Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-07-27
WOMAN CAUSE OF
ALL|S0N'S DEATH
Jury Told Victims Association
With Rose Dickinson Led
to Killing.

Claiming justification on grounds
Of self-dofense. and indirectly appeal
ing to the unwritten law, Jim Ermitt
admitted on the witness stand yester-
day afternoon that he shot and killed
Walter Allison April II, 1917, at n
store near Mohawk.
AS | stepped into the door" testi- 7
fled Ermitt, Allison reached for his
hip pocket as tho to draw a gun.
said let that gun alone Walter But
he kept on reaching for H. | raised
my gun and fired at him. ! didn't
go there with the intention OF kill
ing him." the prisoner reiterated
time and time again during the
gruelling cross examination conducted
by County Attorney George Reeves.
81 wanted to get Rose and to scnu
her back to her mother in Yale"
Wanted Rose"
"Rose" is Mrs Rose Dickinson. the
woman in the case For some time
prior to the killing Mrs Dickinson
had been living with Ermitt. Sns
claims that they We're to be married
as soon as she could get n divorce.
II was because of Rose, according to
all the testimony. that Ermitt went
to Allison's store on the night of
April II.
told that that he had been employed
by Walter Allison 20 work at Ali-
sons store near Mohawk Ermitt
said that he was to receive 25 per cent
of the proceeds Mrs. Dickinson ac-
Z mpanied Ermitt to Mohawk whom
he obtained the job and they lived
in "A two-room house near the store.
According to Ermitt. Allison became
familiar with his wife" often taking
her to Tulsa on errands.
Just previous to the shooting Ermitt
left Allison's place and claims to have
put Mrs. Dickinson on the train to
send her back TO her home in Yale.
Returning night or two later to Mo-
hawk, Ermtt found Mrs. Dickinson
in the company of Allison, together
with two deputy sheriffs, Frank Wolfe
and Grant Pilkington.
Obtains Shotgun.
Ermitt then went to the home of
negro nearby, confiscated his shotgun
and returned to the alleged road
house He waited until the officers
left. He then went in at the front
door of the house.
According to the testimony of Mrs.
Dickinson, who was put on earlier in
the day as witness for the prosecu-
ton. Ermitt did not utter word be-
fore shooting. She maintains that he
shot in cold blood without provoca-
tion.
A jury was obtained in the case
shortly after court convened yesterday
morning After statements by coun-
sci, the state began its case, Mrs.
| Dickinson. an witness to the kill
ing. was the first and star witness for
the prosecution. Mrs. Dickinson. who
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shooting and but a few feet from Err
mitt when he fired. rushed from the
back door with Allison after the lat
ter had been shot and fled down the
road.
Following Mrs. Dickinson. the state
put on several minor witnesses. one
! of them testified that Ermitt had
taken his shotgun. Another, a jitney
driver. told of having seen Allison
run from the house and fall. after
telling him that he was killed. A third
related how Ermitt had sold the shot
gun to him for so cents. Bob ALI
son, brother of the dead man. and
Deputy Sheriff Wolfe completed the
case of the prosecution.
The State Rests.
| The state rested at o'clock in the
afternoon. The defense asked a post
ponement of the case until this morn
ing, but Judge Mcneil disallowed the
request Saying that they had been
unable to get any of their witnesses
there. attorneys for the defense put
Ermtt on the stand for their first
volley.
On direct testimony Ermitt told the
complete tale of actions leading up to
the killing, including his former life
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X. b. Emert He said that he met
Mrs. Dickinson, who is playing such
a big part in the trial, at her home in
Yale, okla, where she was a waitress
1t was during cross examination by
counsel for the state that some inter
esting Incidents came out. Ermitt or
Emert told of having been employed
in bootlegging. and gambling joints on
former occasions He said that the
reason he left Yale was that he got in
"A cutting scrape while acting in ca
pacity of bouncer for a "Joint." He
further told of having given the chief
OF police $40 to get himself out of Jail
Coming to Tulsa with Mrs. Dickin-
son he took the woman to a local ho-
tel. Meeting Allison some time later.
he entered into a contract whereby he
was to work for Allison on percent
age basis.
Adjournment Taken.
At one point in the trial Emert
claimed that the two deputy sheriffs
were talking with Allison when he
first went TO the place on the night Of
the killing. He further alleged that
they were discussing with Allison
means by which Emert could be put
out of the way for the summer. Con-
troverting this fact, Deputy Sheriff
Wolfe maintained on the stand that
he and his colleague visited the place
for the purpose of searching for whis-
ky. He further stated they found no
whisky or liquor of any nature and
left without doing any of the things
alleged by Emert.
At $3.50 o'clock in the evening the
prosecution was still cross examining
the defendant Judge Mcneil inter-
rupted the proceedings and adjourned