The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-03-17
TUESDAY MORNING.

The defendant, Lee ROuntIee, was
till on the witness stand, MI. q. 7.
Hughes conducting the examination in
chief
Beginning where we lett off yesteT-
day. said MT. Hughes, where did you
60 when you left Mr.. journeys in
East Nashville, and who went with
you?
A:-Mrs Reaves and myself lett
there Together. left her at drug
store on the corner, and went on to see
Mrs Sipmson.
| Q:-Who is Mrs Simpson?
| A:-She is a friend OF ours. Her
father married my fathers sister. She
had visited us, and Mr.. Reaves and
myself had stopped at her house on
another occasion. / told her the CHI
cumstance; how we had expected to
meet Mr.. Webb, and failed, and asked
her five could spend the night there
She consented, though she was sick
in bed. told her we would not re-
turn until late.
@: Where did you go from there?
Alto Pappy's place on Church
street, where we expected to meet Hol-
lis Ronntree.
Q:-Where did you go from there?
About to Glendale park.
Q:-And from there where?
A:-When we returned to the city
we got off at Masonic Temple and
Mrs. Reaves went in there and rested
an hour or so. Then we went to the
Vendome theatre together. and when
the play was over took street car and
went straight to Mrs. Simpsons,
where we spent the night.
Q:-Where did you sleep. AMI with
whom did you sleep?
Al slept in what they call the
girls room and MI. Simpson slept with
me.
Q:-How long die yon remain there?
A :-Until after breakfast the next
morning. After breakfast we went to
Mr.. journeys, where l had arranged
the day bsfore to get the horse and
buggy. / hitched the horse to the
buggy myself. as / had Frequently done
before. We came first to the city and
saw Mr. Bratton as he testified. He
was TREND Ut Mrs. Reaves and the
one we had tried to get the day before.
He invited us to dinner with him
We went from there to the asylum for
the insane and saw my wife.
Q:-Is Mrs. Reaves the only lady
who ever visited the asylum with you?
A:-Now MIS- Journey has gone
with me several times Also Mrs.
Burnett of Williamson county.
Q-How long did you stay at the as
sylum, and then where did you go?
Ave stayed about the h,Iuse as
long as they allowed one to stay at a
time. Then we came hack to the city
and went to MI. Bratton $ for dinner
Q:-How long did you remain there,
and from there where did yon go?
A We renamed there until about
three O'Clock. From there we went to
the street railway transfer station, from
there to the Union station where we
we're just IN time to catch the train
for home.
ONO / will ash you Mr.. Rountree
were you at any time during your stay
in Nashville, you and Mrs. Reaves, sep
aiated from the public, OF away from
the public, OF in any private or hidden
place together?
Ave were not
Q-Do you know James Wright?
A-Yes.
Q-You heard his testimony yester-
DAY. III WHICH u6 5dlu budb ITO lOuuu
you and Mrs. Reayes locked up in the
house together, with the blinds drawn.
will ask you if that statement is
true OF false9
A 1t was false.
Q-Were YOU ever IN the house alone
with Mrs. Reaves, with the doors lock-
ed.
Al never was.
Witness was asked to explain about
his work on the house and said that
Reaves had requested him to; but
that after the killing, and when he
heard ne was suspicioned of thecrIme,
he consulted and advised wlthhls friends
as to the course he should pursue
among the number Mrs. Reayes
father and herself; and also asked his
neighbor Tucker to speak TO the Reav-
es brothers about it, and he was adj
vised to go on ana do the work and
treat the family the same as before.
He said he also referred to II before
he coroner 8 jury, and received like adj
vice. Her parents were there all the
time / worked.
Q-You know Will Jacobs2
Ayes.
Q-You heard his testimony in re-
fyo ri m eaotuU voY. IN tho hack yard