The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1913-07-30
SIX SHOTS ENTERED
BODY OF DECEASED
Witnesses Testify Father Had Made
Threats to Kill Family Moth
er Of Accused Takes the
Stand for Defense
At the conclusion Of the testimony
at 3;45 this afternoon Justice Clark
announced that young Thomas would
be held without bond.

be held without bond.
With the court room crowded, most
ly with people from Alex and vicinity
the trjal Of VIII Thomas, charged with
the murder Of his father, J. A. Thomas,
near Alex on the night Of July %, was
begun before Justice Clark here this
morning, Judge Bailey Of the district
court sitting with the examining mag
istrate.
DR.. Shaw OF Alex was the first wit
ness, testlfying that he was called 70
the Thomas hsme about . o'clock on
the evening OF the tragedy, finding the
father dead With 81 81 hnllet holes in
his body The feet and knees Of the
dead man were lying on the porch and
the body on the ground, face down.
At first only five wounds were obsery-
ed. but later examination revealed SIX.
Two Of the bullets passed through
the head and either would have caused
instant death.
Sheriff Lewis testified that he ar.
rived at the Thomas place about a.
m. with Jim Dillon and Bose Ramsey.
local officers. He described the posi-
tion Of the body as DR.. Shaw did and
produced the 80 automatic gun, said to
have been used by the defendant He
said young Thomas had called for him
on the telephone soon after the shoot
ing but failed to get him. The young
man had said he didn't know how
many shots he fired
B. p Black said he lived about three
quarters OF a mile from the Thomas
home. He arrived there soon after the
killing and he agreed with preceding
witnesses as to the position of the
body. VIII Thomas was in his room
when the witness arrived and made
no statement to witness. The witness
helped to move the body into the
house and stayed till daybreak
Z. E. Hornicker stated that he lived
southwest OF Alex and had known the
deceased and the defendant for three
wears. He remembered the night j..
A. Thomas wac killed and stated that
on the night lore. WIN Thomas. the
defendant, and NoLemore came to his
house about 10 o'clock and 'holleredg
him out. They told him they been to
Alex. VIII Thomas wanted to borrow
his gun saying that he had some
whisky at Cement and didn't want
anyone to take it away from him that
didn't have the right to. Witness said
he loaned Thomas the gun and that
it was loaded Ia the magazine, fte
said il was 3g automatic and identi-
fled the gun on exhibit as his own
the one he loaned Thomas
jim Dillon stated that he was a po
liceman, lived in chickaasha and had
known the defendant and his father
for seven years He said that he weni
with John Lewis to the scene Of the
shooting and that he had helped carry
the deceased into the house. AT tha
time the deceased was not armed, stat
ed the witness. Witness said the de
fendant had told linn since being plac
ed in Jail that his father had repeated
" carried a loaded six shooter to tn
field with him and was in the habi
Of hiding 1t In the corn field or abou
the house and barns That the dc
ceased had stated on numerous occs
sIons that he was going to kill tn
whole family and then kill himself
Immediately prior to the shooting hi
father had gone around the corner 9
the house and that the son was afrai
he had gone after his gun to max
good his threats. That the two wer
standing ON the back porch and The
his father had said, This thing ha
gone far enough, G. d. my soul, n
not going to stand it any longer" aft'
which he started into the house whel