Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-05-18

entertained with "A silver tea
Taat their pretty home at 5l3
wood avenue, having as their
e. Out twenty friends who thor
FOycd an exceedingly pleas
: afternoon, indulging in
a.. me cilain york and other Informal
tile sta'e 20 moA late in the afternoon,
persons charger = of coolinf, refresh
Charles y. Reuter- "
in his home early In the ao,orotoo
May 3, grew tighter yesteftS ~ IVY
the conclusion 0f the second day or the
preliminary trial of Mrs. Laura Reu-
ter, Guy Mckenzie, Grover Bellew ana
Joe Baker, II was admitted by attor-
neys for the defense that their clients
would probably be bound over to the
district court on the charge of muir
der
Several links We're formed In the
states chain on the theory that the
four defendants conspired to murder
Charles r. Reuter-, so that Mckenzie's 8
alleged intimacy with Mrs. Reuter-
would be undisturbed. The state al
leges that Mckenzie and Mrs. Reuter-
planned the murder, hired Joe Baker,
an X-jail bird, to do the actual KILL
ing, an dthat Bud Bellew helped per-
form the deed
As State Sees Motive.
The motive, intimacy between Mrs.
Reuter- and Mckenzie, has been at
tempted to be shown by many wit
nesses. one witness yesterday, Man
uel Wech, told OF a conversation be-
tween Reuter- and the dead mans Wife
on Easter Sunday, when Renter said:
go over and love him Ike you did
Friday, but put the children to bed
first"
Other witnesses told OF trouble in
the Reuter- family over Reuters jeal-
ousy of Mckenzie.
Two witnesses told yesterday of Mrs.
Reuter- having been in conference with
Mckenzie at his home twice on the
day preceding the murder. Two other
witnesses told of Baker having been
in the Reuter- home in the guise Of
prospective buyer. A short time before
the crime, presumably to get the
clay Of the land"
Over Thirty More to Come.
Only sixteen of the fifty witnesses
summoned by the state have yet tes-
titled, and the indications are that the
trial will run well into next week.
The attorneys for the defense have not
stated whether they would call on
witnesses or not. They expect their
clients to be held for trial, and If so,
will apply to the district court for
Wfits of habeas corpus to procure
bond. If this is done. the defense
will be forced to bear the burden of
proof and will be forced to show what
their line of defense will be.
Although under arrest, Mrs. Reuter-
is not confined to the county jail. BY
an arrangement with the county at
torney and Mrs. Reuters counsel, she
is allowed her liberty during the trial.
The Same Crowd There.
The same curious throng that filled
the court room on the opening day or
the trial began gathering at 7 o'clock
yesterday morning. At 1880 O'Clock
the jury box was filled with some
twenty women and a half dozen men.
Nearly all were reading copies Of the
Morning World, containing the account
of the previous days hearing.
The bevy of business college girls
who were conspicuous the day before
by their presence near the judges
bench, where they We're taking the
testimony down in short hand, were
not present yesterday.
Appeared More Composed
Mrs. Reuter- appeared less nervous
during the day than she had on the
opening day, when she was arrested.
She arrived in the court room shortly
after court convened yesterday morn
ing. Her two children. Marcella, aged
Z, and Johnnie, aged 3, each held
one of her hands. Mrs Reuter- took
her seat at the attorneys table, di-
rectly back of her lawyers, A. j. Bid
olson and j. r. Charleton. During
the day the two children frolicked
about their mother, and occasionally
the boy would climb to her lap. Mrs.
Reuter- would raise her black veil and
the child would kiss her. The children
seemed strangely unconscious of the
meaning that the trial bore to them.
The girl will probably be called upon
for her story before the hearing is
concluded She was in bed with her
father when the shooting took place,
although. it is said, she did not awaken
until after the murderer had escaped.
Attentive TO Testimony.
Mrs. Reuter-, still in heavy mourn
ing, was in a more cheerful mood,
even while evidence tending to show
an intimacy between her and McKen-
zie was being introduced. When a
lawyer or a witness would utter
humorous remark, Mrs. Reuter- Joined
in the court room laugh, but only for
a second. Behind her veil shone a
pair of bright, fearless gray eyes. Her
features are regular and altogether
she might be called handsome. She
was alert to the court room scene, and
as the witnesses came forward she
studied each face with keen. interest.
Nothing seemed to escape her gaze.
John Mckenzie, the gray-haired
Scotch father. of the defendant, was
again in the court room during the
all-day session. Yesterday. however,
he seated himself directly alongside
the witness stand. He h bard offhear-
ing and occasionally he would lean
forward upon his stan. his hand to
his ear-presenting 9 picturesque
sight---discernible to all In the court
room. A.-..5 serr-4.}
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