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VOI. XXIX. NO. 28f.
AHKUl UTKl I'RKMH
t I- All- Ii WIHK IikiiiRT
OKLAHOMA CITY. WEDNESDAY. KEIHU'ARY 21 IfllH.
Price 2 CeoU
PISTOL Id
p
ATLANTA WOMAN
GOES TO TRIAL
FOR BLACKMAIL
Two Aio Chained Willi fiamc-
up (hi MilHuiuiio Mayor
WAS A FREQUENT CALLER
Candh TpIIs (low Mis. Hiisch
A:ked fur Uffii e Meeting
Ml l V Ga. I (I 27- Mr- II
II II 11 " Ii .in I I W I cmk i auir for
(rial I'mLiv mi the h iir o 1 1 ( i ) 1 1 l mt;
lo 1 1 1 1 1. 1 1 .1 1 1 Mjinr Av.i ( ;m lrt limn
whom ii is ih.irgrd tlirv sought to rs
. W..
intl lull a in 1 1 J i' i i l
A l.iigr nnoihri
hern Mlininolir.1 li'il
hrlirf tin- trial w
Mm- by thrrals
l u;tl"-sse hair
i "inii I r v I rs-r I
uM It i ..in ludrd
H Itlllll wii .i .
M.nor I . 1 1 1 1 1 r . I 1 1 1 -. I I c l.i.l mi
rfrniril Mis Iln-ili in his ofliir ei-
CCpt Oil wll.lt III' siip scd to ir a .'J
connritcd with Kid I 11m oik.
Candler Testifies.
Mllrt Caudlri Wis tailed l till' first
witness. Mr t 1 ' I nl scleral visits t'
his nllnr In- Mrs IIiimIi in tlir in
tercst nf tin- k'pil Cross and in miinci
lion null a inouinint irlaluc In tin
cnfori niirnt i.f laws igaint cinrlty to
animal; Mr Candler said that lie saw
Mi. llirsih mi tlic street wlnlr he 4'
nil Ins u.iv tn Ills ! I u r I rhruaty 4 ami
shr asked fur a mnfrrrn e at Ins nffbr
that afttinoon thr mavssr testified
"I told hrr lh.it it miuM hr impossible
hut I Mnihl sec hrr i n Wednesday ai
triiKKin I rht nii v (i at 4 n'llmlc ill mi
office in the ( ainllrr building Slip did
nut state thr inatlrr she wished In dis-
cuss with inr although shr nu'lr mm-
limi of thr 'humane mm irtv
Woman Becomes it Home.
"On Wednesday attcriiini. ltbrttay
A. she came to mv nlfire in thr Candler
building Shr removed her roat and
cat ilnwn llrsidr llv Ijhle The door
from my private office into the hall-
way was locked nil the outside as it
always is.
"She hail hardly seated herself before
she sprang up and rm l.iimrd that shr
saw a nun outside nf thr window I
reniarkrd that it was prohablv a win
(low washer and tnriird to look hut
saw nobody. Mts. llirsih ilainird it
was 11"! a window wisher hut a well-
dtesscd white man standing mi tbe
ledge
Then (lie "Frame Up."
"? again fnrni'd mv head to look out
of thr window. W hen I tinned hark lo
Mrs. llirsih shr had rcmoicd her h.il
and had opened thr door leading inlo
thr hallwav A ina'i was standing in
the door ;itid immediately rnlered th''
ofiiie. I had iierr srrii him or heard
of him hrforr lie said 'I hir honor -Mr
m.iMir. this is ni r ' I at onrr snv
perlcd that a ttap had hern laid for
me"
At this point Attorney John R f'nop
er of i oiinsrl for the defense olneiti d
t what Mavor Candler suspected and
the oheji linn w as sustained.
H Mrt. Hirsch "Crying.
