Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-12-16

son after his birth. He was /;
schoolmate Of Hardman in Clarl
county high school and testifiec
/ that he and Scobee had worked
together in Dayton. He stayeC
at the home OF his grandfather
The said, when he hauled hay il
! Bourbon county. He sad woul(
bring Hardman to Lexington
each evening and take him back
the next morning.
| Fox said that on oMnday, Jul
" 2t. he saw Hardinan once or
twice during the day. He sait
he and Jim Nolcini took Miss
! Mabel Cunningham and her Wis
itor from Tennessee to Booncs-
boro that night. On Monday
night on his return from the riv-
er he and Carl Mahan made an
engagement to go to Louisville
the next day ,he said.
Hardman got in his car about
! II o'clock, he said. They drove
: around minute, went to Mrs.
Douglas home, talked few
minutes, then he went down
town between 11:30 and II
o'clock and talked to Carl Ma
han, Fox testified After reach
! ing home he asked his grand
father to wake him early the
next morning as he was going
tC Louisville the next day, be
said.
He told Of being summoned to
police headquarters and being
questioned as to his whereabouts
and Fox admitted that he told
the officers that he didn't take
Hardman home the night OF Ju-
ly 24. After talking with the
police he saw Hardman, he sad,
ard asked him to tel him some
thing that occurred the night OF
July "a SO that he might recol-
lect taking him home. Hardman
did this, ne said, relating some
conversation that they had that
night which caused him to recol-
lect having taken H;1dman.
After talking with Hardman
he went TO police headquarters
to correct his statement and tell
the officers that he tool; Hard
man home, Fox said.
He denied having told Z. X.
Broaddus, OF Madison county,
that he didn't take Hardman
home that night. He was not
with Hardman in a car on the
pike near Clintonville the morn
ing OF July Is, he said,
Hal Kreis. d travelling sa 'cs-
man of Lexington, and Harvey
Ringo, of Richmond. testified
that they came from Richmond
to Winchester the night of Juiy
"a TO dance at the ElksS club.
About l o'clock, Kreis said, he
and his companion went to the
river. He blew his horn two or
three times. he said for the fer
~ boat. The ferry, he said, was
on the other side of the river.
A barge, he said, with music and
dancing, was on the river and
moved from the river bank to
permit the ferry TO land. Rim
go. he said. called across the riv-
er to the fcrryman while the
ferry was coming across the
river. He said they were i'll a
lIupmebilc roadster without cur
tains.
Harvey Chenault Ringo stated
that he called "River Rat" across
the river. as this was HardicI
Smiths nickname. Ringo said
he didn't know how old the car
he used was. He said they
crossed the river about | o'clo"k.
He declared he had not had any
thing to drink and could net get
anything at the Elks' club here.
Robert Ashcraft, assistant fe
ryman at Booncsboro, who was
called next, said that he and Mr..
Asher ran the ferry July "a and
Hardie Smith, who had worked
during the day, wasn't on the
ferry that night, He denied he
nd said previously that he had
borrowed $40 from Mr.. Asher.
Mrs. Ashcraft asserted that h-r
husband was employed on the,
Ferry July "a. She said A. b.
craft ceased to be employed on
the ferry August 3.
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