Bisbee daily review., 1913-09-19
TULSA WIDOW ID BE TRIED ON CHARGE OF
 KILLING HUSBAND
Public Opinion Seems to Fa- vor Mrs. Laura Reuter-, Widow of Oklahoma Law yer.

BARTLESVILLE, Okla, Sept. 1S.-- Hundreds of visitors have arrived here from Tulsa and other cities of this state, attracted by the fact that on Monday next Mrs. Laura Nj. Reuter-. A former society leader and prominent church worker of Tulsa will be placed on trial before a jury in the local dis. tIlct court upon the charge of compile. ity in the murder of her husband. Charles T. Reuter-, an attorney Of Tul- ga. Guy Mackenzie and Joe Baker. the two men whose accomplices MrS Reuter- is charged with having been. were tried upon the charge of murder some months ago and are now serving life terms in the state penitentiary, having been found guilty of the mur- der of Reuter-.
 The case was originally on the dock et of the superior court at Tulsa, but was transferred to the district court at BaTtlesyilla on a change of venue after an agreement to this effect had been reached by the attorneys of the state and those of the accused women The case will be tried before District .HAAcf ANs EAs AlANnVls bg NnOHt OEuGI is yenire of 100 jurors has been drawn frOm which the jury in the case will tbe selected, County Attorney Pat Nfalloys of Tulsa and his first assist ant, I'd Crossand, will represent the state, while several noted lawyers will s1sfd the interests of Mrs. Reuter-.
 The coming trial which is awaited throughout the state with great deal .of interest VIII probably form the lconelnding chapter of one of the most puzzling mysteries which the authori- ties and courts of Oklahoma have ever faced. Although two men were found guilty of the murder the real motive land the true inside history of the crime have never become publicly known, Whether the mystery will be solved at the coming trial remains to be, Sen, Nearly two hundred witness 'es have been subpoenaed by the state and by the defense and the trial is ex- pected to last month or more.
 Charles n Reater, a we known and prosrsrous lawyer Of TGlsa, vas Killed in his bed room on the upper floor of his Tulsa residence on the night of May 5 last The shots which had caused his death and the screams of Mrs. Reuter- alarmed the whole neigh borhood and when the police entered the house they found NIT. Reuter- dead on his. bed while Mrs. Reuter- was locked in her room on the opposite side of the hall, screaming for help. It was ascertained that jeweIry valued at S4O0 and S15O in cash which NIT. Reuter- was known to have in his pocket, were missing and the natural inference was that MT. Reuter- had been killed by burglars who entered his house to rob him.
 A thorough investigation was a. once begun. It was ascertained that a tall man, masked and With a red light dangling from his belt, had been seen running from the Reuter- home immediately after the shots had been heard. But the burglar theory did not satisfy the police officials and on the following day Guy D. Mackenzie, Gro yeF- Bellew, his chauffeur, and Joe Baker were, arrested on the theory that Reuters murder was the result Of a conspiracy, with robbery as a blind to conceal the real motive Not uEtii the preliminary examination of the three men began was Mrs. Reuter- served with a warrant charging her with being'a party to the alleged con spiracy.
 At the preliminary examination a great deal of damaging evidence un- earthed by the police was offered and the men as well as Mrs. Reuter- were held for trial The men were tried to- gether and in the course of the trial the prosecution maintained that there had been intimacy between Mackenzie 1 and Mrs. Reuter-. IL was shown that there had been frequent quarrels be- tween Reuter- and his wife; that Mrs. l Reuter- and Mackenzie frequently met and that she accompanied him several | times on joy rides in hi sautomobile. | The attempt to prove an alibi for i Mackenzie and the other men accused, 1 failed and while the charge against 2ellew was dropped, Mackenzie and 1 Zoe Baker, his friend and companion, | were held for trial. Their trial was brief and they were found guilty and ! nt te the penitentiary for life.
 1frs Renter, who comes from a good | Fly and occupied a high social posi- | E'o7 in Tulsa where she was promin-l e identified with church work and v mans club life. was held for trial br ss permitted to remain at liberty pUnhrwsilatpimeaO eet, ,hedeR mon her own recognizanee. She con tinBe8 t0 live 1ietly in her home on Norfh Cheyenne Avenue. Tulsa. She is the daughter cf 2enjamin McKesn,
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