The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-06

named Cook, and another, Hills,
of Ardmore, to the "knucks." He
denied he had gun Sunday or that
he knew for what they were going
to the depot. He said he never saw
Pike have the "knucks' or any
other weapon, but he saw the
''knucks" on the ground beside him
after the second shot and as soon As
Claude Bigbie would allow the
crowd to go toward the wounded
man.
After calling another witness the
court took recess to o'clock this
afternoon.
The courtroom was crowded
again today, as it was yesterday.
The case is attracting much atten-
ton in the vicinity OF Lone Grove,
as we'll as in Ardmore.
When the hearing began yester-
day afternoon at o'clock, DR.. Wal
ter Hardy was the first witness
called by the state. He told of Pike
being brought to his sanitarium last
Sunday afternoon and of his death
about an hour later. He described
the two wounds and said these
wounds caused his death.
Slain Mans Sister on Stand.
Miss Ethel Pike, sister OF The
slain man, the next witness, said she
was Is years old and had been work
ling at Healdton; that she and her
brother came to Lone Grove last
Sunday forenoon to spend the day
at the home Of their father; that
her married sister Mrs. Bryant Bal
lew, and her husband were \ also
there; that they all started to the
train about 3 o'clock when they met
William Cook and he turned and
went toward the depot with them.
He ard William Pike walked few
steps behind the others. She said
she first saw Charles Bigbie stand
ing BY his car at the north end OF
the depot and that he had gun in
his hand; that he was about ten
steps from her brother when he
started toward him and pointed the
gun in his face and said, XDo you
think you can do the right thing"
and her brother said he thought he
could, when Bixbie said Then
Cd ID you, get right in that ,
ear and her brother told him he s
lid not come there to have any
rouble. She said Bigbue struck her {
,rotlber with the gun and knocked |
lis hat off Immediately following t
har, shot him. She said the second |
ho: was fired Just as her brother {
tarted to fall from the shock of the I
irst one. She said both of the Big {
ne boys were in front of the car q
,efore the first shot was fired; that y
10Th had guns; that after the first il
hot Charles Bigbie said, Now F
ghat;" and fired the second shot; a
hat she ran tc her brother when he 4
ell and took his head in her lap; f
hat he had no weapon in his hand v
# on his person; that the Bigbic
oyS said stand back" and for no "
ne 10 interfere. She said after the a
rst shot and her brother was fall II
lg he called to her and said. Sis ?
sr, they have killed me; come to +,
le.' and that Charles Bigbie said s;
Cd ID YOU, stand back" a
On examination the defense II
tempted to inquire into the repu c;
ltion of the house where Miss Pike II
i'd she worked in Healdton to ask II
er about relations between her h
cad brother and a daughte OF Big h
e, but the court sustained objec-
ons to this line of questioning. She W
as asked if she did not pick up e,
air OF "knucks" on the ground D;
hen she knelt beside her brother,
,nceal them under her skirt and
laily put them in her waist. She
id she did not. What did you nj
OK up" she was asked, and re- c
led. This" holding up a bullet OF {;
caliber. which she said fell out h,
om inside her brothers coat. She A
I'VE it to the court stenographer. A.
lie said the first thing Charles Big "
e said to her brother was: do
III expect to walk the streets Of n
one Grove and live" Then it
l5. she said. that her brother said
did not come there to have any
pubic
Bryant Ballew, the next witness, q
Id the details of the occurrence, de
rroborrating the previous witness. an
2 said when the elder Bigbie yc
,lked toward Pike the two sons fol- br
we'd him and that all had guns in
eir hands. He said Claude Bixbie lo
we'd his gun and told all to stand
OK. He said he had heard nobody er
: a word about "knucks,' but that I'M
Ss Pike told him about picking sh
the bullet and showed it to him. vo
All Three Bigbies Armed. OF
William Cook was the next wit
S and he corroborated all that
IS Pike and Bryant Ballew had ue ~
i OF the details of the trouble nd
saidallthree of the Bigbies had an
MS and had them in their hands qu
en- he and VIII Pike came to the
Dot He saw Bigbie and his sons So
out of the car when Pike was
,ut forty feet from the car; that
vas beside Pike when the elder
,bie came up and told him to get '
1c and then begin to talk to Pike: th'
{ Bigbie pointed the gun in his as