Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-02-15
sNEEO-bOYCE CASE
MAKES HEAOWAY
MANY PROMINENT AMARlL-
10 PEOPLE PLACED
ON STAND
LITTLE NEW EVIDENCE
TESTIMONY TO DATE II LARGE
LY A REPETITION OF ENi-
DENCE BROUGHT OuTI
FORMER TRIAL

NEKNON, Texas, feD. ~ ih'
taking of testimony started in the
! Il. Sneed trial this morning, Dr
A. +. Lumpkin being the first wit
ness called to testify on behalf oi
the state. During the morning SEES
sion of the court, five of the states
important witnesses were examined
and excused from further attendance
upon the court. Their examination
mas been about along the lines pur-
sued at the habeas corpus hearing al
Amarillo and the trial OF B. Il. Epting
at Memphis, and at no time were any
OF the witnesses given long eXami-
nation by the defendants counsel
Wm. =. Mclean. who is interrogatlng
for that side At the rate of prog
ress made this morning. the state
should conclude It's direct testimony
sometime Saturday and IL is expect
ed the defense. In that event, VIII
ask until Monday before putting on
any witnesses.
DR.. A. +. Lumpkin. testified he
was called to the residence of Mrs.
A. G.. Boyce. Sr.. on the afternoon OF
Saturday the lith OF September TO
view the body of Al Boyce. and TO at
tend Mrs Boyce. That he found no
less than thirty wounds on Boyce' $
body. all on the right side and rang
ing from wound just an inch under
the lobe of the right ear to point
between the hip and knee. That in
his opinion any one of a half dozen
OF the wounds would produce In
stant death DR.. Lumpkin removed a
Leuger automatic pistol from the
person OF deceased. and found II ly-
ing across the abdomen when he
started TO make an examination OF
the body. He further testified that
he had been called In TO see Mrs.
Sneed and her children at different
times: that Sneed had provided a
good home. nicely furnished for his
wife and children. and so far as wit
ness knew Sneed was a kind and low
ing husband and father.
Rev. Ernest h. Robinson, pastor OF
the Polk street Methodist church dur
ing September last and at this time,
testified he was just returning from
the Panhandle Grocery across Polk
street diagonally from the church
and passed Al BoyHe. who was going
north at the time about the south
front entrance to the church that he
spoke and said Hello Al. and Royce
said "Howdy do, Doctor. that wit
ness remarked. 1t is getting lit
tie COOL and this was followed by
1t is getting TO be the fall OF the
year" on the part OF Boyce. that he
had passed some twenty-five feet
south when his attention was at
tracted by the firing OF the first shot,
and on turning observed Boyce reel
ing or sinking 10 the ground and
Snced. whom he did not then recog-
nize, on the opposite side of the
street some two steps off OF the curb
with his gun up. the second and
third shots followed. Sneed advanc-
ing some two steps each time he fir
cd; that Immediately after firing the
last shot, Sneed turned and walked
north on Polk street. witness going
into the Methodist parsonage. which
was then his home. to see IL his
boys were in the house; that he la
ter returned to the body and Boyce
was dead
On cross-examination said he had
known Sneed some two or three
years. and Sneed's wife was a mem
Der OF his church and Sneed's two lit
tie girls attended suday school at
his church, had been in Sneed s
home. and that ii was nicely fur
nished. so far as witness had OBJ
served Sneed was a kind and indulg-
ent husband and father. as evidenced
by the manner OF fitting up his home
and furnishing his family with many
luxurles
Beecher Harris testified that at
the time the first shot was fired he
was Just south on Polk street from
the church. possibly a block: heard
the shots. saw the shooter. but not
the party fired upon. Later went to
the body and that Boyce gave no
sign OF life except a gasp.
On cross examination witness said
he was not present anywhere on Polk
the killing when Lynn Boyce came
down the street with his winchester
In his hands.
Mrs Maria Kindred. AZ that time
running the Magnolia Hotel. heard
the shots fired and Immediately
walked out on the side porch. saw a
man dressed In working clothes GO
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