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==Locations==
==Locations==
* 220 Wisconsin Ave, Peoria, Illinois - home of Charles with his first wife Mina, she kept it in the divorce.
* 908 Boulevard Northeast, Atlanta; McRoberts Drug Co - where Willard H. Smith
* 624 N. Boston Ave, Tulsa, Oklahoma - home of Guy McKenzie
* Oglethorpe University
* [[625 N. Cheyenne Ave, Tulsa, Oklahoma]] - home of Charles Reuter, murder location
 
* 630 N. Cheyenne Ave, Tulsa, Oklahoma - home of H. W. Stover where Mrs. Reuter spent the night after the murder
==Gallery==
* [[Harsh & Gallogly Gallery]]


==People==
==People==
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
|+
|+
!
!Name
!Name
!(Born-Died)
!(Born-Died)
!Description
!Description
|-
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|Baker, Joseph "Joe"
| rowspan="4" |Victims
|
|Ellis, Ivy
|
|(?-?)
|Manager of the A&P
|-
|-
|Bellew, Grover "Bud"
|Kirkpatrick, Tom
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|Chauffeur of McKenzie
|clerk on Oct 16
|-
|-
|Biddison, A. J.
|[[Samuel Hearst Meek|Meek, Samuel Hearst]]
|
|(1908-1928)
|attorney for Mrs. Reuter, telephone Mrs. Reuter to bring her to court
|grocery clerk
|-
|-
|Biddison, Valjean
|Smith, Willard
|
|(?-1928)
|attorney for Mrs. Reuter
|drug store clerk
|-
|-
|Breckinridge, M. A.
| rowspan="4" |Suspects
|Dickerson, Roy
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|Superior Court Judge
|-
|Brodie, Dr.
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|Attended Mrs. Reuter and the murder
|-
|-
|Bruner, Billy
|Harsh, George Rutherford "Junie"
|(1909-1980)
|
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|"an Indian", traded with McKenzie for a revolver owned by Reuter
|-
|-
|Campbell, H. M.
|Gallogly, Richard Gray "Dickey"
|(1908-?)
|
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|attorney for the defense.
|-
|-
|Charlton, J. R.
|Lampkin, Bud
|
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|attorney for Guy McKenzie
|Recently escaped from a chaingang
|-
|-
|Chilcot, E. J.
| rowspan="9" |Witnesses
|Ellis, F. E.
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|witness for the defense, was playing cards with McKenzie
|brother of Ivy Ellis
|-
|-
|Cleveland, C. H.  
|Grogan, D. B.  
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|prominent banker, witness
|Barber at 997 Hemphill Ave (1928)
|-
|-
|Crittendon, Tom
|Holt, MIss
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|witness, McKenzie stayed with him the night of the murder
|customer in the A&P
|-
|-
|Crossland, Ed
|Kirkpatrick, Tom
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|Assistant to the County attorney
|clerk in the store on Oct 16
|-
|-
|Egan, Ed
|Mahoney, William
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|Detective
|-
|Friddle, W. M.
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|boarder at Main Hotel in Skiatook, witness for defence.
|-
|-
|Godwin, Bedford
|Riley, Dr. Julian S.
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|witness, refuses to talk, committed to the County jail May 15
|attended to Harsh's injury
|-
|-
|Grosshart, Dr. Ross
|Smith, Leon
|
|
|Attended Mrs. Reuter and the murder
|brtoher of Willard Smith
|-
|-
|Gubser
|Sutton, F. Morgan
|
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|Judge, committed witness Bedford Godwin to jail
|medical student
|-
|-
|Hanson, Charles
|Wright, J. D.
|
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|Assist. Chief of Police, arrested Bellew
|Apartment were wounded Harsh was taken
|-
|-
|Harper, W.E.J.
| rowspan="7" |Investigator & Lawyers
|Arnold, Lowry
|
|
|witness, engineer in charge of waterworks construction for McKenzie's wells.
|Defense lawyer for George Harsh
|-
|-
|Johnson, Ralph
|Arnold, Reuben
|
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|witness, post office clerk
|Defense lawyer for George Harsh
|-
|-
|Malloy, Pat
|Boykin, John A.
|
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|County Attorney
|Solicitor General
|-
|-
|McCullough, William
|Lowe, John
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|Sheriff on the murder case
|Detective
|-
|-
|McKenzie, Guy D.
|Poole, A. Lamar
|
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|a driller for water
|Chief of Detectives, Atlanta
|-
|-
|McKenzie, John
|Richards, Tex
|
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|father of Guy McKenzie "aged bible scholar"
|Motorcycle Policeman
|-
|-
|McKenzie, Stella
|Stephens, E. A.
|
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|sister to Guy, "warm personal friend" to Laura
|Assistant Solicitor
|-
|-
|Morris, Horra
| rowspan="7" |Family
|Disosway, Mrs. J. S.
|
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|witness and alternative suspect
|sister to Junie
|-
|Parkhurst, Mrs. Inez
|
|witness
|-
|Pence, L. B.
|
|Administrator of the estate of Charles Reuter
|-
|Ramsdale, Benjamin F.
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|-
|Raver, G. T.
|
|witness, property of Main hotel in Skiatook.
|-
|Reuter, Charles T.
|1869-1912
|The victim.  A prominent lawyer and defense attorney
|-
|Reuter, John Charles
|1909-?
|son of Charles and Laura, age 3
|-
|-
|Reuter, Laura M.
|Gallogly, James A.
|1885-?
|Wife of Charles Reuter, and suspect
|-
|Reuter, Marcella Deener
|1905-?
|daughter of Charles and Laura, age 7
|-
|Ross, W.
|
|
|witness for the defense, was playing cards with McKenzie
|lawyer, father of Dickey
|-
|-
|Rossland, Ed
|Gray, James R.
|
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|Assistant County Attorney, acting in the absence of County Attorney Malloy
|grandfather to Dickey, publisher of Atlanta Journal
|-
|-
|Slack, John J.
|Harmon, Eleanor
|
|
|Heard the preliminary hearing against McKenzie, Bellew, and Baker
|wife of George Harsh (1946)
|-
|-
|Stover, Hal W.
|Harsh, Elizabeth Schwimmer
|
|(1872-1950)
|Neighbor where Mrs. Reuter spent the night
|mother of George Harsh Jr.
|-
|-
|Welsh, Manuel
|Harsh, George Rutherford "Junie"
|(1909-1980)
|
|
|witness for the prosecution
|-
|-
|Yoder, Ed
|Yankey, Dr. Worth E.
|
|
|Chief of Police
|step-father to Dickey
|}
|}


