Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-12-14

he had known Scobee Hardman
! for years and knew his father,
4 Lee Hardman, said he was on
! the pike which ran from Clin-
tonvillc to the Winchester pike
early on the morning of July Is.
He said he saw Dodge roadster
that morning and he didn t
know the name of the man who
! was driving but that Scobcc
Hardnan was in the car with
him. This was before sunrise,
he said.
| Levy Goft, a grain merchant,
testified that he bought rye from
E. S. Darnaby, for whom Nc
kee worked, and verified the
date on which the negro saw the
roadster.
Henry E1aggard. who in July
worked for grocery, said he
knew Hardman and Mrs. K nt-
ker. He said that Hardnan 4
bought groceries which Mrs.
! Renaker later paid for. He said
Leon Renakcr had no bill there
S. T. Davis, of Ben,on and
Davis, counsel for Mrs. Renakcr,
said in event of double indemn1-
ty in case of accidental death,
! the sum Of insurance wctrld be
! $4,000. He said under Rena-
ker's will his estate went to
! Mrs. Renaker. He said at the
! time of Leon Renaker's death he
! had approximately %5,CC0 worth
OF cold storage eggs. not paid
for by him but on which he must
accept whatever losses there
; were and from which he would
receive any profit made.
! Schumacher Tells Of Keys
Schumacher said he first met
! Scobec Hardman iii jail. He said
; he was on the floor with Hard
! man and had had numerous IL
versations with him. He sail
Ike Miller first got impressions
of the Jail keys. He had talk
with Hardman and that he and
, HardInan planned to escape.
Hardman received his meals,
! Schumacher said. from a restaur-
ant Hardman had a number Of
silver case knives and impress
! sionS OF practically al the keys
in the jail and some keys. three
in all, he thought He said SEQ
bee was making a key to the
downstairs door.
Schumacher testified that O. NJ.
! Morgan, of Carlisle, a detective,
employed by the defense, took
| the keys to Hardman under Il
layer in a box of cigars. The
key to the big door, leading into
the cage was fully made. Schu-
, maker said. Schumacher declared
that in the presence of Ike Mil
Ter. Hardman said, There's 10
Use to go to the penitentiary
J when you can get out, for you'll
be too old TO be any account
/ when YOU get out"
Hardman told him. Schumacher
said, that they would go to New
York separately after their es-
cape, then meet i'll France, where
they never can get us
The witness said that aft:
! the investigation began Mrs.
Clyde Douglas, Hardman's sis
! ter, took away two keys.
| Concerning the killing Of Le-
on Renakcr after the key cp;
sode, Schumacher said. Hardman
got pretty well stewed on some
whisky that Miller brought
Hardman. Schumaker a id,
told him "Tve got the keys now
and | don't give d damn what
anybody knows about the kill
ing. He said Hardman, under
the influence of Miller's liquor,
declared that Renaker was kill
ed with a blackjack. He did rot,
Schumacher SAID, say who killed
Renaker, but merely said he
/. knew how Renaker was killed
and also declared he knew more
about the case than Reese Fox.
as "Reese was on the outside. >
Asked if he know a boy nam
ed George Warner, Schumacher
! said some of the statements in
regard to the keys were made
before Warner, but nothing con-
/ corning the murder.
{ Hardman said he would take
his razor and cut Warmers
damn throat" if he tcld any
thing, Schumacher said.
Schumacher said he broke Il
! file after he and Hardman had
had an argument about Hard
mans filing the key on his BIZ
bic, cutting the cover. He said