The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-09-27
EVIDENCE IN SNEED
CASE |SCOMPLETED
NO NEW PHASES IN YESTER-
DAYS HEARING - ARGUMENT
OF ATTORNEYS TODAY.

bsas corpus case rested at 3: 90 this
E. afetrnoon, attorneys and the court
u. eeing that arguments would be
4 tomorrow.
I. 'oceedings today we're of a
quiet a L sensational order and but
little ns,w round was covered Three
witnesses were examined. The first,
John Blanton, known in this case,
or at least associated in this case, as
the bodyguard of j. Beal Sneed, the
defendant, DR.. f.. r. Robinson, pastor
OF the Polk Street Methodist church,
in front OF which ,uilding the trag-
edy took place, pre-, usly called by
the state, and j. F. Speed, city mar
shall of Amarillo.
Suit Case and Contents in Eviderce.
At the close of the days proceed
ings the state exhibited and placed il
evidence the suit case, and its con-
tents taken from the room in evil
dence as occupied by the defendant,
in the home of Mrs. McKibben, the
week of the tragedy and previous
to his removal to the cottage across
from the church.
EX-State Senator ID. w. Odell, coun-
sci for the state, took from this suit
case a tin box containing a false
mustache about three inches long,
black in color and curled up at the
ends much after the style of a mus
tache worn by the villain in the dime
novel. He also took from the suit
case "a breast protector, previously
referred to in the evidence and pass
ed it up to the court. This breast pro-
tector was made by a sporting goods
house and had much the appearance
/ of the ordinary protector worn in
playing baseball.
Following it's introduction, reporters
satisfied their curiosity coscern'nS it
1t was made of some hard substance
covered with the usual canvas. The
defendant, during it's examination by
the reporters, called their attention
to the fact that it was doubled up
and pinned together with a safety
pin, which was run clear through the
plates of hard substance. What the
protector was made of was not de-
veloped in the testimony.
Pistols in Evidence.
Two automatic pistols, together
with double scabbard and harness
for fastening over the shoulders. were
exhibited and introduced as the weap-
ons taken from the person of the de-
fendant at the time he gave himself
up at the Jail. These exhibits prov
ed the most interesting part Of the
proceedings to the spectators, among
whom were large number of ladies.
The balance of the time wa9 takes
in examining witnesses relative to
matters concerning the movements
of the defendant following the trial
at Fort Worth up to the time of the
death of AL G. Boyce Jr, and other
phases of the case which were de-
void of sensation.
The defense made an effort. to show
that ]. Beal Sneed did not have an
opportunity to meet the deceased at
any time after his return from Can
ada and to further prove that at no
time was his mind in such condi'
ton that he could be considered in
the sight of the law, to be cool and
without passion. They made an ef-
fort to prove the first contention
without placing J. Beal Sneed, the de-
fendant, upon the stand, the state in
the meantime trying to force the de-
Tense into the necessity of so doing.
The defendant, however, did not take
the stand, even though it was neces-
sary to sustain the objections of the
state to the introduction OF his testi-
mony in his Fort Worth trial on the
subject of the condition of his wife's
mind. This was excluded on the
ground that the defendant was pres
ent in court and his evidence was the
best
The defesse then asked for the adj
mission of the evidence Of ]. Beal
Sneed relative to the condition of
his wifes mind also that of DR.. Tur-
ner on the same subject. The state
objected the ground tina, Sneed |