The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-05-25
S0DERMAN TELLS
WHY HE KILLS
coNriNuEp rRoM PAGE ONE.


me which showed me her attitude
toward me was changed.
'She turned on me.
II employed n detective, Frank
Johnson, 10 find out how and where
she had learned her new ways of
dress and manner, but did not sus-
pect Powers at that time, more than
TO think thst possibly he had turned
her head.
After we were remarked and
went TO FL paso In an overland mo-
toriug trip which we mad planned
20 continue out to Seattle, she con-
fosscd to ne and went crazy, broke
down and struck her" Soderman's
voice shook ana he wept ON the
stand, for the first time since the
trial opencu Monday showing emo.
| uOn.
she said her life was a failure"
he continued, beginning TO check his
sobs. she became III and | at
| tended her and in the meantime
/ consulted an attorney ana found IL
| best to get n written confession from
| her In order TO get n divorce from
| her. ! could not live with her.
was sorry | hadn't killed her And
]
Walked streets In Despair.
II received tho letter from her
! repeating what she had told me
and went 10 Scott and McLe9 n. attor-
neys. at Fort worth, where / left
the letter. took the street car. had
! my baggage with me and rode over
/ TO Dallas. | walked the streets up
and down. not knowing what to do.
! wanted to see Powers TO tell him
! what ] knew, to aek him II what
! ! knew was true. But I went back
TO Fort Worth and came back the
next day, ! walked the streets again.
got shave, went. know not where
and again went back TO Fort Worth.
The third day / came over to
| Dallas. registered at the Southland
hotel, ana walked over TO the wal
dorf. / stood In the lobby near the
elevator and In few minutes off
the elevator came this man Powers.
THE next thing | knew" Soder-
man shouted, leaning intently to-
ward the jury box his redeemed
countenance perspiring. his eye
glasses sliding down TO the tip OF
his nose. II was in front OF this man
| Powers. | looked at him for Sec
ond, he dropped his eyes, and"
Soderman screamed, 81 shot him"
II was several none Its later that
defense attorney Mclean asked his
concluding question of where the
witness obtained the pistol with
| which he fired the two shots and
Soderman said El Paso.
Questioned About Drinking.
District Attorney Hughes inquired
Into Soderman's drinking habits and
the witness testified to drinking
/ ~ farfn a 11Nr ,.lt txsNt fl.a tt.s
to pint every two days.
That's a blind and an ailbi," the
witness hotly retorted while Hughes
| continued to ask about his drinking.
| He said he never took more than
| two or three drinks each day as a
rule and then only after working
| hours.
The witness also denied ever hav-
Ing expressed displeasure with Pow
ers in "A business way. or TO having
cast any reflections on him. He
said his wife and he could not get
| along because she was a shamed
woman" He denied also ever hav-
Ing threatened Powers.
DALLAS, Texas. May 24.--That d.
4. Soderman was insane before he
shot Clay Powers. overseas veteran
OF Louisville, KY, on April IS, and
that he is still insane. Is the opinion
of Victor C. Moore, FL Paso attorney
and of other witnesses. all OF them
FL Paso lawyers or police officers,
expressed this morning to tho jury
In Judge C. A. Pippin's criminal
court here where Soderman is being
tried for murder.
with the completion yesterday of
Mrs. Soderman'S testimony on al
legged infidellty to her husband,
naming Powers. the defense shifted
this morning to the introduction of
testimony on Sodermans mental
condition before and after the shoot
Ing in the Waldorf hotel.
Moore, the first witness today.
told OF serving Soderman In a legal
capacity from early in March TO the
date when Soderman left FL Paso
to return to Dallas where he killed
Powers. Put on the stand presum-
ably to discuss Soderman's mental
state, Mr.. Moore. without interpo-
sition OF questions talked for halt
an hour slowly on what Soderman
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