The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-10-30
PROCEEDINGS BITTERLY
CONTESTED IN THE COURTS
Much Feeling Has Developed In
Case and More Complications
are TO Follow

w. J Short this morning gained In
erty pending trial on the charge .ol
attempting t0 murder his former vile
giving a peace bond fol 81 900 in ad
dition to the $4,000 regular bond made
Saturday The fight for temporary
freedom was a most active and enter
tanning one ana it was very stubborn
ly met at every turn. A great dee
Of feeling has developed in the case
and there are more complications com
ing
Saturday morning Judge Huston Of
the district court put bail at $4,000,
raising it $500, which figure had
been set by Justice Seward. j. W.
McNeal and two brothers of Short
made a bond which was held until
schedules Of property were filed,
About } O'Clock Saturday evening the
release Of Short from jail was order
ed and Sheriff Murphy was at The
threshold with another paper. This
was a peace bond sued out by Marvin
Short, oldest son OF the defendant.
The boy avered that threats had been
made against his mother by the de-
fendant. Justice Seward fixed bond
at $1,000, the maximum. Shorts at
torneys made fight against this bond
saying that it was unnecessary. the
$4,000 bond being called sufficient
Change OF venue WAS taken to Jus
tice Sowards court and the effort to
get Short out for Sunday was aban-
doned This morning the attorneys
made another fight in the Justice cour
but Justice Seward maintained the
$1,000 This bend was given by Kel-
ley Short and w. K Short The de-
fendant was released about 10:30 a.
n.
May Swear Huston Off Benin.
Probably the next step in the case
win be an effort to swear Judge Hus-
ton off the bench for the trial. 1t ISL
listed in district court for November
23. Judge Huston presided al the
two divorce trials this year, when the
Short family differences received
great deal Of airing
Persecution will probably be one OF
me main points of the defense The
1igor with which the county attorney
has handled the case will undoubtedly
be used by T c. Whiteley and O. r.
Fegan attorneys for the defense, VINO
have already laid the grounds In
Justice Setons court the county attor-
ney evidenced exasperatiun and in
Htect gave it ont that he had cleaned
his hands of any responsibility for
short. having gone the limit to Keep
him injail and that if anything hap
1ened the defense would be to blame
Attorney Whiteley. in district court.
set up that the shooting two weeks |
lgo was an act of irresponsibiIity, in
luced by trouble anu excitement. and
ne state took due notice of the adj
mission as an argument against set
ing Short at liberty.
Short is hard of hearing, and this
is one reason set up by the attorneys
.or getting him out They say they
laye done nothing toward preparing
or the defense Short proposes to
ook after his farm ana shape up his
iefense in the few weeks before the
trial.
Alienists viii probably be called in.
Mental phases viii probably figure
10 a very large extent Il will be urg-
ed that Short was goaded TO the act
Of shooting his former wife. There
seems to be no claim Of palliating
circumstances or sell defense. and
shorts supposed eff rts ut suicide
"ill be used to show alteration. That
he was insane at that particular time
will be set up
Hrs. Short continues to improve,
but slowly. She is at the Methodist
hospital