Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-02-16
TRIALS IN MARCH AID APRIL
Demurrer in Case of Barber
Overruled; Accused OF
Numbering Wife.
SUICIDE STORY IS REFUTED
first Statement of Woman
Said Husband Had Shot
Her Three Times.

Woody" Russell slayer OF Glenn
Allison. and &. II. williams Tulsa
larber, charged with the murder OF
IT'S wife. were ordered held without
pdi following hearings Of the charges
against them In Lee Daniels court
,esterday. Both men were returned
a.. the county Jail to await trial in the
district court, sometime in March or
April.
Neither defense introduced any evil
,pnrc at the hearing, and no argu-
Uouts were made In either case. by
the state or the defense. except In
.na williams trial when Flint Moss
ed "A demurrer asking the dismissal
uf the charges against Williams on
'uc grounds that the state had not
.utroduced sufficient evidence TO
how that n crime had been commit
tod The demurrer In the Williams
t-e was oyerruled by Justice Daniel
t. well as one filed In tho Russell
case.
Both Had Rcyoiycrs.
Testimony to show that Williams
was In the room with his wife when
the shots were fired that killed his
wife. ana evidence that both Williams
.,ud his wife had revolvers few min
lies before the shooting was intro
need bv the state Louise I.ayman
Who was visiting the williams home
u. the night OF the shooting. testified
hat williams and his wife quarreled
nd that both had revolvers After
.NCral shots were fired In the room,
Williams -rah out of the house, she
aid
In previous accounts or the affair.
Williams maintained that his wife
mot him and that he ran out of the
louse. Then she took another gun
md shot herself, according TO his
-tutcmonts
+. Hastings and II. 3. Hinscliffe
Who live In the north side of the
rouse occupied by williams. testified
That they heard someone leave the
house after several shots had been
Drrd This was williams. the state
,.tIucd.
Attack OF the exoneration OF her
husband by Mrs. Williams. who de-
D1rcd repeatedly that she shot her
suf was made by the state through
three Witnesses Louise Layman de-
,iu,i that Mrs Williams said shortly
utter being wounded MY husband
stul me three times" Hastings and
Iinsoliffe sald they heard woman
say after the shooting, "If | die
tIHed myself"
Clothing Not Powder Marked.
Williams clothes were powder
burned. according to testimony OF
Louise iAyman. Mrs. williams
Clothes were not powder burned, nor
Was her flesh dlscolored, according to
testimony introduced clyde poole, a
reporter testified at length as 10 the
action OF gun OF the caliber Mrs.
Williams was shot with. In burning
various materials at given distances,
SlIk. such as Mrs Williams wore.
would be burnt IL the gun were held
ts close as six inches, he said. basing
h.s opinion on experiments he had
Huducted.
I'm his argument against the de-
wurrer County Attorney Reeves
~"otfed at the suicide theory, 1t
would have been n physical .lmpossi.
ulty for her to have shot herself
uuleI1he circumstances described
me rITrdlty OF the shots which fol-
lowed in quick succession, was an
other reason urged against the suicide
theory Reeves declared that Mrs
Williams could not possibly have fired
lH" gun rapidly in the position IN
which she would have had TO have
held II TO have inflicted the two
'"unds on herself.
n oyerrulng the demurrer, Justice
Inntcl declared that he believed IL was
physical imposslbility for the wounds
II" have been self-inflicted.
Blow Killed Allison.
II was the blow In the head ana
NOT the gunshot that killed Glenn Al
son. according to Dr. Fred s. clinton
IhN blow with an automobile JACK
shed the patrolman's skull, caus-
..- hemorrohage and serious Injury
Z" 'he brain substance The Eunshot
wound was not. necessarily fatal, the
doctor declared.
walter Goff, messenger hoy, tolu
' the struggle between Allison and
'.' sell while their automobile was
.''a'ng the bridge in West Tulsa. The
90 passed him at rapid speed ana
N' swervinK from side to side and
heard the shot fired which
ndod both Allison and Russell, he
'NeId
Russell admitted striking Allison
WIN an automobile Jack. Jim Patton,
."'rl ot detectives, testified woody
I.'I" the admission In the police
-.''lon Wednesday afternoon when he
N's taken TO the BertiRon room for
i'''surcments
'.Hscll appeared at the hearing
N..h'ui counsel Justice Daniel
'."1red I'D Harvey to represent him
'' the hearing.
Il telegram was received yesterday
L. s Mucqueen, county investi-
'.'r from the chief OF police OF
."relon where Russell fQrWerly
N'1 under the name oof JohneEfrn
'' stating that he had been sem
,..e1 to the penal farm there and
'ia' he had escaped from the police
ghyrees