' "I thrn ran down" continued the
mayor "to the offire of my son Asa
Ci. Candler jr. and lie returned witli me
1o my office We found that Mrs
Hirsrh was still there hut the man had
left Mrs. llirsih was crying and I
akerl her who the man was Khe told
ne hii name was Cook and she had vis-
ited at the home of his mother and sis-
ler. She asked tne who thr man with
ine was and I told her it was mv son
Asa G Candler jr. She thrn left the
office." I
TWO HUNDRED DIE
I IN CHINESE QUAKE
SHANGHAI. Tuesday. I eh. Jo Thr
earthquake at Swatow caused the death
nf hetwrru Jul and AX) persons. Mon-
dial) J1XI persons are hrmn lieatrd in
hospitals there. Scarcely a house there
lias not been damaged most of them '
seriously.
WILLIAOLLlrTwHITE
SPEAKS HERE TOMORROW
William Allen While editor of the
Kmporia Kan.. Gaiette. will speak hr
fore tlie Men's Dinner clnh heic tomor-
row. He will visit thr state university
at Norman thr nrxt dav and will speak
at luncheon to lie Ke1 I'V l'"" srhool
of journalism following the chapel
War Emergency
Course Is Planned
NORMAN Okla. Teh. 27-(Sprrial)
--A special war emergency course to
prepare men for work in the hospital
corps of the arniv and navy will he
fjiven hv the school of pharmacy of the
I'uivei sil v of Oklahoma start inn next
week for students of the university
who expert to enter military' service.
II. S. Rrowne. dean of the srhool of
pharmacy t In ehamc of the roursr
Memhrrs of the faculties of the mIukiIs
of pharmacy medicine and chemutry
will act as instructors.
Aerial Postal
Service Starts
On April 15
f'l.t'H'-s Will Ciny Let
ter s I iciii W.isliiiiAton
tn .Now Yuik
U SlllMl(iN. Idi J7ir-
plane srni.r hrtwrrn Nov Ymk
and aslrnxl m til he in d.lilv
ipriatiiiii Iick 'lining pnl 15. thr
posiijifne ih pati'iinit .iiiii.hiii. rd
lodav I.ik'iI m o liini's will hr lill-
nislidl hv the war ilcparimrut
Hv aiianni'inrnt luinrrn I'ost-
master Genrral Hurlrsoii and Sn
rrtaiv llakei tlir arn.il postal sen-
li r will hr i ondii. Ird lor one jr.it
as part of tlie aiilioti IrainuiK sys-
tem of tlie ami). I he maihinrs
will hr pilnlrd hr armv flirrs
MOTHERS INVITED
TO ASK ABOUT
SOLDIER SONS
Y M C. A. Worker Will Ans-
wer Them at Public Meet
An rsi cplioiiallv late i pporlunilv
is otiered the mothers and f.uhrrs ot
sohliris totiinlit lo ask questions of a
pun who knows wfcal is "doing" over in
I i .ii ule among the mldirts when the
Kev. liiirns Jenkins for nine months
a V M C A worker in France will
speak at the l irst I'reshylenatl rllurih
Ninth and Kobinsan streets under the
auspices of Group Three of the Okla
liouia Hankers' association which is
holding its uimeiitiou at the Let-
lliickius today.
Aniweta Question!.
Mr Jenkinj is pastor of the largest
congregation in Kansas City that of
the l.inwood Houlrvard Chtivtian
church. Thr most uuiiur part of his
war mrssagr comes at its close when
he invites rvrtv prrson in his audience
to ask a rrasonalilc question on condi-
tions among the people of France and
Ihr troops romr to fight for hrr. lie
has dour this at neatly every place he
has male an nddiess and iluiing the
time hr ronduets this "question hoy"
part of his work has sometimes an
swrrcd as many as Hl questions.
War Songs at Meeting.
Ihr piihliC is cordially' invited lo at-
tend this meeting no admission hemg
i haigrd or tu ket- required.
(Ine other interesting fr.it in r of thr
meeting will hr Ihr presence of ihr rn-
teitamer from Kansas City JaikHaik-
er". who has hren entertaining the hank-
rts at thrir convention this forenooif
and afternooti and who will give part
of his program of war and other songs
at the meeting tonight. The hankers'
association of Kansas City sent Jack
Barker to Oklahoma City to entertain
their brethren here at its expense and
the Oklahoma delegates today have an-
nounced after hearing Jack tljry wishrd
Kansas City could smd morr like him
here.
