Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-02-18
DEFENSE BEGINS
IN shEEO TRIAL
FATHER OF MRS. SNEED IS
FIRST WITNESS CALLED
TO TESTIFY
NOIH|NG NEW DEVELOPED
TESTIMONY so FAR GIVEN DOES
NOT DIFFER MATERIALLY
FROM THAT IN FORM
ER TRIAfs
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speeial TO Daily Nevs- ,,ar
VERNON, Texas. Feb. After
the introduction of the testimony ol
three witnesses. the state rested l's
case against ]. b. Sneed this morn
ing at 1920. and the defense imuie-
diately called captain 7. > shEue'
~ CLAYTON 10 the stand. The tesu-
mony OF this witness was at times
OF such nature as to cause tears 10
come to the eyes OF the Jurymeh'
,cd at times the witness himseH
was unable TO control his emotiohs
when telling OF the troubles in the
Sneed home
Mrs. Lizzie Colts. who with her
husband. conducts second manu-
store on the Bowery, stated that ."
Friday before the homicide some
stranger purchased from her an
iron bed. mattress, blanket anu
chair. that all of these articles were
second hand. that the party asNeu
they he delivered at once to ~"
POLK street. and her husband lmh'e-
a,ately took them there. witness
was under the impression that 'he
man who bought this stuff had q
black mustache and was wearing o'o
oyeralls and blue shirt
Following her testimony was tha'
OF her husband. c. +. Coils ana no
new feature was brought out by MN
except that he delivered the goous
In question 10 the house on POLK 81.
and went there about Wednesday ol
the following week at the request ol
sheriff Burwell and identified 'he
second hand stuff purchased from
,,a wife on the previous week.
J. NJ. Proctor OF Amarillo tes.'-
fled that on the afternoon OF Tue
killing he was driving north on rolh
stree, about the north corner OF tue
aaptist church and some 200 ieet
from the scene, that he saw Sheeu
and Royce too before the firing Oh
the first shot. that Boyce was walk
ing north with his head down anu
his arms swinging down by ms s'ue'
that when the first shot was iir'
"a Sneed was two or three steps
from the curbing on the east side VI
the street. but Immediately adVanc-
cd In rapid manner to about the
center of the street fired agan ana
then walked up within four or iNe
feet of the curbing on the west slue
OF the street and fired the th'Iu
shot into the body OF Boyce as ne
Law on the ground. The testimoh!
OF the witness in regard to Sneed
position al the time OF the tlrlhg o'
the second and third shots is contra
dictory OF that of the other state 5
witnesses. who testified Sneed never
advanced further than the center OIL
the street at any time. Nm. Mclean
examined the witness at great lehg'h
on cross examination, but his tesu-
mony was just as positive as tha'
given on direct and witness declar-
ed he could not be mistaken as TO
the position OF Sneed or that NJ
Boyce had his hands down by MS
aide and was walking with his head
bent over. With the testimony the
state rested
Captain T. $. Snyder gave the
most interesting testimony so Tar
brought out on the trial He stated
he had known Captain \. G. Boyce
since 1858: that they had been part
ners In the cattle business and very
intimate. Had known Sneed ioT
over thirty years. and had known
his grandfatke, for more than iiity
years Witness said Beal Sneed mar
ried his daughter In Georgetown
Texas. and then removed 10 Hills
boro to practice law and his Oldest
child was born there. that he later
moved to Childress and had a Law
office but his business was largely
that OF cattle dealer Witness vas
called TO Amarillo By a telegram
from Sneed sometime about the / lth
or 18th OF October. 1911. saying
that Sneed was in great trouble
when witness reached Amarillo went
Immediately to the home OF his son
in-law and when he arrived there
his daughter, Mrs. Sneed. threw hei
arms around his neck. and thai
Sneed was crying; he asked them
what in the name OF God is the
matter" and Sneed replied his wife
had said to him she wanted to &c
away with Al Boyce. Captain Snyd
or then related two visits that hs
made TO the home OF Captain Boyc'
and conversations there had with
The father and mother OF Al Boyce
that they told him the thing had
been going on for months. and wher
he asked Why they had not told "a