The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-12-08
MURDER AT HEWITT.
Tenant Farmer Blows Out Brains OF
Prominent Citizen.


ment of claim for provisions 1ur'
pished himself and family during the
past season, j. o. Smith shot and
KILLED w. A. Mccall on a farm near
Hewitt at about five o'clock FRIDAY
evening. Charles Jones, constable,
at Hewitt placed Smith aud his twsa-
ty.two year old son under arrest with
n thirty minutes after the killing
! o. Smith. the man who acknoWle9s-
ps ne did the shooting and his son are
the only witnesses TO the tragedy.
w A. Mccall, the murdered man,
was one Of the best known farmers
in Carter county. He was about forty
two years of age and was widower'
Two little children. boy OF eleven
and a girl of nine years survive nln'
The children have lived with their
grandfather p d. Norton, who re-
sides on a farm near this city. Nc
Call had resided in and around Hewitt
for over sixteen years. Smith the
man who fired the fatal shots is a
man of middle life. He was married
and has besides the son who is look-
ed up with him as an accessory TO the
self confessed killing two grown
daughters and a number of smaller
children.
Sheriff Garrett and Prosecuting At
torney Mathers went out to Hewitt
YESTERDAY morning and got a state
nent from the father and son. The
Smith women also .old what 'hey
knew of the killing. bat claimed that
they did not san the actual killing
II seems that Mccall and Smith
we're farming some land on which
Mccall held a lease. together. Mccall
Silent in a tent i'll the Smith yard ana
took MS meals with the Smiths our
ing the season while the crop was be-
ing made. Mccall bought all the pro-
visions and Smith was to pay him
his part OF the cost of the provisions
sfter he made and sold his crop. Fail
lure TO do this led to the killing. After
the two men fell out over the settle
ment. about ten days ago, Mccall moV-
OIL IN the home Of neighbor, VINO
iresides some three or fouf hundred
Yards from the Smith residence lie
ldl1 not however remove MS sloc"
lrcr his personal effects from the tent
and was in the habit of going over
t. the old home every morning anu
night. Friday evening between four
ard five o'clock he left Hayhnrst
- attend TO his feeding. Shortly after
he went over to Smiths one CT the
widowed daughters of Smith gave me
alarm that he had been killed.
y q Smith in his statement alleg-
e. that Mccall came into the mouse
and began quarreling. Young Smith
,an from the house and Smith the
elder went into another room leaving
Mccall talking to the women. In
fcv minutes Mccall followed young
smith from the house saying, 1t Is
alleged. that he would Kill hlm' smith
and his son claim Mccall had a 0lf
riece of a rock in his hand with "nlcn
ba vas threatening to beat and XIII
the Young man. J. o. Smith took MS
crr single-barreled shot gun, ana
,rt a handful of cartridges in his pock-
Q; and followed the two men into the
,ard lie called to Mccall telling HIM
:, leave his son alone, and he says
,ta+ Mccall turned on him and s"
re would Kill him Then | fired
The entire load o. BIB shot struck
the victim in the face, tearing ANA!
The lips, nose anJ left cheek. Wh'le
Mccall was staggering blindly ABOUT
:, m effort to keep from falling,
Smith reloaded his gun, according
to his statement to the county at
torney. and taking aim at the reclinS
mans head fired a second time. TINS
charge struck the victim in the fore
head. blowing cut both eyes and tear
ing away the top ana sue vi VHe "S''N'
scattering brains and blood over the
side of the tent and the surroun'lnS
shruhbery. After firing the secoau
shot. Smith states that he walked up
to see that his victim was dead aftei
which he told his daughters TO tell
the neishbors Mccall was unarmed.
A small clasp knife was found in his
pocket 1t was closed.
After the shooting the women OF
the Smith family proceeded with the
cooking of the evening meal which
was partaken of by all while the MUIR
dered man yet lay in the door yard
within a few feet OF the door to the
room wherein the family table was
I spread.