The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-11-12
'0TT GREENWOOD,
SHOT BY WOMAN,
MAY NOT SURVIVE

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|uc sitting lu "a car with Mrs Jack
Nelsou. whose husband Is said by po-
lice tp have been identified with the
liquor traffic here.
Shot Iilm Aftcr Quarrel
According to Mrs. lvcrys con
f'rHiuu 60 the police. the shoot
iuE iuIIuWDd u quarrel when the two
returned 60 GrccuWuudE home after
10 car ridC. during which he had
threatened 'g Kill her lie had
pistol hy hls side In the car she said,
ana when they stopped iu front of
the house she grabbed the gun and
ran Inside. Greenwood followed
attempting to take % away from her
ana during the struggle the pistol
was discharged. the bullet entering
ih" ceiling. She then broke away
from him and fired a shot into his
abdomen ut close range. When he
tcl 90 the floor she said. she put
her arms around him and asked him
~ hc was shot, Re replied. "Nrs.
can uu ambulance. Tho woman ad-
mittrd that shr had known Green
wood for several months but denied
That she h1d been living with him
at the house ON East Thirteenth.
Officers said that the odor of whis.
key was strong ON her breath but
she dcuicd thnt she had been drink
ing. When Informed AZ the station
that Greenwood would probably die
she broke down and sohbed.
livery, who was on his farm south
uf Skittuok when he received word
81 tho shooting. came Immediately
10 Tulsa and secured Attorney John
Ward ana I'd Grassland to repre-
sent his wife. on being questioned
ut the police station he declared hts
intention 20 ,or his wife through the
affair ana said that he did not be
live she was tu blame.
According to tho womaus story
az revealed 10 the police and through
her attorneys. she cImc to Tulsa
accompanied by her brother. Hubert
to get some OF her belong
ings from Oft Greenwood with
whom she had Kept company before
hcr mnrriage, a week ago. 10 Ivery.
ON arriving AT the house on Thir-
tccnth street. Greenwood, she said.
sent her brother away on some pre-
tcNt aud then began repruaching her
Tor her marriage and tried to per-
suudo her to leave hcr husband and
return tu him when she refused he
became angry ana thrcatencd her.
As her brother had not returned she
ASKED Greenwood to take her to him.
They got into the car and Greenwood
persisted In his efforts 20 persuade
her To leave her husband. 4 quarrel
ensued ana he Threatened to Kill her
rather than TO permit her to return
home. Tie showed ncr pistol which
ho had I'm the car with him. They
then returned 10 his home whore the
occurred.
Admits She Likes" Him.
She declared that Greenwood had
beat her up on several occasions
during the period OF their Intimacy
previous 10 her marriage,
An attractive, y!vacious young
woman. she replied TO questions put
TO her in the matron's room at tho
police station when asked II she
loved Greenwood. she dcmurcly
hung her head and replied: Il like
him.
Following a conference with her
husband and her attorneys late SAT-
urday night she seemed chcered and
although she showed the effects OF
the strain, 8ho had been under for
several hours, did not seem to I've
of spending the night In jail.
According Ia noighhors, Green
wood, with the Nery woman. whom
they supposed was his wife, moved
into the house at i2i II. Thirtecnth
only a few days ago, and had been
seen together frequently since, The
house whore the shooting occurred
was dark Saturday night and no
one could be found In the nelghhor-
hood who knew anything of the
circumstances Persons living next
door. said they did not even hear
the shots fired and knew nothing
about II until the woman ran from
the house sobhtnE and going into a
drug store next door, asked some /
one to Call an ambulance. \
Wen Known to Police.
Greenwood IL well known to the |
poIicc here. I'm connection with the /
liquor traffic and has appeared In
police court frequently ON charges
OF violating the liquor prohibitory /
laws. His place Of business, the
Colorado rooms, was closed recent /
ly by the police Ar. he was prac- Z
ticully stranger in the neighhor- /
hood whore the shooting occurred I
Mrs livery said that she was mar /
.ird to J G. livery, ut Skiatook, on I
4 She said that her f.
brother drove her To Tulsa saturday /
and that they later went for a drive /
during which the quarrel started .
she denied that she had spent last .
night at his house and denied any /.
Intimate relations with him. II ~ 7
that the woman is a /
cherokee Indian and owns 100 acres F.
IT land about four miles south OF /