The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-08-30
ARGUMENTS
OF COUNSEL
STRONG
Case Went to Jury This Morning
Opinion Divided as to What Yer
dict will Be Was Hard
Fought Battle
ipecIaI 10 lhe paIIy Express.

Special 70 the Daily Express.
Lawton, Aug. 3O.-Closing one Of
the hardest legal battles ever fought
in Comanchec ounty the case Of John
fremont, charged with the murder Of
Sherman Woodward. went to the jury
at s:4Q this morning
AT 1880 this afternoon the jury call.
ed for transcript 81 the testimony
of the Woodward children. up to $3.50
nothing further has come from the
jury room
Opinions among those who heard
the trial vary greatly as to what the
verdict will be- It is believed thSt
there is strong probability Of disagree.
ment unless a verdict is soon returned.
Simpson closes.
County Attorney Oscar Simpson
made the closing argument Tor the
state. He spoke for TWO hours last
night and completed his arugment
this morning. Mr. Simpson undoubt-
edly impressed those who heard him
with the earnestness and soundness
og his plea. Slowly yet forcefully nc
weighed the evidence and held the
scales before the eyes Of the jury. He
seemed to overlook nothing and pro.
oeeded with his arguments m evident
confidence. He did not spare the de.
sendant. whom he charged with the
murder Of Woodward with cold blood.
cd calculation to murder and the un.
serupulous conscience TO persist in
that murder He answered argument
with argument defending the county
attorneys office against the implica.
tions WHICH had been made during the
course Of the trial Those who have
heard Mr. Simpson before contend
that be made the plea Of bis legal ca.
reer
AS is we'll known OF Judge Bailey's
court there were no delays in Fridays
proceedings and Immediately follow-
ing the closing Of the states rebuttaI
testimony he read his instructions to
the jury They we're complete, yet
concise and 50 worded that it would
seem improbable there could De any
misunderstanding as 70 the law laid
down in the case
Holding Opens Argument.
Immediately following, Judge Hold
ing. assistant county attorneys for
Grady county, made the opening argu.
ment for the state After dwelling
briefly on the courts instructions and
after having compimented the jury
for their close attention TO the evil
dence, he proceeded to review the tes.
timony OF the witnesses for the de-
Tense. Judge Holding has fund OF
sarcastic comment which he brough,
into play in connection with number
OF witnesses. He gave special atten.
t.aa TO the testimony Of Mrs. Hahn,
pntting as against It the testimony OF
two C the states witnesses. He paid
his respects to John Williams, aitor.
ney from Granite, who visited Mrs.
Woodward at the penitentiary and said
that II the bar Of the state would do
It's duty Williams would pursue some
other vocation except The practice Of
law. He said that the defense intro
duced witnesses to prove Ada Wood
ward woman Of bad and vicious
character, but contended that not one
witness had toad Of an incident where
Mrs. Woodward said a word Of harm
or uttered profane oath until Johr
fremont came into her life. HS
charged that fremont had debauchet
the home Of sherman Woodward ant
then taken the life Of the husband
OF the woman he had degraded
Hammerly ls Heard.
Attorney Harry Hammerly followed
Judge Holding, but spoke briefly H'
cited instances and testimony brough
out by Witnesses for the defense 4
show that Ada Woodward had beel
OF bad character before she ever me
John fremont. lie made his stron
point when he contended that althoug
Ada Woodward had sworn that ther
was conspiracy between hersel
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