Omaha daily bee., 1916-06-24
WOMAN ON TRIAL FOR.
MURDER OF SHERIFF
Bride Of Year Charged with Killing
Officer Who Had Her Hus.
Il band in Custody.
CRIME TAKES PLACE ON TRAIN

Muskogee, Okl, june 23.-Mrs. Ida
Hadley, bride of less than year, was
accused OF killing Sheriff Jake Giles
Of Beaumont, Tex, as he slept in a
chair car of the Missouri, Kansas &
Texas railroad, on the morning of
March "a, by states witnesses who
testified today in the murder trial Of
Mrs, Hadley and her husband, Paul
Hadley. The sheriff bad Paul Had
ley in custody, taking him from Kan
sas City, Mo-, to Beaumont, to an
swer charges Of assault and robbery.
Mrs. Hadley was accompanying him.
Witnesses today included num-
Der of the passengers in the chair
car at the time of the killing, who
testified they had seen Mrs. Hadley
walk up the aisle behind the sheriff,
doing in his seat, draw a pistol from
her bosom and shoot the officer in
the back of the head.
Story of Crime.
Sensational events followed in
rapid succession after Paul V. Had
ley was arrested in Kansas City, Mo-,
on warrants issued in Beaumont,
Tex, which charged him with rob-
berry and assault to murder. Had
ley's young bride insisted on accom-
panying Sheriff Jake Giles and her
husband when the Texas officer left
Kansas City March %, 1916, to take
Hadley back to Beaumont.
Y As the train was nearing Checo-
tab, Okl., early in the morning, Sher-
if Giles fell to the car floor, dying
from a bullet wound in his head.
Sleepy passengers told later of being
aroused by the shot and of looking
up to see Mr.. and Mrs. Hadley, with
ieveled pistols, demanding of the con.
ductor that he stop the. train. Under
such compulsion, he obeyed, and as
the train ground to sudden stop,
the man and wife leaped from the
platform into the darkness.
For sixteen hours Mr.. and Mrs.
Hadley fled through the dense bot
tom land Of the Canadian river in
Mcintosh county, section famous
as rendezvous for bandit gangs in
frontier days. Five posses held the
trail of the fugitives until about sun
set of March "a, when Sheriff Nc
Cune of Mcintosh county, led his
posse. to the home of Hiram Early
Mountain, an Indian nine miles south
west of Checotah On threat that
the house would be filled with shot,
the Hadleys surrendered. They were
brought to Muskogee and later in
dicted jointly on the charge of MUIR
der.
Second Attempt to Escape.
An attempt to escape May 10 re-
suited in injuries to Hadley, which
caused his trial to be postponed after
the first date was set Mr.. and Mrs.
Hadley had just concluded consul
tation with their attorney and were
being taken back to their quarters,
when Hadley rushed at Jailer Viii
liam Trimble, swinging above his
head heavy knob from bath water
faucet, which had been slung in a
woman's ;tocking. Trimble warded
off the blow and the two went to
grips. The shouts of the jailer sum-
moned c. w. Mcclure, a guard, who
reported that he found Mrs. Hadley
Juggling at a desk drawer in which
the jailer kept number of pistols.
The drawer was locked. Mcclure
carried Mrs. Hadley to cell, then
helped Trimble overpower Hadley,
who was placed in a dungeon. It
was when Mcclure returned to search
Hadley that the latter was injured
Mcclure reported that the prisoner
leaped upon him as he entered the
door. Hadley was beaten unconscious
with a heavy Jail key.
The Texas Sheriffs' association
raised fund to assist in the prosecu-
ton of the Hadleys.