Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-09-27
MRS. REUTER- AND mackenzie THE
brains, BAKER AND BELLEN, TOOLS
.BIXBYS CHARACTER
SAFE FROM ATTACK
PROTECTS REPUTATION
or Los ANGELES MILLIONAIRE.
Attorneys Admission of Collecting ST.
800 10 BE Grounds of An
Investigation.

Los ANGELES, Cal, Sept 26.-
Judge Bledsoo, sitting at the trial OF
George II. BiXby the capitalist, charg-
ed with offenses against girls, vetoed
today an attempt Of the prosecution
to mpeach Bixbys testimony The
court ruled that testimony Of inmates
of the JOuQuil, a notorious resort, In
refutation Of BiNby's declaration that
/ his relations with them had not been
| immoral, would not be admitted
W. IL. Stevens one Of the attorneys
representing the accusers of BXby on
the stand, admitted having received
from OctaviOUs Morgan, the aged
architect, whose refusal to testify yes
terday was based on the ground that
it might degrade him, 81 500 which
the attorney said was given in volun-
tary settlement OF the claims Of the
mothers of two girls against Morgan.
BiXby he said, refused to make SINH
lar settlement whereupon damage
suits were filed against him.
Revelations OF alleged unprOfession-
al conduct on the part OF Attorneys
Walter II. Stevens and Charles 5. Nc
Kelvey as counsel for certain girl wit
nesses in the BiXby trial, will be the
basis for an investigation by the Los
Angeles County Bar association.
This, in substance, was the state
ment today of Judge Bledsoe. The at
torneys, 1t is alleged, encouraged Mary
Brown, Cleo Helen Barker and others.
and in some instances took active part
in an attempt to eXtOrt money from
wealthy men by threatening to sue
them for damages.
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in the trial Of Baker and Macken-
zie.
The driver Of the murder car"
told the following story OF the events
leading up 10 the killing and the sub
sequent happenings;
MY namo is Grover Bollew. |
know Guy Mackenzie, Joe Baker and
Laura NJ. Reuter- was chauffeur
for Guy Mackenzie for three ana one
half months prior to the murder OF
Charlie Reuter- and had known him
"a year and half ! had been ac-
qualnted with Joe Baker for iour
years The first time ! remember
Guy talking with me about Charlie
Reuter- was just before the primary
election at Tulsa in March, l9l-.
Guy had just come down from Char-
lies office and he told me that Iteu-
ter wanted him to work for the cleo
ton of Charlie Crimes don't re-
member what he was a candidate for.
on the night before the election, /
talked with Guy in his barn and he
told me he didn't believe he would
work for Grimes or Reuter- either.
On the morning OF the election, Guy
said that Charles had treated him
dirty in several instances and Mrs.
Reuter- had told him that Charles
said he (Guy) was going to TOOL
around until he (ReuterD got Macken-
zie into the pcnitentary
Talked Every Day.
AT another time, shortly after this,
Guy told me he had stolen Reuters
revolver out Of his office. From the
time of the eletcion in March until
the day of the murder we talked
about Reuter- almost every day.
ION the Friday night before Eas-
ter Sunday, Guy said he had been
over to Reuters place the night be-
fore and Charlie had come home
and caught him there with Mrs. Reu-
ter and Charlie had abused Mrs.
Reuter- pretty bad. The next day,
Guy told me that Charlie and Ben
Ramsdale had seen him that morn
ing and Charlie told him that II he
didn't stay away from his home he
would kill him with a bigger gun
than the one Guy stole from him,
ION this same Saturday Guy went
to Skiatook, but before leaving he
gave me $40 and asked me to buy a
pistol for him 80 he could protect
4. hn nr.lt 10 tfta In a
anything to him. / bought q 40
Colts and when he came back that
evening. | gave II to him and he be-
gan carrying 1t.
'On the morning OF Easter sun
day | went with Guy TO Jackson
Switch, where Guy bought an auto
mobile from Mrs. Bell, my mother
in-law. We got back home at 1880
in the morning. That afternoon Guy
and | walked down to the Arkansas
river and Guy asked me II ! knew
where the sewer emptied Into the
river and told him that | did and
showed him where 1t was. Guy told
me he was going TO Kill Charhe
Reuter- and he wanted to know If 1t
was deep enough where the sewer
emptied 80 he could throw him into
the river There were some people
nSnlng at the sewer 50 lHtl Ndih'p 'ii
down the river a ways. Guy took
pole and measured the depth OF the
water at a certain point. He said
he guessed II was deep enough so
you could throw him in and the
water would cover him up. / told him
the river was up, though. and when
it went down the body might be left
on the sand bars. SO we walked up
To the Midland Valley bridge and
out to the center of 1t. Guy said he
guessed the water was deep enough
there all right and he could throw
the body in there. The water was
swift running. he said. and the body
might be washed down the river. We
then came home by roundabout way
When we got back to Guys, ] saw
Stella. Guys sister. and she said she
and Mrs Reuter- had been over to
Mrs. McCabes. Guys aunt and that
Charlie Reuter- had come over there
and abused Mrs. Reuter-. Charlie
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