The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-07-13
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BY GIRLS STORY
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llcF' demanded Glddings.
Il don't know them, They're MOI
here. They've gone to San Francisco,
replied the girl.
Where did you meet them"
AT the Lyric. | used to know them
In Kansas city but didn't know their
names.H
IF you will give me their names
III ask the county attorney to issue
warrants for them said Gcddlngs.
Il don't know their Names
why did you tcll Michacls and Lii.
lard what you didy'
IL don't know
Didn't you tell me IN my office this
morning that II You testified to this
you would lose you homer
Yes. | said | wouldn't swear to Il
lie"
The Mysterious PrOmpters
Describe the people who told you
to swear to thHty'
"He was n tall man aud she was
dark"
County Attorney Embry questioned
the witness, but was unable To get from
her the names of those who had ar
ranged with her tn swear against chief
Nichols. 1t IL expected 10 come out
later aud may result In more arrests,
"Who did you talk to In Glddings
and LIZARDS Office asked Embry.
81 talked to hun" said the girl, In
dicating Lillard.
GLOW many times were you there?'
Twice
How did you happen 10 go back? p
well, ! Just went back. | thought
once | would swear to this lie, and
then | changed my mind"
You told Mr. Giddings this morn.
Ing that YOU wouldn't swear to Il lie
Yes
what did he say
Gle said | would have 10 testify
md get excused by the court
You say the chief came to the room.
Ing house a second tlmc?'
eyes"
"WhHt did he say
Gle Just spoke to me and went
away
Nothing Improper In Visit
The girl said there was nothing i'm
proper In the visit " the chief Of pc
lice to the rooming house. She coulC
not fix the time definitely, but It wa
when Nichols was engaged In maxim.
an Investigation Of the roomiul
houses and the porter evil.
Attorney Michurls, who has an OF
flee with Giddiugs h Lillard, gave hi,
deposition aud suid he was In the Of
flee Monday afternoon when In,
kirkpatrick girl went there cid
diugs and Llllard were both absent
Michacls said the girl told him tn,
witness they wanted, a girl she knew
had flown or skipped she dldn'
know where. MichucIs said he wOult
tell the attorneys and the girl wen.
away.
In about thirty minutes the girl re-
turned, he testified, and said she wa,
the girl they wanted. She said sh,
would testify that the chief N pollos
had visited her at her room aud tina.
he had given her money While they
were talking Attorney lillard anne II
and Mtchuels heard the girl tell hin
the same thing Llllard asked her Il
another girl was In the room with
them at the time and she said no. II,
said lillurd asked her II she was sur,
II was correct. and she said she was
lie said Iillurd told her the eyidenc,
would be- yulueless unless It was true
Emhry Questions
Michucls said the girl came bach
Tuesday morning and said sh,
wouldn't trstfy-that she would los,
her home II she did.
How often have you been II wltnes,
for Giddingsy Embry asked.
"Oncc before" replied MichaelI I'll
one cast In which you were Interested
DO YOU do detective work In cid
dings office
Not any more than | do Ia yours.
"Do you know who made arrange
mcuts for thl, girl TO come up ther'
und pcrJure herselfl"
NO. | sent her name over to tn,
court"
"Who gave you the namel'
"Lillard'
"Who was the woman with herr
IL don't know. l think she said
was her mother"
II developed In the questions pu
to MlChacls that he was Il witness II
the case Of BESSIE Dougul agains
Ewers White, the plaintiff being rep
resented by Giddings, and In whicl
she was given a Judgment for $1,000
for sluuder Michaels said the juror
congratulated him after the case wa
over ON having told the truth an,
made the case clear.
"Did TINT give you the Idea aske'
Embry, that YOU would make a sta
witness
Michnrls said II did not lie wa
questioned more about how he hat
pened to caution the kirkpatrick gir
about telling the truth.
We'll, just like I'd caution any Wit
ness to tell the truth" he replied
/. VIII BE Recalled
Before the dispositions were al
taken the Kirkpatrick girl became Il
aud asked to excused. She was pei
mlttcd To leave the court room, but Al
torney Giddlugs said she would not b
, excused from attendance when dep,
sitions are 10 he taken again. II wan
to find out more about this woman
why she changed her statements fror
Yesterday he said.
The county attorney VIII set men
work 20 find who first found the VII
ness and arranged with her to give
p deposition In the case. The girl sal
b she lived with her mother In Capita
= Hill II Is believed that she know
= the names NJ those who arranged wit
her to testify, but that she ls col
I cealing the fuct.
p The deposition OF A. II. King wa