The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-08-27
CAL STEWART
ON TRIAL
REPORT CONTINUED FROM SUN
DAY MORNING.
All the Evidence Is cireums.1niisl'
Stewart Is Charged Win Killing
His Brother on the i4th Day
Of August.


denco submitted in the examining trial
Of Cal stewart before press hour Sat
nfiay night Sunday mornings paper
did not contain the full report but be.
low will De found the remaining chap
tiers Of the evidence. The case was
continued until September at which
time there will probably be no evi.
dcnce taken The witnesses viii
merely sign their statements and the
defendant will be committed to prison
without benefit of bail. Upon Judge
Townsends return from Colorado ap-
plicetion will be made for bail.
Following is the concluding evidence
given In the examining trial.
Witness W. A. Hail. continuing ON |
cros3.examination testified:
II anything was said between Cal
and Ben at the time Cal was holding
the place where the dead body was
'it. There was nothing said between
them and me except ! spoke to them
and they spoke to me that was at the
place aiterward pointed out to me rs
1.-The plce where the ded body was
found. There was meadow on the
north side and on the south side was
a wheat stubble grown up In iars
rag weeds. The last time | saw Cal
: Stewart he was en- the back seat TO
, the hack. Aucr ! mad passed the first
negroes. / met another hack of colorcd
people about 80 yards past the FIRST
/ then met negro ON q mule, hc was
going toward Marietta also; he was
about 80 yards from the last hack of
Mr.. Thompson This was little oycs
half mile from where / met tue two
= stewart boys; the gun report |
u heard OF one or two shots was after
colorcd people and / went On and met
. Ii passed the negroes; | met Ir.
thompson after the report Of the
!, shots.
Redirect examination OF same WIT.
. ness by Mr. W,k,r.
7, stopped my Wag and looked pa"h
pucr had stu"rl cmt. / just hil a
peculiar notion. adn't hear anything
aud dsnt know anything; / looked
- back just like any other man looks
back: nothing In the conduct of the
: Stcwarts caused me 10 look back;
had no timcpiocc, cannot tell YOU
=, how long after ! passed the Stewart
T. boys when heard the shots; the ne
= groes that passed me We're In dou
+, blescatCd hack, never counted
=, them. they passed me; as | recollect
Il reckon / went about quarter q.
300 or 400 yards after | passed them
before | heard the shots; II was hack
in that way, but / dom know II Y as
!, their gun; | don know they had any
gun these negroes were driving pretty
y, rapidly | would know one OF thes,
!, negroes Il / should see him; | cal
~ him Brack. | don't know anything
about him. only he is a dark complex
=, ioned negro: after that there was 4
negro ON a mule; his name is Franl
Crawford.
no Re-crossed examination by $. Ii
ID Russell;
~ | stopped and looked back after
no passed the Stewart boys; had rel
as son to stop; / turned round and loo6
si. ed back like any man would hay
n. done: | didn't know anything at all un
OF Ia Mr.. Noryell came to my house an.
ne Mr. Askew.
M The next witness 10 take the g,an,
ia was /. Free, who testified as follows;
"a live about one and half mites cas
OF Marietta; have been there aL1i
ten months; have been In nat par
al. of ho country about tSl itars;
X. mov Ben Stewart In h.s NE time,
M know Cal Stewart; ho'a AVN then
.te something like a year; nave mt JJG
es very well acquainted but knew then
Nv when / saw them; | was there afte
ht the killing; / expect IL was about iiy
at. miles east OF Marietta; / am fami
- lar with the roadway and surroundiu
NJ. country where he was killed hav
es been over Il several times; the tim
IN of the killing was on the l4th day @
In August; on Tuesday, somewhere abou
VS. 1 o'clock In the afternoon; | cam
100 mp to the place of the killing D
lp. horseback; | went because two hac
les loads OF negroes came and sail
81. person was shot down and mayls ~
by and sent for some one to come on
is nelp them; when | hrst got in sigh
on. Cal was standing up oyo- 'ic1 an
,rt- when got there he was bending dow
over Ben with his hand under Ben
head, and when | rode up says whit
i'm. is the matter and he says someone HI
on. killed Ben, and | asked him where