The Sentinel=record., 1916-12-22
IDENTIFIES
 DAVE SHORT
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he would do He told his son in the county jail that he would come to see him again today. that he did not know what else to tell him The disposi. tion of the bodies of the dead men is still a problem to him He has no means. He went into Choctaw coun- ty in Oklahoma about fifteen years age and began as farm worker. Later he rented a farm, and he now lives on that He is hard weaihered farmer who shows the imprint of life of hard honest toil
 Ii will be trying Christmas period for this family of Dayidsous. The father spoke of that last night. lie wondered why it was that he and his loved ones should he SO burdeued with sadness when all others would be happy He probably will turn home this afternoon. so that he will get out 10 their country place near Hugo, by Christmas day.
 Young Son Bound Over.
 Attorneys Richard Ryan and Judge Mooney appeared for the defendant, and the state was represented by Prosecuting Attorney Speer and Dep. Uty Witt The hearing was before Justice Tom j. Gladson. who recog. niled the public interest in the pro. ceedings, and held the preliminary examination in the circuit court room where it would not be crowded The young man was held 10 the grand jury in lieu of bond of $500
 Elihu Robbins was the first wit ness for the state. and he testified to the ownership of the cattle that the two dead men and Short. as stran. gers. were driving out of the com munity, and which incident started the trouble. He had turned the four head of cattle into a asture that he described
 Ashley Ritter was the next witness and he testified 70 seeing the two dead men and Short driving the cat tie along a dim trail about a mile from the road in a northerly direc- ton.
 Billy Dozief testified that he passed the three men driving the cattle and spoke 10 them in a casual way. but they had not talked any Dave Short was with the other two men at that time This witness told Mr Ritter that the men were driving the cattle from the Robbins place. and they telephoned Mir Robbins about his cat tie. This witness saw Dave Short on three different occasions and each time with the other two bandits.
 Joe Muse made d most interesting witness. He testified that he saw Short on the Monday of the week within which the men were killed Fri day. The other two men were with him Thursday witness saw Shor. again at the Echols place and again the other two men were with him. The three were riding at a good speed up the road and Muse shouted to them to halt They jerked their pis- tols.
 "I shot ahead of them a couple of times to try to stop them. but they fired back a number Of times" tes- tified the witness.
 Muse was alone at the time that he tried to halt the men. and then he went to get somebody else with him, and they took a short cut and again encountered the three men DOzier was with him at this second encoun- ter The bandits had rode around a mountain, and they took a short cut and came to a cross roads. Muse shouted to the men again to halt
 The leader then said to the oth. CTS Line up here boys, and let's shoot it out and the three men came 10 a halt and got off their horses and took stand
 Muse and Dozier did not tackle the three men that time, but went away to get more men, and when they came back in little while the three men were gone.
 John Graves made one of the best witnesses. lie d'd not see Dave Short until Friday. He had heard of the chase of the cattle thieves. and he had been where one of the horses the bandits had rode had been " btltNti anu tOhlNt HUI 4'iN NNfth any further. Graves is a splendid woods man, and he was rather to the front in the chase for the bandit they knew must be on Not. lie told of how they came upon Dave Short near the Bill Bailey place and that he was lying on the ground Short threw up his hands and begged them not to shoot him. John Ritter and Hulsey and Perkins were with him al the time Witness said they took an automatic pistol, and pocket knife from Short and then fed him, and later turned him over to the county authorities here.
 Graves said that Short made statement to them which in sub- stance was that he had been working for George Bailey and Hamp Sparks, and that they had gone out to get some cattle that he understood they were to buy Short told him that Bailey had shown him the cattle in the pasture and told him to stay there and watch them and they would 20 for some others and be back the