Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-01-23

did YOU talk with anyone about 40
o'clock on tho night of the shooting o."
II did not"
"Did YOU see Vernon Hatfield that
nirlt while he was alive
no"
Bowdry said ne was in bed asleep
Until about quarter Of that
night. whom his wife WaFencd him to
Ten nina Of the 7hooting He last saw
Vernon Hatfield alive about noon Frl-
dav, he said. He did not converse over
the telephone with Hatfield that aft
olhoon or night, nor did he direct
tnyone clso TO, he said
Asked If there was anyone else as
sociated with him In his business
Eo"dN declined TO answer for the
reason given before. lie also refused
20 state whether he had distributed
tho cards bearing his telephone mum
ber.
bthcr Witnesses Testify.
The second witness called was John
Bedford, who testified that he had
seen Vernon Hatfield in pool hall
below the Palace of Sweets at Third
and Main between 1870 and y o'clock
ON the night Of the shooting william
PrctsOl also testified that he had seen
Vernon Hatfield I'm the pool hall that
night. Later in the night. he said
Jud Hatfield. Nernon's brother. came
down to the pool han looking for his
father and while there told of the
shooting. Peter Pretsol. who conducts
a taNicab stand in the pool hall. and
Roy Bunch. who is employed as night
clerk at the taxi stand, were also
called, but their testimony was Of lit
tie Importance.
y l.. West, who resides In an apart
mcut house at $40 South Elgin, which
IS about a block and a half from the
scene of the shooting, told of hearing
the shots fired ON tho night of Jan
uary - Two shots were fired first
me said, then followed brief inter
val After this came "A Vollcy of shots
he testified His son-in-law. j. L.
Newton. who was In the same room
with him at the time Of the shooting
gave substantially the same testimony
as Mr. West
Did Not Look for Gun.
Among the evidence brought out
drriug the afternoon was that the Of
. noers did not sekch Vernon Hat
| fields clothing for u weapon after his
body had been taken 10 the hospital
officer Nelson testified that after re-
turning to the police station from
West Third street "a call came from
the hospital to the effect that young
man had been shot and that his body
was i'm that institution Accompanied
by another officer. he went to tho
hospital, but they did not discuss
searching his clothes, Nelson said.
The automobile which was standing
In front of the hospital at the time
was searched hy other officers who
arrived later \ quantity Of tho kind
Iot wrappers generally put around
whisky bottles was all that was found,
Nelson said
started 20 Give Chase,
After the car had escaped. Town
serd testified the officers started to
follow n In their own car Owing to
the cold weather that night Il was
hard 10 start the engine and several
minutes were lost The police went
west on Third street and. failing to
find any trace of the car, drove to
the police station.
Townsend testified that he was
carrying "A 3O-30 LeuEer automatic
revolver that night Shuo had .3s
Smith x Wossou Special and Miller
carried "A regulation IS Smith Il Wes-
son
Reeves Denies RumorS.
Rumors that Reeves Is lukewarm
In the prosecution OF the four police
officers are emphatica'ly denied 10y
the county attorney. For the last
several days II has boeu common talk
about the streets that Reeves would
not push the charges vigorously on
account OF having bocn Identified with
that part Of the citizenship some
times referred to as the Law and
order league. This element is sup
porting the accused policemen on ac-
count OF their activity I'm running