Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-10-24
MRS. F. FiGGAili \
HELD BLANELESS
CORONER'S JURY FINDS SHE
SHOT "BILL" METZ FRIDAY
NIGHT IN SELF-DEFENSE,
SHOT MAN Died SUNDAY
Bullet Pierced Both Lungs-llc De-
clarcd Statement EXOncraling
Woman-l!ody Taken 10 Ncb.

wv. A. Neff came to his death
by gunshot wounds inflicted Friday
night by Mrs. Fannie Fagan, in self
Defense"
This was the verdict of the coro-
ncr's jury empaneled early Yesterday
morning by the urgent request Of the
father of the dead man, after hear
ing the story Mrs. Pagan told and the
corroberatlng evidence Of other wit
nosses.
"Bnl" Ncff was shot about 1890
O'Clock Friday night in his home No.
morning at 10 o'clock, from the ef-
fccts of the bullet wound through his
lungs, The aged father and mother
Of the dead man arrived in Tulsa
early yesterday omrning, and the
body was shipped last night to the
family home in Arlington, Neb., for
burial.
No criminal acalon win be taken
against Mrs. Pagan, who was yoster-
day reported as prostrated from the
effects of the ordeal.
Ncff and the woman had been llv-
ing at the same pla"e for the past
year or more. According to the story
told on the witness stand yesterday
by Mrs. FaEan, Ncff came home Fri
day night in a drunken condition,
grabbed her by the throat and said
he was going to get her. The wo-
man said she tried to push him away
ana he dropped one hand as though
reaching for knife. Then she
/ broke away, ran to n bureau drawer
and procured 82-calibcr revolver
right side, just below the shoulder,
! penetrated the body, piercing both
| lungs, The woman was arrested by
| the police who We're called to the
scene. but was released the same
| night when Neff made a statement
completely generating Mrs. Fagan.
Later Neff dictated written state
ment I'm which he said that the wo-
man was not to blame and that she
should he released.
Neff was very well-known here II
certain circles. He came to Tulsr
four years ago from Shawnee, anC
was connected with the police force
/ here as chief Of detectives until Aug
ust, 1910, when he was allowed tc
resign, together with Assistant Chiei
| Of Police Ed Dolan, after an expos
ure of their alleged connection with
! a -, 4 ff..ta
Mrs. FaFan figured prominently a
year ago the past summer in the
hearing Of Ncff and Dolan, held be-
foro the city commission both hav-
ing been charged with conduct un-
coming officers. As a result OF this
hearing, Ncff and Doan both be-
came separated from the official life
of Tulsa. The charges against the
two grew out of the Grace Jarwicb
case, an alleged white slave situation
/ In which the son of a Dallas mer
/ chant took conspicuous part In re-
/ gard to the young woman. Mrs. Jar
wick was taken TO the Orient room
ing house following her arrival II
Tulsa. The Orient was then undc
the charge Of Mrs. Pagan, and De
tcctive Neff was rooming there.
At the time Of the hearing. Mrs
Pagan testified she had been In Tuls
about two months, having come T.
Tulsa from Shawnee ON Juno %, 1910
She said she know Ncff, and that h
had como to tho Orient TO room
wcek or ton days after she too
charge. She had known him a goo
many years, she said, IN Shawne,
rcfore coming to Tulsa lie ha
communicated with her about comm
over TO Tulsa. She had undcrstoo
that the Orient was "all right" hu
had made no great search into IN
morality or immortality ot the plac,
She said two married women Wcr
rooming there thcn. and she didn't re
mcmber how many unmarried We
mon were there.
Mrs Pagan testified she was the
GS-ycars-old. She said She was
widow and had two children. no
and girl, 20 and 1S-ycars-old re
spcctively She had lived seven year.
I'm shawnee.