Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-08-21
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$50 Reward Offered For Bloody
Clothing or Weapon Used
In Renaker Murder

u"lC VI lllG cA'tlllIIllllS ITlat OF
Reese Fox, accu.-ct. cf completely
il the mu de cf ! con Renaker.
mvsteriou5tY slam st his home
July 20. VII ncc be set before
Tuesday.
Fox was Erous 1T before Coun-
ty Judge z. {. Sccbee Saturday
by his attorneys, q. F. Wycoff
and James VIM, Hho said that
the defense will 70, be ready to
ask for such a date unit tuesday.
County Attorney Il. H. Moore
agreed to Lave 2tt.or postponed
until that tins yhcn another
conference CT counsel Tor the
prosecution ani; defense will be
held with IpIge Scobee.
According to !he law, Fox
n.ust be brought art every third
day and gi@cn IN opportunity to
have his tr.-.l jtf set. \
"I'il be "..t a,J paying ball
again i'll i week er two" Fox
said after : two and one-ha!f
hour conferei e VIII members
Of his fam;ly i at.oruov
urdaE Afternoon ii reference L
his trial.
Fox, who 1.r,.c. his ankle
week before LIS a,lest, while
playing on tile baseball team o.
the First Ea1tl>. church in the
Twilight lea2';c s"rics. vas TAX
er from III, cell rc the Office cf
Mr.. Vim, one OF Is attorneys,
for the conference.
James G.. Ec'1ny of Lexing-
ton, viii also bc employed as
counsel for Fox, It is runored
here toda,. It J, sait1 that Mr..
Denny has bseu employed by
Fox's grahl;.;her, Johu Reese.
with whom The ;.oy made his
home, AMI n. mother Mrs.
Richard Olvtr.
Fox has di:tdtied his crutcal
since being III ja1! and walked up
the street with tlr aid of cane.
His ,prinr!.+l tef~nsie, it is in
dicated, will he ia attempt to
prove an alibi ry the statement
Of his grarrtathef. John Reese.
wealthy fa.ner, hat the youth
was at home at - O'Clock on t:,e
night of the mur1e-.
Fox clam, ti,at he drove
Hardman - the I:2me of Hard
mans sister, MS. Clyde Doug
las. at twcnl,- m;'.utes TO twelve
O'Clock the night of the murder
and that hc-Nas eating a cold
supper@iu tie kitchen of his
grandfather's farm house three
miles from Manchester as the
clock on the mattel shelf in the
room struck 'Wel'-c
His grarli;ethe-- will testify
that Fox awakened him, asking
him to cal i7cx e1rh- the next
1si Fox wanted to go to
Louisville, he sa:d
Fox. who i Z ears old, will
be heir to a considerable for
tune thru his grandfather Reese
and his otllcr grandfather, Jas.
A. Fox, of EeXnEton.
New evidence obtained since
the examin;,,g t,iai by the detec-
tiyes and local officials include
,corr5bora on by several
of lie statement c ,
Hardin S'lItll, ferryman at
Boonesboro. that ne took Hard
man and Reese Fox IN roadster
on his ferry ac:oss tie river CON
5iderably pas midnight on the
night Of tie murder
Investigations ci the officers
have extel.ien to Gays Ferry,
the nearest bridge by which ..
person ma, Fecross the river to
he Clark county side and to 9TH
n bridges Beyond
A $50 reward ras been offered
" Chief OF Pc;ice Mullins to
,nybody whc hn>'s clothes ,or a
Weapon in tie Kentucky river
u along TIE road or shore. A
of people living 1T
Boonesboro and along the river
ire searching the pushes and
lshing in, he wate- tor the wea-
,on or bloody clc,.!;es No dredg-
ng operations have tegun. how
yer. The reward was offered
IN the theory that the bloody
'lothes or weapon had been
pitched out by the murderer, who
yer he ,fay have aeen.
The prosecution las abaldoh-
d as "a possible clue the scream
,eard by Mrs. W5'iilm Phillips.
Who stated soon after the body
i Leon Renaker was discovered
N the bel in his room that she
vas awakened on tie night of
he murder by a cry of "Hclpl
-ielpp' and several other words