The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-10-13
CREEK INDIAN is
FEATURE OF SUIT
Salacious Testimony Is
Brought Out by the
Plaintiff.
Sl5O,OOO ASK D
Judge Wheeler Fin e S
Morton Rutherford $25
for Contempt of Court

.-eelal to The World ....,,
'Ni-SIEDGEE. oct. If Hearing OF
lanes ]. t1axton's $4,000 allena
I'm s,It against Eastman Richards
,.llionaire creek Indian. which was
'1 rlI swing before a jury in me
district court yes rrday, developed .
mass OF testimony ot 'he mos'
b.znrrc and risque nature magma
bIe Yesterdays session or lhe "vu,
nrrere an audience mat pacheu ,h'
lIr courtroom to the doors, ale"
y,S. marked by frequent sharp uhs
ner,yc,n Colonel Rutherford Of de
frnsr counsel and Trial Judge u. Is.
vree,cr. one OF which resulted m
No attorney being fined SIS Tor con
-tompt OF court.
Al the close OF yesterday me
p.ainsff had submitted most'of hls
,ratimony. and the defense. whirh 's
..4.ed ON a frame M plea, VIII be
pre-cnted to the jury Monday.
An artist would have found sub
,.,rs hirhly colorod IN a study OF
ro principal participants In the
..,H yesterday There was Eastman
richards. fullblood Creek cop
rrr-hucd and swurthy richly cl1h
,o hplcal western fashion with high.
brightly polished. artistlchlIN nm
i.hrd leather boots. a brilliant SILK
shirt and an enormous beaver ha'
seated at table win his attorneys
Arross the table was ClaNton. the
,I,.rilff a tailor before he entered
, rte army-and now the living I'm
pc-sonatiou OF the collar al man,
whose face IL familiar 10 all maya
zine readers
The plaintiff had outlined ils
,,.e nv several Witnesses chief or
, which was Mrs Roscoe VIM. H.
SISTER OF Mrs ClaNton II had been
shown hy these witnesses that while
CIas,ou and his wife lived in che
rotah and ran a tailor shop petore
r,uNfon went 20 war their demcanpr
t6Vard each other on the street hsd
a.wnya been affeCtionatr, These
.4me witnesses declared that since
llg return ClaNion had been much
.rtngcd ono witness declaring ne
. always appeared 20 be in a deep
study" n
statements. then went into the meat
Of the case when she testified 20 the
relationship between the wealthy IN
Ian and Mrs. ClaXton at Richard
willie. when Mrs. ClaNton was lying
in Richards residence there
Throughout this testimoHy,
colonel Rutherford often asked
uuest+ons which the court ruled out
on objections by Attorney DAVIS toi
the plaintiffs. and on several occ'-
s.Cns In argument OF the objections
Colonel Rutherford repeated the
question several tlpes, IN the pres
ence OF the jury
hut the climax In me argument
between the court and the attorney
came when Mack Hicks, garage
man employed by Richards. was
.r1ss examined by Attorney Davis
Colonel Rutherford s,renupusN
objected. but was overruled,
oTHr court ohicC.s to the remark
~ counsel" said the Judge ana
'hc attorney making The remark IL
fined S25. 10 be paid ut once
For an instant the attorney made
n1 move toward his check book, ana
She court repeated 20 be paid a.
once
AN right" said the attorney ris-
lnE and smiling Give me "A check,
he asked The clerk, and he paid the
fine
colonel Rutherford excepted to
mo action OF the court Tor tinlnE nun
M The presence 81 the jury, his eN-
repuon was noted IN the record ana
'hr case proceeded
Tho plaintiff brought out ies'l-
m0ny thl' Mrs. ClaNton and her
husband had apparently been very
affectionate before he went 20 war
that soon after he left she went 10
R.chardville. and lived IN Richards
home. until her husband returned
from the war Nothing had been
adduced directly on the 'point, al
legged In the petition, that Richards
had Induced her by offers OF money
and protcs,aiious of love TO come TO
hts town and live with him.
Mrs Claxton was not in the court
room Saturday. and ClaNton's at
forneya say she Is not here so far
a. they know She will not be used
asa witness since she cannot tesiltN
either for or against her husband
in civil proceeding Colonel RUIN
crford Indicated that she is In the
city. however. when hefasked Mrs.
Wlnn. her sister. Weren't you ana
ClaNton and Mrs ClaNton together
on tho streets ~ Muskogee niFht
before Iast7" The witness denied
that they were. and said her sister
W.s not here So FAR as she knew
but IN Arkansas City. Kan.
tt is the theory or the defense
that the whole affair IS frame up
No'wecn ClaNton his wife and NJ
Z CrulcNreld. with whom Mrs
CuNton first went 100 kirhudNil.tt