The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-08-29
MURDER TRIAL
IS IN COURT
Defendant Is Charged with
Killing Officers.
ON CHANGE OF VENUE
MObley Is the Last of a Noted
Gang.
ON CHANGE OF VENUE

Hobart, Q. T., Aug. 2s.-The trial of Joe
Mobley, charged with the killing Of
sheriff Smith and Deputy Beck of Caddo
county is now on in the district court.
the case having been brought to this
county on a change Of venue. smith and
Beck were murdered in January. 1872.
Bert Casey. one Of the merabsfs of the
gang was killed in northwestern Oklaho-
ma; Walter swohord. one of the bandits
was killed in the Indian territory: Pete
Williams is now doing time in the peai-
tentiary at Lansing. Mobley is theh last
man sentenced for thhe crime.
Bus Babbitt and Joe Roberts who ar
rested Mobley at Pete Williams home
in the Indian territory and to whom
Mobley made confession testified as 10
that confession and Mobleys statements
as given by thhe two men are as follows:
Myself. Pete Williams and Bert Casey
started from my home in the Chickasaw
country and went south of Purcell ard
Chickasha as lar as Anadarko. at which
place Williams and Cesey stopped just
west Of the city near the river and had
me go into Anadarlxo and get some Nhis-
key. l joined thhem near thhe river and
Arthur and Walter Swafford came up
to US. Williams and Arthur went on
west towards Swanord's home. l then
returned to Anadarko for more whiskey.
after which | rejoined Walter Swanord
and Bert Casey. when we started towards
theh Swaford home Bert and Waiter be
came intoxicated, and on the way out
robbed two different parties We thehn
went on to the Swaford homestead Next
morning Bert got US out early by stat
ing he had lost his overcoat and forty dol
lars in It. We went back over theh road
and found thhe overcoat. Meanwhile we
had got cold and went to a deserted IN
dian house and made a fire OF some hay
on the south side of the building. ] start
ed around to well on the east side OF
thhe house and discovered some men COM
ing over the hill. l ran back and told
thhe boys to lool, out, we were going 10
be arrested. Williams and myself started
for our hourses to run. when Casey said:
don't run a damn step. stay and fisht'
SHERIFF Smith came around the corner
of the house and he and Casey each COM
menced shooting. Another member Of
the sherih's posse commenced shooting at
Us from thah northwest corner Of the
house and Williams and myself ran inside
the building for protection I went to
the north window and shot seven or eight
shots in the direction Of man who wore
q light overcoat. After two men were
dead l went outside and joined Bert and
he started towards Smith who was not
yet dead, saying as he went Gambling
Charlie has killed another man. He
placed his foot on Smiths shoulder and
turned him over with threat TO shoot
again, when 7 asked him TO shoot no more
and he answered by saying. I will just
irish this fellow and took thirty or forty
dollars off him, and also took his white
handled six shooter
we then started northeast, and after
We had gone about mile another man
came riding up towards us. and Bert
got off his horse ana took two shots at
him We caught the officers horses and
rode them off. Williams and myself 60
ing in one direction and Swafford and
Casey in anothehr We joined 1T my
home in the Chickasaw nation"