Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-08-17

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man was apparently as cool an
composed as ever, but as the hea
ling progressed and details of hi
associations with the widow o
the man he is accused of murder
ing came out he appeared ner
vous.
Keen interest was taken in tn,
(. proceedings, as startling develop
ments were expected. The cour
room was crowded early. Womei
outnumbered men and man,
mothers carried babies in thei
arms. Children under 10 year
! were excluded.
! Matt Bean, county coroner
the first witness, described The
! position in which he found the
body. He said that it had bee.
laid out on the bed after the vic
tim had been murdered and that
the contents of the room had not
been disturbed. Mr.. Bean also
acted as undertaken. The testi-
nony of S. P. Kerr, the next wit
ness, was the same. Mr.. Kerr is
the partner of Mr.. Bean in the
undertaking business.
DR.. Browne Ishmaei, Winches-
ter physician, described the pro-
bable way in which Renaker was
killed. He stated that a blunt
instrument was more than likely
used, as the tissues around the
wound were not broken. He also
stated that the murdered man
could not have called out for hep
as soon as he was struck, as un-
doubtedly he was immediately
paralyzed.
Mrs. Renaker was next called
to the stand. She sa ID that she
and her husband had decided to
take trip to see ball game i'll
Cincinnati. They left Winchester
about nine o'clock Sunday morn
ing and spent Sunday night with
Wa ter Renaker in that city. Ac-
-cording to the witness they spent
Monday together shcpp ng and
attending ball game and her
husband returned home that
night. Mrs. Renaker spent Tues
day night with Adam Renaker,
an uncle of the deceased man, and
left for Winchester the following
morning.
Mrs. Renaker said that she had
no premonition of any thing be
ing wrong and that when she
reached the city she went to her
husbands place of business. When
she found he was not there, she
supposed, she said, that he had
been called to Georgia on busi
ness. She then went home. She
went to her room at once. she
said, and changed her dress. Then
her husbands room she
saw his body on the bed. She
rushed down stairs, called for
help and tainted, she testified.
Mrs. Renaker stated that she
had been acquainted for about
three or four years with the de-
fendant, and had met him through
his sister, Mrs. Clyde Douglas,
with whom she was very init
mate. She stated that she had
visited in the Douglas home fire.
quently and had seen Hardnan
there. She said that she had
gone to the home of Hardinan at
Austerlitz with Mrs. Douglas ani
had seen him there.
On one occasion, she stated,
she had gone to Austerlitz with
the defendant and his sister. Mrs.
Ruth Douglas, and upon arriving
there they had met Emory KIM
ball, Hardman's former brothe:
in-law. Here, she sa d, Mrs.
Douglas got into car with Kin;
ball and she remained in the car
with Hardnlan. This was tie
ony time she was ever iii a car
alcne with him, she stated.
Mrs. Renaker stated that on
Friday prior to her trip to Cincin-
natl, she was going to Lexington
and asked Mrs. Douglas to go
with her. She stated that Hard
man was along, and that, as
matter Of courtesy, she asked him
to accompany them and he accept
ed. When in Lexington she saw
Nathan Levi, a friend of her hus-
band. and that she spoke to him
and in a joking way told him not
to tell her husband that she had
been in Lexington.
Mrs. Renaker also stated that
she was at the train with Mrs.
Douglas Saturday night prior to
her trip to Cincinnati and that
they met FIardman there and
took h m down town. They then
went into a confectionery and
joined them again. She