The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-10-19
FIGHT FOLLOWS IN
SAPULpA COURT ROOM
Episode Occurs During Trial Of
Et-SheTlft King, Charged
With Bribery


sapulpa, OKLA, Oct ~. The
trial OF ex.Sherin Henry Clay King.
charged with bribery. was interrupt
cd today by fst fight between d.
) Stanheld, Kings attorney, and
Fred S Caldwell. state enforcement
attorney. Caldwell called Stanneld
a liar and the fight began.
The participants were separated by
court attendants aud fined SIS each.
Special to The Daily Leader.
Sapulpa, Okla Oct. ig. After
exhaustng several days in the at.
tempt % secure d Jury In the case
of the state against ex-Sheriff Henry
Clay King. charged with bribery. now
being heard in the district court be-
fore Judge John Carruthers, q panel
WAS secured yesterday afternoon and
he taking of testimony begun.
Enforcement Attorney Fred &.
Caldwell, III bits opening statement TO
lhe jury said part
We will prove by competent wilt
nesses that Mr.. King went 20 w. +,
McDaniels and to one Hickey and
said that n would cost him 81 500 10
nay attorneys fees In the contest
suit filed by Harry G. Stein: $500 OF
which was to be a retainer $500
when the referee rendered decision
IN his favor and $500 when the case
was finally decided IN his favor: that
McDaniels said II Hickey would pay
half Of The retainer. that ne tMoDan
iels) would pay the other half; that
McDanlels went to Hickey and stated
the case 10 him; that together they
went 10 the Farmers and Merchants
bank and borrowed the $500; that
they went to the ST. James hotel
and delivered the money TO Hank
Watchorn and that Waichofn, Me
Daniels aud Moss, the Oklahoma City
attorney who was To defend King.
went up TO Moss room and that there
Watch0H delivered the money to
Moss, atili In the original packages,
as PIT np al the bank
Judge Wade s Stanneld. attorney
Tor King. stated ihat fhc whole at
fair grew ont Of q row m uhe Dem
aeratie parts and mat Il was
eheme 70 gel King out Of office
sanheld also stated ilat The money
handled by Walch0rn WAS an atiar.
esy's retainer. lle further stated
that McDanlels testimony would be
lmpeached
the hearing Of the testimony be.
pan AT 2.3G o'clock About an hour
later McDaniels was put on the
stand Ills testimony was lp accord
anee With tho statement IF Cald.
yell Jle sN0re tnat il3ehev ana
himself went 10 TIE bank put up
.ssir note. got 30 $500 ana deliv.
aFea # TO Watchorn uo said King
l3anbed them and stated that they
need put un no more funds for him
until they thought they had gotten
heir moneys worth He also told Of
having purchased a suit OF clonhfng
for King and OF having frequently
given him whisky Ia quart bottle
quantities..
McDanlels stated that on one oeea-
sion when the state enforcement o.
ttrney was in sapnlpa that King
came 10 him and said that the en-
fercement allCyney vas raising
GOOD deal Of hell and ne guessed ne
hat better arrest some one for
efall" The witness said that ne told
tho officer that he could crest him.
as he probably was selling moro
booze than most Of his competitors
King then, witness stated, named the
srur when re- would raid the Me-
Daniels Joint. King IN the meantime
aeeordlng to the witness arranging
With local Justice for a light ilne
and exemption from jail sentence.
Replying to questions, the witness
said that his daily sales ranged from
$40 10 5000. and that most Of the
time since statehood, until recently
he had worked with open doors Win
out fear Of being moiested.