Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-02-10
HANGER IS MERC|LEss
No WITNESS ALLOWED TO GO
SCATHELESS BENEATH FIRE
OF PROSECUTING COUN-
SELLS EXAMINATION.
TESTIMONY BY FUQUA
Amarillo Banker Clashes With Inter.
rogator Whihr Relating Remarks
Alleged 20 Have Been Made
by Colonel 4. G.. BOyce.

Special TO Tally News.
Fort Worth, Tex, Feb. 9.-.The
efforts Of the Sneed defense this
morning were concentrated on put
ting before the jury derogatory and
obscene statements alleged TO have
been made by Col. A. G.. Boyce con-
cerning Mrs. Lena Sneed, the defend
ants wife. and 10 have been repeated
10 Sneed.
Every inch of the ground was
warmly contested and no witness es-
capped entirely scatheless under Pro-
secutor Hangers cross-examination.
Sensational interest reached its
height when clash occurred be-
tween Mr.. Hanger and President W.
". FuQua Of the First National Bank
Of Amarillo. after Fuqua had testi-
fled TO statements made by Col Boyce
and which he alleged he had repeated
In substance TO Sneed.
Mr.. Hanger sharply asked the wit
ness II HIS interest In tho case was
not based on the fact that he and
Snced were joint defendants In q suit
for $4,000 brought by "the Widow
hitting" alleging fraud and that he
needed Sneed rs n witness The Wit
ness Indignantly denied the state.
ment and was allowed 10 make an
explanation OF the Fitting suit which
he said would he 'thrashed out in
another court at another time"
The storm had scarcely subsidized
when Mr.. Hanger asked II Fuqua
was not personal enemy Of Col.
Royce, and II Col Eoyce had not de-
nounced him In the presence OF 9th
ers for having tried 10 have the Cap
itol Syndicate ranch placed In the
hands OF n receiver. FrQua denied
the personal enmlty. saving, he never
permitted himself TO harbor such
feelings. and that he had no know
ledge of the ranch receiyershlp until
after he and ]. T. Good had been
appointed Joint receivers
A legal battle was fought 10 a truce
carly in the morning session wher
the defense tried 10 Introduce a let.
ter written nv Sneed In New York
city. November %. while he was IN
pursuit OF his wife 10 W II Fuqua.
Sneed's partner In cattle and land
ventures. The letter finally was ad-
mitted.
II reads In fnll as follows
"Mv Dear Mr. FuQua. have been
thinking every day I would write
YOU but have felt too had and mis-
cradle 10 40 ANYTHING hrt ! want 10
thank Won from the bottom o. my
heart for what Won have done for
me. have thought and thought and
tried 10 think and ] don't soc why
God wants me 70 suffer and srffrT
and vet live or course. know how
the world VIII look ~ this. hut in
looking back over our lives 7 can
cali 10 mind ton thousand times ton
thor0and things Witch make me-
know che could not have done this
wav. You know love the little
Children and how gladly ] would give
nv life for thom But she loved.
them more than 7. and I Will always
know that had she boon herself she.
would have stood 10 be burned and
tortured 10 death before she would
have hoanod this icnominv and lis
grace on their little lives And what
can tell them about their mother
when thcv cry for her every da~ and
have ever since she went 20 the sanl
tarium can't even tell them that
she = IN an unknown grave
know tho world will saw ! am al
cd 20 ret them In the United States
81 n pct the min tho United States
and 7 am confident they are stlll|
here. but 7 can come back from down
there II ! can locate them. Mean
while have him shadowed. VIII leave
tomorrow noon for Plano for a few
davs and viii then come MP 20 sec
vou. feel better today than have
been and hope 20 have strength
enough ~ mind TO look az the matter
as ] probably should n Lena vas