Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1910-12-21
INDIAN WOMAN
SLAYS indian
MARY ENI.NRTnN WILL CLAIM
.SELT PROTECTION FOR KILLING.
ASSAULT is ALLEGED
shotgun Uscd Win Telling lnNt II
IIns Near Sand Springs
Inquest To-day.


In lonely cabin two miles west of
sand Springs and fifteen miles from
Tulsa up the Katy branch, there was
Iu tragedy Monday such as has rarely
occurred I'm recent years. Mary Emnr-
th1. an Indian woman, with shoigun,
in "a little cabin in the hills, shot and
instantly killed John Goodcn, "a young
crock Indian. ana then fled throlgh
lthc darkness TO the home OF j, T..
Thompson, with the smohIng gun in
lErr hands She spent the night in
undisWr1cd sumhor and yesterday
morning came TO thc Tulsa jail with
Deputy sheriff Glenn Brown whcro
she surrendered herself to the author
'Iucs The shooting occurred at /
lo'clock p. m
Acting upon the advice of relatives
Iof the dead man. the Mowbray un-
dcrtaking establishment Immediately
scnt for ,hc body OF the young Indian,
which arrived In Tulsa at i:2O yes.
tcrday afternoon. with the exception
, of tho wound In the right groin cN-
tending nearly 20 the c,utor of the
abdomen, tho condition OF tho body
was good. The dead man had been
dressed and was placed in "a willow
caskc, for shipment 10 Tulsa. Iy
his side was flask of whisky, and
even after death the body was odor-
ferrous or whisky
The slayer Of Young Goodon posit'
iycly refused to see any newspaper
mon yesterday For awhile in thu
afternoon she slept, hut for a few
moments, as she sat In tho iailor''
lchair apparently obliyious to all abou
her Whatever information concern
ing the shooting that has been girer
ont Is the mcrost ho0rsay Sheril
Brown declined 10 say anything fol
1.-THE reason that he knew nothini
about the affair. There win be a cor
oncr's inquest this morning as soor
as the womans noiehhors can react
=. Tulsa on the morning train.
one thing Is known, the dead maj
worl cd for his slayer. His body wa
left IN the center of the room just a
liz fell when he was shot. Mrs. Emar
tha is said to have told the ncighbor
that GOodcn had tried to assault her
that he had broken through the door
that she had reached the shotgun, an,
I after n struggle had fired tho gu
FUN into the Indians body while h
had hold of It.
The community near which IN
shooting occurred is divided over th
: affair. The dead man had n host q
friends who viii claim in true India
fashion that there Is moro behind IN
tragedy than cnn ever be brought on
{ Tho woman's friends. however. clair
3 that she told the truth and point I
Q the simple honesty of hor actions
It substantiatc their claim. II Is i'm
g possible to determine just what cv
d dcnce viii be brought out bcfor
O Judge Slack this morning,
yl A number Of Indians were in IN
r. city Yesterday afternoon awaiting tn
Q arrival of Goodcns hody. They ind
y Gated their intention OF being preser
T.. at the coroncr's inquest this morr
II ing. The sheriff, however. has SON
n writs to serve upon needed witncssc
10 Although only twcn,y-one or twcI
NJ ty-three years old, John Goodcn, "
:. dead man, leaves two children. II
- wife died some time ago. Tho boo
, viii he shipped TO his home nei
the place whore he met his end m
there buried with all the solemn
d. ity Of Indian rites.
=, According to somc of the hears
- testimony in the case. gathered
~ l.. J.. Riley who went after the bod
~ Goodcn met Mrs. Emartha at Il
lgato and the struggle began there, !
" followed her into the house on Il
'e place which is used for n Kitchen m
~ thence into tho log cabin of the pla
~ which Is used for n sleeping apai
~ mcnt.
hs Goodcn was shot, however In q
lhoX house used for n Kitchen. Messl
-- Riley and Thompson of Mowbral
undertaking establishment will d
clare that they found the body In I
box house and that there was no sl
Of any struggle in the room. The u
rooms are about eighty feet apart.
I Last night when the body was ci
lbalmed II was so badly swollen III
tho vlscern had forced thcmsclN
through the wound. Tho nbdomir
aorta was severed In several plac
q enough IN itself to produce insia