The Guthrie Daily Star (Guthrie, Okla.), Vol. 9, No. 59, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 18, 1912 Page: 1 of 8
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THE GUTHRIE DAILY STAR
NINTH YEAR.
GUTHRIE, OKLAHOMA. SATI'RDAY MORNING, MAY 18. 1912
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EXISTED r
LOVE AFFAIR
WEEN REUTER
Club Women Seem to Think Mrs. Reut-
er Innocent of Murder; Believe Now
Hired Accomplice Killed Reuter
Jinx Took the Boys up in
the Fifth Yesterday; Okla-
homa City Coming Today
Itoid, the sttutl*p*w, will pilch 'or Guthrie today against Oklahoma
City. "Winger" Lyons has been released and Manager Luettfce will play at,
tirsl Imsc. This jw^sltJon he played all las( year and~~wltb great success.
A fast game of baseball was spoil- ! The visitors departed fjr Anadarko
ed at Electric park Friday afternoon last evening where they will start a
when, with a score of 2 and 2 in the series of thre*~gameB with Tulsa,
j fifth Inning, Davey White, the fast Oklahoma City Behind.
left fielder and the first man up for OKLAHOMA -CITY, May 17.—In
NUMBER 59.
the visitors biffed out a single that
must have started en aeroplane, for
in less than a minute after his "bin-
gle the airship had swooped down on
the diamond and almost every one of
the Guthrie players hopped nimbly
aboard and were off for a fifteen min-
utees ride. When they cam. down
they found that the visitors had grab-
TULSA, OKLA., May 17 (Spl.)—! Reuter, was resumed This morning
Ground for the story of a hired ac- after Justice Slack has posed for a
complice In the murder of Chas. T. newspaper picture, his arms laden
Reuter wa8 laid by the state near the [ with the rosea club women of the
_ - — I - -- —a ball, but were unable to get anything
n of Mre' Laura M- Neuter, McKen-1 These women were indignant when off the offerings of Cravenstine, who
zle. Ballew and Baker. Details of j Mrs. Hattie Rohr testified That on ' pitched an A1 game
family troubles were told by several two occasion prior to the killing she Rfce pitched a fairly good game
witnesses. B. F. Ramsdale, an old had seen McKenzie enter the Reuter j The jinx seemed to be on the Gutb-
time friend of the family, said that home directly after the husband left rie boys, however, and they just lost
on the afternoon following the mur-,for his offfce in the morning, each -that's all. Bluejacket, the Indian
time remaining two hours. right field).', was in good form yes-
terday, grabbing two hits, 3 times to
bat, one of them ,>eing a clean three
bagger.
stead of the Guthrie baseball team
coming here tomorrow, according to
schedule the Okalhoma City Senators
will go to Guthrie and play the three
games there;—tomorrow, Sunday and
Monday. This In because Oklahoma
City, thus far this season, has shown
inability to support ' a team. By
yieldingto Guthrie the Sunday game
bed eight scores. After this Inning Oklahoma City loses one of the choic-
they "pepped up" and played .good e#' dates of the entire season.
Manager Reukauff has assembled
CHICKASHA IS
SCENE OF G. 0.
P.CONVENTION
Final Bout in Republican Circles Will
be Staged There Today When Fifth
District Convention Meets
der, Mrs. Reuter suddenly said "Theyl
can't accuse Guy of doing It, Delia!
says that he was in Skiatook." Delia
McKenzie Is Guy's sister.
Gossip between Mrs. Reuter and a
grocery clerk was developed in the
examination of Ramey Miller. It was !
shown that Reuter publicly denounc-
ed his wife as going on an illicit love J
mission; that she twive visited Mc
The hearing so far has been wo-
man's wit pltHTd againBt the sarcasm
of several of Oklahoma's brightest
lawyerrs. Applause and condemna-
tion by women went unrebuked un-
til attorneys demanded that the court
room be cleared.
Some Levity Injected
CHICKASHA, May 17 (Spl.)—Chick
asha will be the stamping ground
for the final bout in republican cir.
cleg between the Roosevelt and Taft
forces in Oklahoma Saturday when
the fifth district convention will be
held here. The G. 0. P. clans are
gatihenlng from al lover tfie state
and a fight will be waged for the su-
and excellent bunch of ball players premacy of the convWtion.
this spring and they are playing Just
as good an article as did any Texas fwo delegates to the Chicago Na-
league team that l>as represented the "ona' convention will be named and
city in that organization. Oklahoma 8 ('aI1(i'date for presidential elector
City Is also peeved because she is as- wl" be cfio8en- Th«e is every in-
sociated In a state league along with dlcation tonight that It will be a
such small towng as Muskogee, Mc- Roosevelt convention as a vast ma-
Alester, Okmulgee, Guthrie, Tulsa jorlty of the delegates are coming In-
structed for the Colonel. Taft aup-
Mmj Not Stand Hitched.
