Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-04-09
JURY DIVIDED ON
CHAIR OR PRISON
INSANITY IS ONLY DEFENSE


~" agreement was reached iu the
case Ht John Woody Russell CHARGED
N'h thn murder of Glcnu Allison.
.N..t policeman. after tho jury had
."Nhvr't'i fur more than two hour.
A.' night Trial began boo the dis.
Ni.' court u Judge p'Ncu vcstrr-
'"F mornlur and tho case was
-i.rn o. th, jury at 10 o'clock last
n'Eht AZ l'.lO the foreman ~ the
luIF reported that am trrccmrut had
not been reached and the jurors
were instructed 70 retire for the
nlEht and. resume consideration this
morning
Divided Over Penalty
- was IN" opinion Of those who
had followed the cas-" throughout
the day that the iurymcu were split
un the question uf the penalty some
declaring fur the extreme pcualfy ~
death and others holding out Tor q
iit" sentence Though i've yrrdlcts
were prepared fur the itry IuClud
lng murder punishable with death.
manSlauEhtcr punishable with No
imprisonment manslnuEhter with
m" penalty io be- determined hy the
jury from four ycnt% To life lmpris-
onwcut not guilty and not guilty
because OF insanity few expected
the Jury to deliberate except between
the two first vcrdicts
The facts of the case as reviewed
hv the state and admitted by the de
Tense began with series " hold
ups here In the early part NJ Eebru-
arv. Citizens were thrown into an
automobile by three men and hauled
10 convenient places and robbed
Following feat Of this Kind. Russell
was arrested In West Tulsa on the
morning ~ February 7 with Emil
Craft on the robbery charge
natrolmen Glenn Allison. Henry
Majors and "Hill" Shue. desk ser
rcant. arrested the two men and
went 10 the Cpsden refinery to ar
rest third suspect when they
stopped at tho gate Of tho refinery.
Shuc and Majors lot Allison watch
ing Russell and Graft while they
went to get the other suspect.
Allison Killed.
Russell sat In the back OF the car
and Allison and Craft In the front
seat, Taking advantage nf an op-
portunity to escape Russell hit All
son with an hutomo obile Jack and
Jumped into the seat vacated by
Cran lie then drove away, After
a few blocks, Allison recovered and
got his gun and In struggle for the
weapon with Russell Allison was
shot in the side. Russell stopped the
car on the West Tulsa bridge and,
cowing q crowd that had gathered,
escaped and was not heard OF until
several days later when he was ar
rested I'm Joplin after n fight with
officers there.
The prosecution was conducted by
County Attorney George Reeves and
Assistant County Attorney W. u.
Williams ! \, Hale was appointed
by the court to defend Russell after
r L. Brown had applied for permis-
sion 70 withdraw from the case.
Russell did not testify except TO
answer few questions because for
several days since his attempt To es-
cape from Jail he has claimed that
he can neither hear nor talk Wit
ncgses were introduced by the state
with the purpose ~ showing thht
the prisoner was taking Russell
wrote in answer TO written qucs-
ton that he could neither hear nor
talk. Several witnesses declared
that he had shown evident signs OF
hearing. though he has steadfastIS
refused to answer questions
Temporary insanity, caused hy eN-
,,ts,yo drugs. was the sole IL IN ~
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