The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1911-07-24
REMARKABLE STORY
STARTLES OFFICERS
ANGER5O BECAUSE WON A N
WOULD NOT TALK TO HIM,
MAN MAKES CHARGES.

rho Wichita Eagle tells the follow
irG:
Hauy Hood Of Dodge Ci'y was
arrested in Pueblo for Obtaining
money under false pretenses, He was
morphine fierd and fegned insan-
Ity However when the morphine
was worked out of his system he
took on contessing mood. He told
Acting Sheriff smith that he and
woman with him, whom he called
his wife, mad stolen number o,
horses and property nom the Mills
ranch. near Springer, ~ NJ and
that they mad sold all in this coun-
tv. While the sheIIn thought he
VAS lyiul a message to MIR Mills
brought ont the fact that he was
telling the truth. Smith then went
looking ton the woman and found her
iu Pueblo under the name OF Alta
Arnold and brought her back here.
Hood seemed much infatuated with
the woman, hut when returned here
she refused To spcal, to him. This
made Hood angry and he told the
sheriff ,hy story:
Il was working for her husband
in DODGE City and she and skip
ped out coming to Lamar. Therce
she became acquainted with some
man Who had money and wanted
mo to Kill him for his money, and to
show tnat it was easy said that
/ she had done so before She said
/ that about two years ago, at Custer
. civ, Okla, She and a. woman by
/ the name OF Barton, while stopping
at the motel met woman there by
/ he name of Jones, who mad a lit
tie child
The baby was sick and they took
T care of it. and in this way learned
. tla, the woman had some money
The Barton woman suggested that
they get away with her. and hired
a livery team and getting Mrs Jones
TO leave the baby there and take the
money. The Barton woman started
Tor Weatheriord Mrs Erickson was
picked mp on the way and they went
ur Deer creek in a thicket they
killed the Jones woman and mid her
in the brush. where she was found
some time aiterWard. The Barton
took the baby into the country ant
gave it TO farmer, saying it was
her baby end hat she was too poor
TO take care of IT, This lead to an
inquiry and as a result the Barton
woman was arrested at Custer City.
she took poison and died before
disclosing the facts of the tragedy.
Hood says that Alta Arnold or
Ms. Alta Erickson. told him that
three or four years ago she was
living on n homestead near Guymon.
/ Okla, with man NOT her husband.
Near by was a neighbOr and his
wife or his mother, Hood was not
/ sure which, but the Arnold woman
/ discovered these neighbors had
money, and getting friendly with
! them, learned that it was concealed
near their house. That she and her
paramour killed this man and wom-
an and got away with the money.
The woman when questioned about
this, as about the other alleged mur
der, denies having had anything to
do with it, and says she did hold
in Guymon. but says she did hold
down claim with her father aboui
forty-liye miles northwest of that
town. She further says she has heard
of some murders. the facts of which
are about as Hood has given them
she says Hood is telling these stories
on hcr for spite.
Mrs Erickson is fairly good look
ing and moderately Well educated
She saws that she has been married
twice: that when and where she
VIII not say. Later she married Er-
ickson and moved to Dodge City
Abou; a wear ago she left Erickson to
run away with Hood
The officers are commencing to he
lieve there is more in Hoods stories
than they had at first supposed. and
they are anYiously awaiting details
frDm the Oklahoma nfllcials