Sullivan, Tullie

Sheriff Neil Harr is giving his personal attention to the Sullivan murder case and all of the county and city officers have been working hard to find clues that will lead to the arrest of the two unknown men suspected of firing the shot that caused the death of Tulle Lee Sullivan, 25 years old, at Picher Monday night. W. M. Dozeir, deputy sheriff at Treece Kansas, brought one man to the Picher jail for investigation in connection with the shooting, but he was released shortly afterwards when evidence failed to connect him with the crime. Mrs. Zona Thomas, of Cardin Oklahoma, a friend of the murdered man, was questioned closely by the county officers but did not give any information that would lead toward solving the case. A mass of clues have been presented, but no tangible evidence has been unearthed. The body was viewed by many at the Todd undertaking company, Picher's parlors. Funeral arrangements are pending word from a brother, Otto Sullivan, at Kalamazoo Michigan. His wife, Mrs. Flora Sullivan, Carterville Missouri, and a brother, Sarch Sullivan, Joplin Missouri, arrived yesterday. Two sisters reside near Carthage Missouri. Sullivan was shot by one of two men who he said robbed him on Third Street, between Netta and Treece Streets, Monday night at 9:50 o'clock. He was apparently conscious until taken to the operating room at the Picher hospital shortly after midnight. He was taken from the operating room and placed in a private ward at 2:30 o'clock and died at 4:18 o'clock Tuesday morning.

a miner, 29 years old, died at 4 o'clock Tuesday at the Picher hospital at Picher Oklahoma, as the result of a gunshot wound inflicted by one of two unknown men, at 9:50 o'clock Monday night when Sullivan was assailed by them at Third and Netta Streets, Picher. Several residents of that vicinity heard three shots in rapid succession and F. Spencer and Doc' McClain were among the first to reach Sullivan when he fell on the Mineral Belt railroad track after having been shot. He was taken to the Picher hospital in a Ford car and Dr. I. Phillips and Dr. T. J. Dodson were summoned. Physicians found him bleeding profusely from an internal wound. The ball having entered his body in the back of the left side in the vicinity of the lower ribs and ranging frontward and downward, penetrated the kidney and found lodgment in the body. While apparently conscious, Sullivan stated at the hospital that he had been shot by one of two "hi-jackers" who had robbed him of $15. He said that he did not know their names but thought he could identify them. He asked to see a lady friend, Mrs. Zona Thomas. Grover Todd, undertaker, went to her home at Cardin Oklahoma and she was admitted to Sullivan's ward and held a brief conversation. Sullivan is married and has one daughter, Eva Sullivan, three years old. His wife, Mrs. Flora Sullivan resides at 214 Davy Street, Carterville Missouri. It was said that Sullivan and his wife, had been separated for about eight months. His wife, and a brother, "Short" Sullivan, East Seventh Street, Joplin Missouri, arrived shortly before his death. When it became evident that the wound would result fatally no effort was made to probe for the bullet and efforts were made to check the hemorrhage until he would have time to see his relatives. An x-ray photo was taken showing the location of the bullet. The body was removed to the morgue of the Todd undertaking company, Picher, to await funeral arrangements. Besides the wife, and brother mentioned previously he is survived by another brother, O. Sullivan, at Kalamazoo Michigan. Sullivan's wife, gives the age of the dead man as 25 while his brother claims his age at 29. A veteran, he was a soldier in the recent war and was in foreign service 11 months having served in a machine gun company. He had been working in the mines of the Picher district for about one year, the last mine he worked at was the Anna Beaver Mine. He boarded at the Edwards Hotel, Fifth and College Streets, Picher. Police are inclined to doubt the theory that Sullivan was killed by robbers. A man told them that he and his sister passed the trio of men while they were talking at Third and Netta Street. Guy Moorey who resides at the northeast corner, Third and Netta Streets, told a reporter that he saw Sullivan and two men standing on the railroad track at the corner and one of the men was talking loud and seemed indignant. Others say that Sullivan started walk westward along the track and before he reached Treece Street they heard three shots in rapid succession and Sullivan fell wounded. Sullivan stated that he had a revolver at the time of the shooting, but police have not located it at present, if the statement was true. Only one shot took effect in Sullivan's body and the wound left him in great agony until his death. Police are busy today picking up all clues which they believe to be of any value in clearing up what they believe to be, the most sensational murder case in the history of Picher.