Stepp v. State

STATEMENT OF FACTS.

Bill Stepp was indicated for murder in the first degree, charged to have been committed by killing Noble Piety.

Mrs. Everett Piety was the principal witness for the State. According to her testimony, she is the widow of Everett Piety and the mother of Noble Piety, both of whom were killed by Bill Stepp in Greene County, Arkansas, in June, 1925. Noble Piety would have been twenty-two years of age had he lived until the 22d day of December, 1925. Her husband had rented the Woosley place, and was living on it with his family at the time he was killed. Her husband had rented a…