Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-02-26

PARK on their way home ana nt tho
entrance met Foxy" CuumlnH with
Thelma Davis They went 60 the
summer house together and Hnt
down ON tho steps They we're Hit.
ting There talking whom thrTo boys
passed by who IL later developed
were Dog Damrell and hia tWo
partners They looked ~ the girls
closely but passed ON around the
summer house. After they had gone
Miss Lowry aud Form Davis walked
! 10 the other end ~ the porch oppo-
Hltr whore they had been sitting.
ana Two men stepped W. to th~m,
/ ono Of th0m, who waa afterwards
taken to he Lauren Hooper. had a
handkerchief tied across his fpca
Iand tho other rorrch Doye. WINS ttn.
| masked aud had pistol Tho two
| girls had "a rcufflc with them, but
broke away and went back tu Join
the other Firl ana three boys on
the steps Hooper ana Doye fol-
/ lowed them ana Joined the party,
whom an argument was started
J A. this point Negtu ana Eefn
walked over to 10 swing % llttle dis.
itnuce away, ana white they wore
there Doe Damrell csmo up and
asked what hnd happened lie was
told ma hr directed the girls to go
! hack to tho porch ana said he would
! 10 ana get the other boys ana take
ia" guns away from tho other frl.
| lows
Ilendre,h. Carey Cummlns and
| tho three girls then started home.
! but had gone only ono hundred fust
Ior ~ when they heard Nomo ahutF.
Huw flash and ono of the girls re-
marked, L"tH 40 back Iendreth
lana Carey according to the story.
said thoy would have nothing more
to DO with tho affair. aud walked an
out ~ the park bot the girls and
1, CummlnH went back to tho porch
and there saw Dove backed up
against the wall. covered with u gun
In the hands of man called the
chiof" Damrell and another man.
lind Iioopcr'- Body In Greek
The girls say they asked whore
Hooper was and were told he hal
icft They all started over to /
bank. where on approaching. thee
hoard grunns The girls aud cum.
Minis went down the bank. where
they found Hooper. while Dnmrell
ana his two pals walked on Hoop
er.H body was carried tu the porch
by cummins and an unknown man.
ana tho former then called the am
bulRnce and tho police
The police HaY they heliev~ tho
shooting was the result of JealouHy.
following their investigation of -
whole affair Hooper was shot thru
the body. the bullet entering on the
loft side lust below the shoulder
ana passing out on the opposite side
about two inches lower than the
point at which II entered The bull
lot waH "a IN cniiber.
Hooper had "a gun, II IN said. but
II had never been shot, Officers SAY
II IN thot that other members ~
the party also had guns,
win ship Remains 10 Guthrie.
Y, NJ. Hooper, father Of the dead
boy was In the city yesterday. aid
ina the officers IN running down
the cnse and making arrangements
Tor the return uf the body ~ his son
to Guthrie, Mr. Hooper lp former
newspaper man. but now ia engaged
iu tho tailoring and cleaning bust
moss st Guthrie, Iie stated that his
son had been In hlgh school an.
decided to come hero when he re-
ceived an offer uf "a position with
the Pioneer Telephone company. lie
had been In Tulsa nine weeks and,
hhd ne lived I'LL August, would have
been ~ years old. The father said
the boy had never been In troubi I.
and that he believed he was ont for
a good time The remains viii h.
fakeu tn Guthrie for burial Two
| brothers are living besides the par.
ents
Luther Nose. whose name waH
used In connection with the affair.
was not In the party and had no
part IN the trouble, the police stat -.
| yesterday