Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-08-29

! working on the case hut was
put in the sheriff's office. He
| said it was taken from his office
without his consent by County
Attorney Moore. He said that
he had been sin the dark" con-
cerning the work of the officials
on the case.
Bush said that the shirt was
sent to the Experiment Station
at Lexington for examination OF
he spots on it. The Spots prov
ed to be grease and not blood
spots. The laundries of LeXing
ton, Paris and Winchester were
communicated with in an effort
to find the owner of the shirt.
! It was first reported by the laun-
dry at Winchester that the
marks on the shirt indicated it
belonged to Soobee Hardman,
= but this was later denied by the
laundry. A Paris laundry also
reported that the shirt belonged
! to negro, but that also was la
! ter denied. Further investiga-
ton of the ownership of the
shirt was abandoned when it
could not serve as clue.
Lee Hardman. father of SEQ
bee Hardman, testified that his
son came home on the morning
train that leaves Winchester at
about 7:20. Mr.. Hardman also
told Of Reese FoX's association
with his son, Scobee Hardman.
James Noloini testified that he
and Fox went to the river to-
gether on the night Of July "a
with two young women and
that they we're at the river for
short time, returning about 9
o'clock and Reese Fox took him
home about ten. Nolcini said
that he was in the party that
came to see Hardman Friday
night after the murder and that
he called Hardman over in front
of the City Restaurant to see
Reese. Nolcini said that Hard
man called Fox name and said,
You have told the officers a lie
Oh me-" Nolcini stated that
IIardman was laughing and DID
not appear to be angry.
The next witness was John
Thompson, who testified that he
punctllred tire on the Boone,-
boro pike about s o'clock the
night Of July "a, Fox came by
with Nolcini and two Young wo-
men and lent him a jack and lug
wrench. Thompson said that he
and Aldridge were going to a
barge dance that night and on
their return he did not remember
meeting any car. Aldridge cor
roborated the testimony OF
Thompson.
Carl Mahan. testified shat he
the night Leon Renaker was
supposed to have been killed he !
and Reese Fox were sitting in
Fox's car about II o'clock dis
cussing a proposed trip to Lou
isville. He said that Kidd Allen
borrowed FoX's car and Fox told
hlm to hurry back with it as he
had to go home. He said that :
Allen came back in about IS,
minutes and Fox said that he
was going to the Franklin gar
age to get gasoline for the trip.
Mahan said that he saw Fox as
he came back from the garage
and that Fox told him to call
him in the morning if he was
late. Mahan said that then Fox
went out the street leading 20
the pike where his home is To-
Gated.
Robert Ashcraft, former ferry
man at Boonesboro. swore that
he was working on the ferry the.
night of July "a, from o till, Il.
He said that William Asher
worked with linhs and Hardin
Smith was not on the boat while
lie was there.
Ashcraft stated that he had re-
lieved Smith at 8 o'clock that
night, He stated that he knew
he worked on that night because
he had his wife keep a calendar
TO mark up the time that he
Mrs. Robert Ashcraft |
was called sto the stand and pro-,
Jiliced the calendar, showing that
Ashcraft had worked six hours
on July "a.
John Swope, former legislator,
who is now in the garage bust
ness, testified that on the morn
ing of July Is about $50 o'clock
Scobee Hardman had a taxicab
sent to the home of the Doug
las on Boone avenue to take him