| Show COOK BOUND OVER man who killed josept joseph 1 pettit olven preliminary hearing and Rein remanded to jail without ball bail james J cook wili wil answer to tile the estrict court for the alleged murder of joseph A pettit near whiterocks Whit crocka crocks on the ev e evening v ening of august tho the preliminary hearing was waa held bt fore justice 13 D in the district courtroom court room last saturday the evidence and arguments consumed most of the day county attorney T W odonnell represented the state and jhn T pope represented the defendant the following witnesses for the state W A kone philip van mrs jennie kore mrs charity pettit S F carpenter james jamea hacking the witnesses it for the defense were thomas backford S P trim george bennett A V grimsley and james J cook the evidence brought out agreed in substance Bub stance with the facts as published in the express the day after the killing there had been bad blood between cook and pettit aroused over misunderstanding as to the disposition of grain raised on pettits Pett Pet tta tits ranch by cook about 6 30 on the evening of august cook and grimsley took their guns guna and walked over to pettits Pet ret tits house houge about yards from Grimi house pettit who was inside his house met them at the door he carried a double shot gun cocked and told them if they had corns come for trouble they could get it cook made no reply but grimsley declared they had not come for trouble but on business Inless in less than five seconds after the two men reached the house the shooting occurred pettits Pet tits shotgun shot gun and cooks cooka rifle were fired almost simultaneously the bullet from the rifle struck bettt in the tha left eye penetrated the braw braie ranged upward and passed out at the back of the head justice decided that the evidence was such that thattie the defendant should answer to the district court and accordingly bound him over the prisoner was remanded to the county jl jail without bail it is more than probable that the case will be called at anis ania corning coming term of the court which convenes next wednesday |
