The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-12-01

| after the lodge and we're accompanied
part of the way by Henry Thompson.
! The two reached the RountreA home
only short distance from the ReaVes
home at about III o'clock. where Mr..
/ Redves is said to have left Mr..
! Roun dtree ard started for his
own home. This was the last any one
admits having seen Jobn W. Reaves
alive. He was found early tie next
morning between the house and his
BARN lot with his throat cut from ear
to ear and his blood stained knife
lying nearby.
Suicide was at first alleged, but some
deep wounds in the bach of MI. Reaves
head and blood spIipkle1 trail
showing where the body had been Car.
ried some distance dlsproved the sui.
eide theory.
Excitement ian high and many darlA
suspicious were whispeIed from neigh
boz to neighboI, pointing tiIst this
way. then another. The crime was
attributed to tIamDs, then to prisoners
who had escaped tom tue county jail
the night before the murder, but finally
IL id at the door If Mr.. Rountree and
his arrest followed The case came to
trial at the spring term of the Circuit
~Ourt and occupied thirteen days in
the hearing. Every item of evidence
was listened to with breathless interest
by hundreds ana Columb ia was crowd
ed all through the trial. The jury in
the first trial stood Z to 5 for acqulttal
J. G. Thompson, whose home is
three miles out on the Hampshire pike
was the sixth juror selected &C the after
nd nF
Cathey's Creek. the seventh.
Tuesday Morning.
The RountIee murder case in which
there continues to be absoI bling inter-
est throughout the county, although
this is the second time it has come up
for trlal in the Maury County Cir
cult Court. IS now en-. The scene
around the court room Tuesday morning
was On active one, with many present
from over nearly every section of the
county, including over hundred wit
nesses for the State and defendant, and
many citizens who are greatly interest
ed in the case. After the opening Of
court, the selection of Jurors was con
tinued, nine of the twelve having been
chosen on Monday. Quite unexpectedly
chosen by ten o'clock.
THE JURY.
The complete jury TO hear this ia
nous tIial, and to pass judgement on
the guilt or innocence of Lee ROuntree,
charged with the murder of his neigh
Dor. Jno. w. keaves, on the night Of
Oct. 10. 1904, is as follows: ". L.
Galloway, II. W. Dane, j. B. Lilies, j.
E. Church, Utah Church, A. q.
Thompson. Henry Fariss, W. l.
Lynn, of Sawdust. s. II. johnson, If |
Sandy Hook, X. +. Whitehead. of the
Lettwich Bridge Deighborhood. H. j. |
HARRISON. and T. j. Cheek, both of
the Leftwich Bridge neighbol hood
he last five jurors were selt cted after
Mondays He'ald went to press and are /
all tanners. The twelve jurors are IA
and sensible looking bo0y
OF men, and seem to thoroughly ap
pre- ciate tie grave responsibility rest
ing IN them In the trial of this case
I he july II in charge of Deputy Shell
fits S u. Glenn anu T. N. Lunn, and
ale located at the new Jail curing the
trial.
WITNESSES SWORN IN.
hIJ6T buc 6cieCblOu Vi Jup jIlFbs ebe
remainder of tie morning st, sion
Of Court was occupied with thu
calling and swearing in of Witnesses
for the State and for the defendant.
The State has summoned something
over seventy five witnesses, while tn,
defendant has just a few under that
number Many Of the witnesses called
were absent, as it was understco on that
il would consume the entire mori ing in
the jury Most of the faces
Of both the State and defendants wit
1esses are familiar to those who heard
;he case at its last trial. The State g
Attorney, Job b Garner, is assisted in
;he prosecution of the case by Attorneys
y. P. Figuers, Thus PEBBLES, Ed
H d, es ana JAS VOORHEES, The defend
,ut's lawyers are Messrs. E. h. Hatch
81, 9 p. Hatcher and G. I. Hughes
Shortly after IL O'Clock Court ad-
ouTned until 2:l5 o'clock. During the
ecese The Attorneys conferred with their
Witnesses with the hope Ct condensing
l+ evioence to be produced in order
hat the trial NAV ha shortened