Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-12-16
said to lis at that time when you
came up?"


| said to lis at that time when you
came up?"
81 told you Scobee Hardman
was present at my house at din
, ner Friday after the murder"
Asked if he did not state that
Hardman had dinner at his home
with his wife, Hardman's Sister,
and that when Mrs. Douglas said
! the detectives had been down to
Austerlitz he noticed change
the witness declared he noticed
no change in Hardman's express
SIGN and had never said SO.
Douglas sail ne was looking
at Hardman when this news was
brought in, but was looking at
the back of his head"
Didn't you state that when
your sister brought in this news
he changed expression, blushed
and trembled?"
mo, sir"
Didn't you tell the grand jury
that he blushed when this news
was brought in, he changed ex-
preston and became nervous :"
mo, sir"
Didn't YOU tell me on the
stairs yesterday that he did
change expression:"
'Yes, sir. just said he looked
up and looked surprised.'
Douglas here stated that he
told the grand jury the same sto-
ry he told on the witness stand.
Mrs. Clyde Douglas, sister OF
Hardman, then was called.
Mrs. Douglas was frequently
mentioned in previous testimony
as Mrs. Nancy Catherine Rena-
ker's closest friend and the de-
tense has said that II; rdnan was
only with Mrs. Renaker due to
his sisters intimacy with her.
Mrs. Douglas SAID she return
ed to Winchester from Atlanta
the Wednesday before the death
OF Leon Renaker. Her story cor
roborated that previously told
by her brother concerning, his
relations with Mrs. Renaker and
she declared that although she,
Mrs. Renaker and Scobee had
been riding together in automo-
biles to other places, there was
nothing improper between Hard
man and Mrs. Renaker.
Mrs Douglas said that when
they went to Cincinnati Leon
Renaker suggested that Hard
man go with them. The COM
monwealth objected on ground
that this was conversation
with man now dead who can
not speak for himself. Wallace
Muir, chief counsel for the de
fense, said neither was a party
to this case. Judge Shackelford
said there was no way to- judge
how Leon Renaker, if living,
would be a party to this case.
The court sustained the otlcc~
ton.
The witness said she went to
see her brother in jail about ev-
cry day. John Schumacher gave
her letter at the jail addressed
to Jesse Schumacher, she said. !
and she gave it to O. NJ. Morgan.
She said that Morgan opened
the letter in which he found
come key patterns. She declar-
ed she did not know what was !
in the letter before that time.
Mrs. Douglas said she return
cd Immediately to the jail and
told Schumacher if he had any !
key he had better give them to
her or the jail would be searched
in a half hour. She SAID Scnu-
maker gave her two files and d
knife which she took to Attor-
ney Wycolf's Office and gave tc
him in the presence ofMr. Nor
gan and her father.
p Mrs. Douglas denied telling
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Cook that
She drove the car all the way on 4,
the Cincinnati trip, she, Scobec
and Mrs. Rcnakcr took.
Asked if she wasn't in the hab- !
it OF leaving her baby with a
relative near her home, she said
she was not.
Leon Rcnaker joined them on
Saturday night before the rur-
der about 10 o'clock, Mrs. Doug /
las said. Grant Robinson was inf
the car, he and Mr.. RcnakeH she
said. She declared she had her
baby with her all the time.
Monday night, Mrs. Douglas
i