Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-04-20
DELIBERATE EIGHT HOURS
Defendant on Trial Second
Time for Killing
Charles Shaw
LIFE SENTENCE IS POSSIBLE
Mav BE Imprisonment Not
Longer Than Four
Years.

Mou,laughtcr In the first degree
Ntth sentence 60 bc fixed by the
court was tho verdict returned by
tho jury at Po'Clock Friday nignt
against W r. CrIhtroc. who has been
trcd In the district court for th"
murder OF Charles ". Shaw al the
Mabel Brooks ruadhousr last May
The jury was out eight hours
The sentence that may be imposed
by the court ranges from four years
60 life imprisonment IN the penitcn-
uary /, is likely that sentence wit
he passed this morning by Judge
Mcneil, who presided during the
trial
This was the second trial OF Crab
tree. A hung jury resulted In the
trial in January with seven for con
NiCtion and five jurors for RCquittal
Two other yerdicts were possible
under the Instructions TO the jury by
the court Murder i'm the first de-
gree. punishable with death and ac-
quittal. were also possible vordtcts.
Eleven Favored Limit.
Eleven OF the jurors favored a YER
oict of murder In the first degree.
Punishable with death. 1t IL said
y W Holmes, a plumber was the
tone Juror ~ no held out FOR YER
dict Of manslauEhter and forced
the others to ipin him IN the FINAL
verdict, according TO THIS iutorma
tion.
Crabirre remains at lihcr'y under
a $4,000 bond rhc case viii uc
appealed 60 the criminal court OF
auneals ynd Crabtrne w.ll p" at lih-
rrtv until the sentence Of the court
D. either affirmed or reversed,
Case to Jury ut O'Clock.
The case went 10 the jury At
o'clock yesterday at the end ot n
three hour appeal to the jury by
County Attorney George Reeves
asking the Jury 10 convict Crnhtree
OF the murder OF shaw on the evil
dence alone, Arguments began at :
o'clock Thursday night and Assistant
county Attorney Carter Smith aud
Pat Malloy. chief counsel for crab
tree, addressed the jury. =. NJ,
Gansher opened the ease again Fri
Attorney Reeves who made n strong
case Tor the state.
" was Crabtree who mixed I'm the
"I"nH'es that disturbed the road !
mousse party during the evening and |
expressed Intention Of going out to !
Eel an AK and XIII a few or the !
Ioaters' Shaw had made Crabtree |
stick up his hands and this ncttled !
him. according 90 Reeves
Nobory can mess with Crab and |
get away with &c." Crabtroe said |
according to testimony. ana then he |
is later declared TO have saia 81 nj
the -- -- with "A club and I I
think he is dead"
These points constituted tho p,ator
part OF the evidence OF the stat. and
the defense pleaded gclf.defars.
with the alternative case that IL O,s
Freeman and not Crabtree thntI
Killed shaw.
Evidence Contradictory
Thruout the arguments the wit
nesses on both sides were fayed hy
counsel, For every witness OF tho
state who gave testimony that Crab
tree had said or done things thar
lended 10 point TO guilt there was a
contradictory witness for the defense
denying the testimony OF the statc,s
witness and giving positive testimony
mat 1t was Freeman who killed
Shaw. This situation Is UmstrateI
IN the testimony OF Lillian Chipman
Tor the state and Whitley" paype
for the defense.
Crahtree declared after shaw had
been struck that he had hit him vift,
club and didn't think he would Ii,e
the Chipman woman testified
bessle Shields ran thru the b,,so
screaming NV God Fred ',..,.o
kl'Ird hlm.' according 90 .Vh.tr,. 80.
PAYNE. ""'''S
o. The testimony was slmllnr 2, u,fs
"' material points ~ tc.rir,o,y