The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-08-23
Lye witnesses heidIe
Story Of Norton killing

fine ir FROST a ae house aHd Norton
sara ao5d morning m asked Aer
& the gate was io sae replied,
you khoN is locked He asked 4
for Ire key aud said ha had 70 60
througa 1ui ha saa refused and 4
Norton said BE- lad been advised As
c1nid 30 through aaa eas going
Ha said thas Mf seot then
piled George norton. s0u bad better
not tear that gate down, II sou attn 4
going 70 kln YOU He then fold o.
Norton getting out of the buggy and 4
telling Mcguire to open me gaze That /
Norton crawled through tbe fence T
when scott came ~ from the road .
and asked Norton what he vas doing
with that gnn he Ead. Norton replied 4
that he bad The gun 70 protect him
self with. as his life had been threat
ened and he aid not propose 70 be Ted
to be altar Ike q lamb 10 be allied
Smith says that Scott then told Nor
ton that be had matched something
FIX was net going ID get away with
and that Norton SAID he had better
drop ihings ana get along THAT up
70 This time Norton bad The gun In
bis right hand. pointed toward the
ground Then the first shot rang Out
and almost Immediately the second,
Norton having fired ia the direction
Of the north window, from shat be
could see. Tie smoke from the gun
fired firss showed that the shot had
been fired from the rear Of the Scott
home
After shooting. Norton continued
walking north and watching. al
though attempting 70 locate someone
m the house. just then ihe third shot
rang out and Norer tell After the
second shot he had heard someone
from inside the house cry Scott
come here" and had seen Scott run
ming toward the house Immediately
aiterward the third shot rang ont.
Cross Examination.
rigid cross examination on the
part Of Attorney MiehaIson failed TO
shake the witness on any material
points Of his recital He said ae fol-
lowed The cattle business and admit
tea that N had worked for Nortc-
yes, Mrs. Scott had told Norton be
had better not open The gate and Nor
ton had replied that abe was going
through anyway Questions brought
out where Norton was standing. at the
rear Of The team. ahen the first shot
was fired and distances. as Smith re-
membered relative to the position OF
Norton during the conflict.
He admitted he had talked to many
people about the killing and had talk
ed 70 the states attorneys. I's had re-
fused to talk to attorneys for the de-
tense for the reason that he was go
II ing on the stand at once and would
then ten his story
Following the examination Of smith
came a contest relative to evidence
taken at the inquest, and which ended
I in attorneys for the defense openly
charging the state with attempting to
4 suppress the testimony
Maud Diyiney, the young lady who
was staying at the Scott home at the
time Of the tragedy and who received
one OF the shots from Norions gun in
her thigh, was placed on the stand.
It was with difficulty that she was
lead TO the stand. as her wound has
not yet healed
The witness testified thar she heard
no threats ana she was there all the
time That Mrs. Scott did tell Norton
not to open The gate That she had
heard Norton make no threats. she
saw Norton before he was shot or be-
fore any shot was fired. Saw him
after he had openeC the gate. She
heard him tell Mrs. Scott that he was
acting upon the advice Of attorneys
Mrs. Scott shot from the north win
dow resting the gun on a milk pail,
which was on the table. The second
shot rang ont iRmediately. she stated,
and she was struck, as described. Mrs.
Scott had brought the gun into the
kitchen from the front room. It was
after the second shot that Scott had
run into the house. She had heard
Mrs Scott say shoot the left hand
barrel"
On cross examination the young
lady stated that Norton had q Gun in
his hands when he first got out Of the
buggy and that be held It in both
hands and was facing the house No,
she never heard Mrs. Scott say that
she would xiii Norton ii ne went
through the gate, and she was there
all the time. Mrs. Scott had made no
such statement as that On redirect