The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-02-06
GOVERNMENTS CASE
As DeveIOped In the ExsmInIna TrIaI of
Lindsey DIIIard and Mckee for the
killing of Bud PuIHam.

lard with the murder Of Bud Pulliam,
is as follows:
Holmes Anderson i Mr.. Pulliam
said he came to Gabe Actions field
to get 100 pounds of cotton, which
Sol Alexander had told Mr.. Keller
he could have. Mr.. Pulliam said Sol
had told Mr.. Keller that the picking
had to be paid out of the proceeds of
the sale, and further said he 1nly
wanted Sol's part of the cotton. Or
that if the boys would go with him
to Keller's they would be paid for
the picking. They agreed to that.
Jim billiard said he only agreed to
pay US for what he carried off. The
boys then went to the house; don't
know what for. 1 went back with
Mr.. Pulliam and Sol to where they
were loading cotton l then went to
drive up SOILS horses. AS l was COM
ing back 1 heard the shooting. When
| reached the house / saw Mr.. Pull
liam on the ground. Jim billiard
was beating him with his feet Lind
sey billiard was there at the time. /
saw Mckee walking from the wagon
to the house with Mr.. Pulliam's pis-
tol, which he gave to a woman whose
name is Wells, who put it in a trunk
Shortly after Jim billiard got up he
had pistol in his hand, with which
he shot Pulliam. Pulliam was walk
ing off when he was shot, and was
not trying to fight anybody Don't
know where Dlllard got the pistol.
Lindsey billiard took the pistol and
followed Pulliam around and told
him to run. He also used offensive
language and threw a rock at Pull
liam, who was going away at the
time. Saw Jim billiard after the
shooting. He was shot in the back
of the head; the ball appeared to go
around and lodge in front of the
head. felt the pail there.
J Al. Hawkins-I was close by when
the shooting occurred. Heard Pull
liam tell Mckee he wanted the cotton
or Sol'S horse. Heard Pulliam call
Sol to him. He told the boys he
wanted 100 pounds of cotton out of
their wagon. Saw Pulliam get into
their wagon. He told the boys he
would pay them according as the
cotton weighed out, and told them to
get into the wagon. Just then l saw
Jim move like he was drawing his
| pr1lliora ocBn1
had, and then drew his gun. Then
Lindsey billiard clinched him. Jim
billiard went over into the wagon.
Before he got there a shot was fred.
Think it went too high to hit any
body. Then Jim got into the wagon
and fired two shots. They all scuf-
fed and fell out of the wagon out of
my sight. Pulliam then came to-
ward me and said he wanted me to
protect him. Lindsey billiard threw
rock at him, but missed him. Pull
liam laid down on a saddle blanket
and 1 went for doctor.
Solomon Alexander-Mr. Pulliam
came into the field for some of my
cotton, and asked me where it was.
l showed him. The boys said they
must have their pay for picking out
of it before it was taken away. Pull
liam told them to go to Keller's with
him and get their pay, as he had no
papers with which to take the cotton.
Pulliam and 1 gathered up two piles
of cotton and drove ID the house,
where there was some cotton in a
wagon. Pulliam said he would get
some of that. Jim and Lindsey Dill
lard and Mckee came out and
climbed into the wagon, and Jim
Dillard ordered Pulliam to get off the
wagon, and drew his pistol. Pulliam
then drew his pistol. Then Mckee
grabbed him by one hand and Lind
sey billiard by the other. They scuf-
fed, and all fell from the wagon.
There were three shots fred. Am
sure Pulliam fired one of them.
When they reached the ground Jim
billiard had Pulliam down and was
beating him, and / pulled Jim OF.
When pulled him off Mckee went
around to where Jim was, and then
saw Jim shoot Pulliam. Pulliam was
not doing anything and was not
more than straight when billiard ran
up and shot him. The cotton in the
wagon was mine, but as the boys
had contended so hard, had agreed
to let half Of the cotton stay there.
Pulliam had not got half the cotton.
Other witnesses testified in a SINH
lar strain, and the court held the de-
PENDANTS without bail.
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