. 4
Officers of Ship
Held for Plot to
Give Germany Aid
A f'ACIITC I'OKT l-eh. 27-The rap-
tain chief engineer anil purser of the
steamship Cenlralia were ordered ar-
rested here todav hv federal authorities
it was ati'ioiiiK eil after an Investigation
ot an alleged pro-German plot to supply
Germans in lower California ami Smith
and Central America and allegations
that the men ntlerrd pro-German senli-
n'rtits and attempted to obstruct opera-
tions of the selective draft.
Cold Wave Coming
Weather Forecast
LOCAL FORECAST Cold wave com-
ing Thursday; trmpflratun will fall
about 30 degree reaching 80 degrera
ahove icro Thuridny morning or aftar-
noon.
STATE FORECAST Tonight and
Thursday cloudy! probably rain or anow;
colder except In northeaitern portion;
freeilng In wettern portion; colder
Thuraday.
HOURLY
TEMPERATURE
ziMMirr'
in p m r.x
11 p. in rn
12 mi.lnlRlit ... Sil
I . Ill . . . .
li H 111 TiH
3 a. in Ml
4 a. m d.s
r. k iii r:
a n. m lo'
7 a. ni Mi
R h . in 58
5 a. m I"
in a. m an
II a in fiT
1 - nofii 71
1 P. i" 7:
2 p. in ;s
DONT KH"WUIJ't:
But i can -imjW
yrX) WHAT wtHt)STl( f
"Zimmie"
Walsh for Labor and Taft for
Capital Will Make War Policy
I I B vv rwf 'I I ' '
- ' lialaXf' ; r .s -srjt s-- ;m .
Kiank P. Walth.
WASHINGTON 1(17 I i.ink I'. Wal-h of Kansas ( its . Mo. (oimrily
i hao man of the frd.'ial tiidiivlii.il irlallonv loinnnssion was today c In trd hv
labor as its rrpreseulalise in public intiiest on the hoaid Itaining a national
labor polny for thr gosrrnmrnt I mployrrs alrrady har srlntrd loiiner I'tej-
nlrnt Taft In trpiiirnt the pullir inlrrrsl for thrui.
er Sinks
35 Vessels
In 15 Monthsi
Cruiser "Wolf" Relieved ("o
Have Destroyed .Sev-
eral Transpoits
HI Kl IN. I eh 27 -The' German
raider Wolf whirli Iw.s returned
to a home port after raiding cu-
Jente shipping in the Pacific
destroyed at least thirty-five ves-
sels it was officially announced
today. Sunic of the steamships it
is statrd were loaded with I'jighsh
troops and thr sinkings thrrrforr
(aused a i orrrspoiiding loss of
human lite
Safe airnal oflhr Grrtn.in raider
Wolf was aniioiini ed Monday night
from llrrhn wluih slated tbat the
ship had hren on a fifteen months'
tinise had sunk thirteen ships and
came liomr with a valuable cargo
and KI prisoners
ESTHONlTCLAIMS
INDEPENDENCE OF
RDLE OF RUSSIA
Reval City Issues Manifesto
After German Capture
LONDON. !!). Jr. -Thr munici-
pality of Kcval. capturrd Monday by
thr Germans has published a mani-
frsto declaring the independence of
I'.slhonia according to an Kxrhange
Telegraph dispatch from I'rtrograd.
Ksthonia is declared a neutral stair and
a provisional government of citiens
has prohibited partiripatiou in the Kus-so-Gcrmaii
war. l'niprrty confiscated
by the holshcviki will he turned im-
mediately to thr former owner"
Luga Is Captured
Is London Report
LONDON Turiiav. I b -'" --'
half way between l'skov anil Telrograd.
lias been ouupied by the Germans .u -conling
lo an nni i utitnied rumor a
Keuter ilisnatrh from I'etiogtad savs
A tiinnher of Uritish subjects have Iff
I'rlrograd for home during the past
week. The embassies still remain their
T he bolsh'.'viki continue citremrlv bun
enrolling men galhering and shipping
arms and supplies and in ollirr defense
activities. A dispatch from Moscow
says that II.IKItl revolutionary troops
have been sent from Moscow toward
Hologoie.
