The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-10-06
Likely that Young Man Will Faes
Jury This Week for Murder
Of His Father Witnesses
are Here
OCTOBER TERM OF
DIST. COURT OPENS
Morning Session Devoted to Pleas
Jury is Empaneled- Bond
Of One Defendant is
Forfeited

Owing to the indisposition OF the de
fendant. it is quite probable that the
Gaze OF William Thomas. charged with
the murder OF his father, will not be
called for today in the district court,
which convened for the October term
this morning.
Thomas case was the third on the
docket and ordinarily would have been
called early in the session, but the
court was informed OF the defendants
illness and delay Was granted. The
attack is. however. not considered ser
ious. and 1t is quite probable that the
case viii be started Tuesday Wit.
nesses in the case are here and VIII
remain until the hearing or until a def
mite date is set.
As yet no special yenire Of jurors
has been called for this case. and an
endeavor viii DE made to empanel 4
jury from the forty regular jurors
summoned. OF these. twenty y-seyen
are present. ready for duty. six failed
to report. five were excused for the
term and two we're excused for the
period OF one week.
Most OF sho morning session was
spent ia the arraignment Of prisoners,
the hearing Of pleas and motion BY the
attorneys After being arraigned sew
eral OF the defendants we're given "a
hours in which TO plead. some entered
pleas and there occurred one forfeiture
OF bond.
Jim Tatum. charged with assault,
entered a plea OF not guilty. Names
Adams. Fred Bass. Chas. Davis, c. p.
Atkins and James Williams were given
"A hours In which to plead. Dick
Brooks entered a plea Of not guilty
aud Dss. Hicks forfeited his bond.
Ballard Murder Docketed.
The case OF James Ballard. charged
with the murder OF his brother-ln-law.
A. 8. Goodnight. near Dutton, on July
20. is due o BE- called early on the
docket. 1t is set for Wednesday, oc-
tober s, but whether or not ii will be
called az that time depends upon the
disposition OF The other cases.
Just before noon. the case Of the
state vs.. Yancey Lee and Tom Shaw
charged jointly with attempting to
pass forged instrument 1t is ex-
pected the case viii be finished this
Afternoon.
The jury IN this case is composed OF
r. o. Rude. C. H. Roady. L. S. Dunn,
G. w. Randolph. sam Dunlap. Deunis
oBrien. !. b. Feeley. j. W Burieson,
VIII wilkins. h. g. Cornett Fred Bo-
seek and Joe Ikard.
Jurors for Term.
The Jurors empaneled for the Octo-
Der term of the district court ere J..
q. Feeley, Fred Jelks. p w. Krey. r.
r. Lindsay, Ben Henry. j. W Burle
son. w. r. Whitaker, G. A. Bush. VIM
wilkins. Ed Coyle. l.. G. Cornett. G. IL.
Roady, Joe Ikard, Walter Carson.
Hodge Bailey. l. 5. Dunn. A. J. Park
er. r. s. Osborne. W. A. Bryant. W. w.
Sanford. Jake Lorenson. }. J Dabry.
X. o. Rude. Sam Dunlap. @ W RAN
dolph, Dennis. .O'Brien. Ed Hutson.
Il. L LssIAl
The Thomas Case.
On the night OF July %. word was
received that }. A. Thomas. a farmer
living near Alex. had been killed.
Upon arriving on the scene Sheriff
Lewis and jim Dillon found the dead
man lying on TIE ground at the edge
OF the porch. in pool Of his own
blood. His son, William Thomas, ad-
mitted the killing and was brought
back to Chickasha and landed in the
county jail. Two farm hands. then
employed on the Thomas farm. were
arrested at the same time. but later
released
AT the preliminary hearing before
Justice W. W. Clark Thomas claimed
that he shot his father to save the
lives Of his brother. mother and sis
ter. Principal Witnesses in the case
testified that the deceased had threat