The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-11-25
SERvIAG LIFE SENTENCE
FOR AN ALLEGED MURDER
Trail d Supposed Victim Has
Led Into an Unsettled
Country
Special to The Leader.

Special to The Leader. 8i
Guymon, Okla, Nov. 2J.-Although
jury decided that Carl Howey was
guilty OF the murder of Ed Morris
near Chckasha. June Z, and he was
sentenced to life Imprisonment for
the crime, there is much strong evi-
dence to show that Morris is still
alive.
A dacomposed body was found near
Chickasna, Okla, June ~ and this
coupled with the fact that team
and wagon belonging to Morris had
been sold in Ill Keno led to the be-
lief that Morris had been murdered
and the body was his. Morris and
Howey had left Anadarko together
for the harvest fields. Mrs Morris
identified the boots found on the
body, pocket piece found In the poe
kets and a hat fond near the body
as belonging to her husband. Three
men from El Reno asserted that they
recognized Howey as the man who
sold the team, but the chief OF police
Of El Reno, who ilad been called TO
witness the sale OF the Morris team
TO a Mexican, said he couldn't iden,
tify Howey. Despite this Howey was
arrested and convicted OF killing
Morris.
Knew Morris Fourteen Years.
|. ". Hart, widely known in Okla
homa political circles, who has known
Morris for fourteen years, declares
he saw Morris alive between August
2 and 20 in Woodward, Okla. He
fixes the time as being between the
time he returned from managing 2
campaign for a congr essman and the
G. A. r. reunion.
John Seaggs, chief OF police OF
Woodward has known Morris for II
years and he is absolutely certain
tlat he saw Morris and spoke to
him on the streets of Woodward IN
August
f. NJ. McCune. constable of Wool
ward, has known the Morris family
twelve years. He served papers III a
court case, Morris VS.. Noble. This Is
suit which Bert Morris, broth.
er of the man supposed to have been
murdered. is interested. McCrne
saw Ed Morris in Woodward between
August 10 and 25 and talked TO him
about the suit
j. H. Spurlock, clerk OF the district
court of Woodward, knew Morris rs
a boy in 1878 in Barber county, Kan.
and for twelve years near Woodward
He declares he saw Morris in Wood |
ward August % and asked Morris |
what he was doing. Morris replied
that he wasn't doing much of any
thing, just travelling around the coun
Try in wagon.
Spoke to Him in Englewood.
+. L. Goodnight of Englewopd, Kas
fef ten years 4 deputy sheriff OF
Clark county, Kas at present a mem
Der of the Collyer-Goodnight Supply
company OF Bnglewood, has knewn |
Morris three times in four days the
first week In October and spoke 20
him on three of the days. Morris |
was watering his horse at the lime
and Goodnight wasn't three feet
away from him.
A man who lived in the same
house with Morris near Englewood |
for fourteen months saw the missing
man NJ Englewood either, October 4
or 8. He fixes the time by compar-
Ing the day with memorandum book
He was hauling wheat at the time
and knows it was one Of the two |
days.
c. A. Purcell OF Coldglter, Kan,
las known Morris for twenty years
He saw Morris watering his hose
near the st. Nicholas hotel, In Cold |
water. in September and rode with |
Morris from the hotel to mis- (pur- |
cellsl home about a mile away. He |
taxed to Morris who told hi mhe
wss just knocking around the coun-
try ip wagon"
The information In Affidavts.
This information Is all contained
In affidavits which l. 1. Gilmer, the |
attorney who was searching for Nor |
lis. obtained while he was tracing the
man Howey Is alleged to have muir
dered. He also learned where Nor
ris had purchased collar for the
horse and whip and a thorough de-
scription of the wagon and horse
which the missing man was using
With the description of the outfit
and picture Of Morris, taken eight
years ago. Gilmer was able TO fol
low the movements of Morris TO Guy
mon. Okla. When the trail reached
Guymon Il was no longer possible
to trace Morris through personal &C.
quaHatanees but Fthe s.escrption OF
the horse and wagon as well as Nor
ris and his woman companion by
persons in Guymon so closely com.
pared with the missing outfit tina
there Is little doubt but II was Nor
ris who visited that city.
Everyone In Guymon was conf
dent that Tom Latham. the sheriff
VI Teas county, DAlaAollla, Nuuld
bring Morris back when ,he went at
Ger him. but Latham ldst the traA
lwenty-four miles west OF Guymoa