The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-10-03
Fred Woodall, S1st F. A., ct. Sill,
Caught by Grady Officers in
Connection Shooting Of AS
sistant Chief Scott.
CLAIMS PARTNER
CUNNED OFFICER
Says He Ran When Officers Ap-
preached; Attempt is Made to
Implicate Prisoner With
Actual Shooting

Latest developments in the case OF
Fred e. Woodall, arrested yesterday
aftrnoon by Undersheriff Rucker and
Bob Castleman at construction
camp at Agawam, point to the prob
ability of the truth Of his statement
ha he is a deserter from the Slst
Field Artillery, Fort Sill, and not
an escaped convict as the officers
al first believed
Also, officers are of the opinion
now that their first judgment that
Woodall fired the shot into the body
of Assistant Chief, Scott Sunday af-
ternoon is probably wrong and that
theory is being abandoned, the belief
now being that Woodall's statement
that he ran while his pal Virgie Kit
son, was the man turned over to
Scott and who is supposed to have
shot Scott
N. p. Identifies Man
Last night at the county. jail
where Wooaml is confined !. biiii-
tary Police of Fort Sill identified
the prisoner as a member of the Slst
Field Artillery who had been in the
guard house on several occasions and
who, with Virgie Kitson had escaped,
over-p powered a sentry, relieved him
of a shotgun and pistol and had fled
the reservation.
When questioned by the NJ. P.
Woodall stated that he had picked
with a small wire the lock that
bound shackles to his legs. He also
stated that he had thrown the shot
gun away about 100 yards from where
they left the sentry. That Post Of
ficials consider both Woodall and
Kitson as bad men was the stateemnt
of the M. p. who said that he had
orders not to take chances with the
men, but to shoot them at the first
crooked move
Swlth Crew Doubtful
Last night Woodall was taken
from the jail to the Rock Island
yards where he was confronted by
the switch engine crew who talked
with the man Scott had under arrest.
After looking the man over carefully,
the Rock Islaud men refused to iden-
tify the man as Scott's prisoner,
stating that there was some doubt
In their minds. They prefer to see
the other man, If caught, before fix
ing the identify.
Up to this morning, Woodall had
not been taken to the Chickasha hos
pital to ascertain whether or no.
Scott could identify him as his pri-
soner It was question in the minds
of the officers il this action was ne
cessary in view OF other late devel-
opments. In the meantime officers
are still searching for Kitson in the
neighborhood of blanchard
SAYS Other Fired Shot.
Woodall does not deny being one
of the pair that the officers picked
up Sunday evening near the crossing
of the Frisco and Rock Island tracks,
but states that the other man shot
Assistant Police Chief Scott, while he
(Woodall) was being chased by the
other two officers. The other mans
name, he states, is Virgie Kitson.
When seen at the jail yesterday al
ternoon he told in part what he
claims is the story of his escape
from TT. SILL where he says he was
a member of the S1st Field Artillery.
I'VE were in the guard house." he
said. q had been in there about two
months. They gave me six months
Said l stole some money over at the
post This other fellow and l got
away. We slipped up on sentry
He had a shot gun and Colt auto