The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-03-11
CHANGE OF VENUE.
GRANTED TO TRIO.
Fears, Cook and Shelton
Will BE Tried in
PaWnee County
FEELING YET BITTER
Judge Holds Men Entitled to
Hearing in County Not
Affected

AVA rr1rr. Tom W. cook aud
IruuE Shelton, the throo mon vino
puu accused or numbering Hurry
Nuraudt aud seriously wouudiug lkc
NUh,IaUu police officers. ou the
uiEht of December a. when bandits
alleged in ID Fears. Cook ana Shcl.
ton, hIUuk,d the officers. will DO
tried iu IuuuCo. April 10. according
tu 90 decision made Friday evening
nH District Judge Redmond 8. Colo
or the conclusion OF the hc1ring on
iur application ~ tho throo men for
20 change 81 venue.
lu granting tho change of venue
tn Iuwuuo county Judge Colo said
th1t ho aid 10 as % matter NJ prccau-
uou Public feeling IN this county
while not openly uroludiCod against
tho thrCu mon, showUd an undorcur-
Tcut Of strong passion, as evidenced
hv recent church meeting NJ which
Rcv Harold ". Cooto made n talk
against the alleged murdororp The
Judge alid that because pawncc was
hts own town, hc dld not like 10
transfer tho case thcro for trial. but
fglt that inaHmuch as tho testimony
introduced az tho change OF venue
hearing hy counsel FOR the accused
mon showed that there was some
prejudice, the mon woro entitled 20
trial iu o. county which was not
affected by tho alleged crime.
Tho trial Is TO start the morning
uf April 10, Judge Colo will hear
tho case and John Guldosbcrry aud
r.. L. wallace, assistants IA tho couu-
~ attorneys office, will represent
tho state. Tho trial is expected to
last wcck. }, NJ. Springer. counsel
for the thrco mon, would not state
Friday whether or not no would ask
a severance.
Aurnndt was killed about 2 O'Clock
tho night Of December "a, near tho
Cy Avery farm. east Of Tulm. He
ana Wilkcrson had been out rabbit
hunting and wcro returning 60 town.
When near tho Avery farm another
car drove alongside and two men
jumped out and ordered Aurandt.
who was driving, TO halt. Hc
stopped tho car in tho face OF guns
hold by tho two bandits and raised
his hands, The two men fired upon
tho officers and after shooting SOW
oral times jumped back into tho car
and drove away, AurAndt, who waa
shot twice In the body. died late
that night, Wilkerson was shot In
the leg and is still IN the hospital.
Tho three men were arrested
carly the next morning on the Skia-
took road, Wilkerson had told Of
fioors soon after no was shot that
Cook and Fears wero tho men who
shot him. When the officers ar
rested them, Shelton. who gave his
name at that time as Bill Dalton.
alias II. c. Smith, was with the two
mon.
Public feeling at the time OF tho
arrests was strongly against tho
three mon. two Of whom Wilkerson
positively Identified. and tho night
following tho arrests crowd OF
5000 people gathered at tho court
house. There were no attempts Rt
violence, and after Sheriff w. NJ.
Mccullough had succeeded In con-
vlnClng n committee from the crowd
that the men were not in the Jail.
the gathering dispersed.
The sheriff had taken the men
that afternoon TO Sapulpa. and from
there they we're transferred to Mus
kogcc, whore they we're secretly
kent until two weeks ago.