Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-11-10
.n,cKtN DRAWS LIFE TERN

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=. Harding testified that he was
NJ h;r, in garage at Mckinney;
lON" an the 18th a Buick car, five
W.eng,r. ~ containing three passen-
s,opprd at his garage; that
E wartcd tn fasten spare tire on
E E,ar md asked for some wire and
ne H o of plyers; that he furnished
"wirr but had no plyers and di-
uE uE.oJ ,hcm to another garage for
Ev' ',Iyrrs: that one of the parties
uar, ur oil and shortly returned with
%e % plycrs and the tire was fasten-
.J on the car. .
Nv w. Taylor, of Mckinney, testified
Aa, h, saw the same car and that
u ropnr man wearing a khaki suit
'.;nc aver to his garage, across the
'erl .trer, from Hardin's and purchased
w Tam Bennett, of this city testified
Aat a, that time he was driving a
sr,ck S" from Denison and passed a
S";ck ear with a Missouri license
:" his side of the swinging bridge
~, across the railroad track; that
Sore we're three men about the car
syinr a tire; that shortly afterwards
Ssy passed him; that afterwards he
,Oan passed the same car about
tTice between there and Durant, each
dme the occupants were working on
tines.
hg he was going down the road and
,sssed the car, a five passenger
hck with a Missouri license tag
INST below Calera, that there were
syeral men about the car fixing a
tire.
Mr. Leadford, who works in a ga
nge at Calera, testified that such a
ar stopped at the garage for gas;
hat while there Prof. Frazier of Ca
Lra came up and engaged one of the
1 men in conversation.
Prof. Frazier testified to the same
IS Mr.. Leadford and further that the
nan he saw was the deceased; that
ue of the other men, in his opinion,
vas the defendant, Matt Brackin.
J. +. Hicks testified that he passed
nch a car about "a of a mile on this
ide Of the overhead bridge, that the
men were having tire trouble.
J. R. Powell testified that he lived
Gale street below the little brick
tore; that evening he was sitting on
he front porch and saw a large car
coming up the street; that his daugh-
4 ter, Edna, called his attention to it
and to the fact that there was blood
On the windshield and on the
drivers clothes; that they thought it
vas some one who was being taken
to the hospital.
Miss Edna Powell testified as
stated by Mr.. Powell.
Mr.. Sauls, who had been interest
ed in drilling for oil west of town
4 testified that that evening he was
! coming in and met such car between
4 here and keirsey; that he met the car
near Il culvert and that he stopped
and the other car came upon the
eulyrrt very slowly; that one of the
men seemed to have CLASSY, starry
eye, and he noticed some spots or
his face; that he was unable to say
whether the spots were blood OF
great.
w. II. Wright testified that he liv
ed about half a mile east of Mead
that that evening he was just turn
mg in to his place for work as ;
Buick car bearing a Missouri license
tag and containing two occupants
passed his house; that the car wa:
travelling slowly and he thought a
first that they were going to turn in
that he took especial notice of tht
car a it bore foreign license tag
and he had recently came to this stat
+ from Indiana; that he was absolutel,
i positive that the defendant, Mat
Brachin. was one of the occupants o
the car He also stated that his wifi
Mrs, W. II. Wright, was with hin,
Mrs W. Fl. Wright testified prac
tca'ly 10 the same thing as her hus
band and further stated that she ha
on straw hat and that one Of tn
occupants Of the car, whom she pos
ltivcly identified as the defendant
Na;t Erackin, stared at her as the
passed and continued to stare at he
after passing. and that she remark
ed 10 her husband, 81 wonder if tina
fellow never saw woman with
straw hat on before"
Just as the car turned into Mea,
Mr. Albert Adcock, the Justice of tn
Peace met them. and as they passe
through Mead the car was seen b
a number of citizens, among whOl
were Joe Jackman, Ben Keirsey, NJ
cannon, Mr.. Russell, Mrs. Bell, a
Of whom described the car.
Mr.. Adcock stated that in additic
to being Justice he ran sma
garage at Mead; that just as the c;
came along side of him it slowt
Down considerably, that the mote
wa racing as if the driver wou
let the clutch in and out, and TIL
ne spoke to them and they spok
mat he thought there was sOmethir
wrong with the car and that thu
were gong to ask about garage
something; that this conduct on the
part especially attracted their 8
hhtlon; that Immediately as tn
passed the two men seemed to ia
TO each other and leaned iowa
each other, one of them seeming
e.lndeavor to hide under the arm
me other; that he especially motto
me one next to him; that this CO
cuct on their part, and the fact tn