Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-02-17
son OF BOYCE TESTIFIES
son or MURDERED MAN GIVES
STRONG EVIDENCE IN FAVOR
or THE STATE.
TRIAL Nearing AN END
Fate of Bcal SnC"d May BE Decided
the Latter Part of Next Week
From Present Indications.

FORT WORTH, Tex, Feb. lG.-rhe
sudden Illness of Juror Strong brought
the Snced trial TO an abrupt halt about
i:30 o'clock this afternoon. j. H..
QIenry) Boyce, brother of the man
who eloped with Sneed's wife, and
son Of the man whom Sneed killed in
a local hotel on the night of January
13, was still on the stand and indlca-
tons are that he will continue on the
stand during Saturday morning and
part of Saturday afternoon, in case
the trial Is resumed Saturday.
Immediately after the examination
Of Henry Boyce is completed it is eX-
pected that the defense viii call to
the stand Miss Mary Hamilton, cousin
ana intimate friend of Mrs. A. c.
Boyce, whose examination vii lbe
brief 1t Is expected, and the nit is be-
lieved Mrs. A. G. Boyce. widow Of the
dead man, will be called to the stand.
Her testimony will be the practical
finish of the state rebuttal testimony
and despite the fact that Attorney
Mclean says the defense will introduce
in surrebuttal a String of witnesses a
quarter of a mile long" the belief Is
prevalent that the testimony will be
ended by Wednesday night at the lat
est and that the case Will go to the
jury about week from today.
Henry Boyce, who was the first
witness called to the stand after the
noon recess today, gave testimony in
tended by the state to offset anything
introduced by the defense which might
tend to show that there was conspir-
acy between Henry and Captain Boyce
and Al Boyce to steal Sneed's wife
away. He dealth with the Boyce fam
lily relations both before and after the
departure Of young Boyce and Mrs
Sneed from Fort Worth, November
s, 1911, and after their capture IN
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Can, on the
night of December 25, 1911.
Boyce also told of alleged express.
slons by Captain Boyce which tended
to show regret on the part Of the ell
der man because Of the affair between
young Boyce and Mrs. Sneed, bring
ing in statement attributed to Cap
tain Boyce that III it wasn't for his
mother, I'd make him leave home"
Henry told of planning with Joe
Sneed brother Of the defendant, to
KEEP AL and Mrs. Sneed apart, and told
also that he had promised Captain r.
S. Snyder. father of Mrs. Sneed, to try
to keep Al and Mrs. Sneed apart.
np, Iattap intro1npa1 n to1aU nd
another which will be introduced early
Saturday without objection brings out
strongly Henry Boyce's friendship
with Edwin Hobby, cashier Of the
Guarantee Trust company, Of Dallas.
Both letters are asking Hobbys aid.
One Of them written November l >,
asks that Hobby act as go-between for
Henry and Al Boyce in their cores
pondence, and the other written on
January 4, 1912, asks that Hobby
keep watch to see whether any insan-
ity proceedings against Mrs. Sneed
were started, and in case they We're, to
try to have the case postponed a few
days and wire Henry at his (TIenry's)
expense.
Henry Boyce explained his activity
in this matter Of suggested insanity
proceedings against Mrs, Sneed by
declaring he did not want her 10 be
"shot full OF dope" and adjudged in
sane. His reason for this he said,
was the knowledge that in the event
she were adiudged insane, a statutory
charge Of rape against his brother
could be well founded.
Evidence not brought out before
during the trial was brought out when
Henry Boyce told of strange and de-
vious methods used by him
self to transmit and receive mail. one
telegram to him from Al Boyce, he
said was sent to cattleman at Chey-
enne, Wyo. and thence was sent by
express to him at Dalhart Boyce
declared he knew all his mail was be-
ing busted into" Explaining why
he did not tell Sneed of Al Boyces
whereabouts as soon as he learnerd
where he was. he gave as his reason,
after strenuous objection to its intro
duction had been made, the state.
ment that Beal had said he'd kill
him on sight"