The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-09-30

Tells of Shooting.
"Pretty soon Faunt came out and
leaned against the other side of the
screen. Then he walked around in
from of me. Faunt asked me what /
was going to do about that Judgment.
| told him l didn't know there was a
Judgment on the place any more than
he did. He said You are a d. lying
s. b. and hit me. stepped back
and pulled the gun. He started at me
again and told him to stand back.
He grabbed the gun. jerked it away
and shot at him.
Il think the first bullet hit him on
the side of the head. He kept com
ing and tried to grab the gun. 1t was
double action and hit him with it.
AS did the gun fired the second time.
backed a littlefurther and he caught
me by the coat with his right hand.
When he did showed the gun against I
him and fired again. At bthes third
shot he put his hands on his body and
staggered away toward the edge Of the
walk. He fell off the walk and got up
and fell again and | don't think lie
ever got up any more. ! turned and
walked into the store"
did you try to shoot any more after
he quit crowding your" asked Mr..
Bond. mo, did not" answered the ;
Witness
Is Crippled, Says Witness.
Witness then stated that at the time
Of the trouble his left shoulder was
practically entirely disabled. owing to
the fact that horse had fallen ON him.
He stated that he could not raise his
left arm to his head and that now,
after an operation in which his shoul-
der was mailed together with eight
penny nails, he is slowly recovering
the use of his arm Witness stated
that he had seen X-ray photographs OF
his shoulder showing the nails holding
the bones together. His physician told
him that if he ever broke his shoulder
again, he would lose his arm. the wit
ness testified
why did you kill Faunt Downey?"
asked Mr. Bond.
Because | thought he was going to
kill me-" answered the witness.
Case Continues.
After dinner the cross examination
OF the defendant began From the pro-
gress made during the day, it is al
most certainty that the case will not
go to the jury before tomorrow.
The state had yet to put on rebuttal
testimony after the defense rested As
the defense was still at bat after din
ner, it was impossible to make an es-
innate as to the probable closing. The
arguments will require several hours,
hence it is safe to say that not until
Thursday will the fate of Henry Cor
nett be placed in the hands of the
jury.
When court recessed last night at :
o'clock the defense was still at bat
having spent the entire afternoon with
some Is witnesses, the gist of whose
testimony brought out assertions as to
the condition of Downey on the day OF
the killing. Also previous conversa-
tions in which Downey stated his in
tentions if killing Cornett.
Drohal,1v ono ~ tho cfrnu cnct utf
nesses for the defense was Tom Boles,
on the stand yesterday evening about
o'clock. Mr.. Boles is we'll known
cattleman of this county and has lived
here 20 years.
| Boles on Stand
On the witness stand Boles stated
that he had known the Cornett broth
ers for a number of years and had also
known Downey He said that some
days previous to the killing, he had
held several conversations with Dow
ney, not especially in regard to the
trouble a-brewing, but circumstances
had thrown them together and among
other topics of conversation, Downey
had mentioned Cornett,
Witness stated that he was with
Downey on Tuesday or Wednesday be-
4 fore the killing. The conversation.
he said, was turned by Downey to Cor
nett. Downey stated that Henry Cor
nett had robbed him OF some $4,000
in business matter. That there was
a mortgage on the piece of real estate