The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-10-02
DEFENDANTS IN
VERDEN MURDER
CASE GIVE BOND
Application for Habeas Corpus Writ
Granted Immediately by Judge
Linn After Preliminary and
Quintet Released.
STORY OF TRAGEDY is
TOLD BY WITNESSES
Albert Hawkins Testlfies About Guar.
rel When One OF Vance Boys
Drives Up TO House Where
Dance Is IN Progress.

After making bonds for appear.
anee in district court TO answer to
two charges OF murdoc In connec.
ton with the killing OF Ran Toles,
negro, and Jessie Britton. negro girl,
Joe Vance. Molle,t Vance, Bige
Hash. Andrew Meeting and Roy
Glass we're released from custody
Saturday afternoon.
The quintet were bound over to
district court after preliminary
hearing Saturday before Justice II.
l.. Grigsby. Immediately after Judge
Grgsby announced his decision in
the case. attorneys for the defend
ants instituted habeas corpus
proceedings. Judge Linn granted
the writ and authorized the release
OF Joe Vance. Mollett Vance and
Blge Hash on two joint bo.ds Of
$4,000 Andrew Meeting was allow.
ed TO make two $500 bonds while
the release of Glass on two $500
bonds was authorized in the order
issued by Judge Linn.
Signers Of the bonds were in the
court room at the conclusion of the
hearing and bonds were made i'm
medately after Judge VIII Linn
signed the order The two $4,000
bonds were signed by Joe Vance.
Mollett Vance. Byron Hash, S. T..
Vance and T. L. zipse, Listing an
apartment house in Tulsa, S. e.
Vance qualified for $4,000 as one
of tho bondsmen.
Meetings bonds were signed by
A. b. Meeting, Peter Meeting. Cas-
per Meeting, Oscar Cruce. r. S.
Boake and Hugh Graham. J. W
Glass and H. X. Ellis signed the
two bonds made by Roy Glass. The
former is the defendants father
Judge Linn has not announced
whether these cases will come up
for trial in the October term Of
district court.
Story of Shooting Told.
The story of the shooting which
wiped out The lives Of Ran Toles, u
young negro man, and Jessie Brit
ton, 13year-old negro girl, at a
negro dance and festival near Yer
. den on the night of September %
was told on the witness stand at
the preliminary hearing here Sat
urday only four witnesses, Albert
Hawkins. Lonzy Parker, Charley
Toles and DR.. w A. ]. Bullock, all
negroes, were introduced by the
prosecution.
Hawkins testified that early in
the evening he had quarrel with
Mollett Vance; that Mollett Vance,
in company with a lady, drove up
TO the house and that he (Haw-
kins) thinking Vance was his broth
ef, asked him "Who is in the carr
Vance objected to this act upon the
part of the negro and quarrel 1ol-
lowed. Hawkins testified that the
next time he saw Mollett Vance
was two hours later, when he
(Vance) walked into the house with
Winchester rifle in his hand
punched Hawkins on the leg and
said, Look here, negro, what about
all this big talk you've been max
ing?" or words to that effect.
Hawkins testified that he ran as
the first shot was fired. He die
NOT return to the house, but was
later located at Gracemont, in Cad
do county.
Three Shots Fired.
I.onzy Parker, the second witness
nut on the stand by the prosecu
ton, testified that he was in thu
house when Mollett Vance entered
HIe corroborated most Of Hawkins
testimony. Parker stated on tn
witness stand that Joe vance
Meeting and Hash were standing Il
the door. that Joe Vance fired tn
first shot with a Winchester; tina
Meeting fired the second shot witt
a revolver; that Hash fired tn
third shot.
Charley Toles, brother of Ra
Toles, killed in the shooting affras
testified that one shot was fired bt
fore the men entered the house. II
testified that the room was GROVE
ed and that the fact that Jessl
Britton had been killed was nc
discovered until several minute
after the shooting when tn
body of the girl was found dea
lying on the floor in the west sid
OF the room where she was playin
with negro child.