Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-10-17

other. He did not run as fast as !
should think a man would run under
those circumstances. He had on an
overcoat that seemed to be tied
around the waist"
Mrs, Carmack testified that when
she saw Mrs Reuter- at the StoNer
home, shortly after the shooting. Mrs,
Reuter- was attired in a night dress
and light house dress She wore
no shoes or stockings.
"WAat did she do or say"
Light In Her Room.
she was crying. She said Reuter-
had not been good to her Of late. She
said: Thank God, We haven't quar-
relied for two days. She told me that
earlier in the evening, they had been
awakened by some noise in the barn
at the rear of their home. Mr. and
Mrs Reuter- went to the barn and tied
the horse up. They returned to the
house and went back ~ bed. The
next thing she remembered was being
awakened when light flashed in her
had slipped from a wire outside, but
soon she made out the figure of "A man
in her room. He was holding light
The man left the room and locked the
door behind him. She called to Mr..
Reuter- but he didn't answer. She also
called to her daughter, Marcela, who
was in the room with her father. The
last shot that was fired blinded her,
she said. and she thought 1t came
under the door of her room. She
heard Mr.. Reuter- say: You've got
me now, but damn you, I'll get you
later. ;"
do you remember whether she
said she heard that before the shots
were fired?"
II don't remember her saying about
that"
The witness said that Mrs. Reuter-
had been a good housekeeper and a
hard working woman during the five
years that she was acsuainted with
her. She never saw Mrs. Reuter- do
anything improper and always be-
lieved that she was true wife and
mother.
The state then began the redirect
examination of the witness.
when did Mrs. Reuetr plan 10 take
the body of her husband to Peoria ?"
II think she intended to go Sunday
night, following the killing
When did she retain counsel?"
"She called up attorneys at o'clock
on Monday, the day after the muir
der"
Had she been arrested them"
mo"
Mrs. BrOwnlce Testifles.
Mrs. w. A. Brownlee, another
neighbor of Mrs. Reuter-, was the next
witness. All eyes were centered on
her as she told her story. She was
small woman. young and pretty, and
made a striking picture in the witness
box.
She said that she was sitting in an
adjoining room to her bedroom on the
night of May 4, when she heard a
shot fired.
How many shots did you hear?"
"One shot and then two more. l
went into the bedroom and awaken
ed my husband. 1 asked him If he
had heard the shots He said he heard
one shot | grabbed my revolver and
ran out of the house. When ! got
to the parking l heard a woman
scream and saw Mrs. Reuter- on the
porch of her home. My husband
then called me back to our house. My
husband hurriedly dressed. l gave him
the revolver, and together We started
for the Reuter- home"
when you went out the second
time, was Mrs. Reuter- still scream
ing?"
"Yes. She said she knew her hus-
band had been killed by the way ne
fell and remarked that her little girl
was in the bed room with him.
saw Mrs. Reuter- come down the lad
der that some one had placed against
the porch"
Where did she go then2"
Across to the south side of the
house, and toward a basement win
dow. Two or three men went with
her"
Witness testified that she spent the
rest of the night with Mrs. Reuter- at
the Stover home.
"Who were there with<Alrs. Reuter-
beside yourself?"
Mrs. Stover. Mrs Carmack, Mrs
Brown, Mrs. Bean and some children"
did Mrs. Reuter- ask you to send
for anyone?"
"She asked me to phone Miss Mac
kenzie This / did. Miss Mackenzie
said she had to get up out Of bed to
answer the phone. l told her what had
happened and conveyed to her Mrs.
Reuters request. She replied that
she would be right over. When I re-
turned to the Slower home, Mrs. Reu-
ter remarked that sfIs and Stella
Mackenzie had always been friends
and she guessed Stella would be her
friend then, in her hour Of trouble"
what did Mrs. Reuter- say to Stella
when she got there?'
'She told her of the killing and
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