Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-09-25

hotel at tho time the previous witness
testified 10.
This testimony was introduced ty
the state 90 disCTcdlt statement
mudc by Mrs. Reuter- shortly after the
murder iu which she told County At
toIuey Mulluy that Charlie. bad
been at home with her all Saturday
uipnl ON May 4, J. NJ Chanler. for
NOR Tulsa policeman, testified Tuos-
day night % having seen Reuter- about
~ o'clock on the night IN question. as
the lawyer was leaving his office al
Second and Main streets,
Ralph Johnson assistant postmas-
ter al Tulsa, proved as valuable
witness FOR the state as hc did lu the
trial of Baker and Mackenzie,
johnson was walking home about
midnight ON the night of the murder
l'n was walking west un Golden
street lu the direction OF Denver awe
niue when hy heard the shots Then
hc saw "a man running west from tho
Reuter- home and toward him. lie
waited 40 the corner uf Golden and
Denver until the man approached,
The latter pointed "a gun at him aud
commanded him 10 drop johnson
hurcdIy pulled his hands out ui his
pocket and in doing $50 spilled some
small change ou the sidewalk. d.,
dropped 40 tho ground and the strange
man continued running, going half
block north on Denver and thcu
turning west toward an orchard Tho
state intends 10 show later that II
was at this orchard that Baker met
Bud Bellew, who was waiting with an
automobile 10 carry him away
The man ore an ovorc0at and
gIg hf4N III Ina
describing the individual. "He carried
revolver IN one hand and Hash
light in his left hand which he held
close to his belt He was about five
feet, eight or ten inches tall, Of slcn-
der build and weighed about 1875 or
140 pounds. His face was covered
with q mask
When the fleeing man got ont OF
sight, Johnson walked back 10 the
Reuter- home He saw Mrs. Reuter- on
the roof of the porch directly I'm front
Of her bed room. She was shouting
for some one to get a ladder and get
me down from here" Johnson pro-
cured n ladder and placed It against
the porch. He then brought Mrs.
Reuter- down and next her son,
johnny.
when she reached the ground,
continued the witness "she told the
small crowd Of men that had gather
ed that she would always regret hay
ing LEFT the basement window open
as that was where he got IN at. She
then led us around the side Of the
house suddenly she stopped and
pointing To an open basement win
dow, said. see, the window is up.
That is where he got In Next she
] an nt
and up stairway into one OF the liN-
ing rooms on the first floor She
asked If some one wouldn't go up to
/ the bed room and see about Charlie,
as she knew he was killed i know
! he's khlled, she exclaimed, FOR ]
| heard him fan She asked some one
to find out about Marcella, her little
| girl, who was In the bedroom with
| her father at the time Of the killing"
Next morning, about eight hours
I after the murder, witness saw Mrs.
/ Reuter- at the Stovcr home She ask
ed him to describe the man she saw
running and be did So
'l think he was a larger man than
/ that" Mrs. Reuter- told witness
thiul, he weighed 235 or 240 pounds
Witness was asked TO describe Joe
Bakers physical appearance. It tai
He'd with the description he had given
of the alleged assassin.
ON cross examination by Norman
pruitt Of the defense, Johnson re
fused TO admit that Mrs Reuter- in
sisted on first going up the stairs her
self and Seeing about her husband
and child, and still insisted that she
had asked some one else to do SO,
Jo ID. Payne, court stenographer of
the district court Of Judge l.. NJ. Poe