Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-06-26
PEACEFUL CITIZEN GOES on
RAMPAGE IN JOINT-HiLD
FOR MURDER NOW.
HELD UP The I'll" CAME
Refused Ill is Cent Bet So lie SCOT
hen"-IIill Strlngcr's life
Vas the Toll.

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DING rooms on the third tIoor Oh inc
Grand opera house building Wednes-
da, morning at . o'clock william
e.n,,o. ,.u ~, tho ,,ooo ma,
lhtaily wounded Iie u'eu al ~
clock yesterday morning.
Grover Chance. for over two year,
n.,.t hand ,,rItor ot rho rirst Ma
u'l"l p"''" pu''u'He' ""u ""'''''''''
IL In the county Jail. lie Will be gwen
preliminary hearing this morning
AT o'clocA before Justice Lee Daniel
On a charge of murder. lie was ar
rested soon after Stringcr had been
shot
A coronrr's inauest was held over
etrinper's bodv Yesterday afternoon
b., Justice John j. Slack. After
questioning several witnesses the Jury
returned verdict TO the effect that
S,rlnger met his death from gun shot
wounds inflicted by bullet from a
revolver in the hands Of Grover
Glance BEFORE this verdict was re-
turned County Attorney Nfalloy had
already filed information AGAINST
Chance.
The gambling house where the
shooting occurred WAS running fun
hast Yesterday while the coronor's
ionuest was being held and WAS again
running last night The place has
been raide1 repeatedly but the man
oeement Of the institution have defied
the authorities at every turn. II was
r,ided onlv last Saturday night ana
several arrests were made. The pro-
n,,.tors wer. warned at that time nor
tc re-open. but they paid no heed to
this order.
Grogp & Jaclssnn who hold the
lease on tho entire Grand Opera
Hcuse building, did not lease the third
floor for gambling PURPOSES, they
claim Tho. are taking immediate
lepal stems TO have the gambling sub
Ieose caDceIled and to eject the unde-
s;rahIe tenants at once
According to the story told by en-
rIoveos of tba gambling house who
r,oro the Witnesses Of the shoot
irg cbonca had beop I'm tba nIace
several fines during tho evening He
ala NOT onnear to he drlnleine and
acted rerfartl, normol He horan
r,avipg "21 " card game and final
l.. lost All of his nancy but IL cents
II, aeLed Ran P,,bv the dealer IL he
could het Il cents on the next turn
of tho cards Rubv renlied in the
negative
pusbing his chair hack from tbe
t,tla chance nuIIed a revo,vor from
his rorts rockot ana sboved n IN
Ruhv,s stomach sovinp.
"Cor,t hot IL cents ebo Wen inst
DIV. mo tho banl, roll"
strinper the nroprietor velIed to
puh, 10 trrr tho money ovor m
Cnonce and Rubv did On There was
about x9OO IN silver an tha trav thot
nc handed the man
Cborce then loft tba room I-non
roachinf the landing ON the second
floor no sniad 7 Al chandler for
NOR Tulsa noliceman who had left
the force to accent n lob as "Iookout,
far tbe gambling bouee This FRIGHT
oued him and he dronned the money
He tbon ran hacs unstoirs puhv
y,s standing bv q window iool.tng
down into tho street evidently. av-
Meeting to see chance emerge from,
tho front door down stairs
nopro norter YELLED to Pubv that
chance was going to shoot him Ru-
nv turped around and SOW Chance
rointino tho revolver AT him Tie
c,obhod the barrel of tbe gun and as
h. aid so the revolver was discborrod
m, b,IIe, strucl, stringer wbo dou-
bled over in main Rubv still pron-
r1ed with the man and tbe eun was
f,rpd again He finally ROT the gun
,,,ov from Chance and then rushed
IA the aid Of the wounded man.
chance then run 70 the second floor