==Documentation==
==Documentation==
===Burials===
===Burials===
* [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/130263278/charles-t.-reuter?_gl=1*u74xp7*_gcl_au*MTIyNTAyMzM5NS4xNzE2MzAzMTYz*_ga*MTE3ODgzMTQ0NC4xNzE2MzAzMTY0*_ga_4QT8FMEX30*NGQwNmZkNjctZGVhOC00MzhkLWEwMTgtMjA4YTc3NTJmODQ4LjQwLjEuMTcyMDYzNzY0Mi40OC4wLjA.*_ga_LMK6K2LSJH*NGQwNmZkNjctZGVhOC00MzhkLWEwMTgtMjA4YTc3NTJmODQ4LjQxLjEuMTcyMDYzNzY0Mi4wLjAuMA.. Find-a-Grave]: Charles T. Reuter (1869-1912), in Peoria, Illinois
* [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84831397/elizabeth_s_harsh Find-a-Grave]: Elizabeth Schwimmer Harsh (1872-1950), Milwaukee, Wisconsin
* [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47442544/estelle-wellborn?_gl=1*bcj9v2*_gcl_au*NDg3MDgwNjA2LjE3MjIyNjA3NzY.*_ga*MTQxMTExNTQ4NS4xNjg5MzQyODM5*_ga_4QT8FMEX30*YTNkMzlkMzYtNDA3MS00Nzc5LTk1MjMtMDc2N2ZmNGMyNWZlLjUzNS4xLjE3MjQ1Njg2ODguMTIuMC4w*_ga_LMK6K2LSJH*YTNkMzlkMzYtNDA3MS00Nzc5LTk1MjMtMDc2N2ZmNGMyNWZlLjY1OS4xLjE3MjQ1Njg2OTAuMC4wLjA. Find-a-Grave]: Estelle Wellborn (1896-1964), Anniston, Alabama
* [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/206413743/george_rutherford_harsh Find-a-Grave]: George Rutherford Harsh Jr (1909-1980), Toronto, Canada
* [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/84831335/george_rutherford_harsh Find-a-Grave]: George Rutherford Harsh Sr (1868-1921), Milwaukee, Wisconsin
* [https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/54995934:60525?tid=193423375&pid=372606624970&hid=1029475277605&_phsrc=QFx10816&_phstart=default Find-a-Grave]: Ivory Ellis (1899-1958), Cobb County, Georgia
* [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19075827/richard-gray-gallogly?_gl=1*wvc24a*_gcl_au*NDg3MDgwNjA2LjE3MjIyNjA3NzY. Find-a-Grave]: Richard Gray "Rex" Gallogly (1909-2002), Dacula, Georgia
* [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60911630/samuel-hearst-meek?_gl=1*1ewtsv5*_gcl_au*NDg3MDgwNjA2LjE3MjIyNjA3NzY.*_ga*MTQxMTExNTQ4NS4xNjg5MzQyODM5*_ga_4QT8FMEX30*YTNkMzlkMzYtNDA3MS00Nzc5LTk1MjMtMDc2N2ZmNGMyNWZlLjUzNS4xLjE3MjQ1NzMwMTQuNjAuMC4w*_ga_LMK6K2LSJH*YTNkMzlkMzYtNDA3MS00Nzc5LTk1MjMtMDc2N2ZmNGMyNWZlLjY1OS4xLjE3MjQ1NzMwMTQuMC4wLjA. Find-a-Grave]: [[Samuel Hearst Meek]] (1908-1928), Powder Springs, Cobb, Georgia.
* [https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/95521852/willard-hoyle-smith?_gl=1*1d10mkv*_gcl_au*NDg3MDgwNjA2LjE3MjIyNjA3NzY.*_ga*MTQxMTExNTQ4NS4xNjg5MzQyODM5*_ga_4QT8FMEX30*YTNkMzlkMzYtNDA3MS00Nzc5LTk1MjMtMDc2N2ZmNGMyNWZlLjUzNy4xLjE3MjQ1OTQ0MDUuMzQuMC4w*_ga_LMK6K2LSJH*YTNkMzlkMzYtNDA3MS00Nzc5LTk1MjMtMDc2N2ZmNGMyNWZlLjY2MS4xLjE3MjQ1OTQ0MDUuMC4wLjA. Find-a-Grave]: Willard Hoyle Smith (1904-1928), Atlanta, Georgia
===Census Records===
===Census Records===
* [https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/21653191:6742?ssrc=pt&tid=193423375&pid=372593504983 1880 US Federal Census]: Peoria, Illinois - Charles, age 11, with parents and siblings.
* 1910 US Federal Census: James R. Gray and family, Buckhead, Georgia
