Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-08-09
AUTO BANDIT s
DEATH MYSTERY.
TANEHA GAMBLERS AND "IiIll
WOMAN" CONFLICT N 1HE
STORY OF KILLING,
INVESTIGATION FRUITLESS
Victim Expecting Death Wanted His
Debts Paid Win Im-mancc--
Was Il Shoe Clerk


The body of W. T. Olive lies 'u q
slab at Second street Undertaking
establishments somewhere between
Iulsd ana Los Angeles l5 ius mother
speeding here to claim her son1 re-
mans. In DenNc' Is the iaWIul WHO"
Of the dead man not knowing bul
lhat NJ Is awe. Al hef room lN INC
Brady hotel here sits a fearful girl
VINO also claims to have been olNeS
wlie.
owe was Killed THURSDAY nlght al
the Ianeha clubhouse. y mask was
found IN hls pocket lie was sald 10
nave held up a gambling game az inc
club house. In the exchange oi shulS
| lhat cnsued he was Killed. Gamblers
| brought ms body TO town ln am auto
mobile and dumped II out az police
headquarters, Sheriff Mccullough
searched the clothes. lie found q
sealed letter addressed 10 W, I. N"lsa
cashier OF bank at Hobart phl3Y
appointing MIN administrator OF ms
estate IN case he should meet death
ana directing that certain debts be
paid, and that what remained b" dlVid'
ed between his mother and ms VIC.
"Othcr Woman Appears.
Yesterday woman they cav 'Ern'
estlne' appeared on the scene Sho
sald she was Mrs. olive, Many be-
lleved her but the authorities who
were working on the case did not, She
had been living with Ohve, but she
was not married to him. She has
| lived in Tulsa longer than ne ala. Sh6
was arrested by the city pollce IN
RAID on private house on Ninth
street some time ago and some lquOr
! was seized at the time.
Before he left her at the Brady ho'
tel yesterday Olive wrote in large let
ters o none OF her pink aprons the
words i love You, dear lie gave
her draft for $4OO. II probably was
no good for Olive had no money on
deposit as far as could be learned.
She was In possession of four life in.
surance policies of the total sum OF
| $4,000, and made out in favor OF
| Olives wife and mother. These were
turned over to the officers.
olives recent actions In Tulsa are
somewhat clothed In mystery Very
! few people knew him.
Thursday night he hired livery
auto at the Hotel Tulsa and HAD tho
| chauffeur J. T.. Buchan, drive him
to the Taneha club, eight miles west
of town No straight story has yet
neen tOld OF ms actions lneIe. At'
taches of the place say he gambled at
the crap table" q while, then began
dancing, and suddenly wheeled about
and started firing a revolver, grabbed
the money on the table, amounting
ITO about $50 and ran out of the place
and got in the auto. Shots were fired
| at him and one of them struck him in
| the breast. Sandy Mcmillan and an
other well known character, placed
him in an automobile and brought him
to Tulsa. When they got here he was
dead.
Had Expected Death.
The woman known as "Ernestino'
told wieTd syry To the police yes
! terday, but very little credeucc is Civ
IN it. She said Olive had been drink.
! ing. He had threatened to XII her
several times, saying he liked to kill
those he loved best. Thursday night
he met her at Tancha and fired at
/ her. Then she ran and got INTO a
car. she came to town and did not
| know he was dead until Friday morn
| ing. She said she had married Olive
| about five weeks ago at Hobart
w c. Kelsa, the Hobart bank cash.
ier. who was named by Olive in his
! will as administrator of his estate, t0ld
! Sheriff William Mccullough over tho
| long distance phone yesterday that