1 9 1 1 ▁Category : L ibr aries ▁on ▁the ▁National ▁Register ▁of ▁Historic ▁Places ▁in ▁Oregon <0x0A> </s> ▁Ruth ▁Brown ▁S ny der ▁( M arch ▁ 2 7 , ▁ 1 8 9 5 ▁– ▁January ▁ 1 2 , ▁ 1 9 2 8 ) ▁was ▁an ▁American ▁murder er . ▁Her ▁execution ▁in ▁the ▁electric ▁chair ▁at ▁New ▁York ' s ▁Sing ▁Sing ▁Pr ison ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 8 ▁for ▁the ▁murder ▁of ▁her ▁husband , ▁Albert ▁S ny der , ▁was ▁recorded ▁in ▁a ▁well - public ized ▁photograph . ▁ ▁Crime ▁Ruth ▁Brown ▁S ny der ▁was ▁a ▁house w ife ▁from ▁Queens , ▁a ▁bor ough ▁of ▁New ▁York ▁City , ▁who ▁began ▁an ▁affair ▁with ▁Henry ▁Jud d ▁Gray , ▁a ▁married ▁cor set ▁sales man , ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 5 . ▁She ▁began ▁to ▁plan ▁the ▁murder ▁of ▁her ▁husband ▁Albert , ▁en list ing ▁Gray ' s ▁help , ▁though ▁he ▁appeared ▁to ▁be ▁very ▁rel uct ant . ▁Ruth ' s ▁dist aste ▁for ▁her ▁husband ▁apparently ▁began ▁when ▁he ▁ins isted ▁on ▁h anging ▁a ▁picture ▁of ▁his ▁late ▁f ian c ée ▁Jess ie ▁Gu isch ard ▁on ▁the ▁wall ▁of ▁their ▁first ▁home , ▁and ▁named ▁his ▁boat ▁after ▁her . ▁Gu isch ard , ▁whom ▁Albert ▁described ▁to ▁Ruth ▁as ▁" the ▁fin est ▁woman ▁I ▁have ▁ever ▁met ," ▁had ▁been ▁dead ▁for ▁ten ▁years . ▁ ▁Ruth ▁first ▁persu aded ▁Albert