Perfect Crime Ended by Minor Details and Betrayal
In Queens Village on March 20 Albert Snyder was found strangled with a wire. Ruth Snyder and Hans Juda Gray were arrested within 24 hours. Ruth confessed the couple plotted the murder while Gray, the actual killer, claimed an alibi in Syracuse. Both were found guilty May 9 and sentenced to death, with appeals heard in the Court of Appeals.
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Albert Snyder
Srime
Snyder
Ruth Brown Snyder
Hans Juda Gray
Queens Village
Laraine
Aha
Henry Juda Gray
Orange
Saycer
Snoruy
Gray
Queens County
Long Island City
Supreme Court
Townend Scudder
Wee
Tekin
Sing Sing
Court of Appeals
Boy cured of severe skin trouble using Resinol
Ketchum Me July 18 a nephew developed a severe skin condition resembling eczema covering face hands and body. After trying many soaps and ointments Resinol Soap and Ointment were prescribed the itching stopped and the boy was fully healed with clear skin, signed Vivian M. Eagle Vernon Street.
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Ketchum
Vivian M. Eagle
Vernon Street
Man Hurt in Fall Is Reported Improved
X ray photographs at Bridgeport hospital show John son sixty five of 96 Caroline street did not fracture his spine after a fall down stairs at his home. He is resting comfortably and not on the danger list.
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Bridgeport
Johnson
Caroline Street
Michael Gall
Helen
Wilma
Margaret
H D Newman
Andrew
Sheridan Street
St John the Baptist Greek Catholic Church
St. John’s
Royal Neighbors
Woodmen of the World
Orestes PB. Charnack
Studaiph HL. Uenrichs
Rudolph H Henilchs
Paik Aued
Pauline
Anthony
Astoria
L. J
Humboldt Stamm
Schiller Tager
U O RM
Bukeas’ Union
Masoule
Frank Poly~ and Son
State Street
Coroner Probes Trumbull Death Into Friday
Coroner John J Phelan yesterday continued his inquiry into the death of Winfield Brown fifty five of Trumbull who was fatally injured November seventeenth in Trumbull when knocked to the ground by a bicycle operated by Clifford Wells eighteen also of Trumbull.
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John J Phelan
Winfield Brown
Trumbull
Clifford Wells
Counsel Divided As 10 More Hope Denied In Snyder Case
New York November 22 The District Attorney of Queens County says the Court of Appeals has spoken and affirms the murder conviction of Ruth Snyder and Judd Gray. Hoch counsel Edger Hazleton says he has not lost hope, while Clemency Seems the Only Hope as Governor Smith faces the final decision after clemency hearings.
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New York
Associati Press
Newcombe
Queena County
Ruth Snyder
Judd Gray
Court of Appeals
Joseph Lonardo
Hazleton
Snyder
Albany
Associated Press
Guv Smith
Ruth Brown Snyder
Henry Judd Gray
Gov. Smith
Jury Upheld Death Verdict For Ruth Snyder Case
Osining trial panel refused to grant another trial for Ruth Snyder and Henry Judd Gray convicted of murdering Snyder’s husband. Court found joint trial proper and denied separate trial requests, noting Mrs Snyder’s confession supports guilt while safeguarding defendants’ rights. Mrs Snyder wept as word reached them of the ruling.
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Kin Snyder
New York State
Snyder
Lorraine
Henry T. Kellogg
Tiving Lehman
Fact
Lehman
The
Gray
Obituary notices from a Bridgeport area newspaper
Multiple deaths are announced with funeral details for Michael Gall and others including Clara Knopf Mary Soukup Robert Jones Mary Hill Minnie Christiana Francis Waldron Gertrude Gibbs John Greenwood William Evitts Sarah Lewis Rudolph Henichs Israel Laville and more. Services, burial locations, and officiants are listed with addresses and church names.
Water meters to be used in two sections
Water meters will be installed in Ghen 1 tela HY and Nichols due to a large rise in water consumption. Vice-President Att. E Lavmy of Wildesport Hydraute says the water use is unclear and public needs water usage checked. not a plan to raise ratios.
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Ghen 1
Tela
Nichols
Att. E Lavmy
Wildesport Hydraute Company
Minstrel Show Presented by Church Society at Red Men’s Hall
The St. Joseph’s church youth group staged a minstrel show and dance at Red Men’s hall Madison avenue led by director Thomas Neary with Miss Theres Polke as interlocutor and Ernest MacCaulay on piano. A 56 member mixed chorus and numerous soloists and dancers performed under a full citywide cast and a general committee chaired by Gustave Metzger.
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St. Joseph’s Church
Red Men's Hall
Madison Avenue
Thomas Neary
Theres Polke
Ernest MacCaulay
Frank Kunkel
Gus Metzger
Joseph Kunkel
George Gerand
Margaret Donovan
Flora Sauer
Lillian Braun
Margaret Vorndran
Theresa Herb
Elizabeth Leopold
Marie Atehle
Mary Schwarn
Frances Herb
Mary Metzger
Catherine Farrell
Anna Warmke
Constance Leopold
Clara Herb
Madeline Schmidt
Florence Luddington
Anna Waldeyer
Mary Luckart
Louise Leopold
Christine Hall
Harding
Elmie Schwarz
Katherine Saur
Elizabeth Metzger
Treasury committee rejects all tax cut proposals
The committee voted 22 to 1 to reduce the corporate income tax rate from 13.5 to 11.25 percent, against a 13 percent suggestion by Mellon, and rejected an 11 percent option 16 to 8. Other decisions included raising the domestic corporate exemption to 9,000 and adjusting sales taxes on autos and tickets, with total revenue losses estimated in the hundreds of millions. The panel also kept caps on wine, cereal beverage, tobacco taxes, and stock transfers, and warned White House concerns over 250 million cap while aiming for a total under 236 million. Chairman Green noted two Republican vacancies and no change expected from them.
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Green
Treasury
Capitol
White House
Preadent Coolidge
Borah Speaks to Drys at New Haven
Senator William E Borah of Idaho accepts invitation to address a law enforcement miners meeting at Wesley Hall on November 28. Major Chester P Mills, who led Prohibition work in New York and Connecticut, will also address the meeting.
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Sew Haven
Associated Press
Wiliam E Borah
Idaho
Max Fiink G. Porter
Hie
Connecticut Women's Law Enforcement Committee
Woolsey Hall
Chester P Milla
New York
Converticut
Nujol Promoted as Safe Remedy for Clean Digestion
A vintage science hopefuls claim longevity depends on cleansing the intestines of poisons from bad habits and foods. They tout Nujol as a harmless corrective that does not absorb into the system and helps prevent delayed elimination, encouraging readers to buy it in the familiar bottle.
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Eta
Chemical Products Division
Standard Oil Company of
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Jay
Mc Snyder
Moe Bay
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Noble Avenue
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Louis H. Knopf
Singer Manufacturing Company
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Henry L Knapt
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Frank Boukup
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Laurel Avenue
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St. Michael’s Cemetery
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Staples Dent
Lakeview Cemetery
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Easton
Henry E Bishop
Fairfeld Avenue
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Allaludley Street
Norwich
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California
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City
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Connnecticut Avenue
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Bt. Patrick's Cemetery
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John H Greenwood
St. Vincent's Hospital
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St Michael's Cemetery
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Stratford Avenue
Charles, Dennis and Son
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Yellow Mill Bridge
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West Haven
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