The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-03-22
LUCILLE LESLIE
AND PUPILS ARE
PUT ON STAND
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NOWtIUufu sSu o"N
must pass on the competency OF this
child as witness the same as in all
cases and cannot say without examina-
ton whether she is" Judge Clarke ad-
monishcd the crowd.
"Shc is answering as she thinks she
should there is nothing to exhibit
mrth over. il you were on trial you
would probably think it improper to
express yourselves as you have done
there is a person on trial tor his lite !;
the witness nor the Jurors are here be-
cause they want to be, YOU will pleate
observe order, at least reserve exprs'
sions of mir,h until you are out OF the
court room"
Identified Defendant.
The Det,erding girl said that she was
coming ont OF the basement OF the
main building after hearing a shot and
say the man whom she identified al
Couch going down the west steps She
said that he went ives, on the north
side OF the street and was walking fast.
She described his manner OF dress
and when Mr.. Selby showed her 4 cap
and coat declared that they loked like
the garments worn by the man.
On cross-cvamlnatlon she was asked
il she had ever seen Couch before She
said that she had seen at an office IN
t,Staee building lmcaning Justice Don
nel's courtroom on the day OF the pre-
liminary hearing
Pointed Out to Her
Asked BY Mr.. Estes If anyone had
pointed on, Couch she said Miss Les
lie had. The attorney dwelt on this
answer Assuming tha, Miss Leslie had
pointed out Couch to the witness. State
attorneys objected, claiming that there
was no basis for the assumption.
II knew him before she pointed him
out. had seen him at the school
house" testified the little girl.
The Detterding girl followed Mis-.
Lucille Leslie on the witness stand Miss
Leslie told how the man she identified
as Couch came to the school building
and entered the door a, the west en-
trance she was standing in the door oI
her room which faces the west entrance
and was Nm the opposite side of Miss
Dunns room about two icet west,
Cap Pulled Down.
Witness said that Couch pulled his
cap down over his eyes when he saw
her: he had both hands in his over
coat pockets; he walked past her and
went into Miss Dunn'' room she could
SNpis form through the glass door
hy1Svc4 on, and Miss Dunn came out
.GNs lthey came into the hallway sh:
HAlrNo" or oh: her hands we're
{1lAs6ed aud she looked a, me despair
T Tingly. she looked like she wanted "a
say something. but was too frightened
to speak" declared the witness.
Here Miss elsie and Judge Da,
took the positions the witness said Mis-.
Dunn and Couch Occupied and demon
strated TO the jury the divection Mis-.
Dunn took Witness said Miss Dunr
turned and went east with the mar
alongside.
Pupils Screamed.
When she heard the pistol repor, sh'
placed her face against the wall an'
then loked up again in time to see Mis'
Dunn plunge forward and the man nea
her After that. witness said, she oou't
not see ANYTHING When her pupils bs
gan TO scream she quisted them an,
then went and dismissed Miss Dunn
pupils.
Asked BY Mr.. Selby il the man ,h,
saw there was IN the courtroom, sh,
pointed OF, Couch.
Mi" Leslie identified the cap an,
overcoat worn by Couch
Face 10 Wall.
On examination witness wa
I asked abou, turning her face to III
| wall She said that she did so ins,ine,
iyely-expee,ing ,ha, something dread
iul was going to happen.
Was 1t something Miss Dunn ha
told you that led YOU to believe some
thing was going TO happen" asked NJ,
Estes. Did Miss Dunn talk 60 yo
: about her family uoublesi"
Witness replied that she and Nj.
. Dunn had only talked Of school ma,
= ters.
a MISS Lesis Caued BACK.
. Mi. Leslie was called back BY IN
state and asked u there was fnyone i
the hallway on the morning Of the uas
o edy except herself, Miss Dunn and IN
man She answered in the negative.
G. +. Johnson, sheriff, was the thir
!, witness. lie said tha, he first "a,
!. Couch In the federal jail At Guthrie. n
identified a cap and overeost a. N
ones worn by Couch a, that time n
b. related a conversation with Couch {
the federal cour, building in Guthrie
Witness said that Couch told him h
% "tel, like the United States district q,
= ,orney appeared principally Tor n
county rather than the government"
speaking Of the disposition OF the "a,
~ in which Couch was charged with mil
4, use of the mails
81 Johnson said tina, Couch told hi