The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-12-01
STORY OF The
REAVES MURDER.
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TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
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LOGSDAI AT IL hNOONs
Interest in the RountIee murder
trial has increased very materially
since the completion of the jury, and
with the beginning of the hearing of
evidence in tine case. when Judge
Holding raped for order in the Cir
cult Court room tuesday afternoon at
two o clock, q larS.,, C=awd OF interested
~ q Il rs was pItAfrt faDd this crowd
steaully increased, as 1t was learned on
the outside that the great legal battle,
In which Lee Rountree again stands
face 10 lace with his accussrs, is on
and that witnesses for the State are
being examiner. Every question of the
attorney. every answer or the witness
and every argument and counter
argument of the counsel tor the de-
PENDANT and for the State is listened to
with breathless interest, as point after
point in regard 60 the killing of John
Reaves is brought out, Especially IN
terested are th0.e VINO heard the EVIL
.dence in the former trial, or VINO read
1he report thereof in tne Herald to see
If any new evidence will be introduced
in the present trial of the case. OF If
any new witnesses will be introduced
TO testify in defense or against the ac-
cused.
At Tuesday afternoon s session OF
the court, Judge Holdlng ruled that
only one session of the court will be
held tomorrow, Thanksgiving Day.
and that Will probably De in the nom
ing. All witnesses tor both the State
and for the defendant were put under
the rule, and ordered flO the court
room
Attorney General Garner read the
indictment, and the State began its
investigation ty introducing Mr.. jim
ReaVes, who testified that he was a
brother OF John Reaves, who met his
death on the night Of Oct lS. 1904, at
his nome in NIauIy county twelve
miles from T. lum Dia on the CaTter's
Creek nike. That deceased had resided
there for four years before his death
aud previous to that time had lived on
Leatherwood creek, near Water Val
lev. Witness stated that his father.
Mr.. s. Jerome Reaves, lived on LICK
creek in Hickman county; that his
father was 76 years of rye, and In very
bad health and had been for fifteen
years, and was therefore unable 20 at
tend the trial. Witness testified that
John Reavee. deceased, moved to
Maury county about four years previ-
Gus to his death that he was a mar
Iied man, his first wife being Miss
Baker, has second wife a MISS Webb,
and that he mad five children from
seven to sixteen years of age. WitDe
testified that the defendant. Rountlee,
lived about one-QuaIter OF mile from
his bIother's home, on the Carter y
Creek pike, defendants home being
on the left and Reaves' home on the
right OF the pike. Witness first read
of his brother death the next morn
anR after it occurred. Testified that
he was then living with his father on
Lick creek, % miles flOm his brother 8
home. He reached his bIother's house
about twelve O'Clock noon and found
his brothers. body in the south room
OF the the house Witness attended
brother s burial on the following day.
The defendant, ROuntree, accompanied
the dead mans wife to the funeral
Mrs. Reaves, witness stated, had
father, two brothers and four brothers
in-lsw. the father. Chas. webb, and
the two brothers living on Leather
WOOD cIeeK in Hickman Go. The bur
ial was at 10 O'Clock the second morn
ing. Defendant, Lee Rountree, &C.
companied Mrs Reaves to burial ana
left grave with her and accompanied
her home. defendant was present at
the Reaves home the night before the
funeral; WITH ess did not notice him
alone with anyone at that time.
Odd you see Mrs. Reaves ana de-
PENDANT together before the burial?
Al don't think | did
Q.-Did you see them together after
wards?
Ayes.
Q.-Where?
An her room at home.
Q.-When and were any other par
present?
Ain the afternoon after the tuner
al; there were several others in the
loom.
CROSS. EXAMINED.
MIR. E. H. Hatcher gave the witness
a rigid cross examination, in whlcn
witness stated that he was ac;ompsn-
led to his brother s home on the morn
ing after the killing by bis brother
George Reaves, VINO was at MS VII
mesa home when news of Jno. hea-
yes death was received. His brother'
George, reached witness nome III
Hickman Co. on Friday or SATURDAY
previous to the kill1ng-was tuero
Monday ana Monday night. witness
received news of bIother's death wnlle
working in held near his home. AT
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