The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-11-25
Aged Man Slain BY Robber
Who Flees With Stores Cash
Slayer Of j.. {, Trice Escapes
Without Being Seen by
Anyone in Neighborhood Of
Tragedy
BUltE

DOEEE i'Ns
Three men are held st the police
station suspected, II 10 thought. OF
having como hnowledse Of the XIII.
inp this morning Of J. e. rries,
North western avenue grocer.
County officers are proceeding ur.
der the theory thst . negro did the
killing. They believe they know the
Identify Of the men. One OF the
suspsets a. the police station ia
negro.
Z. e. Elliott and 8. D. Carter,
Nrsmen a. fire AatIor a. Twenty
first street and Western avenue,
saw . negro descend from q street
car Just q few minuteS before the
robbery and walk In the direction
Of the store. Police believe they
. have found the murderer In the per.
son Of negro now held al the city
jail - . suspect
JefArpon r. Trice. bs years old. was
shot ana instantly killed IN his grocery.
231s North Western Avenue. at Y o'clock
this morning. The murderer escaped
unseen. Robbery In believed 10 he tho
motive. but the amour, OF money
stolen has not been learned. One bul-
let entered Trices left shoulder ara an.
other the heart. coming out at M right
shoulder.
Shots Are Heard.
Seighbors heard the two shots, but
Thought nothing Of Il. believing that an
automobile WAS backfirlng A. john
son, SIXTY secoud street and Lee ave.
nue.. milk man. who had known tho
dead man for years. was the first 10
find the body when he entered the store
few minutes after . o'clock to deliver
the days supply OF milk. He rushed
TO I'M Trice home. .3It North Ole ave-
nue.. and notified Mira Trice, who At
oAcs called her daughter, Mrs. John L.
Dickson. sos Yves, Twdfth street
M. rrice than surhed to the store,
arriving there almost a, the same tirps
her daughter DRIVE rp. eecomp panied by
Mr. Dicason. The tb,ce entered the
store. followed soon after by John A.
Northrup. ioff West Twenty.thiri
street, and Sam Woods. 1879 welt
Twenty third street Northrup t6ld
Woods 10 call the police.
Post. .rnortsm Held,
Chief Of Police Jerry Smith and msn
OF the force arrived shortly Rfterward,
followed by Sheriff q. u, johnson and
Claude Tyler. deputy. Capt. John r.
Jerkens and Justice A. W. Mownllaps
.con srri,ed and New ,.liams held
post -mortem examination and ordered
the body removed by nm undertaken.
According to tine story OF his wife,
Tricc left his home at his customary
time this morning. opening the store
between 7 ana T;3O o'clock. At o'clock
Johnson. the milkman. rushed to the
Trice hume and sscitedly told Mrs.
Trce "Jsff Ia lying on the floor and
wont talk TO me-
Trice had been subject 10 heart trou.
ble. and Mrs. Trics believed that he
had succumbed from tht ailment. Cry.
ing, she At once teiephoped her tdauEh.
ter. Mrs Dickson. saying, Jeff has
died OF heart failure"
= Sized Discovers. =
Mr. and Mrs.. Dickson drove at oncs
TO the stoss. arriving Just M Mrs Trics
did The three catered the store and
found the body lying face up with tho
head nearly In 4 wnste. baskeo In tho
rear OF the store, close TO Trice's desk.
A small pool Of blood had trickled ~
the floor.
When the police srrived and exam
ined the scene. thoy found q sman
leather wallet nenr tho cash reEsier
which was ideptlfied as the dead mans.
About IS in small change was stacked
up on the til OF The register. indlcs 'Inu
Y l.