The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-24
ginning OF the trial requested scv-
oranges from Joint indictment.
Dismiss One Defendant

NAl'A'iiN ~ ill' u lll lF'tVtrltu NfNs
oranges from Joint indictment
Dismiss One Defendant
The case Of John smith. one Of
the defendants in the trial today was
dismissed on the motion of Attor.
noN-Gnncral Freezing, because n
was said evidence failed 10 show his
connection with the affair
A majority Of the Witnesses called
TO the stand today tended 10 bear
out the contention OF the prosoCu-
tion that band Of more than one
hundred men from Ardmore ana
other towns I'm Carter county. under
the Leadership OF c. q. Sims, Arc
more police detective, gathered In
pasture near Wilson with tar ano
feathers and waited while Sims ana
eight other men went td he nome oI
Joe Carroll In Wilson with the inten.
tion of bringing him To the pasture
and Furnishing him for alleged boot
Logging
Forced to Accompany Rand.
Assistant County Attorney Hodge
/ testified to statement made'to him
| by Jeff Smith In which tho latter
said he was picked up on the streets
Of Hcaldton on the night OF Decom.
her 10 by band OF masked men in
two automobiles. forced 20 go with
them to the pasture and later to
accompany Sims and six other men
to the home Of his brother, John
Smith I'm Wilson, whore he was
forced later to accompany them to
the horne Of Joe Carroll because he
was acquainted with Carroll
Soon after the shooting. Smith
was found on the street I'm Wilson
suffering from bullet wounds ano
1. A. 4.
died later, The physician who at
tended him said he declared that he
had been shot at Carrolls home. Th.
wounds were from a .3S or As calf
ber revolver the doctor added Car
rolls revolver, when found by the
chief OF police at Wilson, was a .3s
cnlibre and had six empty shells IN
the chambers.
Statement Before Death.
Before ho died. physicians sain
Smith made a statement. The de-
fense objected to the Introduction
OF the statement and the doctor waN
not allowed to repeat II. He saiS
however, that Smith did not rccoe-
ni2e anyone but JEFF Smith in the
party.
on the following day, the doa1
body Of Sims was found in a pas
the expedition. He was clothed In
"A business suit. over which he worr
a suit Of Khaki unionalls and a cap
matching the Khaki material lay
near by. A bloodstained hHndkcr-
hier, a black mask and n far con-
'aiuing about pint Of whisky also
were found near the body the wit
ness testified. An Amply pistol scab-
bard was strapped TO his body
Jeff Smith, according to Hodges
during the shooting al Carr0lls
Crept over to one OF the automobiles
and brought II back to the pasture
one Of the other two men IN tho
rear scat with him, he was qIotcd
as saving, declared that "this fellow
beside me is wounded badly" Smith |
said that he did not know tho man |
Contend Man Was Sims.
The prosecution will contend. at
tornevs say, that this man was Sims
and that after taking him back TO
the pasture and finding him fatally
wounded, the more than one hum
drcd men who accompanied him on
the raid left him lying helpless on
the ground and returned to their
homes.
Jeff Smith was returned to Heald-
ton and taken to the home OF John
Smith, n relative Of neither of the
two Smiths aforementioned. There
he was treated by Dr T., / Barker,
who was asked TO go, he testified, by
the Rev Leon Julius Baptist min
lister OF Healdton, and cautioned by
the minister not to mention the in
Cident Smith later that night was
found by authorities who claimed h-
wore "A mask over his face while ly-
ing In bed, The Reverend Julius,
also, was taken into custody on the
following day but denied having
had anything TO do with summoulng
the doctor, according 20 the witness.