The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-07-31
Judge Bailey Acts Upon Application
Of Defense Immediately After
Decision is Rendered by
Justice Clark
RELEASE FROM JAIL
EXPECTED TOMORROW
Testimony Of Defendants Sister
Adds Interesting Chapter to Story
Of the Tragedy Farm Hand
Witness for Defense

Immediately following the decision
Of Justice CLARK yesterday afternoon
70 hold While Thomas without bond
for the murder of his iather, attorneys
for the defense made application to
Judge Bailey Of tie district court and
bond was granted, the amount being
fixed at $780,
trrN. Thomas was stiIl in jail TO-
day bat il Is expected that bond Fill
be furnished and that be will be re-
leased tomorrow.
The testimony Of the defendants
sister and that Of Mr. Black, a farm
hand, offered by the defense. wednes-
day afternoon, shed additional light
upon the sad tragedy.
The testimony Of Miss Leona Thorn.
as i7-year-old daughter Of }. A. Thorn
as. the deceased. was in the main a
corroboratlon Of the testimony offered
by her mother, Mrs. J A. Thomas.
Among other things, she said that she
had been in the company Of the Indian.
Graves, three times. The first time In
April at a'singing school and tic last
time at Sunday school in May. and
that two weeks ago last Saturday she
had promised her father that She would
not keep comrsny with the Indian any
more. Also that she had kept her
promise She stated that her work
on the form consisted Of doing house
work, ehopplng cotton and other work
in the field with the men Witness
stated that her father had threatened
to kill her good while ago and a
short while before his death.
"On Monday night before his death
on Wednesday he threw a gun on me
and said he was going to kin me and
then make a clean swipe Of the fam
ily said Miss Thomas
Something vas said about report
Ing my father to the officers, but we
we're afraid to. chopped cotton on
Wednesday Pappy did too Along in
the afternoon he left the field and went
straight into a canon and little bit
later saw him up by the house.
thought he mad gone to the house to
get a cum to XIII me. and cried. Just
before the shooting took place heard
Pappy say ne would kill every c. d
81 b. on the place"
On cross examination witness stat
ed that on Sunday night her father
had told her that he was going to kill
her and would be in the best Of hnmoI
when he did it. She said that heT
brother had told her 10 talk to hei
father and try to cheer him up and
that on Monday night she had come
in from milking and had gone out or
the porch where her father was, while
her mother was putting the milk away
She said she tried to talk to him bu
he would not talk and when she lal
down on a mattress near his chair, h
pulled out six shooter and said HI
was going to kill her Her father OBJ
jected 10 her getting letters from tn
Indian and for maintaining a score
mail box.
Miss Thomas stated that the cuttinl
affair took place some eight days Be
fore the tragedy. 'I was standing o.
the back porch washing my hands an
he asked me about the letters and
told him I didn't have them He sal
he would kill me and rushed at m
with 4 knife. Later ahe picked up
rock and started to hit me with It
w L. Walker, who worked as
hired hand on the Thomas place {
the time Of the killing, was put throug
rigid cross examination by Count
Attorney Simpson after he had bee
placed on the witness stand for y
defense. He said he had known J. !
Thomas some 2l to % years, that I
had first known him in Tennessee al
that he had commenced work on u
Thomas place the last time on July
He said he was on friendly terms wi
Mr Thomas and had worked for hi
before. he had heard Thomas nal