The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-09-21


VIII, y inferred and the subsequent
events, % the time the shooting
occurred. 'oned the fact OF his
speaking t. the defendant and
the deceased, conversation be
tween himself, L assistant attcr-
ney, Mr. Blealmore, Sherih Gar
rett, and Clyde Jones the stenogra-
pher, up to the time the first shot
was fired, and the subsequent events.
Asked if he saw any of the snofs
fired, witness stated chat he did
not.
Clyde Jones, stenosrapher in the
county attorneys office. was next in
troduced In his testimony he re-
cited what transpired in the office
to the time of the shooting. He
stated that he was aware of the
threats that had been made against
the county attorney by the deceased,
as he had been an employe of the
defendant for three years and was
in a position to know He stated thai
the gun used by the defendant was
one that had been introduced as
evidence in a previous case and
was not the property ot the county
attorney or Of himself. In testifying
with reference to the various threats
that had reached him in regard OF
the county attorney, he stated that
Mr.. Mathers knew of them and had
tried to avoid trouble with the de
( ceased on more than one occasion.
! He was subjected to a rigid cross
examination by tho counsel for the
state which failed to elicit con
tradiction
w. r. Bleallmore, assistant county
attorney was the next witness called
Mr. Bleakmore stated that he was
aware OF the bad feeling harbored
/ by the deceased against Mr Mathers.
and recited many instances where
word had been conveyed to the
county attorney that Ballew was 60
! ing 20 XII! him and to be on the
Lookout for trouble. From his testi-
! mony it seems that Ballew thought
/ he had graivance and was not be-
| ing fairly dealt with in the courts,
and recited these events and gave
the jury his reasons for thinking so
( Interrogated as to the case being
| tried he stated that he saw Ballew
when he entered the office after the
! adjournment of district court. and
that he anticipated that he was there
for trouble. He recited tho coming
/ of Mr.. Mathers from the district
court room and entering the grand
/ jury room to Consclt with some
witnesses who were waiting to see
/ him about another case. He told
/ of BalleW entering the inner or
/ stenoglapher's room and entering
/ shcrtly TO lhe grand jury room where
ne closed the door behind him. lie
told the jury OF his opening the
/ door and of seeing Ballew closing
it so that the latch would hold.
and he told of hearing ;he shots
and the events that followed. The
cross examination of this witness
failed to elici, any conflicting tes-
tibony.
Sheriff Garret, was :ho next wit
ness called. The sheriff was on the
stand about thirty minutes and his
testimony was listened to with mark
ed attention by the court and jury.
SIR Garrett stated that he was on
duty at the court house Friday, and
that af-er adjournment he was in
Judge Russells office, where he
overheard the Judge and county
attorney discussing Bill Blllew Mr..
MatherS stated ne believed that he
was down stairs IN his Office to do
him bodily narm and that he was
AFRAID to go down there. as he had
stood so much abuse from Ballew
that il was getting to be unbearable
Judge Russell. according 10 the state.
ment of the witness, told defendant,
Mathers, 70 90 to his Office where
he had a right to be, TO take the
sheriff along, and if deceased. BAL
lev, attempted to abuse him in any
way 70 order him out of the Office
and ii he failed to obey to have him
erected by the sheriff Mr. Garertt
then gave an account of the occur
rences IN the offices from the time
of his arrival until the shooting oc.
CURED. He stated that when the
first shct was fired that he thought
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