The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-05-07

ai0utluNfN IINlM r EIl"N hH'
Of Irene Smith. taken be'Ct" the com
missioner on the examining TRIAL
Permission IS granted by the co"f.
ard testimony read
Belle Baldwin. q witness:
MY name is Belle Baldwin. Am
q years old. Am staying down IN the
east part of town Live at Truoloye's
house. I know VIII King Was staying
At Tuelo,c's when h. was shot I
remember the day King was shot
know life insurance agent
named Boone I was In the
private parlor with Nj Boone
bisi before the shooting We
Ny life had only been insured a short
Whii.. hc came down there to collect
some money from me on my insur
anco Mr King came IN while We
we're talking Hr asked me for % oi'
gar,tto. ] told him that did NOT
smoke. but that ! would get him
cigarette. ! did. aud be- went in Miss
Ninas room I don't know where
Miss nina was then. She came in In
shor while King and defendant
went into her room Nj Boone was
stn there li' l,ft in about Eve or
ten minutes after she returned to the
house. was looking over my pa
pprs when Mr. Boone left. ! got mp
and went into INV room and put the
papers down I went through Mel.
lies room In going to mine. She was
not In her room at that time went
from my room to the dining room.
pulled my chair back 10 take a seat
and heard Miss Nina scream. I i'm
mediatcly ran 10 her room. Irene
Smith and Mamie Brown we're with
me. do not remember when ! saw
Nellie When I got ~ there VIII
King was lying on the floor Mamie
aud Irene went in about the same
time I did. Miss Nina was close to
VIII. and said that she had killed
her Will lie asked for q drink One
uf the girls rot 1t and a little fellow
gave u to him I have since learned
that his name was Jim Cooke Cockc
asked him how &, was done. lie said
It was an accident Nina was crying
and wringing her hands and taking
ON all the time Irene was trying tp
get the doctor over the telephone.
"''.. '.,hnne is In Miss Nina's room
house after the snOuuug 49, ~N-
with another man had never seen
Jimmy before that day Buck Gar.
rett, Boucher and shaw were there
after that don't know what was
doing J WAS there In the room when
King died Don't know how many
people were there at that time Don't
know what they were doing In there
before the Killing thought they
were cutting up as they always did.
! had known King about five months
Opal WITS his sweetheart first. and
then he got In with Miss Nina King
was there on Sunday night before
the killing I saw the pistol un the
noor when ! got In the room. u was
not very far from King The pistol
belonged 10 Forest Fox am one OF
Nina Truoloye's girl was raised
near Clarksyillc. Texas Baldwin Is
IN
living near Clarksvil!c now know
Blanche Williams She lives near
defendant house. She came over
there after the shooting. did not
tell Blanche Williams that Nina was
VIII when got In there. did not say
Will when ! got In there. did not
to her that Nina said this I told YOU,
win, that would kill YOU | didn't
want 10 do q. but - - YOU
made me / never told Blanche VII
liams anything like that. Blanche
Williams rs a sporting girl never
told anyone that Nina said she did
not want 10 KIN him but that he had
made hcr She did not make that
statement"
May amottc, witness.
- am an inmate OF the house of |
Nina Trucloyc / was at the time |
King was shot was IN the dining |
room q, the time heard Miss Nina
halloo She said. 'Oh. I have killed
my VIII Ana she said IL was acci.
dental. did not go into the room AT
once When I went In the room Mr.
King was dead There were quite a
number of people IN there / don't
know how many That is AN I know
of the case. did not hear "a pistol
shot I didn't hear Nellie say ans.
Thing. did not hear anyone say any.
thing about pistol shot In Nna's