The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-12-08

spend ths night, aud wnere they wei
to sleep That while there, Mrs. Res
yes ask ID him to move the child In III
bed win her aud ne did II Toe chill
was very fretfdl anu nervous.
THE SMILE AT TIE GRAVE.
Defend ant testified that on The morn
Ing of the funeral which was at tn
Reaves hOms &C ten o.cIo,k he an
Em neIs)n Tucker went to thu Alex
andeI graveyard two mIlss away Il
see about the digs of tina grave
| That when he returned home he hItch
ed up has surrey and offerei it to To
\ Roav9s family To use, as they mad n
double seated vehicle. That he b iC
his blackboard hitcned NJ for his oEI
use Wnen they started to the b Irial
MIR. Webb, Mrs. Reaves' father. re
quested the defendant to drive ths SUI
rey, as he Webb was afraid to fisk
Elmer, who defendant thought wa,
going to drive the surrey, WITH the
mules. Defendant drove thu surrey.
he and one OF the hogs were on the
front SCAT ard Mrs Webo and MIS-
Reav5s were on the b 4ck seat When tuey
reached the graveyard defendant dIo We
within thee or four feet of the gave
and Mis-. Reavts and Mrs. Wenb re.
maIne1 seated in the surrey. Defendant
got out of the surrey and stood by he
lead mule to keep anyone from coming
close TO the mule as it would kick. Mrs
keaves Wore heavy mourning veil and
was dressed il black
Q.-Is it a facs that as the body of
John Reaves was being lowered into the
grave that his wife, Mrs. John Rsayes,
raised her mourning veil, looked into
your face and smiled, and that you looked
into her face and also smiled?
A = know | did not emile. Ii she
smiled | did not see it. Defendant
stated that there was large crowd as
sembled all around the grave and around
the surrey; that he stood by the mule,
because 1t was dangerous. That after
the burial, he drove the surrey to the
Reaves' b 1me, helped the ladies out and
accompanied Mrs. Reaves to the house.
TUESDAY AFTER NOON.
Witness stated that on the morning
before the funeral he and Emmerser
Tdcker went TO the graveyard to see
about digging the grave That they
dug down about foot or a foot and
half, then lett ION StaEley and ZacK
Choat to finish. That he and Tucker
went to the graveyard in the same
buggy he and Reaves had ridden IN to
the lodge meeting at Spring Hill In
hitching up and preparing to drive to
the graveyard witness said he found
that the buggy cushion had been taken
from the vehicle and left in nearby
SD 3D.
@ PLEASE state to the jury what
when you got the cushion?
@ 4 caIriedthe cushion and placed
it IN the buggy and discovered IN few
minutes, by the smell that ] had gotten
some chicken manure on my garments.
Q.-aow did you carry the cushion
to the buggy?
A.-Under my right arm.
Q.-And where were the soils from
the manure?
A.-On my right sleeve, on the night
side of my coat and some on the left
side.
Odd fowls Ioost In the shed?
A.-They did then and they do now.
Q.-Was anyone present?
A.-Challie Blair was cutting stove
wood nearby.
Q.-What did you do?
Al called to Charlie Blair to come
help me clean my coat. He went to
the house and got butcher knife ana
[ went to the we'll. We scraped off
part of the manure with the knife and
washed off the balance with rag.
Odd you wear the coat to the
graveyard?
No fnft ~ OF hnunn onH
anotheI-the same black coat | wore to
the lodge that night.
@ What coat was it you got soiled
with the manure?
A grey checked coat-the same
rom which the mples we're cut for
for blood stains
Q-Did you wear the black coat to
me funeral?
A.-No, an entirely different coat a
light weight summer coat.
Odd you wear the checked coat
AGAIN that day.
Al CO1't remember positively. |
nay have worn it late that evening
turing the first sitting of the coTOner's
Jury.
GLOW many times was the cor
,neI's jury in session.
A.-Three times-the day of the
.uneral the day following the funeral
md on Tuesday following the funeral
IN Thursday.
Q-Were you present at all of them?
Al was.
Witness said the detective came
while the funeral was in progress He
old OF the conversation he had with DR..
Jox as to how the murder occurred.
He told DR.. Cox his theory was that
Reaves found something wrong at
rites prowling or pilfer
ng perhsps-and got into a difficulty
With them and was killed, but first
his opponent. Thought OPP
oonent wounded on account of the trail
If blood.
Q-Who first suggested that the
man was carried away IN the
,hresher sheet?
A.--Carrol Dodd. The sheet was
from the tail of the thresher
where it was usually kept and l helped
ook for it. L. was finally found in the
wheat house.
Q.-There were q good many men
we're there not, and many sug-
zestioIs about the murder?
Al expect one hundred meL must
he Aou and