The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1905-03-17
Q:-Why did you think soy

! Q:-Why did you think so!
! A From the way the blood looked.
1t seemed to trail or he spilled in that
direction.
| Q:-Could you see it elsewhere than
In the pool at the gate?
A:-Oh, yes, it was or the ground
and the grass, and sticks, and plainly
traceable.
Q:-DId you see any at or near the
barn?
A:-Yes; l tho=ght there was a
little, though 1t was faint, on the barn
lot gate. and l am sure there was
some on the barn door.
Odd you see the defendant. Lee
Roundtree there that morninA?
A:--Yes l met bin neal tue gate.
Q:-Did You talk with him. If so
tell the jury what was said.
Al aksed hun about his trip with
Reaves the night before. He said they
had gone to Masonic meeting near
Spring Hill together That thev drove
Reaves horse to his (RoundtIee s J
buck board. He asked me if | did not
state before the coroner's jury that
there was a marked difference between
the wound man would lntlIct upon
himself when cutting his own throat,
and the wound upon ms throat when
cut by another ted MIN l hau so
stated, and he asked me what the
difference was. showed him by
showing the relative position of the
knife to the throat when III a man s
own hand, anu then SAID to him,
come and look at this wound and
viii show you the difference
Q:-Nhat did he say to that?
A:-He said, ION, GOD, no, | don t
want to see him. Z"
Q:-WhAt else was said?
Al asked bin If he mad not seen
him, and he said mo, and he did not
want to see HIM.
Q:-What else occurred?
A About that time he was called
to testify before the coronel's jury,
ana we separated.
Q:-Could the body be seen from
where you were?
A Yes
Odd he Look towards the body?
Al did not notice.
Q:-How did he walk?
A II did not NOTICE.
Q:-How did he carry himself?
"A just went along.
Odd you have any other CONVEX
stlon with him?
A:-Yes. the next day.
Dwell, tell all of it.
A Il met him again near the front
gate. He asked me If / had heard his
theory about the case. | told him no,
AID asked him what 1t was.
DEFENDANTS THEORY.
He said his theory was that Reaves
pulled the BRIDE off his horse In the
lawn, hung the birdie on the wagon
near the house. and hearing noise at
the staEle started there to zee what il
was; and at or neal the Darn gate met
two men v no we're stealing two of his
mules, and got into difficulty with
them, wondlng one of them, and the
other one knocked hlm in the head.
That the man Reaves wounded fell and
bled AT the front gate; am that the
other man, after killing Reaves car
rieu his companion away. And he
asked me what L thought of his theory.
Q:-What ala you tell him?
A Il told MN | did not agree with
him; that had another and different
theory of my own.
DR. COA > IHEOR Y.
| told him my theory was that
Reaves was knocked in the head first,
and then had his threat cut, at the
front lawn gate, and that 1t was his
blood found there. That the man who
killed MIN carried the body from the |
gate to where it was found hung up his |
horse S birdie and put his (Reaves') !
nat where they were found. and for |
reasons of his own let the stock out of |
ne stable. / nat this noise walked the i
DID merge in the cabin near by, and |
-nat tue man seeing the old negro
ig[ made his escape through the hall |
If the barn to the orchard, through the !
orchard and out the lawn.
Q:-What ala he say to that?
A:-He said our theories did not
agree.
Q:-What has been his treatment of
you since then?
A HE has been cool towards me,
mi his treatment has not been the
anne As before.