The Washington times., 1922-04-09


why didn't you cry out when you
saw this man attacking your wifeY'
Hughes asked.
Because / knew could protect
my wife In time--and / did 1t.
II knew Beck was armed often.
often saw hia gun.
IT got my revolver SO 1 could be
In a position to drive him from my
home-he was my superior physical.
u-I did not mean to take chances" !"
Day continued:
Imagine the back of his head
was toward me-" Day said, iliustrat-
Ing this by acting out the part.
He lodged when struck at him:
be may have had the back of his
body faced me however"
Many women In the court room
cried softly as Judge Day. his voice
choked. answered Hughes questions.
II went upstairs after the shoot.
ing. III tell you why" Judge Day
said. when / sat up there i
placed the revolver to my own
temple and then I said. 'No-I am
too brave for that'-that Is why
went upstairs"
The wife's Story.
In q voice with q sweet Southern
drawl. scarcely audible two feet
away. Mrs. Day told her story.
With her husband standing beside
her, Mrs. Day, considered one of
Oklahoma City's most attractive
women, the State capitals recog.
nixed social leader. took courage
slowly her voice grew louder.
"'Giri. GIRL, you have swept me
! off my feet-you must come to me
now Colonel Beck cried to me when
we were alone that night" Mrs,
Day said.
He had one arm around my
w&ist--ths other around and under
my knees.
"I cried out for him to stop.
And I cried out, I wish I were
dead And I wish my daughter
was dead"
"why7" interrupted County At.
torney Hughes.
Why, Mr.. Hughes, have you a
daughter7-No you have not or
you wouldn't ray that.
"Oh, Mr.. Hughes, Oh-Can't you
understand-it was not what would
have happened then that made me
wish my baby was dead. 1t is the
afterpart, Mr.. Hughes.
eft isn't what you may think-it
In facts that tell you, Mr.. Hughes
lit is the awful afterpart Of the
tragedy.
You ask me, Mr.. Hughes, II I
thought then that Colonel Beck was
trying to dishonor me.
81 didn't think, Mr.. Hughes
knew he put his hands on my legs.
What must women think1"
Knelt Beside Body.
why, after all these horrible
things you say he did-why then did
you kneel beside him and ask him
10 speak7" Hughes asked.
81 saw his lips novel was
hystericsl. recall kneeling down
beside the body. tried to pick
Colonel Beck's head up-it made me
run with blood-my hands and my
clothes.
why did that, don't know only
that am a woman, perhaps"
Policeman Testifies.
Policeman Joseph Campbell testi.
fled that, as Beck's body lay on the
floor Of Days home in the small
hours of Tuesday, his skull blown
away from revolver shot, Mrs.
Day, with blood on her arms, face
and the front Of her dress. knslt.
pleading with Beck to speak to her.
Her shoes were off, he said.
she was all alone when I got
TO the house." the policeman said.
-After a little while her husband
came down stairs. She was awfully
hystericsl and was crying some
thing about oh, my honor, Oh, my
honor"
Then she talked about wanting
TO die and said something more /
didn't understand" Campbell said.
Men and women sat on the court
benches. Women stood on the chairs
and men perched on the window
sills,
Women crowded into the fury box.
sitting on the arms of the chairs of
the jurors. So great was the crowd
that officers OF the military cour
sitting to make a report of the case
to the War Department were crowd.
ed from their seats.
Richard Miller, another policeman;
w. r. wilmington, prosecuting
attorneys detective. and others also
told of seeing the body of Beck,
stretched out on the floor In a pool
of blood.
saw AtIuOf IN HOUSE.
wilmington told of finding a small
amount of corn liquor mixed with
orange Juice at the Day home. He
then illustrated how, in his opinion
Beck was shot.
The officer said he believed the
bullet entered the back of Beck's
head, going toward the front and
) downward.
wilmington was followed by w. T.
McAtee, coroner's undertaken, who
had charge of Beck's body.
THE course of the bullet was
downward and forward" McAtee
said.
Prosecutor Hughes exhibited an
x-ray photograph Of Beck's skull
endeevoring to show the course OF
the bullet as going forward to prove
HIS contention Beck was shot from
behind without warning.
N. Pritchard, one ~ ths Euests at
the Isy home az the party which