The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-17
George Gideon. owners of the garage.
Whites Testimony Nsfutrsl

lnoudS Sdll tnat three days attcr
he bought the car he learned that 1t
was stolen auto. That night. he
said. an attempt was made to steal
the car from him. The next day he
turned II over to Pawhuska officers
who kept IL for three weeks Thomas
said that he again got possession Of
tho car came to Tulsa. where Bay
Ward. after looking the car over and
taking the engine numbers, which
had been mutilated. declared II had
been stolen. However. the witness
said that he returned home with the
car and about two weeks later again
came to Tulsa and turned the auto
over TO Roy Moacham. This, he
said. was the first or second week in
April.
1t was this car, which was stored
IN the Mason garage, that Dan
"hlte repievined, claiming 1t as his
own, which had ben stolen on Feb
ruary I However, the next state
witness gave testimony which when
compared with Whites testimony,
makes II impossible for the car to
nave heeu White :, according TO de-
Tense counsel
The next witness. Dan Writer'S. tps-
tilted that he bought the car which
Thomas later purchased from him,
on January S, from a man named
j. f. Anderson.
According to Writer'S. the car bore
an Arkansas license, and Anderson
gave him a bill OF sale showing that
the car had been purchased in Ar
kansas
Writer'S said that after buying the
car he applied Tor an oklahoma IL
cense getting 1t about week before
se!Ilng the car To Thomas. when he
sold the car he claimed that he
also turned over the license receipt.
George Gideon, Writer'S partner in
the garage, gave practically the same
testimony as did Writer'S
E, Bee Guthrey, former secretary
of the Auto club, was called TO the
stand by the state. whose attorneys
attempted TO show that he had as
sisted White in his efforts to recover
the car. However, most OF Guthrey's
stimony was ruled out on objection
OF defense counsel, who claimed it
was hearsav.
Confcsscs 10 Theft on Stand.
W. f.. tuwwec, oil gauger, living
at Bcggs, and the states next wit
ness, testified that about ) o'clock
on the morning of April his tour
ins car was stolen from a lease
about three mills from Reggs. He
claimed that he called Tulsa and
gave description of the car.
The last witness to take the stand,
Ray Dickens, startled the large
crowd when he calmly announced
that IL was ne who stole Ruwwce's.
car. He claimed that Jeff stanfield
farm boss on the lease from which
Ruwwcc's car was taken. was also
4 party to the theft.
According TO Dickens. he stayed
at Stanficld's house the night o.:
April 4, and that Stanfici cut the
telephone wires leading from his
house so as to prevent any attempt
Of RuwWee to communicate with Of
fiCcrs.
Although Dickens was cross-exam-
ined only few minutes before court
was ordered recessed Attorneys
Lcahy and Moss succeeded in gain
ing admissions from him which it is
believed will cause his testimony to
he given little weight by tho jury.
stole Car to Pay Debt.
On rosS-cxamiuation. Dickens
claimed that he stole the car To sat
isfy G. o. Brady. whom he owed a
debt of 500. Dickens said that he
brought the car to Brady the morn
ing that it was stolen. Brady, a for
mer police "undcrcover" man, was
convicted Of receiving stolen prop
erty about TWO weeks ago and SEN
fenced to five years in the peniten-
tiary.
over vigorous objections OF the
state, I.cahv managed to gain the ad-
mission from Dickens that he told
the county attorney. after being ar
rested in Texas for the theft OF the
car, that he was guilty, and also told
f. j. BAYS, county investigator, the
same thing.
Dickens was not arrested until
some time after Brady had been ar
rested ana was being held in Jail
Dcndng trial. Dickens admitted
that after telling the county attorney
and was guilty he pleaded not guilty
when arraigned In district court. He
claimed that the county attorney
ana f.. J. Bays advised him to do SO.
why did YOU plead not guilty in
district court and Just now admit
stealing the carr" Dickens was
asked.
This question was ruled ont by
Judge Cole
you admitted your guilt 10 tho
county attorney and +. j. Bays and
tpn pleaded not guilty in count,
didn't you?" loahv asked. Again
the state counsel created an uproar
but Judge Cole allowed Dickens to
lUSN'I,
Not Guilty on PriV Vrcnfor's Advice
Il pleaded not guilty on the ad-
vice OF my father he replied.
Answer my question, please"
Lcahy demanded.
Eyes, | djd tell them was guilty,
but when they advised me to plead
not guilty | followed their advice"
isn't II fact that there is an
understanding between you and the
county attorneys office that You
won't hc prosecuted until after this
trial has been settled?" Loahy
asked.
40, there Is not"
DO you know why YOU have not
been tried?" he was asked.
II do not"
This was as far as the cross-cx-
animation had proceeded when
Judge cole ordered court recessed.
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