Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-16
SHAW MYSTERY IS
BEING UNRAVELED
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II red tall light as an automobile dis.
/ appeared around a curve in the road.
probably one-half Of Il mile south OF
the tank farm.
a little later the guard discovered
the lock on cage at the top or the
tank had been broken and the door
open. He climbed the stairs. raisad
tne manhole and saw that the scum or
| on mad been disturbed. Shortly after
o'clock the same morning the 1'uls \,
police were communicated with, 1t be-
lns believed at the tank farm that a
German bomb had been thrown into
the tank
Police officers and detectives are
mot 10 have proceeded to the tank
farm, but were uNlhle to discover
ahNthing wrong and returned to
| Inlsa. A few days ago $. D. Newton.
Mrs. Shaw's father, Lon j. Newton
ana FRED II. Newton. her two broth
efS' arrived In Tulsa. engaging John
A. Gustafsou and c. Outwater. pri-
Shaw
Hearing OF the incident at the tank
farm they insisted that they be taken
TO the scene. Their request was com
piled with and Detectives Outwater.
Gustaison and Mcdonald accompan-
led them to the tank on which the
Iock had been shattered. This tank
was investigated and the party passed
across the farm to point perhaps
three-fourths Of mile away, where
another tank was scrutiniZed.
Shaw's Collar Found.
Retracing their steps. the men came
to wire fence where two or three
STRANDS sdgged as tho n heavy object
had been passed across. and only a
a lot
found small corner of a mans col
lar protruding from the ground.
Laundry marks used by the missing
man were found on the collar and it
was then that long poles were pro-
cured and the tank probed, the poles
coming in contact with soft sub
stance that later proved to be the
body of Shaw
A large sheet of steel was ripped
from the top OF the tank by Foreman
Dan Leary, and while the detectives
came to Tulsa to obtain tools with
which to eNtricate the body a force
OF Prairie OIL & Gas Co. employees
worked thruout the night, recovering
the pody shortly after daylight An
ambulance from Mowbry's undertake
ing establishment had already reached
the scene and the body was placed
In this and brought to Tulsa.
The Beginning.
On the evening of May IS, II has
been determined, Shaw and Tyler pur-
chased small quantity Of whisky in
Iulsa which they drank later hiring
FORD touring car driven by a man
whose identity is being concealed by
the police. They instructed the driver
TO. take them to a house in the vicin-
ity of the fairgrounds.
Evidence that has been uncovered
by those men who have been working
on the case Is to the effect that the
two men consumed n certain amount
or beer, sitting at table chatting
when Tyler announced that he knew
OF another roadhouse. They passed
out INTO the night, entered their car
ana were driven to house six miles
northeast or the city operated bv
Mabel Brooks, an alleged former
landlady of a First street house of
prostitution, and a woman known as
Shields.
When they arrived an automobile
was standing in front OF the house.
Ihey drove up near the rear door.
dismounted and passed into what ap-
peared to be large kitchen. Gath
cred about n table were three mon
+.
arose. passing into a room in the front
OF the house when Shaw and Tyler
entered
Versions Differ.
Shaw ordered a bottle. of beer and
sat down at the table. From This
point two different versions of the in
cidents that followed prior to Shaw's
ueath nave been voiced. one is to
the effect that Shaw arose from his
chalr, pulling gun, when a man.
supposed TO he Crabtree, struck him
from the rear. Telling him to the floor.
another version is to the effect thai
ohaw arose from his chair. passing
into another room and was standine
IN doorway apparently talking 10
the men and women who had occu-
pea the kitchen as they entered.
When ne was struck on the head with
a revolver, fell to the floor and was
kicked In the head while he lay mo-
tionless.
1t has been stated that Crabtrec
obtained n Winchester, whereupon
Tyler ran out of the house and into
the county road, when two shots were
,red' re ala not stop running until
nc reachcd Tulsa. He passed down
the Frisco railroad tracks, appearing
at n house near Convention hail
where he told an acquaintance of the
fight.
Tyler Disappears.
Later In the morning he appeared
az the Eagle Loan company's estab-
llshment and when apprised of
Shaw's failure to appear for work
that morning related his experience
and disappeared, having not been To-
Gated until few days ago when his
arrest at Joplin was ordered
with Tyler's appearance at the
pawnshop, the case was followed by
the newspapers for n time, but was
gradually dropped, as no-new de-
velopments were forthcoming and the
discovery Of the body yesterday acted
as boomerang in every section of
the city where the case has been dis
cussed
refusing to make statement
other than they had nothing to do
with the murder and that Shaw left
the house In an automobile, the three
persons now held in the county Jail
have thrown no light upon the trag-
edy. In a statement obtaited by the
sheriff, Crabtree contended that Shaw
entered an automobile in which
man and n women were seated and
that tho car drove off