Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-11-17
GOHEEN WILL BE
State 5 Witness
HUSBAND OF MURDERED WON
AN WILL TAKE THE WITNESS
STAND MONDAY.
State SPRING A SURPRISE
Defense Devoted Entire Day in mn Er-
fort to Connect Husband With
the Murder.

CLAREMORE, okla, Nov. To-
Especial A sensation Was sprung
in the Jeffrles murder trial today by
the state after the Introduction ot
several witnesses, when Attorney
Tillotson of Nowata asked that IN
adjournment be taken until nino
o'clock Monday, when the state eY-
pectod to produce on the witness
stand Len Gohecn whom the defonso
alleges may have been tho real mur-
derer. Attorney Tillotson stated that
the state had located tho man nt
Trinidad, Colo, that u ticket and
money had been wired him and at-
cepted by him and that they had
every reason to believe that the much
wanted man would be present
The announcement came as a sur
prise to the defense who readily con-
sented TO adjournment. The tracks
made In the field near whore the body
was found In II fairly good state Of
preservation despite remaining in Il
law office several months, were intro-
duced as evidence for tho purpose Of
showing the kind OF soil In that
vicinity.
The entire day In the trial was spent
In the reading of depositIons which
had to do with the movements OF Lch
Coheen, husband of the murdered
woman and the introduction OF testi-
mony that tended to connect Goheen
with the crime. The court permitted
the Introduction OF this evidence la
that 1t would establish the innocence
Of the accused.
The depositions read were from
parties residing at Pueblo. Denver,
Kansas City, Hoisington. Kansas and
several other places N, S. Walpole.
postmaster at Pueblo, Colo. testlfle.
that on April s. forwarding order
was given the postoffice mt Pueblo
requesting that the mail of Goheon
be forwarded, The writing on the
order was similar to that of man
named John Prinole "a show man with
whom Goheen had worked and DIS
similar to that written by Cohen later.
He testified that Goheen had asken
him later to deliver to him the order,
but that he refused. At that tlno
Goheen stated TO him that he was
suspicioned of the murder of his wifd
and that the order was the only eV-
dence he had that he was In Pueblo
on April s.
John Tinsle,y a bricklayer resid-
ing in Coffeyvlle, will testify that
on April 8. He talked with Len CO.
heen on the streets of Coffeyville, and
that Goheen told him he was enrutne
to Nowata to see his wife who was
working there in printing office.
James Cheestman. formerly mem
Der of the Coffeyvllle police force ana
at present an enforcement officer IN
South Coffeyville, stated that he saw
Goheen on the evening of April six
about 700 p. m. and that Goheen on
qulred about police call which had
been made to his home several months
before.
The movements of Goheen at the
time Of the murder was thoroughly
covered as far as It applies to tho
case. james PaCkwood, formerly
foreman Of the Advertiser office. re
lated the unusual downcast appear
ance of Mrs, Goheen on her return TO
Nowata from Coffeyvile on the morn.
ing Of the day she met her death. T.
p. iasche, newspaper writer Of
Enid was the last witness for the de-
fense. He had worked for Jeffries at
the time that the murder happened.
His evidence was merely corrobora-
tive Of that already given.
At p. IN. the defense rested their
case and recess was taken to permit
an agreement OF the rebuttal evidence.
The name Of Jeffres figured bun
slightly In the evidence today although
II was being introduced In his behalf.
Public opinion which has been dlvld-
ed as TO the guilt or innocence OF the
accused. quite generally agreed that
tho state had vanished and that pos
sibly the man who really committed
the crime has not been arrested