Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-12-12

remarked that they would set me, N
not I'm one way then another, Plank
said Yes we're camping on your
trail every day Nothing more was
said, ! was not proprietor or owner
of the Cheyenne drug store at that
time"
The witness Faid that never in las
life had he used his home as Il store
room for lQuoI, The only liquor ne
had ever had IN his home, hc said,
was small amornt for personal use,
what was your understanding ns
10 the character of the raids made by
Plank ana DAVIDSON and what they
did % people they Camo IN contact
with'"
IL knew that they were vicious and
dNneCrous aud often engaged in wan
ton destrutuor of property ! mad
heard OF thein aSsaulting persons with
their guns
How long have you had the shot
gun with which you did the shoot
ing"
10 Hunt Rowe.
About two years
Where and when did Nou get the
shells You used In It."
zone day last May ! bought them
at the Magoe sporting goods store.
was going out 10 help hunt fur The
negro Rowe, who shot an officer and
got the shells for that purpose. They
were loaded with buckkhut"
What kind Of gun is IL with
reference 20 being an open on choke
bore"
Choke bore"
what did you think those armed
men at your door would do II they
got in the house"
II thought they would murder me "
Before Plank or Davidson fell did
you sec any evidence that either had
been wounded ?"
No"
Where did you mink Ike Wilkn-
son was when the shooting was going
on ?"
Il thought he was on the premises
but didn't know where"
Were there any high weeds at the
rear Of and around your home?"
Yes In some places they were
five or six feet high"
Were Not Friends.
The cross examination OF Raber
started at 1885 o'clock.
You disliked I'D Plank. didn't
you?' asked Prosecutor Malloy.
I'VE were not friends replied
Baber
He and Davidson had raided your
place of business and had testified
against YOU at McAlester last June
when you were convicted of intro
ducinE liquor"
Yes"
And didn't The fact that they testi-
fled against you at McAlester ongen-
Vpnr hpaIst hafraI ,f nj
Plank"
mo more so than before the trial. "
plank and Davidson were wit
nesses against you in TWO other liquor
cases that were pending al the time
you killed them, were they not?"
Yes"
And these cases were based in evi-
dence that they got in raids In your
place of business"
yes"
Did you like Davidson better than
you did Plank"
Il didn't think he was as aggressive
or had such a temper as Plank"
You had never done anything to
Plank to make him hate you?"
mot that / know Of That's what
made me wonder why he wanted to
kin me"
And the feeling between you and
Plank and Davidson dated from the
time they began the discharge of their
duties as United States officers"
Il began to dislike them when they
began to mistreat me-"
when Plank told you that they
were camping on your trail, didn't
you think that he referred to
whisky"
mo, ] wasn't in the whisky busi-
ness. thought they meant they
they were looking for a chance TO
kin me"
Didn't you have a government re-
tail liquor license for the month of
July?"
Il don't know when the license ran
out"
Wasn't there one issued to you on
July 1872"
Il can't say"
Hold Gun Over Him.
Didn't anNone besides H. ID Jacl-