge into any intimacy at once. In fact, it was some nine or ten months later before they became all-in-all to each other. That was after each had confessed their unhappy and misunderstood lives with their separate spouses. For Mrs. Snyder it was after “my husband had eliminated love from our household.” Os Gray—she said: "I knew he was secretly unhappy. Why? Oh, the usual spats that married people have, I suppose." And she sighed and made a Little clicking noise With her white, even teeth. "Did Gray ever give you any money?" "No," Indignantly. "Did he ever give you presents?" "Yet, this bag, for Christmas last." "Little knickknacks powder," THE WASHINGTON TIMES An 9 - "MURDER WAS PREARRANGED" CHINESE KILL AMERICANS (Continued from Page 1.) Action of foreigners from Nanking, according to radio advices received in Shanghai from Nanking, dispatches received here today stated. The reports, which are not confirmed, stated that the Cantonese shelled a section where foreigners were taking refuge from Nanking and wounded the British consul and killed a British physician. American and British warships then laid down the barrage of shells and sent landing parties ashore to aid in the evacuation. Other reports say the northerners looted Nanking and set many fires. Cantonese Ran Amuck The Central News Shanghai correspondent’s version of the firing by foreign warships was that after the debacle of the northern forces, Cantonese soldiers ran amuck with machine guns and are alleged to have deliberately fired on foreigners, killing several and wounding many. This correspondent says that foreign warships in the harbor then cleared their decks for action and bombarded the Cantonese. Other dispatches state that the British consulate at Nanking has been looted and that the American consulate is evacuated and the consular staff has taken refuge with other foreigners. Cantonese Flood Nanking SHANGHAI, March 24.—Canton The troops occupied the great commercial city of Nanking today. Gen. Sun Chuan-Fang and the northern defenders fled toward Kompo, Chickahag also has fallen into the hands of the Cantonese after desultory skirmishing. About 100 Americans, who were in Nanking when the southerners puffs, etc. "Didn't you ever get any of the pretty lacey and ribbon-colored garments he carried around as samples?" she was asked. "Oh, yes. But those weren’t what I would call gifts. They are necessities." Mrs. Snyder plays no favorites, even in jail. She wears her husband's marriage gift, a platinum wedding ring, and carries her lover’s last Christmas present—a soiled, light-blue, frivolous kid handbag. Gray’s Wife In Collapse Mrs. Josephine Brown, mother of Mrs. Snyder, said she cannot believe that her pretty blonde daughter could ever be guilty of inciting one of the most brutal murders on record. "They never loved each other after they were married," said Mrs. Brown. "Never. She loved to be gay. She liked to laugh. She liked to be happy. She liked to play. He (there was the certainty of death to the pronoun). He did not like to laugh. He had a bad temper. He thought she was foolish to laugh and be gay. He frequently reproved her for it." Mrs. Gray, wife of the accused corset salesman, has broken down and is under the care of a physician. The National Daily "I HIT THE SLEEPING MAN" Calf Starved on "Death Farm" ENCLOSED BY A wire fence and left without food or water, this calf was found on the "death farm" of Olin Offutt, wealthy land owner of Fairfax county, Va., where it starved to death. Times Matt Phote seized the city, are coming to Shanghai, some of them arriving today. Most of them are missionaries. United States marines have overtaken a sector in the “front line” defenses of the foreign settlement. This city is quieter. Shops have reopened throughout the foreign Twin Cities. Beauty, who twice has been chosen winner of beauty contests in the Twin Cities. She has been named to represent her native city at the International Pageant of Pulchritude to be held at the Y.W.A. at Q.A.V. at Dallas, Tex. Photo by International News. MISS PEARL CRAMER, settlement and the Chinese quarters, except in the Chapel district, where sniping and disorders have continued. A false report was circulated that the Americans were evacuating the city. One United States marine was wounded during the day. Private Kranz. While standing upon the customs jetty, Kranz was struck in the shoulder by a stray bullet. He was treated on board the Pittsburgh, the flagship of Admiral Williams. His wound is not serious. The decision to send United States marines to support the British flank in the "front line" followed news from that "front." That a large force of armed Nationalists had appeared on the bank of Booshow Creek, opposite the position of the British marines along the Markham Road. Eight hundred British soldiers of the Devonshire regiment have arrived from Hong Kong. Three Japanese warships have arrived bringing reinforcements of Japanese troops. Other forces are expected soon. A committee stating under the supervision of the American consular authorities has completed arrangements for the evacuation of Americans if such action became imperative, although a majority of Americans, other than missionaries, believed that the absolute necessity of evacuation would not arise. Foreign communities are greatly pleased with the action of Colonel Hill in sending United States Marines to the Markham Road Bridge, where they were under severe fire while stationed alongside the British. Rescues by Americans. SHANGHAI, March 24.