The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-08-14
County Attorney Simpson Files
Complaint against A. W. Fuller
in Connection with Killing of
George McGehee Tuesday.
, ONLY ONE EYE WITNESS
REXAMINED AT INQUEST
Wife of Deceased Declares No
Word was Spoken Before Trag-
edy; Defendant Alleges Nc
Gehee Made Threat to Kill.

County Attorney Simpson today
filed in Justice Moore's court com
plant charging A. w Fuller with the
murder of George McGeehee three
miles south Of Rush Springs Tues
day morning. No date for the pre-
liminary hearing has been set but it
win probably be held Friday Fuller
is in Jail here. The complaint fol
lowed the visit Of the county attor-
ney and Sheriff Bailey to Rush
Springs where the inquest over the
body of McGehee was held before
Justice A. l.. Evans Tuesday after
noon.
Mrs. McGehee was the only eye-wit-
ness to the tragedy, who was exam
ined at the inquest According to
the county attorney, she declared
that her husband was unarmed when
he was killed and that not word
was spoken by the parties to the
tragedy before Fuller opened fire.
band had gone to the field near Full
ler's home to cut corn, Fuller being
a tenant on the McGehee place.
They drove their wagon to the field,
stopping about forty or fifty yards
81 IA the house. Mrs McGenee was
VI ting corn and her husband was
loading 1t into the wagon Fuller
came from the house, the witness
said, with sack under his arm,
walking directly to the point where
they were at work. When Fuller
reached the rear of the wagon, about
twelve steps from the point where
McGehee was, the former opened
fire McGehee staggered about five
steps in the opposite direction from
Fuller and fell dead
The weapon used by Fuller was
3S caliber Colts revolver. Apparent
" three bullets entered the body of
the deceased One struck near the
right nipple, ranging downward, an
other entered under the right arm
and ranged downward and the third
shattered the upper part Of the right
arm
Fuller's 12-year-old son was wit
ness to the KILN but was not ex-
amined at the inquest The tragedy
occurred about o'clock Tuesday
morning.
Fuller's Statement.
That he shot George McGehee af
ter McGehee had threatened his life,
was the statement of A. W. Fuller
yesterday when brought to the GIa-
dy county jail, according to Jail Off
cials who talked with the accused
man.
Fuller's version of the killing, as
told by Grady county officers, is in
substance as follows: Tuesday
morning Fuller and McGehee were in
the cornfield on McGehee's place.
Both were gathering corn, Fuller in
sack and McGehee in wagon. The
crop had been raised by Fuller "on
the halves" For some reason, not
specified McGehee had taken the
wagon and team away from Fuller
previously This team and wagon
belonged to McGehee, but had been
used by Fuller in making the crop,
in accordance with ION the halves"
contracts
Some two or three months before
the killing, trouble had arisen be-
tween Fuller and McGehee and at
that time a warrant had been issued
for McGehee, charging assault on the
person of Fuller. The case did not
come to trial and was eventually dis
missed McGehce was i'll at the
time scheduled for the preliminary.
County officials stated yesterday
evening that when Fuller was placed
in Jail he declared that yesterday
morning he was in the field gather
ing corn McGehee was also there
and that McGehee told him that if he
gathered another ear of corn he
would kill him. This statement was
made in the course of a quarrel and
resulted in Fuller shooting McGehee
three times with a 3S calibre revoI-
yer. Fuller then went to Rush
Springs and gave himself up to Dep
uty Sheriff Dryden, who turned his