The Sentinel=record., 1912-02-17
SNEED TRIAL
 POSTPONED
ILLNESS OF JUROR BRINGS CASE TO HALT AT INTERESTING PIE.
 Rio0 OF TESTIMONY.
Son of Slain Man Testified as to His EndeaVors to Keep Brother and defendants Wife Apart-Mrs.
 Boyee to Testify.

Fort Worth, Texas. Feb lG.-Thc sudden illness of Juror strong brought uue sneed trial to an abrupt halt at 4.3o o'clock yesterday afternoon
 !. Henry 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 l3. was still on the stand and inai ations are that he will continue on the stand during Saturday morning and il part of Saturday afternoon. in case the trial is resumed.
 Immediately after the examination Of Henry Boyce is completed. it is expected the defense will call to the stand Miss Mary Hamilton. cousin of animate friend of Mrs. A. C. Boyce, whose examination will be brief. 1t is expected. and then it is believed Mrs. 4. c. Royce. widow of the dead man, will be called to ihe stand Her tes- timony will be the practical finish of the states rebuttal testimony, and de spite the fact that Attorney Mclean says the defense will introduce in sur rebuttal a "string Of witnesses a qHar- ter of a mile long" the belief is prev. aient that the testimony will be end. cd by Wednesday night at the latest and that the case will go to the jury ahout a week from today
 Henry Boyce, who was the first witness called ;9 tho 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 there was a con. spiracy between Henry and Captain Boyce and Al Boyce to steal Sneeds wife away. He dealt with the Boyce family relations both before and aft CT the departure of Young BOyce and Mrs. Sneed from Fort Worth Novem- Der s. 1911, and after their capture in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, on the. night Of December 25, 19l1 He de cared the deal by which Al Royce disposed of his cattle and hogs to Lynn Boyce a short time before No vember 8 was forced by AIS state ment that he might sell out to an other Amarillo cattleman unless his brother. who also was his partner, made he purchase
 Royce also told of alleged expres' sions by Captain Boyce which tended to show regret on the part of the elder man because of the affair be- tween young Boyce and Mrs. sneed RrlI42ing in a statement attributed Co Captain Boyce that if 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 Cap tain r s. snyder father Of Mrs sneed, to try 10 keep Al and Mrs Saeed apart
 One letter introduced today and another which will be introduced ear ly Saturday without objection, brings out strongly Henry Boyces friend shin with Edwin Hobby, cashier Of the Guaranty Fr1at Company of Dal las. BoHh letters are asking Hobby g aid One of them written Noyem' Der 5, asks that Hobby net as eo- between for Henry ard Al Boyce tn their correspondence, and the other written on 5anuary 1. 1912, asks that Hobby keep watch Ia sae whethei any insanity proceedings against Mrs. SSifeed were started, and in case they should be. to try to have the case postponed a few days and wire Henry at his (Henry's) expense.
 Henry Beyee explained his aetizilA in this matter of suggested insanity proceedings against Mrs. Boyce by de- claring he did not want her to be
 shot full of dope" and adiudged 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 we'll founded.
 Evidence not brought out before during the trial was brought out when Henry Boyce told of strange and devious methods used by himself Fo transmit and receive mail One teie gram to him from Al Boyee, he said was sent to a oattieman at Cheyenne