FIRST DTstiiXrDRAFT
MEN CALLED FOR TEST
fine hundred men from the fiist dis-
frict have been si'inmoned to appe'ar for
physiial examination in the district
contt'ooin of luilgr l-.dwatd D. Oldiiehl
Saturday airotding to an announir
mrnt bv L. 1 Sailam. rink of Imal
hoaid N". 1 Ibis mm nlng. ll i-
planned to examine fifty of tlir nun in
the foieno.iii and the remaining fifty
in the afternoon. The final quota of the
fict drafl has hern filled in thr fits'
distrut. and these turn will hr used
v. I'-n the call for tlie second diaft ii
made
Fonner Piestdent Taft.
HERRING CALLED
PRIZE HYPOCRITE
BY ALLIED PRESS
London and Paris See Ger-
man Duplicity in Speech
lPND0X. I eb V -At fir as Die
British public is concerned the mild
wnrda of Count you llertling concern-
iriiiig Germany'! pacific intentions in
hit partial acceptance of President Wil-
son's basis for Listing world peace fall
upon almost deaf ears A few weeks
even a few das ago. the reception
would liave been different nut Geiman
speeih is jinlgril hrtr bv German acts
All details of the new war against
helpless Kussia. rob German statesmen
of their stoik m trade-Ihr plea that
Germany is waging a war of self dr-
(ense. I'lottinic Is Dominant.
The Hniish press is viitually unani-
mous iiMhc beliel that the whole east-
ern situation has hren ib veiTv anaiigrd
anir plotted v. ills a view to bringing
eastern and central I'.uropr under Ger-
man (luminal ion and for the ul.il im-
mediate purpose of getting food from
the I'kraine.
T he most important newspapers which
Iran toward peace by negotiation nota-
bly the Westminster Gartte and trie
Manchester Guaidian seem to have un-
dergone a change of outlook as the re-
sult of the events nf the past week
while the Daily News today although
condemning the enlenle for aiding Von-
Hertling's argument that the entente
and not Germany is the real obstacle
to peace because the allies have not
jointly formulated war aims says in
effect that no hope can be diawn from
the chancellor's speech.
"Sham Phrases."
The Daffy News says; "When we
turn Irom his words to Ins arts in Rus-
sia we see his professions have no
meaning. German statesmanship whirh
plunders an invaded country with which
tContlnued on Page 7 Column t.)
HUNDREDS BURN
PAVILION FALLS
Life I oss Gieat in Disastet at
Races in Wowg Konfi.
LONDON Lrb 11 -In the collapse
of thr ( hinrse public stands at Hong
Kong Joikey Huh races on Tuesday
111 women and ihildreti were trampled
to death -ai lording to a Keuter dis-
p.itih from Hong -Kong Fire broke
out and several hundred others were
binned to death
Canners Ordered
to Hold Products
for U. S. War Use
WASHINGTON. Feb. :7 VI an
tiers were advised today bv the food
aditimisti.itiun to hold for war putposes
until further advised all latinrd torn
peas lomaO'rs siring beans and salmon
now on hatul.
RUSSIANS REFUSE
TO FIGHT AS FOE
NEARS PETROGRAD
"What's the- Ih.cV ' h nti
meiit ot f . i J ! .
TWO REGIMENTS TAKEN
Gennans Captiiie 'indie In-
tact in I in waul Man It
- Ill Kl IN. I el lr4 l li ...ps
adiamiog nott'i "I Doip.il ii.tioUi
4itllird IWo h'lOM.oi irginirlils as Ihey
weie letiratiiig. tir Iteim.oi giiiri.il
stall aunouiii rd I d n
LONDON I . f. I s...1 h
pali lies ttoiil Lrtinuiad giuic anil
lalrlv thr situation tune the lriinns
ale likrly lo toi l little ilillnultv in m
'Ul'Vlllg Ihr I ov Willi Dallied lumps
Kussiaii sohliris ipnle fianklv rrlior o
fight and sat ' "Ur li.nr had rnoii'li ii
lighting ll tlir (irimans loine. let ilinn
lake us "
Workmen May Fight.
