Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-02-14
EVIDENCE IS IMPORTANT
sWEARs THAT HE WAS PRESENT
WHEN SHOOTING OCCURRED
AND THAT COL. BOYCE
THREATENED sNEED.
MERCILESSLY GRILLED
Subjected 20 Terrific oss-Examina-
tion at Hands OF Prosecuting
Attorney Hanger-sneed TO
Go On Stand Today.
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Fort Worth. Tex, Feb. Ia
Sought all over Texas for three
weeks by detectives In the employ o,
the defense, which is trying TO &C.
quit J. n Snced Tor the killing of
Captain A. G Boyce, F.. d. Powers
was placed on the stand today as
the defense's star witness and he
proved TO be such.
Powers, who Is a Panhandle land
dealer, was an eye witness 10 the
shooting in the Metropolitan Hotel
on January l9. He established A
good self defense plea for Sneed. for
which the defense has been fighting,
ever since the trial began, but so
far had utterly failed 10 accomplish.
Powers declared that lie was with
in few feet OF Boyce and Sneed
and that when the ranch owner saw
the banker enter the hotel, Boyce.
stnteS Tor him threaieninx.y aud ca
claimed. There's that - now"
Sneed then drew his revolver ana
opened fire. Powers alleged.
Powers evidence is the most i'm
portant for the defense yet intro
! duced
" A, Hanger, prosecuting attor-
ney, drew his chair directly up to
that OF the witness and battled with
him for two hours in an effort TO
shake his story Powers was COM
pelled TO admit that he was once
indicted for a fraudulent land deal.
With wild gesticulations. Hanger
unloosed battery Of cross-eXamina-
tlon on the witness that for warmth
and sarcasm has never been edualed
during the trial lie forced Powers
to admit that he had been in the
rear OF the hotel just a moment pre-.
yious 10 the shooting He also said
he was sitting near Boyce. but the
witness refused TO be shaken regard
ine Boyce's attitude and remark.
Snecd. the prisoner. will 90 on tie
stand for the first time tomorrow.
lie has not yet told in or out OF court
his side and preparations are being
made 90 handle a big crowd tnmor-
row.
A. the afternoon session the ex-
animation Of r n Powers. the wit
ness. who said h, caught Srced's
arms after he fired the fatal shots.
was soon finished on redirect ex-
animation he explained his arrest in
Daihart on charge OF sWindling.
nc said that he sold some real estate
20 w n Place He had lost his deed
which ne had received from the orig
iual owner. "a Nr Scott and when
Place had his abstract examined the
record failed ~ show that Powers
hai title 'o the land The deed was
LATER found Powers took % heforh
the Grand Jury and was never in
diy'cl Powers said he didn't know
exactly what he had said 20 the Met
roro'itan Hotel clerk. C c. BLACK.
He said hc knew hc had given him
an evasiye answer because he didn't
want 10 be summoned as q witness.
He had been suhpoenaed. however.
as witness On the haheas corpus
hearing and had gone to the shsr-
iffs office to find ont II he should
come back on the afternoon OF the
second dlv OF the hearing. The sher-
~ or q deputy had directed him to
see Mr. Mclean. OF Mclean. Scott &
Mclean Ne had told all he knew
Of the killing 20 Assistant County At
toruey Baldwin. q week after The
killing occurred
J. T. Morgan. 5l4 East Sixth
street. an agent for the Occidental
Insurance company. proved an ef,
fective witness for the defense. He
said he saw Col Boyce in Fort Worth
January /. Il was In the morning
Moran testified. and he had lust
stepped out of the elevator entrance
OF the First National Bank Building
when he found Col Boyce walking
west. lie spoke to him. having