* [https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/7602/images/4113792_01066?treeid=&personid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=EGE882&_phstart=successSource&pId=12558501 1910 US Federal Census]: Peoria, Illinois - Charles, 32, with first wife Mina in the home of his mother and sister.
* [https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/28107397:6061?tid=193423375&pid=372602374538&hid=1029452276406&_phsrc=QFx10675&_phstart=default 1920 US Federal Census]: "Geo Harsh Jr", 10, with parents, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
* [https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/23176638:7884?ssrc=pt&tid=193423375&pid=372593504983 1910 US Federal Census]: Tulsa, Oklahoma - Charles, Laura, and their two children "Marzella" (age 4), and John (age 1)
* [https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6224/images/4531973_00984?treeid=193423375&personid=372602368933&hintid=1029452168975&usePUB=true&_phsrc=EGE1768&_phstart=default&usePUBJs=true&pId=2366940 1930 US Federal Census]: "George Harsh", 21, prisoner, Fulton County Chain Gang, North Camp
===Court Records===
* [https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/20089803:6224?tid=&pid=&queryid=534b1060-0b33-411b-a261-4ffc2fc22c03&_phsrc=QFx10856&_phstart=successSource 1930 US Federal Census]: "Richard Gallogly", 20, prisoner, Georgia State Penitentury
* [https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1063248:9077?ssrc=pt&tid=193423375&pid=372593504983 1912-1914]: Probate of Charles T. Reuter, #1203 (114 pages); Laura M. Reuter petitions for a settlement and partition of the estate.  Commissioners W. A. Brownlee, G. N. Wright, and W. P. Moore are appointed to view and appraise the estate. Mrs. Reuter is allowed $40 per month for the maintenance of herself and the children during the process of the settlement of the estate (6 Jun 1912).  They find that four parcels of real estate are worth a total value of $7050.  The judge finds that Mrs. Reuter and the two children each hold a one-third interest in the estate.  Pence receives $359.19 in commission and expenses as administrator of the estate.
* [https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/50736094:2442?ssrc=pt&tid=193423375&pid=372602368933 1940 US Federal Census]: "George Harsh", 31, prisoner, Bellwood Prison Camp, Fulton County, Georgia
** [https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1063248:9077?ssrc=pt&tid=193423375&pid=372593504983 Testimony of Mrs. Reuter]: marriage date, births of children.
* [https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/291648208:62308?tid=193423375&pid=372602368933&hid=1029452294881&_phsrc=QFx11058&_phstart=default 1950 US Federal Census]: George R. Harsh, 41, book salesman for a publishing company
** [https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1063248:9077?ssrc=pt&tid=193423375&pid=372593504983 Undertakers Receipt]: Mewbray Undertaking Co, $247 for casket, hearse, ambulance, shaving, embalming, and permit.
 