Thrte is a -Jiljrr altitude among tlir
woikmeii f 1 1 on whom if at all rrsist-
.iiii e tn the I hi mans iiuisi ionic I ten
though for lai k ot training Ihnr tr
istanre shoiibl piove rd little alur
Ihrv ate said to he enrolling with en
t ll us i j -m in response to the ill of tlir
bolsheiik Iradeis. I be correspondent o
the Daily News willing Sunday savs:
"Kiissrau ltoo.s almost witlrait cs-
replioti haie lelused flatly In fiflit A
division wlinli was supposed lo he de-
fi'itilmg Naiva has arrived at Calrlima
I nsigii Ktilrnkii piolested T hry tr-
plied Ihry did tl" iillrud to fight
Peasants .Slatted Eastwatd.
"Initnediaiely the lirsl few German
troops apprarnlj thr Russian peasant
soldiers who bring peasants not in-
dustrialists ware interested meirly in
the laud ipiestion and cared nothing for
the revolution. aUrtrd eastward in an
uncontrollable wave threatening tn sack
all the towns on the way. The ftutfum
army was Grrmanv'a ilrotigest weapon
lit driving it towards I'elrograd they
were driving a herd nf atamprdiiif rat-
tle which would trample down every-
thing in its way
Population Brwildeicd.
Some correspondents describing the
bulk of thr population as lost in be-
wilderment and apathy think such re-
sistance as may be olleiei! will amount
lo little. They say ro amount of talk
by the bolshevik Iradets tail cover thr
plain farts of thr situation
Only Technical Siege.
"All sorts of prrpai at urns air in
progress" savs tlir correspondent of the
Daily Lxptess "One i.iuno! lis 1 1 think
uig. howeiei that the stale ot siege
III I'rliogiad will be innely In linn al
as Crriuaiis with oi wulmm unifoims
ate alrrady in thr iapil.il A gtral
many Austrians air here loo The de-
meanor of the Gruuans thus lar has
been exemplary. Ihry go about avoid-
ing ceremony and the officers follow-
ing the Russian custom carry no
swords They speak Geiman in an un-
dertone" The Grrnians in I'rtrograd already
have been otganird lo point the rity
the rorres)otiilrnt of the Morning Post
reports.
Situation at Pskov
Is Still Mystery
LONDON led. 11 -It is iimertaiii
whether the Germans or the Russians
now hold Pskov An I xchange Trie
graph dispatch from I'rtrograd under
Tuesday's dale but bearing no lime
says that the holshcviki annoume Pskov
has hren reiapturrd All rrpoits con-
firm the eat her statement tbat the
town frr(urntly changed hands
Another I'xihange Telegraph dis-
patih savs that llorisoff sixty milrs
northeast of Minsk has hren lapturrd
by the liermans and that ( Irsha and
Smolensk northeast of Minsk ate bring
e ai nated.
Von Hollweg Buys
$75000 Worth of
Liberty Bonds
WASHINGTON Vch. :7 ( sPe .l
- I ormer Gri man t ban rllor m Hrtli
maun llollwrg has subscihrd to Amet
ican Liberty bond--
T he carrtakrr of tlir r i ban elloi 's
real estalc holdings in Warn Trias
has asked that the total income from
thr property - approximately $"5.01(1 a
year- he coinrited into the bunds
whiih are being Used to figbl the kaiser
In stating this today otfiils of the
alien propntv i ustodian's ollu e bet'
dcclated some of tlie money alieadv has
been tinned inlo bomb I' is assumed
thai thr carrtakrr acted on iiismt' lions
from von I lollwrg hiuisrlf.
BRYAN MAY SPEAK" TO
LONE STAR LEGISLATURE
ACS I IN Texas lrb 27. T be lower
house of the legislalure today adopted
a lesoliition inviting William Jennings
Unan to address llir legislature at bis
convriiK in r iliiruig the present spc lat
sess..n I be aitimi of the lion e wa-
v. itcd tu Mr. lityan.
