The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-04-30
WIDOWER CAUGHT
LYING FLUENTLY
IN MURDER QUIZ
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,,rlous details" said Sheriff Knox.
auIs answers were evaslve and II
ras only after ceaseless questioning
that we obtained from him the
s,ory OF his relations with the MUIR
Sered girl We have told him that
we know ho Is guilty and that we
intend to hold him until he con-
fesses"
The questioning of wyman start
IA carly in the afternoon after ef-
Srts had been made to check up on
his alibi as igiven Thursday night.
Serious discrepancies have been
found, according to Sheriff Knox
and while the officials are not
willing to hold Wyman on any defi-
mite charge. they feel sure that he
can give more information than he
has 50 far.
Reporters Oyerhcar Proceedings.
The examination was held in a
small room adjoining the council
chambers and II was with little diff
ficulty that the newspaper men out
side the door heard the entire pro-
ceedings. Moral suaslon was the
only method used by the officials
but they kept everlastingly at It,
hoping to wear the suspect into an
admission. Part of the questioning
caught by the International News
Service correspondent was as fol-
lows:
states Attorney Lewman--"Now,
John. we want TO give you another
Alliance. II you will come clean with
us and tell tho truth, it is going to
be easier in the end. We have been
able to check up on the things which
Won told us last night and know
.bas tru
don't accuse you of numbering
Gertrude Hanna but feel that she
might have died while with you and
that you became frightened and hid
the body"
Wyman-"Mr. Lewman, don't
know anything about her death. I
haven't seen the girl since last
fall"
9. where was it that you saw
her last fall?"
A. AT different places"
@. Didn't you go out TO the
Hardin home for a weekend early
in October to see her?"
a. II drove the family out and
left the next day."
Then this question by Sheriff
Knox:
you were with her that night,
= A. "i saw her that night"
Questioned about the tragic turn
in events of her life. Wyman said:
Her father wanted me to marry
her but wasn't sure that l was re-
sponsible and wouldn't do it."
Q. Weren't you ever engaged
TO her?"
Wasn't Mentally Right.
A. mo, l never was engaged. i
didn't want to marry her. 1t was
her folks that were trying to force
me to marry her."
Question by Knox: ''Then you
knew that she was not right mem
tally: that she had been in the in
sane asylum"
she seemed all right to me. She
never talked different or foolish
while with me than any other
woman"
Question by Lewman: Now.
John, we've checked up on the story
you gave Thursday night and we
find that you were not at the Ais
paughs. 90S Gilbert street. in Dam
Vile, when you say you were. We
find that you left Palestine early on
the morning that Gertrude disap-
peared. Did you come to Hopes
ton and meet her in n carr"
A. mo. l did not. i tell you
don't know anything about her
death. / didn't do 1t. ! didn't kill
her, so help me God, / didn't"
Question by Knox: I'VE didn't
say you killed her, John, but we do
know you have told numerous lies
and feel that you know n great deal
more than you have told"
He'll Stick TO Story.
A. "Well. l don't. l left Pales-
tine and came direct to Danville. l
stayed there for a day and a half
and then came to Hoopeston and
went back, Just as l told you. to
Danville. l never brought her to
the church and don't know who did.
You can ask me all night, but III
stick to my story"
Question by Chief Bogart: John.
stop and think how foolish you
might be If you don't tell us all the
truth. You're going to get yourself
In awfully bad. You see. we've al
ready caught you in so many lies
that by telling more 1t will Just
make 1t that much harder for you.
You were a member of the same
church with her. weren't you? You
knew the arrangement OF the par
sonage, didn't your"