Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-09-07
Trial of Powell Brings Out
Evidence that Dead
Man Was Stickup.
PROSECUTION BITTER
One Witness for the State
Says Powell's Partner
Said "Kill the"
DRELIMINARY trial of Detectiv

DRELlMTNARY trial of Detective
l. Thomas Powell Of the Tulsa po-
lice department on a charge of mur-
derins W. J. O'Connell, alias Thomas
Murphy, in the Frisco railroad yards
two weeks ago, brough. out little IN
the way of new evidence when IL was
opened in the court Of H. b. Schaef-
fer. justice of the peace, yesterday
morning. Much of the testimony given
before the Curoner's Jury at the in
quest and before Judge Conn Linn of
the district court during the habeds
corpus proceedings to release the de-
tendant from jail was repeated, but
several OF the witnesses examined be-
fore were eliminated and ii is thought
all Of the evidence Of both sides viii
be IN before II a. IN. today.
The most startling statement Of the
day was given by A. NJ. Webb, whose
automobile was used by Detective j.
w. Patton to pursue OCCnnell, or
Murphy, as tho latter was running in
the direction of the railroad yarGs
after escaping iron the custody Of
the Officers. lie declared ON the stand
that lac had heard Dete ctive Patton
say xiii the --." The sentence
was ended with a vile name.
Did Not Hear threat.
Charles Gilbert was called upon by
the prosecution to corroborate the
statement made by webb, but could
rot do so Gilbert Occupied the same
machine with Patton ana Webb.
Several other witnesses used In the
two other hearings were called by the
state. Most of these were men worH-
ing in the yards Of tho Producers Sup
Ply company where thoy could obtain
only a partial view of the man under
the car. The testimony of these varied
us before when they We're called upon
to testify as to the position Of the
dead man when he was shot and
whether he made any move as If 20
rC sist arrest The testimony of all
rs that as far az could be seen there
was no move Of resistance, but that
cnlv a part of the mans body was
visible.
Mother W,tncss.
one Of the features oc the day was
when Mrs. James O'C1nneil. mother
or the dead man, took The stand. As
she walked to the Seat by the bench
hush fell over the crowded court
Rom and the greatest reverence was
shown the woman in black who came
TO TIlsa from Kansas City to learn
for the first time that the boy sn-
had cherished through her life had
committed deeds against the law. Her
testimony was short and brought ou.
nothing other than that she had last
seen her son July "a CT 26 while he
was at her home in Kansas City.
where he took Thelma Fries and in
troduced her as his wife.
-Four witnesses were il troduced by
tho state The only now testimony
brought out was that OF j. G. Naylor,
who declared that ne had known
O'Connell for two years and thar tnS
latter held up and robbed him of S26
while Naylor was driving betweei.
Dewey and Bartlosville a short time
ago. Naylor was the fourth witness
introduced by the lefcnse since the
arrest OF Powell to testify of robberies
committed by OConnall In each in
stance the witness has declared that
he was afraid TO have the robber ar
rested for fear the desperate woufI
XII him.