Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-02-18
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uopE WAS EXPRESSED THEREIN
THAT YOUNGER BONCE AND
Mrs. SNEED MIGHT BE
FOREVER SEPARATED.
MISS HAMILTON HEARD
Importance Attached to Testimony oi
Mrs. A. q. Royce. Sr., Who VIII
Take Witness Stand Monday
Arguments Thursday.
Special TO Daily News.

Special TO Daily News
Fort Worth, Tex. Feb. IA let-
ter written by Col. A. G. Boyce TO
George Findley of Chicago Just eight
davs before he was killed expressing
the hope that his son Albert and
Mrs Lena Sneed might be kept Tor
ever apart and asking aid Of friends
10 that end. was introduced by inc
prosecutors Of John Peal Sneed thls
afternoon as the strongest link in the
chain of testimony rebutting the de-
fense charge that Col. Boyce was
seeking to reunite the two
The letter was written after Mrs
snced had been reclaimed by her
husband. and while Albert G. Boyce'
Jr was still detained by the Cana
dian immigration Bureau Col Boyce
in This remarkable letter asked his
friend Findley to enlist the aid o.
the Farwells and Judge Tenney II
having Secretary Knox and Presideh
Taft use their influence In havinl
his son liberated. lie told OF Tn
Indictment In Fort Worth, declarinl
that every count was untrue.
bitterness toward Mrs. Sneed !
expressed in the sentence: she !
no more insane than ! am. she !
moan as the devil and smart as
whip." and toward United state
District Attorney Atwell, whose "a'
tive mart in the affair" he charge
70 his relationship by marriage
Mrs. Sneed.
A fathers loyalty is shown In n
declaration that his friends could al
sure the Canadian authorities th'
Albert would make them a good CT
izen," and a husbands solicitude
the statement that Mrs. Boyce
wholly unnerved and refuses to
comforted" -.
Tho letter was followed hv the te
timonv of Miss Mary Hamilton. WI
has made her home with the Boyc
since 1905. She testified that Cal
povce's aim through the whole
fair was to break mp the affair !
tween his son and Mrs. Snecd.
Mrs. A G. Pcyce widow OF I
slain man, will take The stand NC
dav in further refutation OF the &C
spirJcv charges against her dead NJ
hand \ woman " active mind.
sni,e Of her feeble health, she Is
nectcd 70 make an effective Witn'
for the prosecution The state v
nreeont other witnesses for the y
posc OF impeaching defense with
on the stand last week and VIII II
lv rest Monday night,
Attorney Cone Johnson cf coun
for tho defense said Saturday an
noon at the close Of the session I
two days world he required Tor
deferse's witnesses rs sur-rebut
that Is. rehuttal of the states rel
toi witnesses This will carry
case 10 Wednesday night The
ferso sur-rehuttal testimony may
Of a character that viii entltled
state 10 reioinder witnesses In
evcnt the Arguments Of the attori
will not begin before Thursday
vii, require at least two days an
all probability the courts charg'
the Jury will not he reached he
Saturday.
The three weeks Of the trial
ready passed have sharply def
the contested issnes In the case.
erv inch os the ground has been
scene Of legal skirmish. and
witness who has been on the 9
has escaped without scare
denomination.
Miss Mary Hamilton. cousin
companion OF Mrs a. G.. Poyce,
ON the stand this afternoon
said that she overheard Mrs. !
converse with Mrs. Lena sneed
before the elopement and that
Boyce said 10 her. "oh, Lena, !
think q would ever come to
although knew YOU were IN
dent what will Real think?'
Henry Royce. son OF Capt y
was on the stand most all OF
and proved strong witness 70