Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-07-18
PROSPECT Is GOOD NOW FOR ITS
UNRAVELING.
LOOKS BAD FOR MRS. YOCUM.
a CONFESSION WHICH IMPLICATEs
MRS. YOCUMs FATHER.
Unknown Young Man Admits That He
Fired the Shot That Killed Che
tine, Mrs. YOcum's Lover
Sensational Develop
ments Expected.

Claremore. I. T. July 17.-(SpecialO The
mystery surrounding the murders of Matt
YOcum in December last, and one Chetine,
last month al OolOgah. as reported in The
Journal at the time OF their occurrence, is
being unraveled and brings TO light a fiend-
ish and deep-laid plot in which one of the
leading families of the Nation appears to
be implicated. II will be remembered that
Yocum was shot in his own house about
o'clock at night, just as he was in the
act Of retiring, the miscreant firing a load
Of buckshot through the window. Chetine.
who had been paying some attention TO
Mrs. Yocum since her husbands death, was
waylaid az he was returning from her
house about 10 o'clock at night and shot
with a load of buckshot. Death was in
Simultaneous in both cases. In the Yocum
case a party Of negroes was suspected Of
having committed the crime and they were
finally arrested in Kansas and turned over
to the Cherokee authorities. They were
released the other day-the court discharg-
ing the cases against them for lack of
evidence. The second murder occurred,
however, while they were still In custody,
and the similarity of the two cases. with
Mrs. Yocum figuring in both, aroused a
sense OF indignation where the sentiment
is rarely experienced, and every effort is
being put forth 10 unravel the matter.
The result of this investigation. SO far. is
the arrest of young man-name not
known-who has confessed to the killing of
Chetine. duplicating as the instigator of
the crime, Glen V. Rogers, the well known
stockman, Cherokee politician and father
of Mrs. Yocum.
He admits that he fired the shot that
killed Chetine. but asserts that Rogers
prevailed on him to do the deed, and that
Rogers son, Bill Rogers. was with him
when the shooting occurred. This revela-
t;on. if. indeed, it can be designated by
that term, has occasioned no surprise in
local circles, as public sentiment has for
some time connected Rogers with both
crimes. 1t is asserted by the authorities
that a close investigation will implicate
Mrs. Yocum as an accessory in the muir
der of her husband, as the night on which
he was killed she had. contrary to GUS
tom. pinned up a corner of the window
curtain. 1t was through this window that
the shot was fired and this is held TO have
a bad appearance against her. 1t was
through her own statements that attention
was diverted TO her farther a possible
instigatOr of the crime. At the time OF
Chetine's death she stated with much Bit
terneSs and apparent grief that her faith
er's money had killed her husband and now
had killed the only man she loved" Public
sentiment, almost to a unit, is against
Rogers and it is confidently believed that
the next few days will develop some very
sensational facts.
The officers are extremely reticent and
il is hard to learn the fun extent Of the
evidence so far against him. The motive.
further than that Yocum had betrayed
his daughter and was only prevailed on
- marry her by her father paying him a
large amount OF money. Is not known. No
motive can be learned for the last murder