—Many deeds of heroism are being told today. The American volunteer corps, accompanied by two armored cars, marched to the boundaries of the Chinese quarters and under heavy fire hovered a dash made by w. c. Farnham into the war area, where he rescued his wife and family. At the same time, T. J. Engstrom made a dash into the area of battle and brought out his wife. Farnham and Engstrom are employed of the Texas Oil Company. A metal clip has been invented to hold check book stubs out of the way when new checks are written. "I WAS UNDER THE SPELL OF MRS. HOUCK WAS SLAIN; HER RELATIVES ARE CONVINCED (Continued from Page 13) circumstances under which their 27-year-old elater came to her death some time during the wintry night of December 11. Her body, swollen by the warm weather of last week, bobbed suddenly from its resting place on the bottom of Anacostia River, near the Ankcostia bridge, about 10:10 o’clock yesterday morning. The brothers have not yet been able to make plans for taking the remains of their sister home for burial. "It all depends upon what is found at the inquest," Paul Walter said today. "You can understand our reasons for not expressing any public opinion about how Gladys died." Coroner's Jury Sworn In A new coroner's jury was sworn in today over the body of Mrs. Houck at the District morgue. The oath was administered at 12:30 o'clock, and the jury was dismissed to await a call for an inquest. The inquest will be held as soon as the pathological tests are completed on tissues from Mrs. Houck's body. The object of these tests is to determine whether Mrs. Houck suffered violence, was strangled or beaten, before she jumped, or was thrown into the river. Dr. Alexander Chase, two of whose cards bearing appointment dates were found in Mrs. Houck's pocketbook, today stated that he was doing some dentist work for Mrs. Houck a few days before her disappearance. Other than that he knows nothing of the case, he said. It was erroneously stated in yesterday's papers that when found, Mrs. Houck had her pocketbook hooked on her arm by the strap. This account was based upon the first version by police. It was discovered later that her pocketbook was in the pocket to her overcoat. Following the finding of his wife's body yesterday, Dr. Houck is being held in jail at Albany, Ore., awaiting instructions from Washington. Whether he will be brought to Washington will depend upon the verdict of the coroner's jury. A family believed Mrs. Houck was murdered, members of her family, at Canton, Ohio, are convinced, according to word received here today. "It had been the opinion of members of the family here that she was killed and her body would be found either in the Potomac River or around some buildings being constructed near her home," declared J. W. Walter, Canton contractor, father of Mrs. Houck. Mr. Walter is caring for his daughter’s 4-year-old son, who was taken to Canton last December after members of Mrs. Houck’s family came here to aid Washington police in attempts to solve the mystery. Members of the Walter family and Capt. Ben E. Clarke, Bertillon expert of the Canton police department and brother-in-law of Mrs. Houck, took part in the search. Captain Clarke has since died. Should the jury find that Mrs. Houck was slain, a Washington headquarters detective will be sent to Oregon to bring Dr. Houck to this city for trial. The detective has not been selected for this duty. Detective Sergeant Ben Kuehling, who handled the case, is ill. At the time of his arrest, Doctor Houck was apparently under high nervous tension and looked haggard. He took his arrest calmly, after being informed of the finding of his wife’s body. The news was broken to him by his cousin, Dr. Dean Crowell, Albany physician. Doctor Crowell’s mother, Mrs. George H. Crowell, is Mrs. Houck’s sister. Doctor Houck was taken to Oregon to recover from a nervous breakdown that followed the disappearance of his wife last December. During the past few days, his condition has been almost normal. Doctor Crowell informed the authorities. It is feared that the shock of the news and his arrest may cause a relapse, however, and Interviewers have been denied access to the prisoner. Because of his condition, Doctor Houck was not confined in a regular cell but is being held in a woman’s cell in the city jail, closely watched by his mother, who refuses to leave him. Doctor Houck, according to his relatives, had not given up hope that his wife would be found alive. He was at first inclined to doubt the report that her body had been recovered but finally became convinced she was dead, the authorities were told. Because the resistance to current varies with the salt content of water, an electrical device has been invented for testing the saltiness of the ocean on shipboard. Invest in Home Ownership. Today’s Best Home Buys in Odessa. 