U.S. Torpedo NEW WITNESSES
Boat Lands. ARE ALLOWED IN
Those SauedfATTERSON TRIAL'
tilni.iil Gastlc Goes Down
With Almost All on Coaid
Oft LnrJiinil.
liD'i. lrb Ihr IIhIkIi
li ispil.il ship I leu. ill I asllr m sunk
irtirnl.it in the lit 1st d i bamiel il was
aiuii'iiui rd l t ii mill I line Veir no
pain nt on iKiatd Suisiiors wrie
landed In ail Anieri an tmprdn boat
I igbl boats ate still adult
muling to the I aibaiigr 'I rlr
giaph lompaii) I'i4 persons aie missing
hoiil ihe I deliarl t asllr
30 U S SAILORS
THOUGHT DEAD IN
GALE ON COAST
Naval Tur Gherokee Founders
Off Delawaie Gapes
WASHINGTON lrb 7 -Thirty
oflirris and enlisted men of Ihe naval
lug t hemkee ate believed to have been
lost when the vessel foundered yester-
day mottling in a firne gale off l''en-
wnk Island lightship twenty-two miles
(loin the Delaware (apes.
Ten siiivivors who got away on the
first life taft werr safely lauded; lour
other men got away on another taft hut
two weie washed ovrrboatd and
iliowued and the other two died prob-
ably of exposure.
The four bodies were taken to Phila-
delphia. The Cherokee formetlv was a lug ol
the laickenbarh Steamship company and
not long ago was reipusiliosird by Ihr
governnif in
BULLETINS
.
WAMIIUCTON led. 27-lm-mediate
steps to reduce the number
of lollisions by student aviators by
spiralling out the training ramps
ate alHiul to he taken by the war
department
WAMIIKGTON. I eli 27 ( ap
tilted Getnian attplailes lliiiugbl to
this country for si inly by aviation
rxperts revealed that ihr Germans
are using materials vety infnfior n
the standards set for American
planes and appaienlly are vety
short of spruce anil linen.
NEGRO MUTINEERS
WILL NOT HANG
WILSON DIRECTS
Executive Clemency Obtained
for Houston Rioteis
WASHINGTON lrb 7 An in-
definite .respite has brrti granted five
negro soldiers of the Twenty-fourth
infantry sentenced by courttnartial to
be hanged for participation in the Hous-
ton riots.
Ihe number ami iliatarler of appeals
for i leniency reaihing President Wil-
son from clergymen and negro organ-
izations caused ihe respite. The ptesi-
ih'ul li.is notified the war department
that he will suspend action on the r.isrs
until hr has rei rived thr record of the
com Imai lial pi oi rrdings in the i asr of
llnrlr othrr members of Ihe tegimenl.
in w being tt red at San nloino
Thiiteen of die rioters already hair
been hanged and a laif niunhei air
serving heavy prison trims.
Half a Pound of
Coal Is Needed to
Start Street Cars
WASHINGTON Mi. 27 -Coincident
wilh the tori ailministialion'H consider-
ation oi plans to reduce the number of
slops hv citv and interurhan trolley
iiis as a o al saving measure traffic
espnis rrvising thr national capital's
street i .ir servn in an ellott to bring
it up lo waitime efficiency have esti-
m.i'r I ibal skip slops on every street
lailr-nl in the country together with
masting of lais. would save between
1 1 1 1 r and foe million tons of coal a
r.ir. '
It takes a half pound ot coal for the
rxtra pown reipiued every time an
electric lar starts.
Men Pziiiit' l I mm Dir re t Tcs-
t in or i y fell of Killing. ;
TELL HOW WILLIAMS FELL!
B.tnkei 1 hi rw Hand to His
face. Declares One
The state gjiued an important point
tins morning in its light lo convict Ot.
hart Patterson of munlriing Sam l
illiams on September 2R tnhen Jttdgn
Groige W ( lark ruled Ibal testimony
of .roigr I Drpimik and W. I'. Mc
I a 1 1 1 V might be intioihirrd.