** [https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1063248:9077?ssrc=pt&tid=193423375&pid=372593504983 Rolls File]: Note on male child, 1/16 degree Cherokee, in probate by mistake?  #1143, age 11 when enrolled 1 Sep 1902, Census Card #370
=== City Directory ===
** [https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1063248:9077?ssrc=pt&tid=193423375&pid=372593504983 Receipt]: adenoid operation (tonsils) for Johnie, $25
 
** [https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1063248:9077?ssrc=pt&tid=193423375&pid=372593504983 Accounting]: Allowances, Advancements and Taxes for Laura Reuter, total $1185.29
* [https://archive.org/details/milwaukeewiscons01unse_0/page/820/mode/2up 1919, Milwaukee]: "Harsh, Geo R pres Harsh & Chapline Shoe Co h584 Kenwood boul"
 
=== Maps ===
 
* [https://content.wisconsinhistory.org/digital/collection/maps/id/13651/rec/10 1910 Sanborn Insurance Map]: 584 Kenwood Blvd, Milwaukee - home of the Harsh family
 
=== Military Records ===
 
* [https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/69034056:2238?tid=193423375&pid=372606620517&hid=1029475222548&_phsrc=QFx10701&_phstart=default WW2 Draft]: George Harsh Disosway, 18, nephew of George Rutherford Harsh Jr., works for Delta Airlines in Savannah
* [https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/38987169:2238?ssrc=pt&tid=193423375&pid=372602368933 WW2 Draft]: George Rutherford Harsh, 31, released from Fulton County Public Works the same day.
* [https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/17273:62114?tid=193423375&pid=372602368933&hid=1029452242529&_phsrc=EGE1834&_phstart=default Questionnaire for Ex-Prisoners of War]: ("'''TOP SECRET"''') - "George Rutherford Harsh", journalist, #J7795, RAF Squadron #102, captured 5 Oct 1942 in Cologne, Germany.  At military hospital 5 Oct 1942 to 10 Oct 1942; at Hospital Stalag VI near Cologne 10 Oct 1942 to 1 Nov 1942; at Dulag Luft, Frankfurt 2 Nov 1942 to 9 Nov 1942; at Stalag Luft III, Sagan 11 Nov 1942 to 29 Jan 1945; at Stalag III A, Luckenwalde from Feb 1942 to 9 May 1945.  He was wounded at the time of his capture, he did received adequate medical treatment. He had previously attended a lecture on escape and evasion by an Intelligence Officer at O.T.U. Wellesbourne.  Did he attempt escape?  "Yes, I was i/c "Security" of Stalag Luft III Tunnel from time of its inception on April 1, 1943 until I was transferred by Germans to Beldrid Teildger on March 1, 1944."  - conducted 24 May 1945.
* [https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/11770981:61758?tid=193423375&pid=372602368933&hid=1029452242531&_phsrc=EGE1838&_phstart=default Der Reichsminister der Luftfahrt] (Prisoners List, written in German): "George Rutherford Harsh", American, born 12 Dec 1909 in Milwaukee, USA, no marks, #J7795, arrived 5 Oct 1942, assigned to Dulag-Luft.
 
