The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-06-01
HELD FOR KILLING
HER SEOUCER
LEILA HESTERLY HELD TO DIS.
TRlcT COURT-KILLED PARA.
MOUR TWICE HER AGE.

feariessly in turn upon the question
ing lawyers, thee ourt. the court
stenographer, the spectators; with
an occasional glance at her innocent
little child, at her broken Old father
at the face, crimsoned with shame
of her chlld-woman sister. Leila Hes
terly yesterday afternoon in Judgs
Freeman's court told the story of her
shame; told Of her unholy ALLIANCE
with Walter Hickman, told OF
drunken revelry and dcbauches, told
of abuse from the man who had
won from her all that woman cher
ishes and holds nearer and dearer
than life, told OF ner attempts TO
break away from the life she led with
him, told of her months spent behind
the bars of the county Jail in expia
ton of the sin Of adultery, told of he,
flight to the home of a married
sister in the state of Texas that she
might ESCAPE from her paramour aad
lead once more an honorable ana n
virtuous life; told of how he followed
her to another state and threatened
her and brought her back to Okla
homa, told of her life of degreda-
ton again renewed with him, told of
his establishments and kisses and en-
dearments and embraces by night
and of his curses and blows and
abuse by day; told of how she at last
had taken refuge in the home of her
father and of how the man. now
dead, had visited her there while
her father would be absent: told az
how her younger sister, but little
more than child in years, knew Of
the sinful relations between herself
and the man who was the husband
of another woman and the father
of children as old as she herself;
told Of her innocent little child wit
Messing in turn the caresses and the
abuse of this man; told of how she
clad herself in the clothing-the
jumper and overalls of her seven-
teen year-o brother, that she might
pursue her daily avocatons undetect
ed and unrecogniZed by the man now
sleeping the sleep of DEATH told Of
how he waylaid the house by day
and Of how he fired shots through
the walls at night; told of how he
threatened on numerous occasions t.
murder her, and finally, while the
onlookers who crowded the county
court room hung upon her every
word, told without a Quickening breath
or a hesitating word of how she had
taken a shotgun loaded heavily with
buckshot and shot him from his
horse on the morning of Monday
May 2G, as he rode along the pub
lie highway, and told without a sin
gle show of emotion how, after the
victim of her unerring aim had fall
en- from his rearing pluneing horse
she had colmly set down the shot-
gun. seized large calibre revolver,
opened the door, walked out of the
house, passed along the flower bor-
dered path to the front gate and on
through this gate and out into the !
dust covered road and fired part !
ing shot into the top of the head Of
the man struggling with pain dis /
tored features in the throes N death. !
And with dramatic effect she told I
how Hickman, already mortally !
made futile efforts to draw
MS siX-shooter and shoot her while
ne mnmbled ana mouthed in a double
)aroXysm of death and hate. And
lGter she had told her story she
sat calmly by her attorney while
Iudge Freeman rendered his decision
hat she be held for the action of
he district court at its September
rm.
Leila Hesteriy a divorced woman,
hot and killed Walter Hickman. on
he SDringer-ArImore county road
n Monday, May 26. Improper rela-
ions had existed between her and
Hickman, it is alleged for some
lonths. Hickman, who was forty
lree years of age was a married
ian and the father of grown chill
ren. The Hesterly woman is twenty
lree and mas one child-a boy of
bout four years. She and Hicl;.
ian, prior to the killing, had had
'ouble on several occasions and he
ad paid heavy fine for undue
timacy with her, so it is alleged
lie court records show. Both have :
cen in Jail on charges of immoral ,
'nduct. The day Hickman was 7
lied he was on his way to Ard
ore, it is said, to enter into bonds
keep the peace for having having G
lot up the Hesterley home some =