The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-06-19
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IS MARTYRED
Mrs. D. v. Monroe Stands By HuS-
band Through Lane OF
Filthy Evidence
MURDER TRIAL HANGS ON TRIFLES
Chief Issue Today Seems To Be
Whether Reb Phillips Saw
As He Reported

The hardship ~ the Monroe murder
trlnl, now In progress In the district
court, falls vi ON one woman who sits
silent through It ALL She IN the wife
Of ID. v Monroe, the Lindsay mer
chant. charged with the murder Of
Marguerite Ellis IN resort IN this
city on the afternoon " December -.
The details Of the case ARE staged In
the resort nj y - West California nnd
the evidence Is given by men aud
women who were there M the
The men were for the mod part fri"@
uf Munruc'~, although some were
strangcrs The women were the In
mates uf the house aud Grace Good,
the Keeper
Through II all the wife of the de-
frndaut, II respectable Eomnn who
hus lived all her lfc In home of re-
fincmcnt sits In the court room nnd
listen to the details of her husband x
escapadcs. lie went 10 the place with
some friends. his excuse being that he
wanted Ia see mnn who was there.
: lie spent money for champagne, wlis.
ky and beer for the men with him
md for the women He went To the
room with Marguerite Ellis, after she
had told him she would get him sweet
wine there o.
Then follows the statements about
Monroe claiming to have been rob
bed NJ his pockethook which he snys
contained $500 lie drew n revolver
from his pocket and the girl was shot
Monroe then ran out into the hallway
and shot nj Grncr Good Through IT
nll the wife " the defendant listens
10 the witnesses aud makes no sign,
hut II II evident from her face that
the ordeal * u fur harder one for her
thnn II Is for her husband.
State Scores
The state scored heavily tolHy with
the Testimony NJ two witnesses NJ T..
Durham and H. J. Mckenzie, both
elnployed at the Doc 4 Blll furniture
store on West Grrnd avenue. The
place kept by the Good woman II
across the alley In the rear. Durham
testified todny that he heard the two
shots and In short time-not more
than minute. he thought-he saw
Grace Good come down the rear stair
wny from the second floor He said
she came down hastily. holding 10 the
mlllnr with nT hand and to her dress
with the other.
Durham snld he rOtlccd that the wo-
man wore no stockings She told him
one ~ the girls had been shot and
then ran ON through the alley. The
witness testified that the woman was
mrphcaded, had on a kimOnn and that
she wore slippers lie nid II was
twilight, hut he could see that she
wore no stockings.
Practically the snme TESTIMONY was
given hy A. !. Mckenzie, shipping
clerk NJ the furniture house. who was
also In the back door that evening.
He testified that he saw the woman
come down the back stairway M fast
~ she could and that she had ON no
stockings
Reb Phillips testified at The prelim.
inarv hearing that he saw Grace Good
receive something from Marguerite ri.
lls and put II In her stocking as she
started down the stairway, n moment
after the controversy with Monroe on
the third floor. The state In this trial
Is asking every witness II they saw
Phillips there and not one Of them ad.
mlts having seen him.
Alvin Cudd. young farmer from
the neighborhood " Lindsay testified
todny about the shooting and what
took place Immediately afterwnrd. He
said he went there with Homer Hy-
hnrger and Earl Sims and was IN the
dance hall when Monroe arrived about
4 O'cluck He paid very little atten
ton 10 what was going on. hut he
was sure he did not zee Phillips. He
nald no particular attention, 10 Mon
roe IN the dance hall One witness
testified Yesterday that one Of the
men IN the dance hall asked Monroe
for his revolver, saving In jokinS
way that he wanted to shoot one oi
the girls, and that Monroe gave II tC
him, hut Cudd knew nothing about
II,
Cudd said Rlll Roberts was IN IN,
dance hall at the time Of the shOotinl
and that after they heard the shots
NihNf h''N Auh uNNH INV NlHiNNNN
khe said the man upstairs had shO
one Of the girls and had shot at her
Az that time Cudd was standing clos,
TO tie street door with Earl Sims.
A little later Monroe came runnlnl
down the stairway and tapping the ha
belonging 10 Sims, left the place. Ho
mer Hybarger came downstairs hi
Roberts had already come down be
fore Monroe went away, the witnes,
said
Cudd was examined closely abou
the actions of Grace Good after m,
shooting. He sald she went once int,
the ballroom and for short time wni
out Of his sight Then she came on
again, said something about getting
doctor and went TO the telephone n
the hallway.
Detective Charles Post was recalle,
10 the stand today He sald the repor
of the shooting came 10 the police stn
tlon about o'clock and that he wen
10 the place Immediately Some Of IN,
witnesses have testified that II wa
az late az $40 o'clock.
WASHINGTON. June l0.--Slow hu
steady Improvement N the condition
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