The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-03-25
REVEAL DUAL LIFE
OF MURDER VICTIM
Young Novak Girl Living
as Mrs. II. J.. Reeves,
1t Is Alleged
POLICE SEARCH HOUSE
Evidence That Slain Woman
Was Known TO Ncighbors as
Wife Of Garage Employe

That Niles Hannah NoFaiG i'.
ycar-old girl. who vns fnot and al-
most instantly Killed Boy Mrs Eliza
beth sbcuuu Thuwdpy afternoon,
has been living dual iirc ore MIH,
~ J.. Reeves. was 'hr unusual dee
vcIopmrut Iu She alleged Glove iii.
angle" because ~ which one wnm
an ia dead mud tLo "u'hor' woman
and hpr husband arc Iu the county
jbu changed with murder
Tho unusual discovery cam"
when police officers searched Tine
duuIpN ,uifHlo ut Ita1 East tir7t
etrD,f. which u ls alleged tho dond
eirl occupied us Mrs. Reeves and
urIgnhu.H living nearby identified
tho Euuk EIIl nH the one they
know nH Mrs Reeves. 10 was also
stated that Harry sheriff. husband
~ tho woman being held for IN"
murder ot the young girl and who
r. also iu tho county jail facing q
charge OF murder, answered the de-
scrlptlon of tho man thcy knew as
~. l.. Reeves and whom Mrs. Reeves
said worked at tho Day md Night
garage, GA East Third street.
Ncighbors Identify pair.
when police authorities searched
che house they found photographs
OF the NovaK girl but none NJ Shcr-
roll. they said, Further proof mat
tho young girl was Mrs. lf J..
Reeves. iH advanced by uoighbors
who enid that neither Reeves nor
his wife had boon seen about the
home sincc the tragedy, which oc-
currcd about o'clock Thuraday
afternoon.
The garage whore Rocvca was
supposed 10 havo worked, IL was said
that no man answering that nnmc
had ever worked there. Sheriff.
however. II was eaid. is known there,
and kept his car there most OF the
time. Mrs. Reeves used n neigh
boris phone frequently. IL was said,
10 call up her husband who, she said,
worked at the garage.
The tragedy occurred across tho
street but almost directly In front
of tho picrpont rooms, 100 u East
First street. OF which Mrs. Sheriff. is
proprietrcss. Mrs. Sheriff. walked
down tho stairs OF the roomipg-
house according 10 bystnudcrs,
across the street to where the Novak
girl was sitting In n car parked
along the curb and emptlod n rcvol-
Yer. which she concealed under n
shawl. AT tho girl five Of the shots
taking effect. The Sheriff. woman
Ithon calmly placed inc pistol un-
dor her shawl and walked back ur
the stairs OF her roOming house ~
q cool deliberate manner, It Is al
legged.
Mrs. Sheriff. ala not deny doinl
the shooting when questioned aftel
the affair by Chief OF Police George
H. Blaine. the latter said. and Rh
stated that she killed the girl be
cause the young woman had enticol
her husband and broken up he
home.
Parents Deny Accusations.
AZ the home Of the murdered girl
80 North Yorktown avenue. he
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel No
ypk, stoutly denied that thei
young daughter did wrong. Hei
mother said that she had boon hom'
at lunch Thursday noon and has
been In n very happy mood. Mrs
Novak said her daughter had al
ways been an unusually good cir
and she never stayed away from
homo over night. The young girl
according TO her father. had Away
taken care OF his business while hI
was away from homo working I'm III,
oil fields. He said he could not he
liovc that the young girl had don
anything wrong.
Shortly after II o'clock Frida'
noon tho body of Miss Novak wa
buried In Rose hin cemetery Rabh
Hmmolstcin conducted the buria
services.