Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-09-22
BAKER DID The SHOOTING
WAS HIRED BY M'KENZIE TO
KILL THE TULSA AT
TORNEN
DETAILS ARE CREWS0ME
County Attorney Would Not Deny
That lie Had a Written Con-
fc,slOn from Bellcw.

Bud Bellew charged Jointly with
Guy D. Mckenzie, Joe Baker and
Mrs, Laura T, Reuter- with the mur-
der OF Attorney Charles T. Reuter- on
the nigA: q May 8, has confessed to
every detail of the terrible crime that
shocked the entire state. This con-
'ession is now in the hands Of county
attorney Pat Malloy who has used
every effort 10 keep the fact that a
confession was made, from becoming
public. Mr., Malloy would neither
deny or affirm that he had this con-
fession yesterday.
News of the confession was given
out by attorneys Campbell and Bid
olson OF Tulsa and Charlton Of
Bartlosyille who represented all tho
trial They have now withdrawn
from the defense except as far as
Mrs. Reuter- is concerned.
The confession is sensational IN the
extreme. It tells how Guy Mckenzie
the "brains' Of the murder crew.
planned the details Of the crime, how
he paid Joe Baker TO do the actual
killing while he was safely In Skia-
took to establish an alibi, how he
hired Bellew to be waiting at con-
yenient place in an automobile to
take Baker to a place of safety.
The confession according to the
best information is written in Bellows
handwriting.
1t details each step of the planning
Of the crime of the events that fol-
lowed Immediately after the midnight
assassin fired the shot that ended the
life of Reuter-.
The diamonds and money taken
from the dead man were cached by
the men in the Usage hills where they
fled in their motor car, the fatal
night later returning to Tulsa and
proceeding to Sapulpa where they
spent the day.
County Attorney Pat Malloy who
has been working night and day on
the case used every effort within his
power to keep the matter or the con-
fession from becoming public and ne
refused to state yesterday whether ne
had any confession or not. Mr.. NAL
low did not desire to have the noto-
rlety that is now his and 1t is sup
posed wished to withhold the con-
fession until the dramatic time dur
ing the trial which starts October o.
For weeks and months, Malloy, MS
assistants and Detective Ed Egan
have been working on the case and
this confession insures the conviction
of at least two OF the defendants.
Mckenzie and Baker, although
hard fight will bo put up for the life
Of Mrs. Reuter-. How strong the con-
fession connects Mrs. Reuter- with the
crime could not be learned and Bel
LEWIS confession will give him I'M
munity under the law.
The Reuter- murder was the most
sensational ever committed In the
state. On the night of May D, close
to midnight neighbors Of the Reuters
on the North side were aroused by
shot from the Reuter- home. In rev
minutes Mrs. Reuter- appeared on the
porch screaming. Her husband
body was found in his room with
bullet hole through the head, having
died almost instantly. man was
seen running from the house.
Guy Mex emile. who 1t Is alleged
had been unduly friendly with Mrs
Reuter- and who had had trouble with
her husband was arrested the next
day. Belew and Baker of the 'mur-
der crew" were taken into custody
later as the county attorney and de-
tective Egan slowly unraVeled the
skein of mystery that surrounded the
murder. Mrs. Reuter- was arrested
few days later on the day of the be-
ginning Of the preliminary hearing
that resulted in all of them being hello
for trial In the superior court.
Mrs. Reuter- was later released on
her own recognizance on account OF
her two little children, but the Other
three have been held in the county
Jail.
Yesterday County Attorney Malloy
filed an amended petition charging
each Of the four defendants with the
murder on five separate counts. Ap-
pended to this Information was the
list of witnesses. S5 in all which the
state expect to use In securing a con-
vlctlon.
When approached concerninr the
confession yesterday Malloy declined
to either affirm or deny the report
that he had such a confession which |