The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-04-15
on the Rock Island bridge.
Soldier Testifies.

/ Soldier Testifies.
! Private j. J. Shugrue testified that
he was the sentry to whom Ser
geant Cleverly turned Kittrell when
Kittrell was a prisoner at Ft Sill
He stated that Kittrell was unarmed
at the time he was turned over by
the sergeant but that Shugrue was
armed with a As Colts army auto
matte pistol and a Sawed off" shot
gun known as riot gun. He de-
clared that Kittrell dubbed him into
insensibility and took the weapons
from him.
Doctor on C.c3d.
Dr. D. S. Dowlay was &c FL i
witness called. He testified that
Sam Scott was brought to the Chick
asha hospital after the shooting
where he was treated and where he
remained until he died several days
later He said that the ball entered
from the back, ranging upward and
making an exit about an inch and
half higher up in front The witness
said he thought the man was shot
with about 80 calibre gun. Scott
died, the witness said, from peri
tonitis caused by the ball passing
through the kidneys and the edge
of the liver.
Railroader Tdstifies.
Robert White a Rock Island rail
road man, said that on the day OF
the shooting he was in the north
end of the yards and saw boy sit
ting on the bridge across Line creek
and another coming UP onto the
bridge. A car drove up with Off
GERS in it and the. officers took
charge of the young man who was
sitting on the bridge, the other run
ming away. Officers Moody and
Jones ran after the man while Scott
took charge of the young man who
had been sitting on the bridge, the
witness said.
White said he walked up to Scott
and the man under arrest and talked
to them for about ten minutes, be-
ing within two feet of the prisoner
He positively identified Kittrell, the
defendant, as being. the man who
was under arrest.
Hears Shot.
Witness said that he turned and
started back when he heard a shot |
When he again turned he saw Scott
grab his side and reel, while the
prisoner ran off the north end of the
bridge. The witness stated that he
then saw Jess LiIlard jump off the
switch engine and run to Scott He
ran to him also.
On cross examination White stat
ed that he would not identity posi-
lively, the shoes, but that they re-
sembled the shoes the prisoner was
wearing The shoes were exhibited
in court. Witness did not see Scott
search his prisoner.
Tells Same Story.
The testimony Of A. p. Holman, a
Rock Island brakeman, was substan-
TALLY the SAME as that given by
White. He was on train of carr
near the scene of the shooting and
the story he told on the stand sim
ply corroborated the White testi-
mony
Camper on Stand.
A man named Merrill testified that
on Sunday. Sept. 49, he was campel
near the Wash!ta river and that a
little after dark a man stopped at
his tent and asked for water which
he gave him, the man drinking heart
lily. Witness said that his wife
warned the man that he was drink
ing too much. as he was hot.
., w ltue1S SJdt6u lldI ll6 lildl Jli6-i
asked for the road to Oklahoma
City The man was wet He asked
the campers, witness said, if they
had heard of the racket and they
said they had not, upon which he
volunteered the information that a
boy had shot policeman and that
he thought it was time for him to
get away.
At that time, some one stepped on
the wagon bridge nearby and the
man ran away, asking how deep the
river was and stating that he had
to cross it somewhere. He seemed