The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1903-12-08
Defendant
Montgomery
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when / went into the house, my hus-
band had returned and as it was about
$3.50 in the afternoon, he was getting
ready to give the men their bath. Hc
had ;wo pistols, a large one and a
small one. He was turning the cylin-
der Of The large one in his hands and
gave me the small one, which took
in the front room.
"A few seconds later, heard a
number of shots fred ali almost al
the same instant heard my husband
yell, 'sallie. bring me the other pis-
Itol' then grabbed up the small pis-
tol ana started around the corridor to
where my husband was l heard
/ someone coming towards me and
thought II was my husband until |
turned the corner. when l saw it was
Montgomery with a pistol in his
hands I fred at his breast and be-
/ lieve / hit him He rushed upon me
and wrenched the pistol from my
hand He asked me where the keys
were and told him I didn't know
where they were. He turned and ran
back to the south end OF the corridor
and began searching in a dresser for
/ The keys. In the meantime, | went to
a phone and called for help When |
returned to my husband, he was lying
on his face | turned him over and
tried 70 revive him, but to no avail.
He was probably dead before / reach
ed him. Montgomery had escaped
through The rear door. breaking the
chain whc pin laying on the floor.
He took my husbands two pistols,
and one that ne mad with aim.
The next witness on the stand was
Sam Willis, who was an inmate of tue
jail at the time of the tragedy, and
an eye witness to the shooting In his
testimony It was developed that when
Emerson returned he made prepare.
tions for giving the men their bath,
and when his wife passed him, he
gave her the small pistol saying, Il
can't trust that one" a prisoner by
the name of Gray was the first 10
battle. ana Montgomery came next
Before doing so however he asked
Emerson to bring him his grip, which
was lying on a shelf az the rear of
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get some shirts, which were in it.
Emerson brought the grip and had
just left the cell. when Montgomery
said, Throw up your hands and give
me the keys" Emerson said. Get
back or III shoot you" whereupon
Montgomery began shooting at him
from around the corner of the cell
After Emerson fell and Montgomery
ran up The corridor and was shot by
Mrs. Emerson. he returned and began
hunting for the keys an said, "Oh,
Gray I've killed him. come and help
me out" Gray responded that he
couldn't come, and Montgomery run
ming 10 the rear door broke 1t open
and yelled to Gray, Come on. Gray
less go Gray again said ne was un-
able 10. aad Montgomery picking up
"A pistol on the ground made his
escape.
sherin Charles g. Carpenter was
the next witness. A letter written by
Montgomery and found by Carpen er|
ia the cell which Montgomery escaped.
from was introduced end identified by
Carpenter. lis testimony relating
mostly to the capture OF Montgomery
how he had been found in the cellar
of Mrs Wyatt S house about four days
after the tragedy and that when
found be was in a very bad condition,
having a bullet wound in his left chest
and one in his groin. the former prob
ably being made by Mrs Emerson and
the latter by Emerson. He also
described the entrance to the cellar
and the house.
Under sheriff John Mahoney testi-
hei as to the chase and also describ-
ed Montgomery's condition at the
time Of capture, He said that Mont
aomery told him that he laid 10 the
water OF the Cottonwood river for four
OF Ave hours. and that he saw Ma.
honey pass him within ten feet sew
eral times and described the horse he
rode.