FORT WORTH, TEX. May 17 (Spl),
—The 12th district convention held
here today endorsed Theodore Roose-
velt's candidacy for the presidential
nomination and elected two delegates
to the National convention Instructed
for iim. One of fffe men named Is
an avowed Taft man and there i«
some doubt as to whether or not he
will "stand hitched" when the time
to cast the vote comes in the Chica-
go convention.
(Continued on page 8.)
, — „ Mrs. Rohr testified that she dress-
Kenzie at his^home the day before I ed after hearing the shotg next door
the killing; that she predicted Mc- and Mrs. Reuter had not spread the
Kenzie would kill Reuter if the twoj alarm when she, the witness, reached
ever fought; that Reuter was very | the yard.
jealous of McKenzie and denounced "Was it the kind you slip over your
him^as a thief. : head and your'e dressed, or the kind I
The defense waa taken by surprise ! you back into?" asked Attorney Bid
when 0. M. Shurtleff, a paper hanger, dlson for the defense.
Four State Records Broken
at Kingfisher Track Meet
Claims Majority in Texas.
The Taft campaign manager in
this state tonight made a statement
in which he claims 22of the Texas
porters are confident. de]egates for Mf Tft{t Jf ^ )g
Col. Jim Harris will be In command true Taft will have a majority of the
of the Taft forces. Texas delegation.
told of seeing Baken, otherwise
known as Lee, at the Reuter home on
Monday before the killing. Baker
looted over the house, said he liked
the plan very well and Mrs. Reutes
said the gentleman was going to buy
a house. Shurtleff said Baker
ostensibly a drayman but that
"I believe you have reared a fam-
ily, Judge Biddlson," retorted Mrs.
Rohr.
Mrs. Rohr said that she had not
been on very good terms with" Mrs.
Reuter because the latter never as-
was sociated with anybody who did not
he own property.
KINGFISHER. OK., May 17 (Spl.)
—One of the most Interesting track
meets ever held in the state today
resulted In a victory for Oklahoma
University. Oklahoma and A. & M.
were tied until the last event,( the
relay race. Jones. Lowry, Hinsen
and McIntosh, of Oklahoma, won this
and put the Sooners safely over with
53 points. The remaining points
were distributed as follows; A. & M.
51; Kingfisher 11; Alva 6; Southwest
ern 3; Central 1.
Protest All Alva's Points.
A protest on all the points taken by
Alva has been filed because of the
Break Tour Records.
Four state records were broken.
Griffith of Alva sprinted the mile in
4 minutes, 40 4-5 seconds. The re- j
cord was held by Lange of Kingfisher j
and was made in 1904.
Snider of Oklahoma broke a re-
cord by putting the 16 pound shot j
38 feet, 11.2 inches. The old record ;
held by Clark of m & M. was 38 feer,
10 inches.
Vandiver of Alva broke the discus
record with 121 feet. The former re- i
cord held by Talbot of A. & M. was
114 feet.
Eaton of Kingfisher broke a record
HE
r
TO DELIVER STVKRAL SERMONS.
Rev. ,f. R. Abearnathy will leave
this afternoon for Helena, where he
will preach the Baccalaureate ser-
mon for the State School of Agrlcul-
| fure. In addition to this Re. Aber-
nathy will also deliver the address
lor the Logan County High School,
and has also been invited to deliver
the address for the Ardmore High
School. He will also fill engage-
ments at Pawnee and Checotah wlth-
MUSKOGBE, OKLA., May 17 (Spl, j !" •?" "**! >W° ^ mUCh
1 Vl> m demand as an orator and Is al-
—0. B. Price, a well known business ways boosting for Guthrie "
—I 1
man of this city mysteriously disap-
peared Tuesday and was thought to
have been murdered, deserted his
wife and friends for another woman
and also Is accused of taking $1,600
had never seen him haul anything. Mrs. W. A. Brownlee, who said
The police will tomorrow sEow. it is she Is on good terms with Mrs. Reu-
said, that Baker is a town character ter, demonstrated that she can think - — — ui mugum,?!- urunr a record and a]so j8 accuBed of takln„
and that he had no legitimate busi. as quickly as the county attorney. all^Bed failure of that school to file by running the 2 mile race in 10 min- belonging to W E Privett I • k
ness in looking over the Reuter homa She put over some hot ones from the t a '18' °' en'r'es before the meet. utes, 25 3-5 seconds. 0f R|xby "n *r
He was arrested today 1ri Spring-
field, 111., by E. R. Mclntyre of the
Southwestern Detective Agency.
