The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-05-15
.SAPP TRIAL
IS DELAYED
NEITHER SIDE WAS READY TO
BEGIN WORK AT lola TO-DAY.
SeVenty.Two Talesmen for Next
Monday--Another Razor May
Figure IN Kansas Trial.

lola. Kas. May AT the opening
OF the district court this morning
the case OF the state against sam f.
Whitlow. charged with the murder Of
Miss May Sapp the evening OF Sep
tembcr -. 1907 was called for trial
The lawyers were not quite ready to
try it and the case was postponed
until May rs
Judge Foust said he has concluded
To issue special vcnire for tales
men to try the case, and, after
| consultation with the lawyers. said
he would issue an order first for
sevcntytwo men. II it developed that
this was not going TO Dee sufficient
the court said another special vcnire
would be- called but it was desired
to keep the expense of the trial as
low as possible realizing that II
would be heavy at best.
Il shall exclude from the n.t
Marmaton township and Moran. where
the tragedy occurred" the court said.
The defense at once objected to
the exclusion OF these places. and
the court said that, although the law
gave the court specific authority Il
exclude the places named, yet he
had done so for the benefit Of the
defendant. and II he objected he
would permit them to 80 In. The
state declared that It would be use
less to expect any jurymen from
Moran. because the case had been
so thoroughly discussed and had been
the subject of such bitter contro-
versy that the attorneys did not be-
lieve there was man in the town
who had not formed or expressed an
opinion on the case.
The subpoenas were issued for
both sides today and are being serv-
ed. The state will have sixty wit
nesses and the defense forty. In ad-
dition, there Is a great mass OF writ
ten evidence in the form OF depo.
sitions recently taken which WI
have to be read to the jury.
In thew ritten testimony the de
fense attaches considerable import
ance TO the deposition OF Mrs. Ida
B. Mayfield OF Battle Creek. Mich.
formerly OF Moran. Mrs. Mayifeld
| lived next door to the Sapps In
Moran. She was niece of James
Smith, and when MIR. Smith died
she concluded she would leave Moran
and go back to Michigan to live.
In packing up, she ran across an
old razor. It was, she said nicked
so badly that 1t was practically value
less to sell and she gave 1t to the
Sapps. Her description Of the razor
is somewhat vague, according to re-
port and it is not expected that her
testimony will fully identify the ra-
zor as the one with which the deed
was committed.
The defense rather seeks 10 show
that it brings another razor into the
case and one which 50 far, the
Sapps have failed TO account for
At the coroner's inquest Mr.. Sapp
was asked specifically concerning the
razors in his possession or likely to
have been In reach of his daughter.
He accounted for all the razors, told
where he came from and who came
from Mrs. Mayfield Whether the
razor Mrs. Mayfield gave the Sapps
was the one which they claim Miss
Sapp used in committing suicide IL
she did commit suicide, will be a
matter for the jury TO decide.
The Sapps declare that the razor
which Mrs. Mayfield gave them is in
their possession and has been account
ed for.