The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-04-08
C0R0NER'S JURY
TO HEAR STORY
OF DAY TRAGEDY

coSriNuup FROM PAGE ONE
q. r. Nelson. oil man, and clifton
ndgo pay said he was acqualnt-
cd with every man ON the jury.
Where Friendship Ceases.
Tho county attorney reiterated
/ that Doe had not ulcd charges against
Day because the tragedy occurred
u The Bty homo. and because,
prior iu tho shooting the two mon
/ had been the bost of friends lie
/ explained that Day had requested
/ him 60 forget friendship and not
| To hesitate To- file "a murder charge
against him n he thought It his
duty. whether he would follow the
| recommendation Of tho cOrOncr's
/ mt7. he said. would depend on the
/ facts and circumstances developed
/ at the inquest tomorrow.
"ln launching the investigation In
! this case" stated the county nttorn-
cy. Il am fully aware that next
10 honor. human life Ia the most
| precious thing this side ~ heaven,
and I do not believe that any man
with unhallow"d hand should be
permitted 20 Intentionally break into
/ the sacred house of lie and sher its
/ priceless stream and then come
clear on tho grounds that he acted
| only upon a sudden Impulse or dlf-
| nculty."
| Mr.. ana Mrs L. H Prichard ana
/ Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Anderson, prom
/ inent In local society circles who
| were present at the party IN the
| Day home were questioned at a spc-
cial court OF inquiry chld In the office
~ w. r.. wilmington, county eVl-
donce attorney today
prichard made n sworn statement
at tho inquiry. according to With
ington. that there was no trouble
during the evening and that when
they left everything was agreeable
and pleasant. Anderson, partner In
the oil business, with prichArd, corr
roborHtod priChard's statement. ac-
Cording to wilmington.
Reports that words passed that
! evening apparently are baseless. -
wilmington said after questioning
tho two men. 10 was brought out
: ~ the inquiry for the first time that
Day took tho Andersons home first
In his motor car aud then. before
dropping the priChards at their door
returned TO the Day home. This.
according TO wilmington. was re-
lated by prichard.
] Mai. Il. II. Paddock. who was the
guest OF the prlchards. snid he
wanted TO see Colonel Beck about the
return trip to Fort SIN the follow
INK day, according to Prichard's tcs-
timony Day then drove the prlch.
ards and Paddock back to the Day
home. whore they stopped h few
minutes Nfore proceeding To the
Prichard homo, around tho corner.
Ready Tor the Inquiry.
All arrangements FOR the Curoner's
Inquiry tomorrow at O'Clock were
complete late today authorities an
nounCed. Justice 4, W. MCWul-
iams before whom the hearing will
be held, said he had decided TO hold
tho inquiry In a district courtroom
40 that ample accommodations would
be available Tor those interested In
the case, Mrs. Day, who this morn
ing was reported In an extremely
+ nervous state, was said to be some,
, what improved. Her sister. who 4,
. attending her, said she would b.,
In a condition to testify at the in.
Nestigntlun, Mr., Day also Is eX,
!, pected to relate tho events sur.
p rounding the slaying on the stand
4, tomorrow.
u, T.. Meadows, federal prohibition
. agent, sald that he Is stiu inycstl
, eating the possibility that intoXi
eating liquors were served at tn,
party, Tie declined 60 make public
HIS findings, saying that whateve
u, Information ho obtained would b,
" placed Ia the hands of the arm,
board OF inquiry which viii begii
!, its work tomorrow I'm conjunction
" with the coroner's Investigation.
~ FORT SILL, April 7.-"Ther,
y must be a mistake somewhere,
u cannot believe It," sobbed Mrs. Ra
chel Beck, n years old. mother %
Lieutenant Colonel Beck, when IN,
details Of the staying OF her soi
G were related to her tonight FOR IN,
= | first time
2 Paul was a wonderful boy 10 me
, a wonderful husband to his lat,
wife and a wonderful father to hl
SON" she said. There must he
mistake.
r Il know my son was n brave, hon
) est and courageous man and wheI
/, the men and women az the post wh,
are very near and dear to me onl
: gave me the mtager details / felt N
! my heart that something was wroni
and insisted that they tell me. The,
; kept 10 from mo with the best inten.
, tions, but 1 should have heard d
some time.
"a have always been a brave WON,
? an, and Paul would want mo 10 b,
7 brave now, and | am going TO do my
hest