The Elk Mountain pilot., 1922-04-13
SUNDAY NIGHT MUSINGS
By C. t. RAWALT

BY C. T. RAWALT -
THE dailies again surcharged with nice sensa-
tiona killing One Judge Day, of Oklahoma shot and
killed Lieut. Col Paul Ward Beck the idol of the mill
tary flying corps stationed The story that
after house party where it highly probable that
much liquor consumed distinguished
house took of the home in his auto Return
ing he found condition which lead him to kill Beck.
The Judge is described being very prominent
ex-Justce of the Supreme court a millionaire oil
magnate etc. His legal attainments to be fully
tablished But the corones inquest into the killing
which he and his wife first refused attend he
titled in part follows
Judge Day left the witness chair to illustrate.
Il looked in. There / saw Beck one hand on her
knees-under her dress The other hand clutching
Day suited his action to his
my wife was fighting. looked saw what it
Then went upstairs to get my revolver. When IN l
Daddy, Daddy, don't don'tr
She saw the revolver and thought meant to kill
Get out of here YOU said calling him vile
'He drew back. I thought he going to strike me,
'The gun exploded Beck fell dead"'
Without following the testimony his wife cor
roborated the Judge. Now when a drops suddenly
into his home and observes another doing he
Beck doing is it within the realm of possibility that
distinguished jurist would carry deliberaton
the extent of strong stairs for gun before inter
rupting the play? He says he thought Beck going
strike him he hit him with the gum but he shot him
the back of the head. judge should have had enough
experience with perjurers to frame up better
intelligent lie 1t brought the testimony that
the lady in the had her shoes off much more
of her clothes missing disclosed The officers
who first appeared the house found her weeping and
waing the corpse of her alleged attempted
Smeaed with blood from his wound she pleading with
him to speak her Strange attitude toward the
of the who but few ago had tried to dis
honor her The Judge is certainly judge of what
Fag in the Rivals describes Good Lie"
1t is but anther instance of the deeeneracy the
rich 1t is quite possible that Judge Day had right
der the unwritten law to kill Beck He did do it
he He probably caught his wife and Beck fragrant
delicto and plugged him he started run That
reasonable and his story is
The Judges wife is matron who has raised daugh-
ter to the of 81 years. The slain has son old
enough to be army officer and very artistcly
out the jury whe branded his dad attempted
isher The only childish nut in the aggregation Judge
Day. who with all his of experience tells lie about
it that would cast reflections the intelligence
adoescent youth Our private conviction Judge
Day either threw too much lead enough. is
great pity that the affair did happen Hollywood or
place where the "refawmers could get for
closngup propaganda The jury rendered
verdict that Judge Day fired the shot in defense of
home, his wife and her honor" 1t should that
it fired in for the despoilaton of his
The relatives and military friends of the slain prom
se however, that the end is not yet and that the
killing of their relative and comrade shall not remain
unavenged.