The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-04-06
One Of Trio Of Men Struck
Boy, Whose Body Was
Carried Several Yards
And Abandoned,
SOME KNOW THE ASSAILANT 7
Testimony Shows Unknown
Persons Have Information
But viii Not Tell.

F,rdDnn from rhc. report of 1h'
post muItcm examination h'Id over
the body ~ EdNlu T. IHnnuEh hN
phvFlp'Au appointed lrlanN h' 'h'
court. that the deceased came lu hin
death uf the hands of p"rHpns un
known io the Jury ana 'ml the
wound WNIrh caused The '"uhg
mans death luHt Wedursdny was due
To- = blow ON the head, Inflicted Win
intent lo murder the deceased. ia"
coroner jur, called by N" county
Altorrcla office in IN" court ~ Jus
tivc n ! cray Friday and continued
TO saturday afternoon brought In ils
verdict without sufficient evidence
to fs tho blame fnr the death
INnnugh. recently di-ch haigrd from
the army. coming 10 this riN In com.
pauy With ,cral associates ir"W
IndrrcudCncc Mo. last Tuesday. WIS
found wing fatally wounded on tho
sidewalk Rt First and MAN rli'r's
wednesday night. hy crowds coming
from nearby thOatcr The assault
which ,nurcd the death. mndo ny
parties .. yet unidentified WAS not
preceded b, a quarrel but from tea
timony ~ witursEes. vas the result "f
single blow struck by AN unknown
person
Missing Witnesses scored,
After the return ~ the jury win
its verdict. ], q. ThompSon, assistant
county attorney. I'm charge of the In
ycstigation. stated that while the tcs-
timony was insufficient TO fix the
blame for the murdcrous assault, II
did show that several persons were
witnesses to the affray. who have not
aa yet given the officials any infor
nation Whatever These persons
while perhaps not implicated In this
crime, nevertheless have knowledge
OF the participants ana by tniling I"
notify either the city or county off'
Cials Of the true circumstances sur
rounding the assault. lav themselves
liable To apprehension as accessories
either before cr after the fact and
prosecution NJ such.
That IynauEh WAS slugged by an
Unidentified man upon whose right
hand was "a brass knuck, was the
testimony of clyde sickle and I.ysle
hansen. two boys who testified that
upon leaving picture thoater in the
vicinity OF the crime. they saw
blow struck and saw Lynaugh fall
to the sidewalk. Sickle stated that
he could not Identify the hsatlant
but Nansen declared he had provl'
ously seen the man who assaulted
Lynaugh and would he able TO
Identify him. The two boys were
the only witnesses produced who
testified that they had Witnessed the
assault at close range. After the
man had struck Lynnugh. the assaN
ant with two friends half carried
lyraugh for few foet, and then
finding TINT hA aiIg kau HnaAN
to collapse, laid the body OF the dy.
ing man on tho sidewalk and walked
rapidly east on First street
Had Come Here 60 Work.
Some light was thrown on ~
nHugh's actions for tho two DAYS
previous To his death by Edward
Lewis and J. +. Conley, with whom
the victim worked at Independence,
Mo, previous TO coming to Tulsa
last Tuesday Lewis testified that
he had known LyNaugh for tho past
hve years, and that he had worked
with him In Independence until last
monday, when number Of men,
employed IN pipeline work decided
10 come to Tulsa seeking work
lewiH Conley, Lynaugh and reveral
other pipeline workers came to this
city and secured lodging at the Eagle
hotel on East First street LAWS
stated that the last time he saw his
friend was In front of the Eagle
note about three hours before the
fatal injury was inflicted on
lynhugh. Conley had known
lsynaugh for only n few weeks. Both
men testified that they had never
known lynhuEh to DO OF a quarrel
some nature
l. &. Stevens, returned soldier
testified that he came out OF the
side exit OF the theater on First
street and saw Lynaugh fall TO tho
sidewalk, and then saw three men.
one OF whom ho stated he might
Identify, walk from the prostrnte q
form OF man, lie did not see the
blow struck which fellcd the victim,
he stated
Popcorn Vcndcr Trnific-.
j. w. Reed. proprietor of pop
corn wagon. within "A few feet OF
which the Hlugging occurred, stated
that he WAS not In his wagon at the
time OF the assault. but that he ar
rived Immediately afterward lie
could offer no testimony as to the
actual assault but stated that n man
whom he had never seen stepped up
TO the wagon. and stated to Reed
that he the speaker. knew who
sluggcd the man at that time lying
on the sidewalk, but that he would
say nothing TO the police because
hr wished to keep out OF the affair
entirely.
II was upon this testimony and
some other OF n similar nature that
Attorney Thompson based his belief
expressed In court that there are
several persons In this city, not i'm
plicated In the affair who have for
nome reason refused to make known
10 the county authorities such in
formation as they have
John HAYDEN, employed on road
work az Bruncr station, west Of this
CITY Corrobornied the testimony
given by Jack Wlldrep Friday.
when he stated that with Walhicp
ana another man whose name he dId
not know, from across tho street
snw tho assault Neither OF tho
three men went to Lynaugh's Ms.
sistRnce, according TO heir test.
Tpry
10 CONTINUE Investigation.
while the members OF the Jury
were compelled. because OF other
business. 20 return verdict after
two afternon sessions. and the mat
ter closed 20 FAR as this jury Is con
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