The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-11-07
Jess Taylor Held for Action Of the
District Court Following Pre-
liminary Hearing Before
Justice Moore
APPLICATION IS
MADE FOR BOND
Only Eye-Witnssses to the Tragedy
Disagree in Describing What
Happened Trial to
Come in January

This morning before Justice T. p
Moore Jess Taylor was bound over to
the action of the district court ON a
charge of having murdered Gus Lam
neck on November 8. Owing to the
crowd in evidence, the preliminary
hearing was transferred to the dis
trict court room.
The feature of the trial was the alb
solute disagreement of the two and
only eye-witnesses to the tragedy.
Both state and defense limited the ey-
idence introduced to the bare physical
facts in the case. The matter of bond
for Taylor will be taken up this after
noon before Judge f. M. Bailey.
X. b. Brown, on the stand stated
that he was an eyewitness to the
tragedy. He said that shortly after |
o'clock, Lamneck left his mothers
Aolse bound for the cotton field He
he sne land a hammer and in
rne "a cards that he was GO
ing to nail onto wagon in the cotton
field. Brown said that he was afraid
that some trouble might arise between
Taylor and Lamneck. as ne knew
there existed some bad feeling. He
therefore watched the progress of
Lamneck as he passed down the road
toward Taylor's house, short dis
aance away.
Taylor, he said, was working around
team tied to the fence by the side
of the road. Lamneck was on the
right hand side of the road, the same
being the greatest distance from Tay-
lor. When Lamneck was nearly op-
posite the wagon, he said Taylor came
into the road and walked up, appar-
emily meeting Lamneck. Whether or
not any words passed between them
he could not say, but he saw Taylor
strike Lamneck with some object, the
bulk Of which he could see, but not
the detail He said the instrument
was, in his judgment, some four feet
long.
In order to watch him more fully
Brown got off the porch where he was
sitting and walked out toward the
road where he saw Lamnenk all the
time until Taylor hit him. Lamneck
then, he said, fell practically in his
tracks. Witness stated that Taylor
then shouted to him saying, Come
on down here you s. of a b. and
fight like man." 81 turned and ran
into the house to get a gun, but my
mother struggled with me and would
not let me take it. | started down
there anyway and met Gus coming in
at the front gate. His head was all
bloody and he told my mother that
Taylor had hit him with something.
brought him to town and took him
to DR.. Whites office"
Kay Testifies.
A young man named Kay, who form
erly was employed IN the Taylor
farm, declared that he saw the trou-
BILE from start to finish. He said he
was standing on the porch when it
started but that he walked out toward
the road as the fight proceeded. He
said that it was physical impossible
ity for Brown to see all the fight from
where he was standing.
Kay stated that Taylor was near
the heads Of the team as Lamneck
came up the road. Lamneck was
then, he stated, walking on the east
side of the road, but that as he came
nearer the wagon he crossed to the
west side nearest Taylor. accosting
Taylor and saying something about a
horse trade.
Witness stated that Lamneck then
struck at Taylor with a hammer and
Taylor backed away, his assailant
advancing and striking at him again
with the hammer when the retreating
man was near the rear wheel OF the
wagon Taylor then stopped, picked
up an iron double-tree and struck
Lamneck on the head Witness stat
ed that Lamneck staggered 20 70 q
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