Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-02-20
ATTORNEY Was Threatened
son OF MURDERED MAN BE
CAME ANGERED AT CUES
TIONs OF COUNSEL.
DEFENSE CLOSED The Case
Evidence Introduced In an Attempt
TO Show That BcaL Snecd
Was Insane.

1T. Worth. Tex, Feb. ia scene
more exciting than any that has been
enacted during the trial OF the Sneci
case was enacted after the jury had
been sent to their room this after
noon when Mrs. Mary kea, woman
who, earlier in the day had been OK
cluded from the court room as re-
suit of her alleged threats against the
life Of Judge Swayne, was brought bo'
fore the bar where she delivered an
incoherent TRADE against the judge,
declaring that she had a right to de
fend her home" When she was
searched a revolver was taken from
her. Judge Swayne recently granted
Mrs Reas husband a decree OF dl'
Vorce.
The outcome of the incident wes
manifest in a far greater degree than
was the excitement caused during the
morning session when Lynn Boyce,
son of the man who was killed by
sneed, started angrily from his chair
as though to attack Attorney Nc
Lean, who was questioning Boyce's
mother.
Attorneys Letter Read.
The state fini.ned introducing It's
rebuttal testimony at 3.25 o'clock, in
PRODUCING as one of the last bits OF its
evidence a letter from Federal Dis,
Ntrict Attorney W. II. AtWel of the
northern district of Texas, to Sheriff
William Rea of Tarrant county, men
4, A - 1 4
had in his possession when arrested
in Winnipeg, three diamond rings val
ued at $500 and the property Of j. j.
Sneed. 1t was on the strength of tn o
information that u complaint was
filed charging Boyce with theft.
The first fight between attorneys
over the question of admissablity of
evidence that might tend to show
Sneed to be insane came when the
first witness was called by the defense
in surrebuttal. This witness was Sam
Shaldell, an attorney of Weatherford,
who was one of the party on a train
going from FIT. Worth to Amarillo on
January IL. Sneed was on the same
car aud the argument between at
torneys was over the admissability OF
evidence regarding his apparent men
tai condition.
The attorneys for the state claimed
there was no attempt on their part
TO show that Sneed was not insane,
assigning that as a reason, declared
the defense had no right to make an
effort to show that he was.
All Nerves Taut.
The nerves of almost everyone in
the room doubtless were strung tait
when court finally adjaurned for the
day at 5:25, o'clock. The outbreak
of Lynn Boyce early in the morning
had created a stir, but this was
quelled in an instant. The crowd
seemed to realize for the first tme
however, the vast amount of feeling
that is bottled up in the breasts Of
those most concerned in this case, and
there was uneasiness everywhere as
the crowd was filing in during the ant
ernoon.
When Mrs. Rea was elected from
the court room after refusal to sub
NIT TO search, there was general
movement to rise in all parts of me
room, and a great crowd gatherc
about the door. and watched her as
she stood, back TO it, and dared any
or all to come and search her-in fact
begged them to. When ii began to
be whispered about just before court
was adjourned that she still was wait
ing at the door, the crowd grew rest
less, and when Judge Swayne ordered
that she be brought into the room
there was movement to clear wide
path for her.