Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-10-23
Mackenzie Nnd Baker, May
Take tbG~~]%<J.I IjtpeSS Stand

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On the way over there Bellew told
Joe that he had been out on lIttle
larl. and that If anyone ever said
anything to him about Bud picking
MIN up in the car to tell them II hap
pcned about II o'clock. Baker re"
piled that he was out on parole from
the Kansas eformatory and that he
had to be mighty careful and didn't
want to get himself in bad. lie told
Eud that If there wasn't any danger
of placing himself in bad light he
would be glad to say that Bud had
piok ked him up at II o'clock at night
Finally they reached Sapulpa and
Bud suggested that they get some
whiskey. Joe said he didn't have any
money, whereupon Bud took a $40
bill from his pocket, handed IT to Joe
and told him to get some whiskey out
of it. Joe got the whisky and offered
Bud the change out of the $40 blu,
but Bud dil not tn ke 1t, telling Joo
to keep the change and pay all the
bills that they might contract
I'VE expect to show that If the gun
! the flashlight the diamonds and the
other stun mentioned In this case
were hidden In the country they were
/ hidden by Bud Bellew and Joe Baker
was not present at the hiding. joe
Baker never had the gun or flash
light in his possession. We will show
that Baker owned a flashllght once,
that he used while a baggageman, but
we will show that ii Is an entirely
different kind and size of light than
| the one that was found hidden In
the country.
we Will introduce testimony TO
| show that when Horra Morris ana
Joe Miller testified to having had Il
conversation with Guy Mackenzie or
' Joe Baker, regarding a deal to kill
Reuter- or anyone else. they sworc 10
falsehood.
I'VE will show that all OF the de-
PENDANTS have been kept separated
from one another ever since their In
generation in the Tulsa County jail.
Ard ever since the arrests were made
every possible means has been resort
ed to to wiring from Bud Bellew or
Joe Baker a confession that would
fasten this crime upon Mrs. Reuter-.
Every inducement was held out to Joe
Baker to get him to confess. The de-
PENDANTS have been tortured. bull
dozed and bounded all summer by Ed
Egan In an endeaVor to ct con-
| linn
Mackenzie and Mrs. Reuter- The jim
Grow law was openly violated In the
Jail and Joe Baker was forced to oc-
cupy a cell with niggers. But Joe
Baker told them they could keep him
with the niggers or do whatever they
fess. for the simple reason that he
| had nothing to confess. For months
and months they refused Mrs Baker
the right to see ner husband. Six
weeks a go Mrs. Baker was allowed
to see Joe, with the understanding
band to make confession. She
stayed in the cell with her husband
several hours. but even her tears and
her pleading did not wiring from Joe
Baker that which he could not maks
"a confession
THE county attorney has simply
handled the legal end Of this case but
the man who has used the thumb
screws and the third degrees was Ed
Egan. We will endeavor to show you
the desperate endcavors h e made to
get from Bellew or Baker, or both OF
them, confession.
I'VE expect to prove to you that IL
airy Of these Jail breaking instruments
the state has introduced were found
in Guy Mackenzie's cell they were
placed there without his knowledge.
1t may be that there was Il frame-up
and that Tom Howard, a negro
J trusty, put the things in the cell so
that the officers could find them
there
zone time Guy will tell you himself
! he wanted to get outside OF his
clamped cell and walk ar ound in the
corridor as the rest of the prisoners
did. He placed piece Of cloth N
| the slot Of his cell door lock, so that
a9 soon as the guard was out of sight
Guy could open the door and enjoy
little exercise. When the guard
would return Guy would 20 back into
his cell. Guy would while away his
time by carving little monkeys out of
peach seeds. one day the officers
found him carving these monkeys
and tried to take the knife away
from Guy. lie did what he shouldn't
have done and tried to retain the
knife. AS a result he was put into
dungeon. where the sunlight Of heav-
en- never penetrated. all because he
made monkeys out Of peach eeds.
And our witnesses will all be pcO-
/ rle Of reputable character and good
standing in the community. We will
not go into the penitentiarles. the
jails and the dives to get our wit
nesses."
Biddison First Witness
A. j. Biddison. attorney for Mrs.
Reuter-, was the first witness called
by the defense. lie took the stan
at 1:4j when the afternoon session
opened. Through him the defense
sought to prove that Mrs. Reuter- was