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Show INifll VFU Murder Trjal of Sneed Is of Widespread Interest Fort Worth, Tixas, Fob. 5. Three of the most weilthy and Influential families of Texaj are Involved In ihe trial which begai here today of John B. Sneed, accucjd of the murder of Captain A. G. lpyco, tho millionaire banker. That he "unwritten law" will tlgure confjicuously In tho proceedings, pro-ceedings, is lii'icated by the statement state-ment of the acjused man and the movements of ?s counsel The filling fill-ing was the sefiel to the elopement of Sneed's wlfqwith Captain Boyce's son; and it is forecasted that much of ihe defensoiwill be based on the claim that thcjeldor Bovco aided in the romance. J The killing lecurred in tho lobby of a Fort YVoih hotel, several days after Mrs. Snfed had been returned from Wiunlpoj. whence she and young Bovco qppod. After the shooting, shoot-ing, It is'alleid; Sneed said: "It had to l) dflne' Then he prqicted the reasous would b0 brought oi M, his trial. - All Texas, oore or less, is lined up on ouc si 3 or tho other for the trial The eiuls, the Boyces and the Snyders-ho latter the family of Mrs Sneed pve' been well known In Texas sLnco parllcr generations be-?an be-?an eontrlbulng to the state's history. his-tory. J ! on- |