The Sentinel=record., 1912-02-18
BRING TAFT
 INTO TRIAL
sNEED MURDER CASE DEVELOPS LETTER WHICH CONTAINS
 NAMES OF NoTAsLEs.
Instead of Being insane, the Woman Was Said to Have Been Mean as the Devil" and as Smart
 as a Whip.

Fort Worth, Texas Feb l7-Henry Boyces simple story Of Al C. Boyce's trip to Fort Worth to take Mrs. Lena Sneed from a santarium here, a trip that was inspired, Henry Boyce said, by letter from Mrs Sneed begging Al Boyce' for Gods sake to come and take me away'-was the leading event of the trial Saturday
 Despite the fact that Boyce was ou cross-examinatca throughout the morning, the impression of the days testimony received by the thousand or more hearers who crowded into the court room in which j. B. Sneed is on trial for the killing of Captain Al G. Boyce, received the impression that the day was what might be called prosecution day"
 Illness of Mrs. A. C. Boyce kept the state from following it's program and caused the adjournment of court al 3;s0 o'clock.
 Excitement and nervousness of tine past months is assigned as the cause of her illness. It is expected she will be able to take the stand Mon day.
 This impression undoubtedly can be traced directly to four things First of these is the fact that Henry Boyce made a good witness on cross-ex animation.
 in fact, far better was the impress sion he made Saturday shan that he made while under direct examination Friday afternoon
 The second reason is the testimony given by Miss Mary Homilton, the gray-haired sister of the wife of Gap tain Boyce. She took the stand early during the afternoon session of the ourt and though her voice was some what feeble and failed to carry at times. to the {arthest corners, her tes- timony which concerned chiefly events ii the Boyce home, where she lived just prior to and after Al Boyce and Mrs Boyce left Fort Worth, was direct. and coming from a woman ot her age, was the sort opposing at torneys usually don't make mitch ef fort to question before jury.
 The third reason was the introduc lion as a witness Of the humorist of the day Henry Higgins of Odessa. for II years county and district clerk oi Ector county. Texas.
 The fourth is a letter from Captain Boyce to a Chicago man, written some thing more than week after the ar rest Of Boyce and Mrs. Sneed Mir Higgins was introduced as character witness against F. B. Powers and his story or dry checks that he said Powers had left behind him in Ector county, as well as the nature and manner of his assertions that Powers had bad reputation with every, body in Ector county, drew so much laughter from the crowd that Judge swalne finally deemed it necessary to threaten to have the court room feared
 Henry Boyce's cross.examination was concluded soon after the aoon recess and after rapid fire of ques tions asked alternately by counsel for uie prosecution and defense. he was allowed to leave the stand
 After the introduction of the letter to George Findley. 1O2 South Market street Chicago, j. II Webster, an Amarillo contractor, gave testimony 10 the effect that Powers reputation in Amarillo. where he lived for some time. was bad Powers testified re garding. the happenings in the lobby of hotel here when Captain Boyee what shot by Sneed.
 The next witness was Mary Hami- ton, and Higgins was the last one introduced during the afternoon ses- sion. which ended at 3;35
 The letter from Captain Boyce was as follows
 Amarillo, Texas, Jan 5. 1912. MT George Flndlay. lO2 south Mar
 ket street. Chicago, Ill.
 My Dear Sir Through the news paper reports you doubtless are Ia miliar with the Sneed-Boyce case The newspaper reports are that sneed has been there and is accompanyine his wife hack home, and that she has agreed to live with him; and Al