The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-11-09
KENCLE ON STAND
IN OWN DEFENSE
Jesse Harrison Convicted of Robbery
And Gets Sentence of Ten Years
in Prison.

The first trial at the November
term of the district court was that
heard yesterday afternoon, Of the state
VS.. Jesse Harrison. Harrison was
charged with robbery in the first de-
gree. It was charged that he met a
woman at a railroad passenger sta
ton in this city, and represented that
he was a hotel keeper The woman
started with him to the supposed hotel
and shortly after they left the station
it is charged Harrison snatched her
purse and ran off with it, The woman
later identified Harrison as the man
who robbed her The jury returned a
verdict of guilty as charged and rec
commended a sentence of ten years in
state prison.
The court today is hearing the case
Of the state VS.. w. W. Kengle. In this
case Kengle is charged with burglary
in connection with the incident in
which Kengle was shot by Night
Watchman Baxley about year ago.
The states contention is that Kengle
burglarized the Empire Grocery and
was caught in the act by the night
watchman. The state claims that the
defendant was placed under arrest and
that he was shot after making a threat
against the officer.
The prosecution rested its case just
before the noon recess. Five wit
! nesses were on the stand for the state.
This afternoon the counsel FOR the
( defense made their statement to the
jury and Kengle was placed on the
stand in his own behalf. The defend
ant gave his version of the affair in
a Gear concise manner. He said that
he left his shoe shop, probably sixty
feet west Of the grocery store, on. the
night of the shooting at probably q
i. little before eleven o'clock. He said
hat as he stood on the sidewalk he
heard screen door slam and thought
hat f. P Patten had entered his meat
Hmarket just east of the shop Then
the defendant said he went to the mar
ket door thinking Mr.. Patten had gone
Al, but found the meat market closed.
1. order to ascertain where the door
ans,a slammed he said he walked east
Sro the Martin barber shop and then to
y rear door of the Empire Grocery.
s,ee he testified he found the door
2sta1ding open about six or eight
Sintg's He says he put his head in
IN soor and called to Mr.. Smith, the
FL prietor, but getting no response,
decided Mr.. Smith had forgotten to
spch the door. Then he said he de-
sded to go and wake up a clerk, who
fDOmed a few doors south on Scraper
street. AS he approached the front of
the store he said he met the officer,
but did not recognize him. He said
Baxley asked him where he was going
and that he told the officer he was go
ing to wake the clerk and tell him
about the door, and went on to the
1 Clerks room.
AS he came back he said Bax-
ley was sitting on the edge of the side
walk The clerk soon joined them he
said and all three went to the store.
where the clerk examined the cash reg
ister and account register. While
3his was going on the defendant said
Bayley said that he guessed he'd have
to put both of them under arrest.
Kengle said he told the officer that
there was no use in that as he was not
filre crime had been committed, and
aid that he (Kengle) would go on to
Ais shop. He said the officer told him
to stay there but that he started on
'o his shop and that just as he stepped
INTO the door of the shop he was shot.
The defendant is still on the stand
this afternoon and the cross-examina-
Jon had just begun at 2:3O. 1t is prob
Able, however, that the case will be
siven to the jury late today.