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Show Army dissatisfied with Oklahoma verdicB , LITARY MEN fefiu. nam BECK SLAYING a I itors Fellow Officers lie R ', vrt Doubting Judge's Version aJY IS SENT AWAY fit rs Cast Roses Upon '. ain Bearing Slain Airman's Air-man's Body BiOUIS. pi i1 til. Tin- v "f Kni I ..!. ii I V .1 ; .1 ml P.eck. HHaiif'i in-, v aKiiti 1 1 s t-. Ev. Br (Krntng and w.i - 10 ' K . -, iv.i , ... ,n h i in-: I-.. 1 - ' 1 tMor :i hiiiuii'ii 'In party was I f4aw Mi - 1 1 ' 'irrd or Las' Nrl" .A li' " Hi' Hit,-, v . 1,11 :; ,;,!-t A of i'j 1 Hr,,,i Mi' train F9fcf I ol' J& ,,, i i;.- t Ai i...ton HEi colli' 1 kel" Huffier-QPll- i. g et , i- g .mi- 'i, .i ind .i"' ,r s jui". M.nt rated I j Its v'enlh In- was Jusllln fm lng lit fftestlP Inft voluntaril Br'c h, .! Broom I to i . Ii Hiay : hnv i I. "his i-.- ... -Hi flown l.-.v. l:iti r. horror strvn !. KdC'.'vl !. I" Bart,-i - i scene BtUtS. U 1 i I !-- - I PX wing h'-r husband on ill w -and. Mi- i -., ; -de ol face and I voice hardl; abuv a whl pVi Bter - the KT sii- Bt an Hhad'- th. 11 ' Hf Beck to. v n - '.-lie of. Brill.- guest tlm night she H.-ild. an Bed no sign of unci nil' rnanl) j Bt during the dam lug . n rnu- until i-i - ' rid had left ! pne to 1 Colonel I i "' But 01 i! ' I hen. she said. Kt upon tli" llvlnc in, .1,, divan, j Bes removed To In"; starili d In i i. enfolding hei j His rlKht .ir;i his left hand ati Beb'. ,n' while making an Impns-Bplea Impns-Bplea th i i n i K t" him. KnJAHD OF HONOR Hhard fleers "i int; field Sited by the body of Lhelr com- Hxn the undertaking parlor:: h toda W ith no i they the flat hi jD, a bright eolored spot n i-febre i-febre hue of the -hlttinp ciov. ,i-Jleads ,i-Jleads I en-1 ! In ' i ' n Hftood hi id- - r i i of i h ir to vh yw down oie i trlbut. ft torn down-fiqwerink down-fiqwerink i he . i. Cy pulled Ke driven by Maloi T i ,:m-Hblng ,:m-Hblng ' K. in i r i',e-i i. -id ahead and led ill,- line' other Hi ah a.Mt with the speedim,' tr.i.n V bid II j r Alvl ret i ;. Jm over y mad i ,jAT wind, jfiflMOI 111 -l. on flf Wlli do St bt. Of ' h- - . i. n. Joh n y s dlrm a n Beck looked careworn and '' h'.t .(-. VI 'l ;-.. Vashlnt'jn ty ii -hi iaded i In- ,: , i in 'S ll)i,l. - t i.leiM , , he buld justify Hi ponding of Hllt.v In ,-,, , , i i. pbnii"-i ii, .i hv " BRt I - ! ' lion m t hi Bid 1" n todaj bunty attorney made it cleat .Would i. in h.it. ; ., pi iser ut (do-ii .1 new ,1 , ... , lnpni ,2Eht , v mi hi h Kb" ' " 1 ' ' ' vl.l.-,, e f iOESTl.M him m i ; i Jgyaniii.ui, i,i.-tii . i, , :iii alter -,-,,,,,, ,, ),. .-,,rt tSI ik-ii i n- - i v tru h . , antJmnd, an tao Two.) 1 STILL PROS BECK S!J Aviator's Fellow Officers Say They Doubt Day's Story (Continued from Page One) Mr and .Mrs. Day, and receipt of unofficial un-official report:, that a searching in-J aulry wad about to be launched i- the war department into the officer's death In .i report on the cao to the county coun-ty attorney the hoard of Inquiry said "The board does not bellow tile , r- gion of the Days as to the conduct of Lieut. Colonel Heck on the fatal morning w;is true. However, It does not believe that the testimony introduced intro-duced at the Inquest would Justify filing fil-ing of a charge of murder against Jean P, Day." The statement was signed by Major Thomas A. Lanpher, and Captains v. L. Berg, and Roger 8. McCullough, all of the nir service. Nine officers attended at-tended the conference with the county attorney this morning. ANOTHER CONFERENCE The report riven county Attorney Hughes does not complete tho work of the army Inquiry board. Conferences Confer-ences will be held at Fort Sill und afterward a report will be forwarded to tho war department. Individual officers In statements i hnv .-c ,i . i indignation at what they term a slur on the uniform of their service. Tti H I M Mctlmnnv r. t flu y. .. hearing Saturday, Major R. B Paddock Pad-dock of Post field a life Ion? friend of I,lout. Col Beck and who was present at thu party which proceeded Beck's death, said that ho h id never heard an thing derogatory about tho conduct of Beck and, defending tho dead officer, said: "No man had higher morals than did Berk I am in a position to know about that." Major i'nddock accompanied Lt, Col. Beck on the trip to iiklahonia City last Monday bv airplane When the county attorney Intimated In questions asked Day at tho Inquest that there was a question in his mind, as to whether the bullet, which penetrated pene-trated the officer's brain had ranged' downward or upward. Day said he wished certain phase of the tragedy! put in the record which had not been touched on. A N SKE BUtiLBT He then explained that soon after the shooting he had requested his attorney at-torney to bring experts to the house to note thut a piece of Ihe bullet had' lodtceil in the celling juat over the spot where he aald he struck the of-l fleer. "There is a piece of the bullet there," he ualrt. "and powder burns. Thete are also some little blood 1 U li.lA.pr-, U.:V.. JpasrsiHTLH. Jg Splotches and some hairs right up there I think thi should go into the record In this case." Several polh ofnu'is who testified, sold that several bottles were found 'n the !.,;. drawing room M'-'i- the tragedy, one containing corn whisky and nuit jui.e ! Mr and Mrs Day said that bed; l was not intoxicated while Dav added th.it he bad apologue. for the buyer, ages because they had no "kick." REP RT hi VIED LAWToX, Okli.. April lo.- Armv aviators at Post field tonight issued a donlal of what they termed an insidious insid-ious and unfair rumor" that tho insignia in-signia and decorations had been removed re-moved from the unif.irni of Lieut ol. Paul Ward Beek while the bods aj In the undertaking establishment In Oklahoma City after he had been slain by Jean P. Day |