Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-12-19

She is 70 years Old
Not only these two women
wept. but Walter and Frank
Renaker. brothers of tie mur-
dered poultry dealer, placed
handkerchiefs to their eyes while
County Attorney Herbert H.
Moore in a dramatic recital OF
the manner in which the finding
OF the body indicated the crime
was committed, detailed how
some midnight intruder, crush
inc the skull of the man he had
marked for death, then, with
part Of the bed clothes, smoth-
cred his victim to make certain
Of his deed.
Before the instructions were
given to the jury, Judge Shack
clford announced that the testi !,
mony OF Henry Haggard, WIN
testified that Hardman bought
groceries and charged them t.
Mrs. Renakcr, was excluded.
Following the address of Com
nlonwealth Attorney Baxter,
Mrs. Lee IIardman, mother OF
Scobee, wcpt, and the young
man patted his mothers shoul-
der and spoke TO her, smiling.
Only once did he show Sign
OF losing the calmness whicn
has characterized his entire trial
Tor his lie, that being when
Judge Shackclford read the i'll
structions to the jury, rausing
on the scntencc which referred
tc cIectrocution. if found guilty,
q the maximum penalty, with 4
lie sentence the only alterna-
tive. recommended if an acquit-
tal~were not brought in.
Mr.. Muir, in presenting the
last plea ior the defense, said he
believed with fixed and solemn
conviction, in the innocerce OF
tic defendant.
"Reierencc has been made" he
sad, "to .hc rcspons .biiity rest
ing on YOU men. From the tine
OF nay employment i'll this cas-,
&C. this hour | have realized that
Ghe w.rk | undertook: WIS II
1Gorc difficult task for an ad-
vccate than any other servicc
ior fellow man"
He said. however, he felt freer
than he had at all because in
shore time he would pass his re,
spons.bijity to them.
Yours is divine right" h, i
SAID, the right to Judge a fellow !
man. You are here because JUS
tee and society demand it, but
your first duty is not to convict,
but to say is this the guilty
man: = " i
Il am net h ere to argue tech
Of the law or by rhe
toric to appeal to prejudice, pas
sion or SYMPATHY. There is
OF this in this case"
COMMUNICATING { O11ntv Attor-
ney Moore on lis argument in
the afternoon, he said, he joined
with the county attorney in an
appeal for enforcement OF the
laW. Unless there were en-
fcrccment OF the law, Scobee
IIardman would be wrecked up
Oh the rocks ol prejudice, he
said.
Pointing To- Iiardnan he said:
Il never pleaded for a defend
ant whom | Had rather show in
noccnt. Ii murder is written on
his faie | do not know the lines
Of a criminal
Mrs. Manly Catherine Rena-
ker. How deeply does my sym
pathy go out for her. Had she
have died a. her husband she
would have Seen a blessed mem
ory. How stands she now?
Drawn into this damnable net.
furnishing to this pros
ccution a motive"
Reese Fox he declared, didn't
even know Leon Renaker. 'Why
on earth would he have been a
party to this awful crime?" he
asked.
Mr.. Moore said there was a
motive, but in an hour and a half
he didn't even mention what it
was lIr. Muir declared, con-
tinuing I'll he won't tell you |
will. The Indictment of Mrs.
Renakel, he said, showed what
it was. In his opening state
ment he said the murder of Le- !
on RendSer was not of hate, but
one for gold. | say he's wrong
On both statements.
He said four times in Is
months Scobee Hardman and
Mrs .Relaker were proved to be
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