Evening star., 1933-09-21
KELLY, NEAR TRIAL
Scene, THREATENS
TO KILL WITNESSES
Machine Gunner Visited
Home Last Night, Coleman
Tells U. S. Judge.
HOUSE WAS THE SCENE
OF URsCHEL KIDNAPPING
Some Federal Officials Cast Doubt
on Dramatic Scene Dur
ing Trial.
Nv the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
OKLAHOMA CITY, September al
Fred Coleman, son of T. M. Coleman,
at whose farm near Stratford, Okla,
the Government alleges the Charles F.
Urschel kidnapping plot was Matched,
told Federal Judge Edgar S. Vaught to-
day that George Machine Gun" Kelly
appeared at the Coleman farm last
night and threatened death to the Cole
mans and the Shannons.
1T looked apd sounded like darned
good acting to me-" said one Of the
prosecuting attorneys. Coleman had
sought to address the court this
morning.
Drags Feeble Father.
To the spectators and amazed court,
Coleman created a strange picture as
he dragged T. M. Coleman, his feeble
father, to point directly in front of
the jury and raised his arm in dramatic
appeal.
Il just want minutes, Judge" he said
in loud but shaky voice Its the
most important thing could ever say"
A quick protest came from District
Attorney Herbert K. Hyde, and Judge
Vaught said: Get that man out of
here" The farmer was led away by
two armed officers
Coleman was taken to the judges
chambers during recess where he told
of the presence of the notorious ma
chine gunner in his home near Strait
ford last night and the threat to kill.
He was ordered held until the officers
have time to investigate the incident
thoroughly.
Coleman had been called as a Gov
eminent witness, but had not been
placed on the stand.
w. c. Geers, United States marshal,
talked to Coleman and later told news
paper men he believed a threatening
message had been sent him.
The Government charged the Cole
man farm was used by Coleman's grand
daughter, Mrs. Kelly; her husband.
Machine Gun" George; Bates and
others, as clearing house for under
world information and as a rendezvous
to plot the Urschel kidnapping of July %.
The aged farmer was said by the Gov
ernment to have been duped by his
relatives.
"He didn't know what was going on"
said Hyde. The elder Coleman's eye
sight and hearing are faulty.
An electrifying defiance of gangdom
Dy tQe UTScOel Clan greeted Kelly s
death threats today as the Government
moved to close its case against a dozen
others on trial for conspiring In the oil
millionaire's kidnapping.
I'VE are in this fight to the finish"
said spokesman for the family as
letter from the fugitive Kelly. who has
been called "a human rat" by Assist
ant Attorney General Joseph B. Kee-
nan, was made public by keenan, and
the Urschels
Kelly's letter Of hate, bearing his
f1ngerprints and apparently written by
his wife, also wanted for the kidnapping.
warned that the Urschel family will be
"brutally murdered" and informed
Urschel that Harvey Bailey and Albert
Bates. outlaws on trial. will be "out for
the ceremonies-your slaughter"
Family Quickly Replies.
At another point it said: Il am get
ting my plans laid to destroy your So
called mansion and you and your
family Immediately after this trial"
To this the family replied:
I'VE have thrown our lot with law
and the Government. The Urschel
family does not want one moments
delay in giving gangland its answer"
Meanwhile, District Attorney Hyde
drove toward the announced goal Of
completion of his case by nightfall.
Already Urschell has told the accus-
ing story of his nine-day imprisonment
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