According to the statement by Mr.
Privett the $1.6J0 was obtained by
fraud.
Detectives found a clue to his des-
tination in the discovery that the
missing man had an Intimate married
woman frend who contemplated fol-
ALLEN IS TO
It is claimed that he has associated at
times with McKenzie and Ballew.
Flowers for Judge.
Tulsa, Okla., May 17.-—The exami-
nation of Guy D. McKenzie, Mrs-
Laura M. Reuter, Grover M. Ballew
and Joe Baker, charged with murder
of the woman's husband. Charles T
defense and Prosecutor Malloy and
his corps could no! make a dent In
her statement.
Scandal Aired.
Outside the testimony of an aunt,
Mrs. A. M. McCabe, that she had
found Mrs. Reuter and McKenzie to-
gether and ordered them to cease
(Continued on page *S.)
Richeson Breaks Down and
Spends Night in Hysterics
i
CULL THE
: ELEC-.
AT ONCE
themselves as being in favor of call-
ing an election to vote bonds for the
Noble avenue proposition.
The members of the park board
and the city commissioners held a
conference at~ the City Hall yester-
day. Plans were discussed as to i
just how and where the $100,000 to
be derived from the park bond^ i^ '
to be spent. The first thing to bo
taken up will be the public bath
house proposition. Quite a chunk of j
the sum will "Be spenf for that an|
the remainder for roadways'and boul j
evartls through the parks. Tile park
board and commissioners have not.
yet decided just what all of the mon-
ey will be expended for but will meet
again on nexFFriday for the purpose]
of settling it. By that time the mon- j
ey will be in the hands of the city
treasurer.
Decide Viaduct Mat'er.
Several Santa Fe men and the via-
duct contractor will meet with the
City Commissioners Tuesday of next
week, at which time some definite de-
cision on whether or not an election
to vote viaduct bonds in the sum of
$25,000 will be called.
The Santa Fe is getting very anx-
ious to put in this improvement and
wants the c(ty to work in conjunction
with them to have the work started i
as soon as possible.
The election probably will be call- |
ed next week Bome time as tile Com- j
missioners havj already expressed
TO HEAR MOTIONS.
[ Judge Huston will be in the dis-
trict court today for hearing motions
and will return on Monday to hold
i court at Stillwater.
Miss Gano had as seven o'clock
dinner guests last evening Misses
BOSTON, MASS.* May 17 (Spl.)— attorney visited him, he became hys-
Under the terrific strain of a death terical, crying out that two men were
watching and following him. At in-
tervals he became unconscious and
then, regaining consciousness, began
crying out piteously. He kept this
up throughout the entire night.
A double guard has been placed
waftfh far more than 75 hours, the
'""■Rev: Clarence V. T. Richeson, mur-
derer of pretty Avis Linnell, who
must die early Monday, broke down
tonight, following a visit from his
attorney, who told him t|i«t nothing
more could be done to save his life,
and as a result spent Friday night in
hysterics.
When first told of his rate Riche-
son bore it calmly and was little af-
fected. He wore the same careless __ w lllc olclilllt ullall
u i v. iMki u r expression and showed not the least early Monday morning and no further
wt 'wf T' ? °n' Sig" °f W°rry °f hiS h°rrible fate' attemi,t wiI1 bc niade f ^ve his
Kate Millikan, Norma Heilman. However, after the chaplain and his life.
over the doomed man and neither day
or night are the watchful eyes of the
death watch taken from him. This
ordeal is the cause of Richeson's hys-
terical fits.
Tie doomed man will be taken
from his cell to the electric chair
WYETHEVILLE, VA„ May 17.
—Floyd Allen, leader of the gang of
lowing him. Mclntyre went to Spring outlaws who assassinated five peo-
field, where he arrested Price and P'e in the Hlllsvllle cort room, must
wired back for a warrant. pay the death penalty for his part in
the murders.