Roth lhee ye witnesses In Ihe shoot
nig of Williams were disrovered by th
state llie.day the trial opened and prr.
mission to indorto them on the in
loruial ion as witnesses In the rase in
thief was asked but this permission
was not granted When Judge Samuel
K. llama leading slate (oumel called
Deppmk's ' name this morning to b
used in rebuttal Moman Pruiett de
(ense attorney offered strong nhjec
lion and the jmy was excused during
the hour of hot arianment that followed
Pruiett protested vigorously on this
ground that it was not proper rebuttal
testimony and that the state was only
trying In emphasirt the strong points in
its case.
Saw Williams Fall
"Where were ynu standing with ref
erenre to Mr. Williams when he vvaa
shot'" Judge Harris asked after tin
court had finally ruled that the evi
deuce might be introdured ill respect
In Williams' tan' and the manner of
its falling.
"I was standing about fifteen feet
south of him."
"What Hid you see of liis cane or
what did he do with his rigid hand'"
"Well lie came nut of Iht harhee
shop and walked south by Koarh and
eaity's close to tbe ruJ. I spoke tl
him I noticed some youns? man com.
log round tha corner I saw Mr WiU
Hams' cane in his hand after the second)
shot was fired. Then he dropped.
three more shots were fired into tbfl
body "
"biff yon notice what his rigid hand
was doing?"
"I couldn't sav "
"What you did see was the ran
falling alter Ihe second shot was fired.
"Ves sir"
Pruiett: "Did you notice him changf
the cane from his right hanil?"
"I did not "
MiT.aiuy was next tailed to thu
stand
Judge Harris: "Where were you
with reference to Mr Williams at the)
tune of this shooting ?"
Mov4 Hand to race
"I was standing about four feet north
and six or eight feet east of him."
"What did you see of the cane or hit
rigtit hand before or during the shoot-
inn?" "I never saw anything till after iht
first shot. The first tiling I law wil
Mr. Williams svith his hand slightly
raised and the cane falling tn the left."
"How many shots had been firel
when you looked up?"
"The first and second shots were rerjt
rlose together "
"What was this motion he made with
his right hand?''
"Cp towards bis face"
Pruiett made strong attacks on tbe
trsiiiuony of both witnesses.
"All the shots were fired very fast
were they not?" he asked.
"Well there was a pause between the
second anil Ihe remaining three shots."
"Vou didn't see the cane fall to the
right did you'"
"It di In't fall there it fell to the left
Testimony Important.
'"You didn't see where bis right hand
was hrforr thr first shot was fired?"
"No. It was the first shot that at
tr.v trd my attention."
"Did you met Mr. Pallet son
"Yes '. wa going south and I met
him going norlb"
The vii lory hv the slate in grtlinil
the testimony of these two witliessrs
before thr nirv is considered import
ant as great stress was placed by tb
Icfetise on the testimony of witnesses
who said thai Williams had reache.t
lor bis hip poikrt before the first shot
was fired.
Mrs Fia Goldberg proprietor of the
Terminal bot-l where Vernon Patter-
son committed suicide on the evening of
March fi was Ihe first witness used
b the state in rebuttal this morning.
Telia of Vernon's Lettenj.
Judge Harris: "Did you give Vernon
Patterson any stationery on tbe after
noon of thr day she killed herself?"
"Yes sir
"Is this the kind of paper you g.iv
her?" Judge Harris handed her the let-
ter left bv Vernon Patterson to her
brother Orban.
"No sir it is not" (he witness (!
dared.
Pruiett handed her the envelope it)
whirh the death letter was inclosed.
"Is ibis the kind of envelope yp
gave her?" he demanded.
"Yes1 sir."
"When Mr. Williapsi tame there and
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Stafford, R. E. Oklahoma City Times (Oklahoma City, Okla.), Vol. 29, No. 285, Ed. 1 Wednesday, February 27, 1918, newspaper, February 27, 1918; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc170608/m1/1/: accessed March 28, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.