The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-10-05
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Opal Cllbfea,h. is'yearoid hlnte
Of the deceased. testified ~ aul
stance. a. follows. That Ilakcr an,
hla wife cam" 10 the GlIbrrath homo
sis Iowa avenue: that BAKER lnaull
cd a. TO whore Leon 0ilbrcali
could he found. tha, he was advised
that Leon could be found o., ,h'
American cafe. and that ilakcr lef
after heinz advised a. 10 the location
Of the cafe.
The several cye'wltncasca TO the
shooting were introduced after Mlss
Gllbreath testified
Dr. u. 3. powncy. local physician
gave testimony describing Gllbrcath'a
wounds. lie examined the man a.
he lay In dying condition In a
local hospital
Prosecuting Attorney Coff stated
this morning that the introduction
of the states witnesses probably will
be completed this afternoon.
Court recessed yesterday evcnlng
al G:is o'clock after two ycnlros ~
juror. one a special vcnlro of 20
men. had been exhausted. Fifty.
nine jurors were examined yesterday
in an cndeayor 10 select q jury 10
decide the fate Of had Baker and
his wife. Katie. alleged aecomplicc
In the killing. According 10 records
In the court clerks office. eleven
we're challenged for cause by the
defense and "a by the prosecution.
When court recessed 10 convene
this morning. six pcrcmptory chal.
lengoa had been made by the de.
Tense and equally as many by the
prosecution attorneys. II was es;i.
mated that the jury would bc com.
plete some time this morning.
Second Special venire.
Sixteen jurors on tho special
yenire ordered Tuesday evening by
Judge oldfield. reported for duty
this morning. Attorneys in the case
predicted that the Jury could be com.
pleted from this yenire: Bill Heisler.
II. Gilpatrick. X. J. Weaver. Arthur
Lennon. NJ. A. Griswold n. ID. Zum.
walt. W. II. Ashburn. |. T. Wood. +. |
G. Figbtfield. and Robert Ogle. all
Of Tabler; H. Tilley. Of Naples; T.
]. Cannon. l.. Il. Glover. W. 4.
aud NJ. u. Abernathy. all OF
Alex. and Y. II. Kicks Of Blanchard.
Practically every man on the first
special venire was a resident of this
city and a majority of them were
for cause for having dis.
cussed the case and reached a con.
clusion as TO the guilt or innocence
Of the accused man and wife.
Defense attorneys challenged the
Jurors for cause; G. Y.
Melton. ]. c. Wade, ]. W. Lemmond.
J. NJ IIedrick, Tom Folsom. +. NJ.
Fred Grimsley. Chas. c.
Shaw, Garvin Butler. Lucian Erwin
and Il. A. Cornwell.
The "a challenged for cause by the
prosecution were Fred T.. Jacobs,
Frank Hulen, c. NJ. Duckwall, Felix
J. Gamble, Fred Jelks. j. Il. Bailey,
K. l.. Cruise, X. J. Harland, r. y.
Bailey. w II. Malone, II. u. Grace,
R. NJ. Cochran, II. W. Stinson, John
Il. Hartmann, +. NJ Davis, w. A.
Hopkins. j. V. Kile, w. p. Latting,
Joe Burney, ]. w. Conner. S. d. Nc.
Z. f. Alden, 0. L. Bing-
lam and c. NJ McCauley.
Jurors Closely Examined.
Both defense and states attorneys
closely examined the Jurors. The
'ase opened yesterday morning and
he entire day was spent in the en-
leavor to select twelve men Cor the
ury. Little progress was made until
ate yesterday afternoon when both
ides made their sixth preemptory
hallenge.
County Attorney Ben Goff exam
ned the jurors along the lines to
letermine whether or not they be.
ieved in the enforcement of the laws
$ they are recorded in the statute
looks; II the fact that one of the
defendants is woman would in.
luence them in reaching a verdict,
md whether or not they could con.
ider the case fairly and impartially.
The county attorney also questioned
he Jurors relative to their fraternal
ffiliations and whether or not such
would influence them in reaching a
'erdict. Baker is said to be a men,
'er Of the Odd Fellows lodge.
Hint At Temporary Insanity.
Questions asked the jurors by
Alger and Adrian Melton, attorneys
or the Bakers, gave an inference
hat the defense might endeavor to
'rove temporary insanity or partial
deprivation of reasoning and that
baker committed the act in defense
# his home.
With his head bowed and partially
by his left hand, Baker,