Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-10-29
JURY VISITED The Scene
MRS. REUTER- WATCHED FROM 4
NEIGHBORS PORCH, WHILE
THEY INNESTiG ATED.
The END IS NOW IN SIGHT
Case WIN Probably go 10 the Jury
Iatc wednesday or Early Thurs
day Morning.

All that remained to complete the
trial OF Guy D. Mackenzie and Joe
Baker, charged with the murder of
Charles r. Reuter-, when yesterdays
session was concluded was tho charge
of Judge breckenridge to the jury
and tho summing up by attorneys.
II Is possible however, that the de-
fense may have one more witness,
Miss Texa Fox who up to last night
had not been located by officers
armed with an attachment to serve
on her.
Both the state and the defense an.
nounced shortly after o'clock yes
terday afternoon that their case was
completed and court adjourned until
Q o'clock this morning to allow tho
Judge to prepare his instructions 20
to the jury.
From all indications. the fate of
the two defendants will be placed
in the hands Of the jury late Wednes-
day, with a possibility that the argu-
ments may delay this until Thursday.
If no delay Is met with In prepar-
ing instructions, the arguments VIII
start this afternoon. Assistant
County Attorney Nat Ligon Will open
for the state. He will be followed by
one of the two attorneys for the de-
fense. Deputy County Attorney Ed
4 III
then the other attorney for the de-
tense leaving the closing argument
for County Attorney Malloy. The bet
ter part Of two days will probably be
consumed IN the arguments.
The morning session yesterday was
devoted by the state to rebuttal testi-
mony and in the afternoon the de-
fense placed three witnesses on thp
stand in sur-rebuttal.
The jury under guard of three Of
ficers was taken to the scene OF the
murder during the afternoon where
they were taken through the Reuter-
home. Mrs Laura Reuter-, who IS
also charged with the murder, but not
on trial sat across the street from
her home chatting with neighbors on
the front porch while the jury was
inspecting her home.
Marie Perryman, the witness VINO
was on the stand when court adjourn
ed Saturday evening, again took the
stand when court convened at
o'clock yesterday morning. she tes-
titled on direct examination that she
was fifteen feet from the road when
the Mackenzie automobile, containing
Bud Bellew and Stella Mackenzie on
the fpnt seat and Guy Mackenzie and
a woman in the tonneau, passed her
some time last spring. On cross ex-
animation she admitted that the wom-
an in the car with Mackenzie might
have been Mrs. Reuter- and might not.
Shoes Were Not There.
Lena Lester testified that Baker.
shortly after his arrest, sent her TO
the Marschal rooming house to get
some clothes for him.
did you see any shoes in his suit
case?"
mo"
"Was it the same grip in which you
put a pair of shoes for him the sat
urday before the killingf'
YES"
On cross examination the witness
was asked this question:
"Did you know that Ed Egan ana
Detective McCloud were out there,
ransacking Bakers suit case before
you got there?"
"No," replied the witness.
NJ. f. wheatley. the next witness,
presented an interesting study He
is a prisoner in the Tulsa county jail.
He has been president of banks In his
day. but he was arrested In Tulsa for
forging land deeds. He Is held now
as n witness in some land forgery
cases in which he turned states evil
dence. He is a comparatively young
man and on the witness stand he wore
eve glasses, q blue serge business suit
and a linen collar.
Cell Mate Testiiles.
Wheatley was a cell mate of Bud
Bellew. the confesosr, in the county
Jail for long time.
He said that in a conversation In
the Jail one day with Joe Baker, Bak-
er spoke of Charlie Anderson as a
good fellow. He told Wheatley that
Anderson had loaned him IS a short
time before the killing. On the Mon
day following the killing Baker said
ne met Anderson on the street and
took him into the Sanger drug store.
where he got $40 bill changed. Civ