, 1935-05-26
STOLEN GOODS

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animation, that he would lie CT steal
to obtain drugs.
You can't support the habit with
out stealing" said o. w. (Curley)
Woods.
Ellie Clay estimated he had OBJ
tanned narcotics from each Of the
doctors 100 times. Five pairs Of stol-
en- hose which were in his pocket
when he was arrested by Sheriff
Cato were returned to him later and
were traded TO Kitchen for NOR
phine. the witness said.
Clay said he had received veter-
mary narcotic tablets from Hart
man. a physician, as well as from
Kitchen, who Is a veterinarian. He
quoted Hartman as saying Sheriff
Cato wouldn't dc anything II he
caught you-you'd get loose"
Tells Of Thefts
The witness said Kitchen once
accompanied him TO a lumber yard
and engaged the proprietor in con-
versation while he CLAY stole two
gallons Of paint which were traded
to the veterinarian for narcotics.
Woods testified he obtained NOR
phine from the two doctors in X
change fer three sets Of ~Silverware,
stolen at Amarillo, Slaton and Ia
hoka. He said he had stolen from
stores in more than 100 south
plains towns. and had been charg-
ed Il don't know how many times"
Hartman and Kitchen each plead
ed guilty earlier this week TO char
ges of violating the Harrison anti
narcotic act.
1t was in front of Kitchens Veter-
mary hospital that Stafford was
killed. He and a fellow agent. v. c.
Mccullough were investigating al
legged widespread traff.cking in lar
cctics at Post.
Frank mickey Dew Burns, who
said he hac been a drug addict for
nearly 20 years. testified that Hart
man once delivered narcotics to him
and another addict in the presence of
Sheriff Cato. He said he traded loot
to Hartman 40 or so times and to
Kitchen obout 90 times.
Woods said he had obtained drugs
from Hartman" at least a thous-
and times" He quoted the physician
as saying that Sheriff Cato lis all
right" and you don't have to both
er about being careful around my
place or around Cato"
Clay. Burns. and Woods testified
that they wer being kept in jail as
government witnesses and had been
given narcotics Saturday by a gov
eminent physician.
Narcotics I'm Jail
Judge James c. Wilson explained
that addictS held as witnesses were
provided. under the direction Of the
court, with sufficient narcotics to
keep them from physically collaps-
ing"
United States District Attorney
Claude o. EaStus said the govern
ment probably would need one more
day before resting its case.
The government added the teSti-
mony of the three addicts TO that Of
Charles Fowler. who previously testi-
fled that he had traded stolen prop
erty to Hartman and Kitchen for
narcotics, and that Sheriff Cato once
kept part of the loot.
In answer to defense objections.
District Attorney Eastus said the
government hoped to prove that
these men were working togeth-
err"
The prosecution was expected tc
make an attempt to show that the
defendants knew prior TO the shoot
ing that federal officers were in
town. That possibility was predict
ed by the testimony Of two Post
telephone company employees who
said they saw ID. L. Lowery and Eva
Michele. government informers. in
Hartman's office about an hour be-
fore the homicide.
The witnesses said Sheriff Cato
was in the same building at about
the same time.
Two other witnesses told Of see
ing Kitchen speeding in the direc-
ton CT the courthouse on the day OF
the killing and of returning toward
his office about 10 minutes later.