Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-08-28


| fendant was there twice after
the murder, one time when Mr.
! Douglas was at home and anoth-
er time when he was not there
| On the latter occasion Fox ask
! ed to see Mrs. Douglas and talk
ed to her for about an hour, Mr..
! Cook stated. He stated further
that Douglas told him during
! the alteration that the whole
town was down on him Cook
! because of his statements.
While Fox was on the stand
Saturday afternoon he admitted
in answer to questioning by
Maury Kemper, for the prosecu-
ton, that Mrs. Douglas came
over to him during the trial and
/ asked him if he did not remem~
Der that Clyde Douglas was at
home when he went to the
Douglas jlat. Fox then stated
that Douglas was at home at
the time but denied that Mrs.
Douglas had given him note
when she came to the table at
which he was seated.
The defense made attempts to
diScredit the testimony of Hard
in Smith. ferryman, that he took
Scobee Hardman and Reese Fox
across the river at Boonesboro
on the night of the murder.
Smiths testimony about the
time the roadster was ferried
across the river was corrobo4at-
ed by a number of persons on a
barge at Boonesboro that night,
who set the time at between / As
and 2 o'clock. Harvey Ringo, of
Richmond, and H. NJ. Kries, of
Lexington, whom the defense
claimed were the men ferried
across by Smith, fixed the timel
OF their crossing as about 1
O'Clock, stating that they were
in Richmond, Is miles from the
river, at 20 minutes to 2 o'clock. !
and that they left Winchester
for the river between 1920 and
1870 o'clock.
Reese Fox was the first wit |
ness introduced by the defense
Saturday afternoon and was on |
the stand for two hours and ten
minutes, during which he retain
ed his composure and did not |
change his testimony or becomel
confused on cross examination.
He wore a palm beach suit, and
his ankle, broken in baseball
game week before his arrest, I!
seemed practically well.
Fox stated that-he is p years
old, that his father, Blueford
Fox, died when the son was six
weeks old, and that he has resid-
ed all his life with his grand
father, John Reese, three miles
from Winchester on the Muddy >.
Creek pike. His mother remar-
ried, being now Mrs. Richard
Oliver. and Mr.. Reese remar-
ried about two years ago, the de-
fendant said. J. A. Fox, of Lex
ington, is his paternal grandfath-
er.
Fox said he was in Louisville
as guard for the L. & N. rail
road from July I to July p and
was guarding against damage by
strikers at Corbin for two or
three days before returning to
Winchester Saturday night, July
Is, about midnight. On his way
home he said he stopped in Lex
ington for a haircut and shave,
and saw in that city Carl Mafan,
OF Winchester. who came on to
Winchester with him. Monday
he passed and spoke to
ocobee Hardman on Main street
III Winchester and later in the
day had a conversation with HIM
and James Nolcini, during which
Eardman asked him for the loan
Of his Dodge roadster. Fox said
asked for the car to:
go out near his home in Bour-
bon county, get girl and take
her to Lexington, Fox said, stat
ing that he made an excuse 10
get out of lending his automo-
bile, tho he had lent it to Hard
man on previous occasions and
had known him since they were
III county high school together,
) or 9 years ago. He also saw
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