The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-08-04

Bad" Baker. confessed slayer q
Leon Gilbrealh aLd Katie Baker
his wife. were bound over without
bail 10 tho action OF the district
court by Justice - l.. Grigsby thi
morning at the close OF the prellmi'
nary hearing he'd in, the district
court room al :ne county court
house.
As was expected. only the skele.
ton OF the testimony that Is expected
To be presented at the district court
hearing was introduced The syi-
dence used In the preliminary this
morning related only TO the actual
killing and In no way referred IN
any association between the decea ).
cd and Mrs. Baker. except in the
testimony OF one witness who stat
ed that Baker told him that the
man ruined my home"
Adrian Melton. of the firm Ci
Bond. Melton and Melton, represen.
ted the defendant while County AT.
torney Ben Goff. Assistant County
Attorney J. Roy Orr and c. A. Dear
mon represented the state. @. w.
Gilbreath, father of the deceased.
occupied the place near the council
table. while the defendants father
sat at the side Of Mrs. Baker.
Attorney Melton announced afte.'
the hearing that he would file up.
plieation for bail before Judge Will
Linn of the district court when the
Judge returns TO Chickasha which
is expected to be Saturday.
Court Room Jammed
Nearly an hour before the hearing
opened, the court room was crowd
ed and when the witnesses were
called to be sworn, the throng had
iammed all the seats, aisles and
we're forcing their way inside the
railing. Others came by the score
and before the hearing was we'll
started, the curious court fans pack
ed all available space up to the
very edge Of the council table leav-
ing lawyers and defendents on the
inside of closely drawn ring.
Bad Baker and Katie Baker his
wife, the defendents, were seated to-
gether. Their child, about four years
old was seated on its mothers lap.
The youngster fretted and from time
to time wriggled to the floor.
Mrs Baker is rather pretty wo-
man, young and fairly attractive ap-
pearing after a fashion. She was
dressed in a simple pink waist, dark
skirt dark hose and slippers. Baker
himself, wore no collar and had the
neckband Of his shirt turned in
against The beat that grew oppres-
sive as a result of the closely pack
ed room.
- Justis First Witness.
Just before the trial opened,
Adrian Melton, attorney for the de-
Tense asked that the witnesses be
placed under the rule. They were
called. sworn and given their in
struction by Justice Grigsby and
were then escorted to the office OF
County Attorney Goff, which served
as n waiting room.
Sam Justis, proprietor Of the Man
haitian cafe was the first witness
called the state. He declared that
he knew Leon Gilbreatn, the de-
ceased and that on July 2S. at the
time of the killing he was standing
in his place of business, 2lO Chicka-
sha avenue. almost directly across
the street from the scene of the
tragedy.
The witness stated that he was
first attracted by shot. Looking
he sa::d, he saw man running and
another following and then the man
who was following was shooting. The
man in front fell and the one with
the gun kept shooting. The fallen
man crawled into the stairway and
lay, face down the witness said, At