State v. Chaney

Litz, Judge:

Defendant, Ruben W. Chaney, was tried, convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to death, in the circuit court of Logan County, upon an indictment charging him with the murder of Henry Napier.

Euben Chaney, Henry Napier, Dixie Chaney (sister of defendant and paramour of Napier), and Lindsey Blevins lived in a four-room house at Lundale, Logan County. Euben paid the rent; he and Henry furnished the groceries; and Dixie performed the house work. Lindsey, who was estranged from his wife, “boarded” with the household. Ottis Chaney, a brother of Euben, lived next door and…