APPENDIX The Lake Wales Highlander - December 28, 1916 "Find Boewe's Watch" The watch, taken from the body of E. F. Boewe, after he was murdered several days ago, was found by Deputy-Sheriff Wilder, hidden under a corner of the Mimbs house at Peace Valley. The Lake Wales Highlander - March 15, 1917 "Circuit Court Convenes" Circuit Court was opened by Judge John S. Edwards, at Bartow Monday. Following is the list of those who have been drawn to serve as pettit and grand jurors for the term: E. P. Jackson, J. E. Grantt, Alton C. Hooks, J. R. Craig, A. R. Cox, Caleb C. Collins, Thomas E. Burdette, F. A. Grether, J. A. Hancock, J. B. Cochran, Wiley B. Hill, Paul Davis, Leon Hebb, A. P. Ellison, J. T. Hagan, Gilbert Futch, G. L. Gaskins, A. E. Dickey, E. O. Carver, Calvert Hamilton, Chas. D. Holland, H. H. Galloway, James Hampton, W. W. Carter, Elignet Cook, L. W. Goodyear, Bruce Davis, N. B. Childs, Leslie Griffin, T. L. Cardwell, R. E. Gandy, G. B. Harbough, Thomas L. Hughes, Alfred Hoppenworth, John D. Clark, William M. Greer. It is expected that the trial of Jasper and Ed. Mims, who are charged with murdering Buey on the night of December 17th, will come up during this term of court. The Lake Wales Highlander - March 22, 1917 "Will Try Mimbs For Murder" The grand jury last Friday brought in a true bill against Ed. and Jasper Mimbs, who had been arrested last December charged with the murder of E. F. Boewe. Ed. Mimbs was charged with murder and Jasper with being an accessory. The case has been set for trial next Tuesday. The Lake Wales Highlander - April 5, 1917 Vol. II No. 5 "Father And Son Are Convicted" Ed. And Jasper Mimbs Found Guilty of Murder in First Degree After a Lengthy Trial After a trial which lasted for five days, Ed. Mimbs, charged with the murder of A. D. Buey on the 17th of December, and his father, Jasper, indicted as an accessory in the crime, were both found guilty of murder in the first degree, the jury bringing in a verdict at about three o'clock Tuesday afternoon, after being out about three hours. On account of the publicity which the murder had received and the large number of people acquainted with the defendants in the east end of the county, considerable difficulty was experienced in obtaining a jury, it taking nearly all of last Thursday to secure men satisfactory to the attorneys. The evidence showed that while Ed. Mimbs had actually fired the shots from ambush which had killed Mr. Buey, he was aided and abetted in the planning of the murder by his father. The State prosecuting attorney Burton had a strong case of circumstantial evidence against the accused and handled the proceedings in a masterly way. He was greatly assisted it the conduct of the case by J. T. Parker, of Lake Wales. The courtroom was crowded with interested spectators nearly the entire time the trial was in progress, and when the verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree was brought in by the jury, it was the universal opinion that the verdict was a most just one. Sentence has not yet been passed. Many Lake Wales people were in attendance at the trial, as both the murdered man and the defendants were well known here. The Polk County Record - Bartow, Florida - Friday, May 10, 1918 "Two Weeks Stay Of Execution In The Case Of Mimbs And Son" Governor Extends Their Time. Reported That Young Mimbs Has Made Confession to the Crime. The Mimbs' won't hang on the 17th of May as ordered, but have been given two weeks more hold on life by the governor, and they will hang on the last day of this month, unless something very important happens. It is reported that young Mimbs has given out a written confession, but elder Mimbs states that there was no frame up at all and that his son did not intend to confess as far as he knew, and that if he was to hang an innocent man would lose his life. He made the same statement with reference to his son, also: "I will go to the gallows at the last and until the noose is put around my neck will declare that I am innocent." There is still talk of saving the necks of the two men by sending them to the penitentiary for life, and a petition to that effect is now before the State Pardoning Board. The Courier Informant - Bartow, Florida - Friday, May 17, 1918 "Mimbs Hearing Set For Tuesday, May 28" The pardoning board's hearing of the appeal of Jasper and Ed. Mimbs for commutation of sentence has been set for May 28th. Tuesday Mimbs' will be represented at the hearing by L. C. Johnson, C. A. Boswell and J. W. Brady. If the pardoning board fails to set upon the plea, the Mimbs, both father and son, must hang on Friday, May 31, when their stay of execution expires. The Courier Informant - "South Florida's Big Weekly" - Bartow, Florida Tuesday, December 19, 1916 - #31, Vol. XXXVL, Section 1 "Buey found Dead In Road. Ed Mimbs Placed In Jail" A. D. Buey, a white man of about the age of thirty-five and who has been employed by the Peace Valley Farms company for several years, and bore a good reputation and was well liked by his employers and his acquaintances, was found dead on the road leading from the Peace Valley hotel to McIntyre's turpentine still last Sunday morning about eleven o'clock, by Miss Lula Bonnye, with buck and bird shot wounds over the upper part of his body. A coroner's jury consisting of M. C. Cain, as coroner, and T. J. Parker. Harold S. Butler, D. C. Mims, W. G. Driggers, H. J. Whidden and L. L. Barnes, held an inquest Sunday and their verdict in substance was that the deceased came to his death from gun-shot wounds inflicted by Ed Mimbs. His father, Jasper Mimbs, is being held as an accessory. Both of these men are in jail. It seems that Mr. Buey, who was a widower, has been paying attention to Miss Bonnye, who is a step-daughter of Jasper Mimbs, and, it is alleged, neither the father or the son looked with favor upon the suit of Mr. Buey, and had frequently reproved the young lady for allowing him to see her, and it is this fact that forms the motive that it is alleged, connects young Mimbs with the murder. There were no eye-witnesses to the killing and the evidence so far is altogether circumstantial. Young Mimbs claims he was not near the spot at the hour of the murder and can prove by several witnesses as to his presence in another vicinity. It is claimed by friends of Mr. Buey that he had on his person a short while before his death, a pearl handle pistol, about $20.00 in money and an Elgin watch, all of these were missing when the body was found. Search is being made for them and also the gun which the murderer used but none of them have been found up to the time of going to press.