The Daily Oklahoman
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
August 5, 1909
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New Move In Brooks Case

County Attorney May Order Arrest of Suspect Held At Sapulpa.

Wife is Unconcerned

Declares Firm Belief That Her Husband Was Foully Murdered.

___ to action over the death of Dee Brooks, well known Oklahoma City bathouse proprietor; whose mangled remains were found strewn along the tracks of the Frisco Railway company at an early hour Sunday morning, an investigation into the causes surrounding the supposed fatal accident was ordered by the county attorney's office yesterday.

It is possible that Clarence Young, a negro under arrest at Sapulpa, who is suspected of possessing information regarding the movements of the dead man prior to the accident on the Frisco tracks, may be returned to Oklahoma City today following the filing of an affidavit in the office of the County Attorney Reardon. Young has been detained in the Sapulpa county jail since Sunday morning, and following a rumored attempt to escape has remained strangely silent regarding his movements just previous to the time of the bathouse proprietor's death.

Movements of Brooks.

Trailing the movements of Brooks, from the time he left his home, 905 West Chickasaw street, when he bade a fond farewell to his wife, Saturday afternoon, it was leaned yesterday that the man engaged in a violent quarrel with a well known restaurant keeper during which it is said that threats to "get even" with Brooks were made regarding the settlement of an account at the restaurant. Officer Ferguson prevented a clash at that time.

This account is said to have been incurred in behalf of a local woman who is said to have declared that "Brooks will suffer of this humiliation of myself."

Surrounded by her three children, Mrs. Dee Brooks was seen at her home at 905 West Chickasaw street, last night by a reporter. The woman said "I am satisfied that my husband has been a victim of foul play, and I am certain that robbery was not the motive for the commission of the crime. When Dee returned home in his buggy at 2 o'clock Sunday morning, he wore a peculiar expression which denoted that he had had some trouble, about which he would not talk. He usually carried large sums of money on his person. After my son and myself had unhitched the horse and taken it to the barn in the rear of our home, we returned only to find the buggy empty. Twenty minutes later, my husband was ground to pieces by a Frisco switch engine. I believe that he met with a mishap before he came home and tried to conceal it from me. How he disappeared from the buggy, I cannot explain. All I know is that he acted  very strange and appeared weak. He must have been carried from the buggy by somebody. It is certain he was unable to leave the buggy to come into our home, he was unable to leave it to travel down those railroad tracks in a direction which he has never taken towards town before."

Buggy Is Stained.

It is said that the buggy in which Brooks rode to his home on Sunday morning contained spots which resembled blood-stains, indicating that the man had been stabbed and then placed in the rig, and was taken to his home by his horse which knew the route to the Brooks' home...