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

dead at the barn gate. and the new
was great shock to him as ne hR
s9en th5 u IN alive AMI w3ll suca 4
shot time before They ran until ex
bausied ami then walked SIS fast a
tueyc0Iid Reached th3 r caves hon
and entered the house through tn
front door; passed through hall int
back porch and then into the sitting
loom. Defendant testified that n
stopped second 10 the hall where tn
BODY lay and put his hand on the cei(
man 8 face 10 S &c + he was really dea;
as Elmer had SAID. ID PENDANT testi
ned that ths little Reares bog ran al
To him on the bark porch before hl
went into the sitting loom, and said:
's)n, mercy, Mr.. Lee, my pO)r pa ga
is DEAD Defendant went INFO the sit
ting room; Mrs. Reaves was sitting
between toe tiIe and the window; mad
child ia hsr lap AMI other childreu
clInging TO her.
Q Did you go up to Mrs. Reav .
ana touch OF lift her bonnet and lOOi
ntO her tace2
Al do not remember lifting hel
bonnet | remember trying tor take
enc of the little giIls, but she pllleC
away from me and went back to bel
mother.
Defendant left the loom and met
Boyd Mcknight near the back porch
aud asked him what this all meant.
Mcknight said he didn't know, but il
was terrible thing Defendant, Carr
ington and Mcknight went to the
barn gate, where the body had been
found, and found the iron washers,
pencil, mUn9y and leather punch. The
knife had been found before that by
Elmer R5aves. Did not find Reaves
pocket nook
Q Was MI. Reaves accustomed to
carrying pocket book?
A.-Yes, he had small clasp peck
ct book with Jaws.
Q.-Dld he usually have any money
with him?
Al can't say how much; probably
from IS to $50
Defendant denied that Mcknight
told him to stay at the house while
he McKnight) went to notify the
neIghbors, and denied that Mcknight
advised him not to tell Emmerson
Tucker. Defendant and Darlington
started tOgsther u see Mr.. Tucker, met
ONE parties ON toe 70 I'd, Darlington
stopped to tell them; defendant went
on to MI. fuckers and he and Tucker
were coming back when Darlington
joined them. They returned to the
Reaves home and sent the negroes to
notify other friends and neigh ooIs
Defendant did not remember that
Boyd Mcknight said anything to him
nh nj hn % kn lau IN
gate, and did not think they had seen
the blood at that point then DID
not remember when Boyd Mcknight
returned. Defendant wore blue overalls
that morning, and changed la Q in the
day to grey pants and thin dark blue
coIt. Defendant testified that the cor
oner's july convened abont the middle
of the day. The clothes taken from the
hOdy of Reaves were left In the front
yard, but defendant had them moved
elsewhere, and the quilt on which the
body had lain was hung on the
hack fence Defendant could not say
VINO first suggested seuGIng for blood
hounds. but several spoke of 1t. Ad-
mitted that after he heard the dogs
were so far away and could not be Sc
CURED until very late IN the evening
that he said IF we cant get them
until then, there is no use in having
them come, and gave as his reason
that it was SO dusty. it mad been such
a long time since the crime was com
United and there had been so many at
the place since 1t occurred. Defen-
dant denied that he told Sewell Me-
Kl light, Miss Nettie Mcknight, Boyd
Mcknight or anyone else that they
ought not to have the dogs because
they might take hold of hi Rountree)
Elmer, BOYD Mcknight or any of the
others that had handled the body.
Defendant stated that the dogs were
ordered from Lawrence county and al
rived at the Carriers Creek station late
in the afternoon; that be sent the ne
gro, Chas. Blair, in his surrey for
them, and that they were brought TO
the Reaves place about sundown by
Lee Davidson and W. j. Goad.
Defendant also testified that the de-
tectlve was suggested the first morn
ing after the killing and that he
was asked if he would take care Of the
detective at his home. DR.. W. Z.
Cox first suggested that the detective
should stay at the Rountree home and
witness agreed to 1t immediately.
The detective arrived on Thursday
morning, came to defendant house
to dinner, and remained there until
FRIDAY of the following week. The
detective stayed in the room with
the defendant and had free access to
all parts OF the house and to every
thing in his room, including defend
ants trunk and wardrobe, neither OF
which were locked. The detective
was at the defendants home great
deal in the absence of the defendant,
and was also abont the nelghbornood q
good deal of the time when defendant
was not with him. He made head
quarters at the Rouptree home AID
came and went as he pleased. Defen-
dant was with the detective on Friday
and Saturday and assisted him in try
ing to find clue to the murderer.
Two additional detectives came Satur
day afternoon and remained until sun
day or Monday.
Odd you do everything you could
and give the detective all the assls-
lance In your power to run down the
murderer of John Reaves?
Al did.
@ Have you made every effort in
vour mower to find a trace of the gull