The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-04-19
AURANDT CASE
TO JURY TODAY;
ARGUMENTS ON
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life imprisonment or acqulttaL The
jury must also fix the punishm hmcut,
according TO the instructions
The instructions as a whole were
favorable to the state, Prosecutor
Goldesherry said. The one outstand-
ing instruction for the defense was
No. 10 which dealt on the "alibi."
The court said that such "a defense
was proper and that II there was a
reasonable doubt that tho defendants
were at other places than the COM
mission Of tho crime at the time such
crime was committed 10 doubt should
should be resolved In their favor ana
a verdict OF acquittnl returned
with lts robuttal testimony given
this morning tho state dealt hard
blows to the case presented by Cook.
Fears and shelton, The state called
To tho stand witnesses. who over
the objections Of tho defense coun-
sci told OF hearing certain defense
witnesses framing" their stories.
This testimony Il was generally be
lievcd cast a shadow Of doubt over
tho entire defense testimony.
And due TO the denial made Mon
day by Cook while on tho stand
That he was three miles south Of
Skiatook near II o'clock the night
OF December rs and hiiackcd H..
NJ. Gamblll and his wife. the state
was able today TO place on tho wit
ness stand Gambill and his wlfo and
lot them tell their story. This testi-
mony, too, Il is believed, played
havoc with the defcnse's case. At
least, 1t sustalns the states connec-
tion that tho trio were out on n
hilacking raid the night when thcv
are accused OF killing Aurandt and
seriously iniurlng Ike Wilkerson.
Deputies Heard Them "Frnme."
BY Marjorie Sayrc and Helen
Tansey. deputies In the pawnee
county treasurer's office, the state
today proved that Mrs Belle Cook
wife OF tho alleged murderer. and
Mrs. Tom Powell wife or the man
whom Cook claims he got his gun
from after Q o'clock tho night OF
tho murder. had been overheard
while framing" their stories.
Miss sayre testified that aho over
heard the two defense witnesses last
Saturday. She testified that she was
In one compartment OF the ladies.
lavatory and that the two women
were I'm the other
Did you overhear tho following
conversation ?" she was asked by
John Goldesbcrry.
THAT one OF the women aaid 20
tho other. ~ will have TO 20 on tho
stand in a few minutes and | am
scared TO death for fear I will be
caught In a lio' and she asked tho
other woman to tell her again what
to say.
Tell Il just like told you before"
| the other woman answered"
Yes sir, l did hear that conver-
sation."
Between these two womon?"
Eyes sir ana when they saw me
they ran"
Another Saw Them Run.
She said that she did not sec
the two women while they were
| ConverslnE but that she followed
them out OF the lavatory as they
ran away after seeing hor. Miss Tan
sey entered the lavatory, she testi-
! fled, lust as tho conversation wa,
ceasing. However. she said that ehs
saw the women leave and sho cor
roborated Miss Sayre IN that the
women ran.
Mrs. Ruth Jackson. deputy court
/ clerk OF Pawnee county. was called
and asked IL she overheard J. NJ.
| swami. his wife and Mrs. Tom Pow
| ell talking about the case. The de-
fense's objection TO this question was
sustained. However. last week
| Swami and his wife were asked n
| II they didn't talk over their testl-
mony and both answered mo-" They
gave the same answer when con-
/ fronted by Mrs. Jackson and asked
| II they didn't talg over their testi-
mony In her presence. At that timo
| defense counsel said that IL Mrs.
| Jackson had heard such a thing
| they wanted her sworn and placed
on the witness chair, They were