The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-04-18
DEFENSE ENDS
TESTIMONY IN
AURANDT CASE

CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.
! fate that hcfcll the defense tosti-
mony presented last Saturday.
Witnesses Confused.
Tho witnesses became confused
aud several material contradictions
wcIc made. state counsel admits
| that thcro In no cinch case against
| tho three men. saying that tho
| testimony ~ dangerous and might
raise u doubt In the minds ~ Jurors.
As court adjourned tonight, state
/ counsel was highly confident Of n
verdict of guilty" against the three
men.
Defense counsel was also equally
! confident that their clients would
be admitted. However, the confi-
dencc In not as heartily expressed as
on tho opening OF the trial. And
the three defendants are far from
being as dlsintcrcstcd as when the
case opened. All have become ok
trcmcly nervous; Shelton less than
the others but he too iH showing the
strain.
Tom Powell. tho first TO take tho
stand today. gave practically the
same testimony ng did his wife last
Saturday. THAT Cook called at thor
ing SO was given his gun which he
had given ns security n week before
on n loan made hm by Powell. He
had fired the gun the Thursday be-
fore, he said. but had not removed
tho shell.
Mixed ns to Time.
on examination he became
badly tangled. He said that he took
the Tulsa World, he had remem-
bered OF reading some OF the case
Hc said his paper was delivered about
6 o'clock In the afternoon. A few
minutes later he did not know when
II was delivered, and just before be-
ing excused from the stand he was
uncertain az to what paper he took.
II don't read 1t much,' he ex-
plalned.
willo Brown. negro boy, and
rousiabout around the two filling
stations at Fourth and Boulder and
Sixth and kenosha, owned by j. A.
Fears. father OF the accused MUIR
derer. was next called TO testified.
lie said that about 6 o'clock Sunday
evening. December ls, the gasoline
Hupply at the Boulder station which
was in charge OF Avis at that time
gave out ana the negro was sent TO
the other station for Avis father,
iHc ntkIO hdlu ne luSt saw AWE
about o'clock. lie was very spe-
tlon and tho time OF happenings on
that day but could not give a single
bit OF testimony on any other day
On cross-examinatlon he even said
that the Tuesday following that
sunday was December 81.
The father OF Alvis was next
called. He corroborated the testl-
mony OF the negro boy and added
that when he arrived at the Boulder
station he sent Alvls to tho Sixth
street station. Avis left the Boul-
der station at 7:20 o'clock. accord
ing to his father. The next time
10 o'clock that night at home.
Then he saw him for only n few
minutes. On direct examination the
father said he had been TO the scene
OF the shooting several times and
made n close examination OF tho
ground and lay Of the land in the
vicinity. on cross ss-eNamination no
became confused and states counsel
said tho evidence would be intro
ducod In rebuttal showing that the
father was completely In error as
to the lay OF the land and other
testimony he gave I'm regard TO tho
scene uf the murder.
More Abb Testimony.
a. II. George testified that he saw
Avis AZ the Sixth street station AT
or near 3 o'clock on December is.
The witness claimed that he talked
10 the defendant n few minutes.
About s o'clock, according to George
some one drove up In n car and
after closing tho station, Lcars got
IN inc car and was driven away.
Next came Harry Jones, husband
OF ono OF Fears sisters who
claimed TO be the man who drove up
20 the filling station at or about
O'Clock and drove Fears away. on
cross-eNamlnation he got into hot
water as to time, Ho said he left
home about o o'clock, drove TO sand
springs and then To the filling sta
tion, whore he arrived between four
and five hours after dark Iio also
said II took him an hour 20 make
the drive 10 Sand Springs and a few