The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-04-08
BEGIN KILLINGER
MURDER HEARING
Charged With Killing
Dawson Grocer on Night
Of October 10, 1916
ACC0MPLICE IS DEAD
Fof Life Sentence After Con-
fession, but Later Died
From tuberculosis

More than six years after the
rr,re was committed George Kill
nn. r.. accused Of the murder Of
sherman Ward. a Dawson grocer.
went 60 trial before a jury in Judge
Redmond S. Coles division OF the
J..... court yesterday
r,,r men were involved In tho
murder Of the grocer who was shot
t. death during a holdup. one OF
taau. Bob Crawford--who CON
Tossed Co being involved In tho crime
was sentenced TO llfo imprison-
ment ir 1916, but died later of tu-
,ber.uloIa Tho state alleged that
Euusar, arrested last fall as he
I.t.a canadian jail. Is tho other.
rae jury picked shortly after the
r... recess follows: !. d. Lcwko-
v..z. nd. T.. Crosslcy, l.. w. Critch-
tou, charles WilkersOn. V. G. Fuller,
John N. Hail, ]. J. Bess. r. T..
Downing, u. ID. Nelson, S. IL. Bailey,
p, A. Hartman and F.. IL. Heath.
rho taking OF testimony began
about 3 O'Clock and at G o'clock
when court adjourned until Friday
morning. the state was about haD
through with it's long list OF wit
nrsres. Assistant County Attorney
Coldqbcrry, who is heading the
prosecution, said that he expected to
finish 10y II O'Clock today. Among
the witnesses for tho state nre Mrs.
Fannie ward, wife OF the slain gro
Ger, Gordon Barnes, undertaken
d. who inferred the body; Harry An
ltobus. police officer at Dawson, w.
T. DohFln J. -. Doson, Elmer
pufE. Lester Chlsm, Arthur Brown,
George Bagslcy Mrs. 4. B. Mills,
James smith, W. T.. Brown, James
WooIlcy. former sheriff: James Pat
ton. chief Of detectives, and Harry
Sanders, police detective. Both Pat
ton and sanders worked on tho case
Immediately after the murder.
kulingcr's Pal Convicted.
Bob Crawford. alleged crony Of
KilLurcrs. was tried for taking
part in the crime in November of
1916 and sentenced 20 life impris-
onmout. Shortly uftcrward he be-
came afflicted with tuberculosis and
was paroied to 20 TO New Mexico
where ne died about Two years aftoi
be.ug sentenced.
klhuger, shortly after the arrest
OF Crawford, LETT Tulsa county and
Until last fan was never heard of.
Then sheriff Woolley received word
that ho was serving prison term
I'm Canada for breaking into box
car ot liquor. kIllInser walked out
OK a Canadian prison into the Tulsa
county ian. Sheriff Woolley brought
hill back from Canada to Tulsa and
g. hnnH for
trial.
In September during Kangaroo
c1u~. I<ulinEcr and a Mexican had
Lght in which the accused muir
dercr came off second best. He was
seriously wounded by the Mexican,
who stabbed killinger with \ spoon
which he had fashioned into dirk.
Ward Accused by Crawford,
The story OK the Ward murder,
as told by Crawford from the wit
ness stand and also as related by
him in an affidavit he made prior
10 his trial. is that he and Kill
lnger went to Dawson on october
10 20 hold Up n wagon which was
supposed to come through that town
with booze, The wagon did not come
and hi.huEcr said that he would
not 30 back to Tulsa empty handed
and according to Crawford's affida-
Wit, Eil,luEer suggested that they
rob the ward grocery store. Craw'
} ford said he refused and came on tc
Tulsa II the store was robbed and
Ward killed by killinger, Crawforl
testified that Killinger did it alone
Several Witnesses for the state II
yesterdays trial, who were witnesses
90 the killing Of Ward. identified
KIhingcr as one Of the murderers
Indications at the close OF cour'
Thursday afternoon We're that th'
case will probably end tonight. Il
is not believed that the defense will
use many witnesses, Attorneys foi
the defense declined to say wha
theory the defense would be basec