The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-09-20
Testimony Taken as to Mental Con-
dition Of Man Who Confesses
to Murder Of Cousin
Near Minco
DECISION DELAYED
FOR FEW DAYS
Sheriff Bailey and Deputy Castlemsn n
Tell Of Confession; Slayer Takes
Stand and Cody De-
scribes Crime

Ed Stephens, the man who while
supposed to be in demented condi-
lion killed his cousin. Oscar stephens,
near Minco. four years ago, was ar
raigned before Judge Davenport and
DR.. Emanuel of the insanity board Sat
urday afternoon shortly after 3
o'clock.
Sheriff Bailey told of the confession
and Stephens we're examined
Sheriff Bailey told of thee onfession
of Stephens that he had killed his
cousin and buried the remains in a
corn field. OF the visit to the scene OF
the alleged killing, in company with
the murderer and the unrewarded
search for the body, of the manner in
which Stephens broke from his guards
when returning from the search and
climbed a windmill tower and threat
ened to dash himself to the ground
below. He told of his return, in COM
pany with the county attorney, and a
score of Stephens old neighbors. TO
the scene of the killing on the Mon
day following, of the resuming of the
search for the grave, of the success
of that search, OF how the skeleton of
the murdered man was found crushed
in grave only three feet long, of the
manner in which the head had been
crushed in with some blunt instrument
which had fractured the skull almost
completely around its circumference,
of the feet of the skeleton resting up
on the bones of the pelvis, showing
that great force had probably BEEN
used in forcing an adult body into a
short grave, of the finding OF the knife
with which the demented man had cut
the throat of the boy.
Stephens when put on the stand told
in cool manner of the manner VI
which he had arranged the details Of
the killing. He said that he was
afraid of the man he had killed, that
he feared he would do an injury to
his little eleven-year-old daughters,
and his family contagious disease,
which he described as 's0me sort of
an itching disease, of how he had
gone down into the field after all the
family were asleep and dug the grave,
of how he had returned to the house.
a few minutes before midnight, and
had awakened the boy, Oscar, and en-
ticed him to the field under the pre-
tense that he wished him to help him
remove the shears from gang plow,
of how he had struck Oscar on the
head with plow shear and afterward
cut his throat, of how he crushed the
body of the victim into the grave, COW
| cred it with earth aud returned to the
house, went to bed and to sleep, Of
| how he had gone to the field next
morning and plowed and narrowed
over the grave, eliminating all traces
of the same, of how he had told the
neighbors who inquired about the
whereabouts of Oscar that he had en-
/ listed in the navy, of how the matter
had preyed on his mind until he fell
he had gone insane and confessed te
the killing, telling his fellow prison
ers about the killing while he was il
Jail several months ago awaiting
} transportation to the asylum at Nor
! man.
1 DR.. Emanuel testified to the forme
examination of Stephens as to his san
, ity told how his mother had told o
! his "peculiarities and of the adjudgini
, of Stephens as insane by the insanit
board
: Following the examination Stephen
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