The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-01-12
Bandit EntertdinS MdtrOn
While RObbing Apartment

THAT hc was In hard luck was
tho excuse which bold daylight
burglar fippantly govo for bringing
hard luck yesterday 10 his victim. %
young Tulgl matron.
Keep Hill or ri shoot you cold"
wsH tho order which greeted Mrs.
Arthur N steiner. pretty rlrl wife
or uu cuplpyr ~ th9 Constnntlu
U,uniug ,ompnny whom shc opened
the door OF their ground floor apart
mput Gov the ElW apartment Ht t22l
South Frankfort ~ i.lO o'clock
wednesday afternoon and her star
tied eyes saw. not the expected priy
afternoon caller, but n tunsl,cd man
l",pllug largo revolver clOsH 60 her
breast
Searched Deliberately.
RoIirrafing his threat, the robhcr
uuI,Kly slammed tho door boulnd
him. as.,rt1iuod ~ u rapid glance
around that there was no one olHH iu
tho apartment. backed Mrs steiner
into tNo bedroom ana began % dc
ub,ruto search through steamer
trunk with one haad while keeping
Mrs steiner covered with tho gun
m hls other hand w." paid no at.
trnllou To- her trembling pleas not
tp shoot nud her assurance that ho
wps welcome 90 all the vnluahlcH IN
tho place " he would only go at
once. ana hc kept threatening her
oven after she volunteered the locn-
ton ~ hcr hu4bnndn revolver.
After picking mp cigar from box
ON the stand with the remark that
"Toil Arthur I'm having q cigar ON
him" lac ordered her into the living
room aud into u chair ana pulled
down the blinds Ills careful ran
Ancklng Of every drawer and re-
,optacle was interspcrscd with n
nonchAlnnt but unsuccessful attempt
10 smoke clgnrot despite tho
handkerchief covering the lower
part Of his face. and a gay struttlng
dance step,
Unable 60 Find work.
Abruptly ho logan To tell how he
had been unable 10 find work and
was hungry, TO Mrs. Stelnor's qucH-
tiona, "Why don't you try to get
work A You could at least holl
happened without thclr coming TO
mo about IT," he declared.
lie also dcnlea that thcro was
more than ono gnllows Rt Oiovres.
\ story previously told tho com
mlttce by Robert a. Harrison that
u Mexican had been lynchod near
Gondrccourt by officers and noh
of tho sixteenth infantry was de-
MED by Or. II. u. Ross OF Danvlli-
M, who was medical officer OF
tho sixteenth infantry.
1T would have been impossible"
snid Ross. for "A man TO have been
hanged without my knowledge OF
IT,"
Another Charge Filed.
Senator Watson, author OF tho In.
vestigation, opened today's hearing
by inserting In tho record n sworn
statement from j. A. Mcdonald OF
Youngstown. Ohio. that he sew n
soldier named Pat Fitzgerald shot
down by sergeant Mt Raanes pris-
on. Tho killing had previously hoen
sworn to by Ed Duuer ot San Fran
cisco. McDonald's affidavit snid:
'!n regard 80 your investigation
or the death of Pat Fitzgerald,
killed at Raanea, France, by ser
gean. of the guard Copper tfuppa)
| of New Castle, Pa, ! Wish To state
| | was an eye witness OF the delibcr.
late murder, being the second In the
line behind Pat Fitzgerald.
| II am ready and willing Mt any
time 60 testify 10 this and also back
up the statement OF Private Dune'
OF san Francisco, as | was nom
ber of the same company as Cop
per and Fitzgerald"
The committee was asked To sub'
poena the Youngstown man,