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The Daily Oklahoman
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
June 7, 1907
page 5

Foreman Missing

J. R. Meadows, foreman of the construction gang for the Pioneer Telephone company is missing and neither his wife nor his employees have any idea where he is. Fearing that in a fit of temporary menial derangement he might have wandered to the river and fallen in, gangs of men from the telephone company have made a search along the river bottoms, but without success.

June 8, 1907 p 1

Murder Theory Adhered to; $200 In Cash Missing

Was J. R. Meadows, the missing foreman of the construction grang...one of three men seen leaving a house owned by him in Capitol Hill at 5:30 Wednesday morning?  Has Meadows met with foul play, have he wandered away or taken his own life...has he absconded with the $200 of the company's money that he had in his possession...

June 21, 1907 p 1, 3

Meadows' Murder Tale Told
Officers On Hot Clue
Letter to Chief Post Throws Lite On Mystery

With a letter in their possession, written by the person who is supposed to have killed James R. Meadows...identity of the writer known to them...

June 24, 1907 p 1, 3

Meadows' Murdered body Found Where Assassins Buried Him; R. Tegeler and Mrs. Meadows Are Under Arrest

Most Sensational Murder Mystery In Oklahoma City's History Is Solved - Arrested Yesterday Noon, Rudolph Tegeler Finally Leads Officers To Spot Where Body Lies - Mrs. Meadows Denies Being Tegeler's Paramour

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June 23, 1907 p 1

Mrs. Meadows Will Testify
Wife of Murdered Man To Be Given Opportunity To Tell Whatever She Knows

[see Rudolph Tegeler]

June 24, 1907 p 3

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January 10, 1908 p 5

Relation of Mrs. Meadows and Tegeler, Under Probe

Investigation of the murder of James R. Meadows in Capitol Hill last summer for which Mrs. Lila Meadows and her alleged lover, Rudolph Tegeler were arrested and have been held in the county jail without bond since, is being made by the grand jury.

...entire day spent probing into the details of the relations of Mrs. Meadows and Tegeler...

January 11, 1908 p 3

Meadows' Case Probe To Be Ended Monday...

January 18, 1908 p 4

Mrs. Meadows Smiles When She Faces Murder Charge
Charged with the murder and poisoning of James R. Meadows...