Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-07-31
An Earlier Story

ca IlllIl!
This exclamation in a man
voice, evidently directed to con
panion, was overheard by a nelgl
Dor Between 1880 and | o'clccl
last Monday morning as a mys
terious automobile with curtain!
drawn speeded through an unfre
quented alley in rear of the home
| of Leon Renaker, IS years old
turkey king" who was slain al
his home here, following his re-
turn from visit to relatives il
Covington. Ky, and Cincinnati
Monday night,
A description of this automo-
bile given by tie witness. who
was awakened by the glare of the
mystery cars headlight as it
flashed into bedroom, and the
piecing together Of other bits of
circumstantial evidence, has CEN
tered suspicion upon two young
men prominent in this vicinity, it
was revealed today.
This information has been pos
session of County Attorney Her
bert Moore, Chief of Police Jas.
S. Mullins. and Detectives Ora
Slater and F. L. Curry, Of the Cal
Grim Detective Agency, for sew
eral days. The evidence has been
guarded carefully, but the case
now has progressed to such a
point County Attorney Moore
said today, that he believed the
arrest Of the man who has been
under suspicion, as we'll as that of
a close friend, may develop with
in the next "a hours.
Much depends, he said upon
comparison Of this suspects fin
ger prints with a Photographic re
cord of the tell-tale finger prints
in blood left by the murderer OF
Renaker on a rear screen door as
he departed from the residence
after wiping his bloodstained
hands on a bedroom window cur-
tain.
1t is known that the suspect
OWNS an automobile Of a make
similar to the mystery car seen
departing from the scene OF the
and detectives have
found witnesses who declare they
saw the murder suspect and his
companion in Winchester late on
the night Of the murder.
In following out the theory
that it was this man who COM
nitted the deed, detectives anc
county authorities say they have
a motive toi advance. but refuse
10 divulge it except to say that II
Vas not robbery, but was a delib-
crate, well planned design to slay
Renaker.
Both men already have been
Questioned. While the suspect
apparently tells a straightfor-
ward, story, explaining his move
nents on the night OF the murder
lis friend, authorities say, has
become confused in explaining
certain facts, and, it is declared, |
las contradicted himself in re
gard to important details.
Winchester citizens believe
hat the mysterious murder isl
we'll on the way toward solution. |
Additional substantiation of the
theory that Rena-,
ler was slain by a man who fol-
owed him to- his home and then /
departed in an automobile with al
male companion, was given to au-
it is said, by the decla
ltion of the Coroner that he be- i
ieyes the Jagged wound in Rem
aker's head which crushed his !
skull was inflicted with the han
lie of an automobile jack.
Detectives declare an automo-
Die jack which usually accompan-t !
es an automobile OF the make
similar to the car owned by the
suspect would infict wound with |
he characteristics borne by those
which crushed Renaker's skull.
Information regarding the mys
cry car was given to detectives
oy Mrs. Harry r. Prather, wife
If travelling salesman, who re-
sides with her sister in a house
from the Renaker res
dence by an alley which rarely
5 used by persons or vehicles. !
1t was between 1890 and |
o'clock, Mrs. Prather says, when
he was awakened by the rays of
IN automobile headlight whic
suddenly flashed into her bed
,oom. She heard an automobile
engine running. Her curiosity
vas aroused. She arose from her
BED and went to the window.
She saw in the starlight, the mys-
-erious automobile with curtains
loosely drawn, speed out of the
alley and run onto the lawn Of