The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-22
Denies Threat
ening Mrs. Casey

said. and together they went to the
Nash garage to get their automobile.
Tells. of Mrs. Ford's Attack
Mrs. Casey told Of the fight at the
garage. saying that Mrs. Ernest Fore
attacked her with a pair OF heavy
shears. which were presented as evil
dence. Mrs. Lulu Cobb had a sub
stance in her hand which she described
as "a connection OF some kind about
an automobile" She said Mrs. Cobb
struck her with the article.
The shears were taken from Mrs.
Ford by a man who the witness
thought was Frank Clark. proprietor
of the garage. Tho witness was hit,
struck, beaten, scratched, stamped,
kicked and otherwise m~istreated. she
said, adding that about a handful of
her hair was pulled from the right
side and back. On cross examination
she said about two handfuls was comb.
cd loose that night an1 the following
day.
As a result of the attack the wit,
ness testified she suffered a miscar.
riage the following day. and that up
to the present time her side still
pains her at times.
Mrs. Casey said she fought back
and the alteration was only terminal.
ed after she had gotten Mrs. Ford's
finger In her mouth and bit down on
1t. Mrs. Cobb was kicked off, she
said.
On cross-examination the witness
testified as to the amount of hair she
had lost as a result Of the fight, OF
her selecting the Palace hotel as a lIy,
ing place while still in Duncan, and
again attempted to describe the ar,
tlcle which she claimed Mrs. Cobt
used In striking her.
The witness said she was divorced
from a Mr.. Carroll In 1919. that she
is the mother of three children, two
OF which are now living: and tina,
she had been married to Casey about
q year.
When asked II she heard any yul
gar words uttered at the hotel, she
answered, mo, ! didn't give him time
/ slammed the door in his face"
Attorney Prueitt asked the witness IL
her husband had not paid a fine in
Duncan for pulling out her Mrs
Casey hair. The witness denied, blu,
objection was raised by the state ant
sustained by the court.
After wrangling among the lawyers
Mrs. Casey was permitted to testif,
that she saw Sheriff Buck Garrett a
the Palace rooms, and that she hac
known him for some time, having
once seen him in Waurika and agar
In Lawton. She said she saw no ONT
else there who she knew by name.
George Casey is Called
When he returned to the garag,
after giving his car a test, he fount
his wife crying and bleeding about the
face and head, her clothes torn, rump
led, ragged, bloody and dirty. Georg,
w. Casey, husband Of the attacked
woman testified. He said that h,
had been conservation officer for thre,
years and lived at Duncan.
The witness said he was married
about ~ months ago at Wichita Falls
Texas. Attorney Prueitt then read ex
cerpts from testimony taken at O prev
hoac aAoAp WhSn Tic WllIcSS W8!
quoted as testifying that he was mar
ried In Lawton, Okla. The state oh
jected and it was sustained by. tn,
court.
Casey said he had paid a fine in tn,
courts at Duncan one day. Prueit
then read from a petition and asket
If he did not pay a fine for usinl
| nhQannn lnnerataHA - H.
females and whipping his wife. TIL,
witness denied the charge feebly.
Prueitt then introduced as evidence
certified copy Of the petition and cour
papers from a justice court in Duncan
under date OF last August. in which |
was charged Casey had used obscen,
language and had been charged will
whipping his wife.
When asked II he did not divorc,
his wife at Lawton on Nov. II, 1920
the witness said he did not know
the date. THE next day you went I,
Wichita Falls and got married. didn'
you Prueitt pressed. Objection wal
raised and sustained by the court.
Casey was shown a copy Of a al
vorce petition and action Of the cour
Of the case OF &C. w. Casey VS.. Fran
ces Casey. petition for divorce" where
in II was stated the decree was grant
ed Nov. IL. 1890. Asked IL the paper,
We're true, he answered: II CUES,
that's right so far as | know"
The state then rested and a fifteci
minutes recess was granted.
Mrs. Casey Is Recalled
After the fight at the garage Mrs
Casey said she went TO an infirmar,
where her wounds were treated.
She said that her maiden name wa.
Edith Ridley. and that her father ant
mother also bore the name CT Ridley
My mother was a lady" she added IL