Rev J. R. Abernathy and Dr. G. A. This verdict was returned by-
Hughes returned yesterday from Pur. jury this morning, after being
cell where they attended the Okla- since yesterday noon.
homa City District conference. llu ... ,, .
Allen took the verdict calmly. His
sentence will not be pronouced until
Night I trolman Lon Muxlow, who after the trials of the other members
has been unable to attend to his du- of the Allen gang. Other members oj
the
out
ties on account of illness, is back on Alln's family heard the verdict
the job. j gr]-jlli set faces.
with
E. E. Richardson came down from
Mulhall yesterday.
Mayor Nissley's Talk to Employees Full of Good Sound
Advice; He Also Outlines the Commissioners Policy
In opening that meeting of the city,
employes a few nights ago Mayor
Nissley made a very lengthy and able
talk along the lines of why the meet-
ing had been called, and he also took
that occasion to outline in a very j
clear manner what he and tbe city
commissioners hoped to securaas the
resuWs cl their work After the in-
struction proper he asked:
"Do we measure our services by
the dollar mark and the clock primar-
ily, or are we so saturated with the
love of our jobs Ihat we just can't
help to give the very best and most
of ourselves for the good of the city
and making the receipt of our month-
ly pay check incidental to the great
principle that a faithful servant ren-
ders service to the master, because,
he delights in It? And right here,
let me say with emphaBls—that we
are the servants of the citizens of i
Guthrie; they are the boses, not we.
Sometimes folks come into my office
in a sort of apolgetic attitude for
bothering the mayor for this, that or i
the other seemingly Trifling matter.
But I never miss'an opportunity to re
mind any sucR tEat appoligies are not
necessaryy, that I am here to be both-
ered, that I am their hired man and
why apoligize."
In addressing the heads of the var-
ious departments the mayor suggest-
ed that all employes under them must
fill their positions not in any mechan-
ical way, but tlley must be thinkers,
able and determined to obey the head
of the department and increase their
usefulness by broadening '.he scope
of their work, all to the good of the1
City and its citizenship; that loyally
from every person accepting any
place in the city government; thaif
their every public and private utter-
ance, walk and talk should be in the'
\
direct line of the fixed laws and poli-
cies of the city administration; that
if for any reason any employee can-
not honestly and earnestly endorse
and sympathize with every public
policy, the honorable and easy way Is
to quietly resign, and not embarass
the city and its public servants by
your private preferences.
In speaking for himself Mayor Niss
ley referred to a public statement
which he made over a year ago, in
which he said, among other things:
My ambition will be to make
Guthrie one of the finest cities In the
State of Oklahoma, using every
means at my command consistant
with sane and sound business princi-
ples along many lines of general pub-
lic improvements.
"I am in hearty sympathy, and in
full accord with the present planB of
park Improvements, and to this end
will co-operate with the park com-
j missioners to see that these plans are
judiciously carried out, besides such
other efforts for beautifying our city
from time to time as may seem 'best.
"If elected, I will be mayor of all
Guthrie, ready at any time to listen,
to counsel and to advise; craving the
hearty co-operation of all the -peo.
j pie, and while my candidacy had its
inception in the confidence which a
few of my friends reposed in me, yet
they had absolutely no other inter-
ests to urge it, than the welfare of
the City; therefore I am unhampered
and unfettered by pre-election prom-
ises.
"I repeat, we want this to be one
of the most beautiful cities In all Ok-
lahoma; I want to do my duty as I see
it; I shall not regard my oath light-
ly, neither do I want you to, and lest
we may forget it. I call you to wit-
ness again what the oath is, whicT)
we have all solemnly taken.
(Continued on Page Five.)
Pink Burton, a colored boy from
Seward, was before Judge Soward yes
terjay, and on a showing that he is
under 16 years old he was turned ov-
I er to Judge Strang of the county
court, and while his offense as charg-
ed is burglary, "it likely tfiaF he will
| have to be let off wth a sentence to
the reform school for colored boys,
lie has managed to buld up a bad
reputation around Seward "and the
colored people there are very anx-
ioug that something be done with the
boy.
Mr. Frank Grunenthal of New Or-
leang gave a supper at the Harvey-
House after the dance last night. The
guests were: Misses Martha Lemmon,
Helen McElhinuey, Delia Adler and
Messrs. Frank White, Walter Sohl-
berg" and Fred Goldstandt of Oklaho-
ma City.
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