s ▁were ▁also ▁" J . G ., " ▁and ▁she ▁asked ▁the ▁detect ive ▁what ▁Gray ▁had ▁to ▁do ▁with ▁the ▁murder . ▁It ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁time ▁Gray ▁had ▁been ▁mentioned , ▁and ▁the ▁police ▁instantly ▁became ▁susp icious . ▁Gray ▁was ▁found ▁up state ▁in ▁Sy rac use . ▁He ▁claimed ▁he ▁had ▁been ▁there ▁all ▁night , ▁but ▁it ▁was ▁eventually ▁found ▁out ▁a ▁friend ▁of ▁his ▁had ▁set ▁up ▁Gray ' s ▁room ▁at ▁a ▁hotel ▁to ▁support ▁his ▁al ib i . ▁Gray ▁proved ▁far ▁more ▁forth coming ▁than ▁Ruth ▁about ▁his ▁actions . ▁He ▁was ▁caught ▁and ▁returned ▁to ▁Queens ▁and ▁charged ▁along ▁with ▁Ruth . ▁Dor othy ▁Parker ▁told ▁Oscar ▁Lev ant ▁that ▁Gray ▁tried ▁to ▁escape ▁the ▁police ▁by ▁taking ▁a ▁tax i ▁from ▁Long ▁Island ▁to ▁Manh attan , ▁which ▁Lev ant ▁noted ▁was ▁" qu ite ▁a ▁long ▁trip ." ▁According ▁to ▁Parker , ▁in ▁order ▁" not ▁to ▁attract ▁attention , ▁he ▁gave ▁the ▁driver ▁a ▁ten - cent ▁tip ." ▁ ▁The ▁trial ▁ ▁Ruth ▁and ▁Gray ▁turned ▁on ▁each ▁other , ▁cont ending ▁the ▁other ▁was ▁responsible ▁for ▁killing ▁Albert ; ▁both ▁were ▁conv icted ▁and ▁sent enced ▁to ▁death . ▁ ▁Exec ution ▁Ruth ▁was ▁imprison ed ▁at ▁Sing ▁Sing ▁in ▁O ss ining , ▁New ▁York , ▁located ▁thirty ▁miles ▁north ▁of ▁New ▁York ▁City . ▁On ▁January ▁ 1 2 , ▁ 1 9 2 8 , ▁she ▁became ▁the ▁first ▁woman ▁to ▁be ▁executed ▁at