The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-05-04
CONFESSED ONLY
TO SAVE HIS LIFE
Confronted by Cooke Lad
Said He Talked With
Guns in Stomach
COOKE TAKEN TWICE
Minister Admits That lie
Was Taken out Friday
in Large Car

Tho ncxt move In the "kdrap,d
wedding case" which when revealed
Wednesday morning, phurkod tho
Tulsa public. and iu which nnnull-
mcut proroCiINg. wore tilUi 1u,.-
day by Mrs. stu eagle, mother of
chester Clr'r. ono ~ tho principals
In the Cnsc. is up 10 tho giIl IN tb"
ease, Bollo Ctglo. uoo Jones. When
informed Of tho unuullWUut proc
Ccodingg Tuesday evening tho glrl
who is soon 90 become u mother. &c..
fused TO make any statements and
ehe maintained her silence Ncdncg-
day.
So far M is now known. she has
not employed amy attorney She rec
fused TO talk about the matter. How
ever, u II believed that " she hasn't
already employed counsel. she viii,
within the next few days, as tho do
fcnse must be outlined IN an IAN
swor' TO tho nnnullmont petition.
Tho "nnswcr" TO n petition is gon-
orally filed within 10 days aftcr the
filing Of the petition.
Girl Won't TAX.
when interviewed Wednesday the
girl said even less than on the pro-
vious day. II repeat that ! am not
going to talk Of tho affair."" shc eaid,
my side OF tho case VIII be pro-
scented Ia court"
Have you any attorncys?" the re-
porter asked.
well you nre determined to learn
something. aren't your" she fired
back. II have nothing to say II
have attorneys you can SEQ them In
court"
An entirely new angle In tho case
was revealed early Wednesday
morning when Rev. Harold q
Cooke, the minister who married the
young couple. after, he claims, ht
had been kidnapped and carried to
the spot in an enclosed automobile
visited the eagle home. 61O Wcsl
Easton In company with a World
reporter. Reverend Cooke had said
that before no performed tho Cere'
mony the boy had confessed tt
wronging the girl, "0nd he Will ad'
nit the confession" tho minister
said.
At the eagle homo the minister
was confronted with Chester eagle
the 90 -year-old youth and his father
Tho youth said that he might have
made such a confession, but he didn'
remember, hut who wouldn't" h'
cried. with two guns punching II
your stomach. You would have sale
most anything, just az | did"
Kidnapped Twice.
During an argument between tn
fnther and Rev. Cooke. tho fnthe
accused the minister OF having bee
kidnapped the night before the al
legged Illegal wedding occurred. Eye
sir, | was." admitted Rev. Cool
Several men In "A large car cam
to my home and asked me to take
ride. accompanied them. w
drove several miles out on tho Sa
pulpa road and stopped alongsld
the paving. When | asked abot
the delay one OF them said tha
they were waiting for party. w
talked and smoked and | though
nothing ot the affair because fr,
quently before | have been In mote
cars that stopped alongside the roa'
The men took me home after abol
two hours drive,
'The second night that We
driven out on the Sapulpa roa,
about the same number OF me
came to my house and asked me
accompany them. I wondered, bl
did not ask any questions. Thoi
were about tho same number OF me
as had called tho night previous hi
! didn't recognize any OF the me
as having been in the provlo,
party, | thought nothing stranl
when we drove again out on Il
Sapulpa road. | don't know wheth
the wedding occurred near tho sp
where we had stopped the mig
previous but it was somewhere h
tween here and Sapulpa.'
M hRinU ~
twice and taken TO approximate
thb same spot ON the same road al
not thinking anything strange abo
it?" asked eagle.
Saw Nothing Strange In II.
"Why certainly ] don't yet =
anything strange in tho matter"
"Well. 1t looks mighty funny
me"
Now. one other thing. Did y,
see a marriage license that night
The minister answered that he d
see marriage license. that aft
an examination ne decided Il W
legal and performed the mnrriul
He also said that he had the llcen
and I'm answer to another Of Cogl
questions said that two witness
had signed the paper. The minist
was unable TO recall the names,
agreed to take eagle to his hou
and let him look ut the paper.
After a few minutes thoug
however. Reverend Cooke said tn
he would go and get the license al
return TO the eagle homo with
An hour and 10 minutes later VIII
the minister had not returned. Cal
gave up hope, and returned To |
bed. lie told a reporter that he d
not believe that the minister won
return,
Cooke Consults Hudson.
However, Reverend Cooke call
the reporter a few minutes lat
and explained his absence. "Aft
leaving the eagle home" he su
II began TO think of tho legal pha
Of the matter and thought that
had better consult an attorney.
was some time before | could nrot
W. T.. Hudson. tho man whom
called. lie advised mo to keep I
license in my possession and
turn IL Ht once 10 tho court Gle
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