The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-12-02
Civil Docket Disposed of With
Exception Of Coffman Case
Which Will Probably Be
Heard Tuesday.
FORMER MAYOR TO
OPPOSE REMOVAL
Ask Reinstatement and Back
Salary; Three Murder Cases
Slated to Be Heard; Four
Against Hightowers.

A misunderstanding between the
attorney general and f. e. Riddle,
opposition attorney in the Coffman
case as to the time the case would
be tried, promised to ball up the
schedule this morning at the opening
of court 1t appeared probable, how
ever, that the case would go to bat
this afternoon instead of tomorrow
morning.
The attorney general, under the i'm
preston that Mr., Riddle would be in
Muskogee today and unable to get
here until late tonight, did not come
to Chickasha yesterday afternoon as
was scheduled Mr. Riddle, howNX-
er, appeared on the scene this norm
ing and announced ready for trial
j. NJ Cavaness, county attorney en-
tered protest to the court, stating
that an important witness for the
prosecution was not here and could
not get here until this afternoon at
6 o'clock and requested the court to
set the case for tomorrow morning.
" appeared that the empaneling OF
"a jury would start some time this
morning or immediately after noon
at the latest and that the actual trial
Of the case would be started this af-
ternoon. Nv Froeling, attorney gen.
eral was called by phone this morn
ing and advised of the turn the case
has taken 1t was thought probable
that he would drive through in q
car and would arrive here shortly
after noon
The stage is set in the district
court for short but what promises
to be very busy criminal docket
in which three murder cases are
scheduled to be tried and during
which time a number of cases re-
sulting from the general cleanup
in Chickasha, together with the
grand jury session and resulting in.
dictments are on docket The term
opens December 4 and is scheduled
to run through December y.
Probably the feature case, which
was set down for hearing Satur-
day November 80, but is being car
ried over until this week, is listed
on the docket as the State of Ok
lahoma VS.. O Coffman 1t is the
outgrowth of the action Of the grand
jury in which the body recommend
ed that the county attorney, the
sheriff and the mayor of the city
be removed from office It is also
the only case resulting from such
removal, as Hodge Bailey, the then
sheriff, and Oscar Simpson, county
attorney, did not fight their cases.
Air Coffman, mayor, is fighting his
Case and although c. H. Caneman,
fNrmer president of the city council
has been serving as mayor since
the action of the grand jury several
months ago, Mr. Coffman in his
fight will not only ask that he be
re-instated in office, but will seek to
force the payment of his salary as
mayor from the time of his removal
until the present time.
Prince Freezing, attorney general
of the state will have charge of
the case for the state. and F. Z.
Riddle. formerly Of this city, but
now Of Tulsa, will represent AIr
Coffman. Mr.. Freezing was sched
uled to be in Chickasha Sunday
night to hold a conference with the
witnesses in the case at a local
hotel. Mr.. Riddle has wired the
court clerk that it would be impos-
sible for him to be here before
Tuesday morning. Therefore it is
expected that the case viii be tried
Tuesday. 1t is a. jury trial and it is
probable that every effort will be
made to get it out of the way that
the court may start on the criminal
docket according to schedule We'd
nesday morning.
All defendants in criminal cases
will be required 10 appear in open
Iourt "Wednesday morning for ar