Show INDIAN CASE IN COURT Major i Locke Says He Was Vas Dazed By Anger Night of Shooting ANT T RS Otla Oila Nov Nor By By The AI Press Frees Appeals Appeals from his Ws tribesmen to fulfill an Indian chiefs chief's pledge to protect his women and his elders elder so enraged Major Victor M. M Locke Jr that he docs does not no recall slaying Abner Battiest young Choctaw he testified at his trial here on a charge of murder Called to the stand In his hll own Olm de- de defense Tense fenee yesterday when hen the state rest rest- rested rested rested ed after alter brief brie testimony from Indian witnesses Major Locke declared his mind was in a daze on the night of ot September 16 16 last when he be is al alleged al- al alleged alleged to have ha called Battiest from his home and shot him ATTACKS REPORTED Ibe he major son cf of the tiis year old Oklahoma pioneer who Is attending the trial end and a Choctaw woman told of 01 reports reaching him that Battiest had attacked two Indian girls pIs He lie liethen then described an alleged attack att cl by Battiest DatUm on the aged Uncle Dick Locke After Arter hearing hearin of these acts Major Locke sold said his mind failed tailed He declared he did not know anything about the shooting until he was by officers who took him in custody Attracted by the spectacle of watch watch- watching ing leg their former ormer chief answer charges in a 11 white mans man's court old tribes tribes- tribesmen tribesmen tribesmen men and squaws sat quietly through the displaying a keen inter inter- interest est cst when Indian witnesses testified In the Choctaw tongue through an nn Interpreter Three Indian youths introduced by bythe bythe bythe the state elate as u witnesses eye could re recall re- re recall recall call little of the shooting hooting or of events leading up to It Two cf of them said they could not swear to previous pre statements statement that they told Major Locke of or Battiest's alleged advances ances to two of the tho majors major's wards CUT DOWN DOWS ALLOWANCE In reply to the state charge that a feud of or long standing existed between Battiest and himself hl elt the major said he Incurred the Indians Indian's enmity by reducing the allowance v allo nce cf of the young oung Choctaws Choctaw's divorced wife He said he persuaded the Indian agency to cut the allowance from to a week because he believed Battiest was spending the money in riotous living Battiest's wife was a distant relative e of or Major Lotke Locke The session ended when the state objected to an attempt by the de defense de- de clefense defenso to Introduce evidence showing financial reverses re also 00 caused Major Majer Locke to worry following toll owing his resignation nation as chief of the five fl civilized tribes INCLEMENT ISCLE WEATHER Cold weather caused some Incon Incon- Inconvenience to spectators and witnesses assembled in Ire the little frame frane court court- house With the room filled to ca capacity ca- ca capacIty Capacity except for a space pace near neu a glowing Iron stove many took refuge in nearby buildings In summoning some of the wit wit- witnesses witnesses nesses neues J. J II n Hampton full blood Choctaw and bailiff often leaned from a window and shouted the name In the Choctaw tongue |