Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-12-18
Saturday night.

bile on the Muddy Creek pike between
$3.50 and Z o'clock on the morning OF
July 25th, following the night on
(which the murder is said to have been
committed. FOx's grandparents tes-
tilted that he was asleep at his home
lat that time, having come IN about
three minutes to IL o'clock the night
before, and Hardman's sister, Mrs.
Clyde Douglas, stated that she heard
him come into her apartment when
her clock showed the hour to be 20
minutes to IL the night before, and
that she saw and heard him there
about o'clock in the morning. Mr.
Robinson was mistaken in his testi-
mony when questioned by the defense
William Asher, who operated the
ferry at Boonesboro, was introduced
to testify that he and Hardin Smith
were on the ferry all night, July "a
and that he was not awakened at $3.50
or 4:30 a. NJ, by William Massie, who
testified for the defense that he rowed
across the river ,awoke Asher, who
was alone on tn boat and had him taKa
the ferry back across to the Clark
county side to take his automobile
/ over. Hardin Smith has been spe-
ciaI target for the defense, but has
remained firm in his contention that
he ferried Hardman and Fox across
! the Kentucky river from the Clark to
the Madison county side long time
after midnight on the night of July
Gath.
The defense has also been unable t.
introduce witnesses to discredit tho
statement of Ed Mckee, negro, that he
saw Hardman in a Dodge roadster
with another ma non the pike near
Clintonville about sunrise, the morn
+ ing following the murder. John Schu-
maker. a *Iifer" in the Clark county
I Jail, has also been an important wit
ness because of his testimony that
Hardman, when "steWed" on whisky
given him by Isaac Miller, Fayette
county man, imprisoned on whisF
charge told him that Renaker was
killed with blackjack which
PENDANT and Fox threw into the keG-
lucky river, with some clothes, fir m
a cliff on the Madison county side tn
Fox waited outside of the house VIII le
the crime was committed, and tn
NOW that we have the keys, l don't
give damn what they know about
the case"
Chief of Police James S. Mul'1s.
rebuttal witness, contradicted the tes-
timony of Hardm8n's sister, Mrs.
Clyde Douglas, saying tht aafter the
investigation of the murder was be-
gun Clyde Douglas called him (Mul-
lins) out of Gilliam's drug store to
talk to Mrs. Douglas. She stated on
that occasion that she knew nothing
about her brother being in her apart
ment on the night of July oath until
she saw him there the following
morning, Mr.. Mullins said. When Oh
the stand, Mrs. Douglas stated that
Hardman came in at 20 minutes to II
o'clock and that she looked at her
clock at that time. Clyde Douglas
told officers that Hardman changed
color when told by his sister that de-
tectives had been to Austerlitz. where
he lives, Chief Mullins said in con- ,
tradiction of Mrs. Douglas testimony.
Douglas stated that he awakened his |
brOther-in-law about o'clock, not
having known that he was in tn"
house before and denied telling of
sicers on a previous occasion that !,
saw Hartman asleep there at 2:30 a. !
n. when he was up to get his baby
drink.
Mrs. Henry A. Cook a rebuttal wit
ness, stated that Mrs. Douglas tol
her of having driven Mrs. Renaker in
tho latter'S automobile to Cincinnati
and back, but did not mention that
Hardman was in the party. Mrs.
Douglas had testified that at Leon
Renaller's request she had Hartman
drive Mrs. Renaker and herself to Gin
rinnati, and that they stayed three
davs.
Hardman has retained his comps
IRE throughout the trial and nervous
ness during his long period Of direct
testimony and examination WIS
n2t evident evceDt to close observers.
Fox was not so good witness, it was
aid by snertators. rs he several
times contradicted himself and his
previous testimony and had greater
tendency to explain and become con-
fused.
Mrs. Douglas withstood thu strain
Of severe croSs-eEamination with few
indications Of confusion, but her hue-
hand crumpled in his chair and tremb-
led and blanched when informed thai
he would be confronted with every
member Of the September grand jury
to nrove that he has changed his
story.
When court reconvened for the az
teTnonn session saturday 1T 1:30
o'clock. the defense announced it had
finished its testimony and witnesses
were introduced in rebuttal by the
Commonwealth.
William Asher. the first witress j.
PRODUCED by the Commonwealth, said
he oneratpd the Boonesb"ro ferrv;
that Hardin Smith was his son-in-law,
and that he and Smith were on the
ferry I'll night Monday, July Oath. II"
said William Ashcraft was not on the
boat that night. as he hadn't been
working for Asher for several davs.
Mr.. Asher said he did not remember
William Massie or ANYBODY else cross
ing the river in rowboat. waking him
Up to get them on the other side, H
SAID there were two cots on the boot
Miss Grace Snapp, who has bee"
telephone operator at Clintonvil'"
three miles from Austerlitz for snme
time, and has known Scobee Hardmaa
for two or three years. testified next.
She said she was working at the g.
change when Scobee Hartman, with !
another young man, ga nice LOOKING
Young man." came in. She said it W.