The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-12-25
YECC,
NOT SLAYER,
FRIEND SAYS
accused Man Faced Prison
on Two Charges,
NO ESCAPE LEFT HIM
Inside Story as He Related
II Is Revealed,

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the peni,,n,iafy p,ner ,hos. J.,,h
rather than lie within the walls of
prison. d the story that Piper
thought to take 10 his grave with him
was revealed here today as such
stories always are.
Mia p,,,, d,d ,o, LII E,;.J,
W.,rbm,,n Its t,s. hn. 81. go
lain ,hnuvh g., IA. v,, ,b.,, vhru.
.h, died ", lr.w ,.'n ,h,, hs rn,iJ
not tell the truth oi her dea,h-and
TN, events leading up 10 /, nor could
lie lie about IT. For If he told the
truth he must 90 to federal prison
for robbery. II he lied he wa, so IT,
fe,r.eyaby bound up by circumstances
that he must 60 10 the state peDiten-
tiary Tor murder. lie chose 10 die.
Milo never could stand ooniinc-
men,." Plpers aged mother said ono
day thi, week The siatcmen, did no.
sound signiilcan, then With the rev.
tlationS Al today II means great
deal II explains eHactly why Piper,
body lies today IN the Muskegon
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Piper. Friend Tells Story.
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lroo, ,arly th,s month :, Hamilton
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no, he disclosed for the story wa, told
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pioer', eoniidan, told il:
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As ] SAID fiPer didn XIII inc g'fl
ont ihere on the faiIroad staue, bu'
he was there when she died. lie al.
mi,'ed that to mc-but he repeated
over and over That he DIDN'T IRE inc
shot that Killed her. freda Weieh-
mmann dc because she knew too
much; that's the only reason, and the
police theories that she was put out oi
the way by Piper because she feared
to disclose his bigamy to MS wi'e' IS
all bosh. go.
Piper IS not killer lie couldn't
be--he isn't built that way. lie mar.
red the girl all right; he admitted
that to me, too. lie married her Ing
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pine, me, ,h... men CoIdh,ry
D.r,or and Sh.ldo, around Iln;on
P,rt in Chicago !" !. ,old N. ooliee
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living ,h,v nrobabiv ,,i,, are crooks
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nl,nr,d ~ Tour th. country nu,l;no
p,i .r,;,, of ,obber;,s They
nj,,r.d IN ,,,ve, nv automobile and
,h.,,s m. ,,,son p;n.r houoh, m.
Th.v sch,med 10 90 abou, from town
% town and ,oh s,un,rv no,,oiiio.s
and ,ba, /. wha, ,hey later did on
,h.;, % Tour Ru, p;,,I told me- TIM,
;m,, a, ,h,, Tim. he was in the mid,,
~ AZ affair with 'Ii,s Wisobmann
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