Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-08-29
REESE FOX HELD
UNDER $1,000 BOND
Long, Drawn-out Examining
Trial In Renaker Case Fin
ally Comes To End

Reese Fox, charged with com
plicity in the murder OF Leo1
Renaker, Winchester commission
merchant, was ordered held tC
the September grand jury on $5,'
600 bond by Judge r. 5. Scobee
at the conclusion OF his eNamln-
ing trial here Monday. The bono
was given at once. signed by his
grandfather, John Reese, ]. Nj
Fox, Leslie Fox, B. {. Fox, w
B. Fox and J. Reese Fox, the de-
fendant.
James G. Denny, OF Lexington
chief counsel for the defense, de-
clared that Fox had established
q perfect alibi and the testimony
did not warrant holding him. He
deplored the crime, declaring the
murderer was no ordinary Grim
inal. Fox would have had no
motive to perform such deed,
The attorney said. stressing the
robbery theory. Mr.. Denny dis
credited the testimony of the
ferryman, Hardin Smith, declar-
ing that he was a perjuror. Ar
gunents closed at 9:40 at night.
Commonwealth Attorney Maui
" Kemper, OF Lexington, speak
ing for the prosecution. urged
that Fox be held without bond.
He said that the defense had
failed to show where Fox was
between l 80 and sunrise n the
night Of the murder. lie Geclar-
ed that the motive for the crime
was not robbery.
More than 35 witnesses tcstI-
fed for the defense Monday to
prove the alibi that Reese Fox
gave on the stand Saturday.
John Reese, FoX's grandfather,
testified that the boy came home
OH the night Of July "a and call
ed to him to wake him the next
morning as he wanted to go to
Louisville. He stated that he
heard the clock strike midnight
and that Reese called to him the
second time to wake him early
the next morning.
Reese said that he called Fox
two or three times the next
morning but could not rouse him
and so he let him sleep. He SAID
it was habit Of his grandson to
sleep late in the morning AMI
that he never called him to
breakfast as usual thing. lie
said that Fox got UP about noon
July 25. that he ate his dinner
and got iii his car, went 20 his
mothers place up the road to
tell her goodbye. and that he
saw the boy go down the road
in the direction OF Winchester
and he waved at him as he pass
ed. Reese said that lack Wills
was on the porch at this time.
Mr.. Wills corroborated this tes-
timOny.
Mrs. John Reese. the step
grandmother of the defendant,
testified that she was awakened
when Reese called to his grand
father the night of July "a. She
said that she always left the
door unlocked until Fox came
in and that the next morning she
found that Fox had locked the
door as was his custom. She
also stated that the lunch she
put out for him that night was
eaten and that Fox arose about
noon the next day and left for
town at about 5 o'clock.
At the afternoon session Sher-
iff Dee Bush testified that on the !
day of the examining trial Of
Scobee Hardman he. and man
named Mark Holler were talk
ing in the witness room. He
said that Hardin Smith, the
Boonesboro ferryman, walked in
and that he began to question
the man about testimony Smith
had just given. Bush said that
he told Smith that if he was
such an expert in remembering
faces he would like to know the
name of man who had run into
his car at the ferry landing sew
eral weeks ago. Bush said that
he did not hear any conversation !
between Smith and Nolcini.
Maury Kcmper asked Bush what |
right he lad to doubt the integ-
rity OF Smith and Bush said he
was only questioning the man
for his own enlightenment. Bush ,
stated that the city and county
officials were cooperating in the
work on the case and that he
and any of his men were at the
disposal of the commonwealth.
Bush admitted when question
ed that shirt found by the. sher-