The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-25
Rl0T-TORN CITY
ENJOYS YULETIDE
Ardmore Breathes in a
Free Manner When
Probe Halted
SENSATIONS 70 COME
Freezing Ready for the Hear
ing of Seventeen Men
Held for Murder

IVY Annotated lrrHs
AHDMORE Drr. 2i.-hrdmorr
today was observing tho fret period
OF official inactivity IN its intcr pcn-
hation since late uu the night of DO.
Ccmhrr 10. when three men wore
Killed at wilson. approximately
% miles west Of here, and which
resulted IN the arrest OF 10 promi-
nvnt citizens ut Curtor county
Tho examining trial OF six of the
men, charged Jointly with murder.
was continued yesterday afternoon
until nest TunHday ut 2 O'Clock ana
today an county offices closed NJ
noon for over tho holldayy. From
unofficial sources came Tho an.
nOuuccmout that county authorities
had been Instructed tp refrain from
taking amy action In the case until
Attorney cy-Goncral Freezing, in charge
of tho prosecution. returns Tuesday
TO resume the TRIAL
County Attorney James n Math-
crs, who has assumed the rolo OF ~
lont oharrNcr In tho trial, under in
NruCtlons from Governor Robertson.
announced lac intended leaving to-.
niEht TO spend tho holidays with hih
son on his Rcd river ranch and At
torucy-Gonoral Freezing. who post
poncd his departure for oklahoma
city until this morning. lott here at
1t;fl ana expected to return early
Tuesday morning.
10 Of Prisoners Arc Free.
or the n mon arrested IN the case,
all but one will spend Christmas day
at their homes They are at liberty
under bond OF 50 800 pending tho
outcome OF the preliminary hearing.
Tho other Is JEFF smith of Hoaldton.
who lies In county JAIN sufferinR
from a wound in tho leg received
when masked men. whom he war
forced TO accompany. ho told county
officials. attacked Joe Carroll at his
home In Wilson. killing Carroll ana
fatally wounding two other men.
or the original II taken into Cua.
tody ! were charged with murder
and two, "A relative and IA friend OF
Carrolla. were held as witnesses,
since last Monday cases have been
dismissed against two OF the defend
ants on grounds that evidence failcd
Co show their connection with the
affair. Five other defendants VIII"
asked for seycrunccs, are scheduled
20 make their pleas and face pre-.
ilmlnary trial Tuesday afternoon
while tho remaining two cases win
como up for disposition at that time.
1t was said.
TO Swear out Riot Charges.
Attorney-Gener FrcGling an
nounced that when he returncs
Tuesday he would institute charges
of murder under the riot statute
aRainht the men now held In the
case. In addition 10 the charge o,
murder now pending against them.
Earlier In the dag. defense Attorney
II. IL. Brown told newspaper men
that he would put each of tho de-
PENDANTS on the stand. explaining
that "wo want to wash our hands
clean at tho first branch we come
to-"
First mention OF tho Ku-EluN
Khan In the hearing was made whom
j. A. Britain, Gu u-todian OF local
lodge hall, took the stand and testi-
fled that he saw j. a. Gillian, ons
of the men held In the case. but no,
now on trial leave the property
room rented by the Ku-Klux Khan at
the hall, IN which was kept locked
. large box with bundle under his
I arm. A man whom he did not recs
z ognlsa accompanied Gillian with n
Z bundle, he said.
This occurred about Z o'clock on
the night OF December 10, the wi, q.
ness said. and Gillian told county
a authorities In n signed statomen,
{ after his arrest that he was mem-
I her OF n crowd OF men who left here
4 with c, G. Sims. Ardmoro police de-
Z teCtivC, whose object was To get
Joe Carroll at Wilson for alleged we,
car deals and whisky running.
Late that night. according to tcs-
timony Of various witnesses. more
than one hundred men gathered In u
4 pasture about five or six miles
southwest OF Wilson I'm thirty ur
forty automobiles and with pillows
( OF feathers and tar. awaited the re,