Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-12-15

and u1ge Evans, Uncle OF MIS-
Renaker. Fox came by and he
called to Fox to take him home
he said. They drove around the
streets then passed the bnech il
front of the Citizens bank and
he called to Stuart McCuflom tc
lock up the town and throw the
keys away, he said,
| Hardma1 said he did not know
what time the night train from
Cincinnati came in. He said he
and Reese Fox went down to the
St. George hotel. He said they
bad no reason to go down there.
He did not see Leon Renaker
get off the train that night nor
did he know Renaker was COM
! ing in, Hardman said, declaring
he didn't see him at all the night
of the murder and never did tell
Chief Mullins or Detective Sla-
! ter that he had seen Renaker
that night. He said Fox then
took him to his sisters home,
! where they talked for Is minute )
and then Fox left.
Hartman answered que tions
to the court as to the authorship
cf certain letter. Tie defense
withdrew its objections and
tIardman stated the letter was
from a Miss Virginia Downing,
of Perry avenue, Lexington, 4
friend OF his.
He said he learned OF Rena-
kef's death Wednesday after
noon at the stockyards' at Aus
terlitz but faHed to remember
who told him. He said he did
not remember relnarking: 81
guess III have to lock my screen
door, H. did not call his sister
up nor did she call him, he said.
He came to Winchester Thurs
day and took dinner With Mrs.
Douglas. he said. He did not 90
to funeral of Rcnaker. he said
but kept store while his father
attended the funeral. HardlIan
said Frank Davis telephoned him
at his fathers farm and told him
he had something to tell him,
Later Davis told him he was
suspected OF the murder. He
said he went to the police station
voluntarily to be interrogated.
He denied he called Reese Fox
chicken hearted. called him
names or did other than ask him
why Fox didn't remember tax
ing him home that Monday
right. He said in the presence
of two boys he asked Reese why
he didn't remember that he had
taken him home that Monday
night. He again denied cursinG
Fox, unless in "a joking way"
He said he told Fox two or three
things which made Fox remem-
Der what happened. That was i'll
the presence of Homer Strobe
and Courtney Taylor, he said.
He said he did not remember
seeing Smith until the cxamin-
ing trial. He had been to Boones-
boro beach but once in two
years Hardman declared. He
said he did not cross the river
the night Of July "a. He knew
EG Mckee, negro, he said, by
sight. He was not in the Dodge
roadster with Fox the morning
of July Is, as Mckee stated, he
declared.
Hardnan G-nied ever saying
to Kimball that he had as we'll
kill a man as eat meal. He dc.
clare1 he never said anything
about robbing a bank in Clinton
vile.
A story alleged to have been
told Kimball by him, that he
would have been a wealthy man
if a pal had not gone back on
him i'll France, as they were 60
ing to rob a jewelry store, was
denied by the witness.
Asked if he ever told kimball
he would give anybody $l0O to
kill his brother-in-law, Clyde
Douglas, Hardman said he had
not.
Much of the cross examination
was taken up with denials from
Hardman OF the jail keys charg-
es, and was unimportant.
The greater part of the morn
ing session was occupied with
discussions. among the attorneys
for both sides as to whether the
court should allow testimony in
troduced by the brothers of the
slain man and others that tend
ed to show that there was
conspiracy existing among those
indicted for the murder. After
Mr.. Kemper. special counsel for