The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-10-05
Taylor on Trial
for Murder
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that from his actions they assumed he
was knocking the horse Brown then
testified that one the following after
noon, about or O'Clock. Lamneck
went from j G. Browns house To his
cotton field to fix or make cotton
bed on a wagon; that he carried with
him two boards and hammer: thai.
he carried the boards under his righ.
arm and the hammer in his left hand
that just northeast OF Taylor's house
Taylors team. hitched TO wagon. stood
in the road tied to corner post that
when Lamneck was opposite the team
fayl0r walked out in front OF the team
and knocked Lamneck dowr: that
LamneciI lay on the ground for min
ute or two and ogt up and came TO
| Browns residence and said that Taylor
had come out on him and said. Il will
show you s--- of s to frame up on
me" That he said he told Taylor to
leave him alone that then Taylor
struck him Then Brown testified,
Lamneck lost consciousness; that wit
Eess was standing in j. G. Browns
yard; that they brought Lamneck to
Chiokasha to the hospital, where he
died the next night
DIR. A. c. White. for the state, testi-
fled that Lamncck was brought to his
office on the date given; that he was
in dazen condition: that he was sui
fering from wound on the left and to
the corner Of the skull; that he was
removed from witness office To the
Washita hospital where he died that
death was due to concussion of the
i brain caused by the blow on the head
as described by witness.
Former Officers on Stand.
J. G. Lewis testified for the state
that he went to the scene of the trou-
lie and saw what looked to him like
a place where something or some one
lad fallen in the dirt, in the road.
about Il feet northeast of where the
team had stood, that two planks lay
Just over the fence east Of the road;
that TAYLOR turned over to witness the
douhletree with which the blow was
struck
Oscar Simpson, for the state, testi.
lied that he wah county attorney for
Grady county at the time of the kill.
ing; that Taylor came to his office and
told him that he had knocked Lam
neck down; that he did ii self de-
tense; that Lamneck was about six
feet from Taylors porch when he
struck him that the distance from
where defendant said he struck deceas.
ed to where the boards were found and
| to where the print of something or
some ones fall was found in the road
was about Sc, so or S. feet.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ J Stepp each testi-
fled for the state that they were fish
ing two hundred or three hundred
yards northeast of where the trouble
occurred that they heard some one
say, 'I1l show you So Of # how
to frame up on me-
Jack Smith and Cecil Smith. each
for the state. testified that ad ay or
so before the killing they had seen the
doubletree over the fence inside the
garden north of Taylor's house.
The state here rested and the court
recessed until 1 O'Clock this afternoon.
Kay Evidence Admitted.
Immediately following the convening
of court in this afternoon session the
matter Of the admission of the abstract
of the evidence given by Norman Kay
at the preliminary hearing Of Taylor,
VAS taken up. the county attorney
claiming il to be inadmissable. The
court, however, ruled that the abstract
of Kay's evidence might be read to
the jury, holding that the defense had
used due diligence in its effort to pro-
duee the witness in court
Kay. according to the abstract. test
tied for the defense, that he was from
New York city: that he was working
for IA sor at the time of the killing
as a cotton picker and mighty poor
one at that that he haw Lamneck ap-
preach Taylors team about 1915 in the
afternoon, that ne was sitting on the
porch OF Taylor's house when he saw
f.amneck approach: that Lamneek
! looked at him as he passed that Tay-
! lor walked from behind the team and
said something civil to I.amneck; thar
Lamneek abused TAYLOR and used bat
words which ! don't like to repeat "
that he words used were you s. OF q
b' That Lamneck advanced on
| 'ravlor with the hammer which was
in his right hand drawn back 10 strike.
that he did strike Taylor: that Taylor
retreated nom the heads of the horses
TO the rear wheel Of the wagon thai
.aumpck folloWed him m and again