English: Photo of Martin "Moe" Snyder in 1938 as he was charged with the shooting of Myrl Alderman. Snyder was singer Ruth Etting's ex-husband. Snyder became angry that his ex-wife was seeing Alderman. While Snyder was on trial for the shooting, Alderman and Etting were married.
Note the uploaded photo is larger and of better quality than the newsprint photo.
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