The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-06-09
Court Handling Murder Trial With
Dispatch; Started With Night
Session; May Conclude Tes-
timony Tonight
DEFENDANT ON STAND
LATE THIS AFTERNOON
Testimony Of Kay Admitted; Is An.
other Version Of Difficulty Brown
Tells His Story Of Affair;
Other Witnesses

The speed with which the district
court is handling the Jess Taylor muir
der case promises to conclude the bat
| tie tonight, or at least early tomorrow
morning. The afternoon will be spent
in the taking of testimony for the de-
Tense. the state having rested it's case
about 10: 80 this morning. The defend
ant will be on the stand some time this
afternoon.
Witnesses on the stand for the state
this morning were Jack and Cecil
Smith, who testified to seeing the iron
doubletree lying in the lane in front
of Taylor's house on the day before.
the difficulty in which Gus Lamneck
was injured.
Mrs. j. G. Brown, cousin of the de-
ceased. and at whose home he was liv-
ing at the time of his death, stated e,i
the stand the occurrences Immediately
after Lamneck had been struck, relat-
ing the first words he was heard to
speak after being struck. In this, she
corroborated that part of r. B. Browns
testimony, given lastenight. The wit
ness stated that she did not see the
fight, but as Lamneck came toward
the house after the difficulty, she ran
out and said, Gus, what in the world
had happened?" to which, according to
the witness, he replied, Taylor asked
me what we two were going to jump
onto him for. He hit me with dou-
bletree. believe he had it waiting for
me-"
Mrs. Theresa McCIelland, county
court stenographer, was called to the
stand to identify the record of testiA
mony given by Norman Kay young
man who worked for Taylor at the
time of the trouble, and whose testi-
mony she had taken in the preliminary
trial While on the stand, Mrs. Nc
Clelland told of an occurrence in Jan
uary when Jess Taylor and Norman
Kay came to the office of County
Judge N. NJ. Williams and asked
something about d passport to Mexi-
co. The witness said she joked with
the Kay boy asking him if he thought
he would get back in time for the trial.
Defense to Bat.
The defense called Messrs. Sullivan
and Hurley. horse and mule men, to
the stand, regarding the proposed sale
of horse to them by Gus Lamneck
about November 3. Both stated that
Jess Taylor had Knocked" the sale
to them, Mr.. Hurley stating that Lam
neck had become angry and had left
Hurley's barn in the direction taken
by Taylor but few moments previous.
The testimony of Norman Kay taken
at the preliminary hearing was read
by +. E. Riddle, attorney for the de-
fense and made a part of the record.
Kay's testimony gave different YER
sion of the fight than that related by
Brown last night stating that Lam
neck had made several passes at Tay-
lor with the hammer and had his hand
raised to deal the fatal blow when
Taylor picked up something and hit
him. with it.
Every effort is to be made this after
noon to complete the testimony by G
o'clock. Several witnesses were yet
to come for the defense at noon, in
Guiding the testimony of the defend
ant himself The state viii have some
rebuttal testimony to offer when the
defense rests and it is but barely pos
sible that the arguments Of the attor-
neys will be made tonight.
Tno Case Opens.
The taking of testimony in the Jess
Taylor murder case. started last night
at 7:S0. All day the court had work
ed selecting the jurors, putting twenty
through the box before noon and using
a special venire Of thirty in the after
noon, the entire number being used
before jury was empaneled.
The twelve men who are to decide
the fate Of Jess Taylor, charged witt
the murder of Gus Lamneck on No