Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-01-16
10 EXAMINING TRIAL
PROSECUTION To STuBBORNLN
RESIST EFFORTS TO PRO
CURE RELEASE OF ne.
PENDANT ON BOND.
COUNSEL ON ALERT
Prisoner Appears Calm, Talks to Fa-
ther and Brothers nnring Pro-
ceedings, and Is Observed
10 Smile.
Special to Daily Ness.

Special TO Daily Ness.
Fort Worth, Tex. Jan. 1.-THE
summoning OF the Sixty-seventh dis
trict grand Jury In extraordinary ses-
sion for Tuesday. the passing OF the
examining trial OF J. d. Sneed until
Wednesday afternoon. and the an
nouncement OF the prosecution that
all efforts TO have Sneed released on
bond will he stubbornly resisted, are
the developments today in the case
that originated Nov. 9. when A. G..
BoyCe. Jr. left Fort Worth, II Is
ALLEGED. in company with Mrs. ]. T..
Sneed. and reached its tragic eli
max Saturday night when \. G
Boyce. Sr. was shot to death in the
lobby Of the Metropolitan Hotel in
this citv.
The proceedings in Justice Maben'S
court today were brief.
J. r. Sneed was brought into the
court room, accompanied by officers,
his ATTORNEYS, Mclean. Scott and Nc
Lean, his father and brothers, an
uncle and a number OF friends.
W. A. Hanger. retained by the
Boyces as special counsel for the pro-
secution. and County Attorney Bas-
kin. came In later.
what bond do YOU want fixed for
this man." Attorney W p. Mclean,
Jr., of counsel for the defendant
asked.
The idea or bond at this time is
preposterous. Mr. Hanger said.
"Wa want n hearing then" Mr.
Mclean said turning to the court.
after short consultation between
ATTORNEYS for the prosecution and de
fense.
Mr.. Hanger explained that Judge
Tom Simmons had called the Sixty
seventh district grand jury to con-
vene Wednesday for special consid-
GRAFTON OF the case. and asked that
the examining trial he passed until
Wednesday afternoon AT o'clock.
III the grand jury indicts. and II
IS certain to indict, the proceeding
here would be a useless waste Of
time" said MIR. Hanger.
The attorneys for the defense con-
CURED in the view that an examin-
ing trial at this time would be use
less, and Sneed was returned to Jail
The grand jury adjourned last week
10 reconvene next Friday but Judge
simmons Sunday ordered the sher-
iff's department to summon the
grand jury to return Tuesday TO give
the killing OF Col. Royce immediate
investigation.
"Ycu can say for the prosecution
that we will demand that Sneed be
held without bail" Special Prosecutor
Hangsr said this morning II tn
Grand jury returns an indictment tn,
effort 10 secure bail for Sneed vii
comein the form OF n habeas corpus
proceeding In the Sixty-seventh dis
trict court.
MANY witnesses will have TO be
summoned. some from distance, and
II is not likely that the habeas cor
pus hearing could be held before ney'
week. Neither Sneed nor his rela
tives would make a statement about
the case Monday. Sneed appeared
deeply interested In the newspaper
reports OF the tragedy. and read {
paper while he sat In the justice
court. That preacher vas mistak
en-" he said when he reached par
agraph in which II was related thai
he was deeply affected by iail ser
mon delivered by Rev. S y. May
field Sunday afternoon and was IN,
first 20 come forward in response Il
tho pledge to lead a better lite.
81 never went forward at all, and
! am sure he thought some otheI
man was l." sneed appeared cain
In the court room and talked to hii
brothers and his father He smiled
once. Before he was brought 10 th'
court room he asked that a barhel
he sent othe Jail. and when he lef
the prison he was clean shaved anC