Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-08-17

band rushed IN, she said, and
found Renaker's body on the bed
! She also described the position
of the BODY.
! Mrs. H. K. Prather was the
last witness before court ad-
/ journed until | o'clock.
The first witness to be call
cd in the afternoon was Chief of
Police J. S. Mullins. Mullins
! stated that he had a conversa-
ton with the defendant prior to
his arrest. This conversation was
in the presence of Detectives
Slater and Curry, who were en-
ployed on the case, and County
Attorney H. H. Moore. He said
that the defendant stated that he
had come into Winchester from
Austerl;ts Monday afternoon,
prior to the tragedy, and loafed
around town that afternoon and
that night took supper with F.
w. Davis and went to Mr.. Da-
vis' place of business where he
and Mr.. Davis stayed until about
lO:15. Then he came down Main
street and engaged in conver-
sation with a number of young
men who were on a bench in
front of the Citizens National
Bank.
Hardman stated in this conver-
sation. Mullins said. that he saw
Renal-er pass. Later he joined
Reese Fox and they rode around
the city for about an hour and
6 half and Fox took him to his
sisters home where he spent the
right. returning to Austerlits
the next morning Mr.. Mullins
stated that I1ardnian was the
only suspect that they had had
under surveillance.
Mrs. Renaker was then called
and questioned about her hus-
bands life insurance policies and
the wills that she and her nus
band had made in each others
favor about 4 year ago. She
stated that she had lent her hu5-
band all of her money to put into !
his business. S. T. Baker, at
torney for the Renaker estate, |
testified as to the extent Of Rem
aker's insurance policies and mi
nor details about the estate. !
Detective Ora Slater, of the
Cal Grim Agency, of Cincinnati.
was called to the stand. His tes-
timony ran along the same line
IS Mullins in regard to the con-
versation with Hardman Slater
said that the detectives from his
agency were not allowed to re-,l
ceive any reward, but that he
was employed by Mrs. Renaker.
With reference to two conver- /
sations held with Fox at police
headquarters in this city, Slater
said that the first was different
from the second and that be-
tween the two interviews he was
confident Fox had seen and talk
ed with Hardman.
Hardin Smith, Boonesboro fer-i
ryman. stated that some time
after midnight the Monday night
Renaker is' supposed to have
been killed. a Dodge roadster
with two men in it, one of them
Hardman, crossed the river from
the Clark to the Madison side.
He d so stated that he after
wards recognized Fox when he
was pointed out. !
Henry Cook, who lives IN thu
same house as Hardman's sister.
Mrs. Douglas. said that. he hesrdg
Hardman s voice in the hoine}ofa :
his sister about 4 80 o'clock
Monday afternoon and that some
one was with him, but he id
pot know who it was. Mr. Cook
said that these men stayed in
the house for some time and he
did not see them leave. Mrs.
Henry Cook gave the same testi-
mony.
Dave Saurbach. Stuart McCul
Iom and Nelson Strobe testified
that they saw IIardman pass on
the night Renaker was murder
ed, when they were sitting in
front Of the bank building. None
Of them remembered Hardman
They also saw Rena-
ker pass.
Miss Nettie Batson was the
next witness. Mr., and Mrs.
Clyde Douglas lived with Miss
Batson for while. She stated
that Mrs. Renaker was a fre-
quent visitor in the Batson home
and that Eardman was there
often. Emory Kimbell, of Bour-
bon county, was there several