===Newspaper Articles===
===Newspaper Articles===
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/791849328/?match=1&terms=%22Charles%20Reuter%22 3 Feb 1899 (Freeport Daily Bulletin)] - How Charles Reuter moved from being a barber to a lawyer 
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/586820540/?article=ed415175-67c5-4355-853a-a5b4b11148bd&focus=0.015067803,0.11670635,0.14562568,0.3383344&xid=3355&_gl=1*ydmpi*_gcl_au*NDg3MDgwNjA2LjE3MjIyNjA3NzY. 26 Jun 1917 (Knoxville Sentinel)]: obituary of James R. Gray  
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/897584526/?match=1&terms=%22Charles%20Reuter%22 10 Jul 1903 (Weekly Pantagraph)] - Charles make new record for clearing 150 judgements in half a day as a township judge in Peoria.   
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/970888249/?match=1&terms=%22George%20Harsh%22 1 Sep 1921 (Atlanta Journal)]: Mr. George R. Harsh, of Milwaukee, is Dead
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/34492389/?article=87eae97d-c49a-4922-86ca-da93b76129ac/c4fc5b5e-36bf-4484-8ddf-0faf2f037c0b&focus=0.5766576,0.4124396,0.705382,0.8795047&xid=3398&_gl=1*wex440*_gcl_au*MTIyNTAyMzM5NS4xNzE2MzAzMTYz*_ga*MTE3ODgzMTQ0NC4xNzE2MzAzMTY0*_ga_4QT8FMEX30*NGQwNmZkNjctZGVhOC00MzhkLWEwMTgtMjA4YTc3NTJmODQ4LjQwLjEuMTcyMDYzNzg0My42MC4wLjA.*_ga_LMK6K2LSJH*NGQwNmZkNjctZGVhOC00MzhkLWEwMTgtMjA4YTc3NTJmODQ4LjQxLjEuMTcyMDYzNzg0My4wLjAuMA.. 8 Nov 1904 (The Inter Ocean)] - marriage license for "Charles Renter" of Peoria, Ill (35) and Mary McKeon (20)  
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/1081615636/?match=1&terms=%22George%20Harsh%22 2 Sep 1921 (Stoughton Weekly Courier-Hub)]: George R. Harsh Sr dies after an operation  
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/882982725/?match=1&terms=%22Charles%20Reuter%22 24 Feb 1907 (Tulsa World)] - Charles T. Reuter returns to Peoria after a few days stay in Tulsa, he will come back with his family and practice law.  
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/971608386/?match=1&terms=Meeks 7 Oct 1928 (Atlanta Journal)]: Two Grocers Shot Down in Pitched Battle With Robbers  
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/882705937/?match=1&terms=%22Charles%20Reuter%22 26 Apr 1907 (Tulsa Tribune)] - Charles Reuter purchases his residence on North Cheyenne Ave.  
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/855223192/?match=1&terms=Meeks 7 Oct 1928 (Columbus Ledger)]: Two Men Are Shot in Atlanta Holdup  
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/882823527/?match=1&terms=%22Charles%20Reuter%22 13 Nov 1907 (Tulsa World)] - Charles has two greyhounds 
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/397889396/?article=564864fe-f903-4a6c-a09a-3d47be27eae4&focus=0.86293477,0.049259122,0.98921496,0.0923601&xid=3355&_gl=1*1ol44ol*_gcl_au*NDg3MDgwNjA2LjE3MjIyNjA3NzY.*_ga*MTQxMTExNTQ4NS4xNjg5MzQyODM5*_ga_4QT8FMEX30*YTNkMzlkMzYtNDA3MS00Nzc5LTk1MjMtMDc2N2ZmNGMyNWZlLjUzNS4xLjE3MjQ1NzQwMTcuNDEuMC4w*_ga_LMK6K2LSJH*YTNkMzlkMzYtNDA3MS00Nzc5LTk1MjMtMDc2N2ZmNGMyNWZlLjY1OS4xLjE3MjQ1NzQwMTcuMC4wLjA. 8 Oct 1928 (Atlanta Constitution)]: Obituary of S. H. Meek 
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/582592011/?match=1&terms=%22Charles%20Reuter%22 21 Nov 1907 (Collinsville News)] - Charles is attorney for Olive Oil Company of Tulsa, with great confidence in the "Baker oil field" 
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/397889239/?match=1&terms=Meeks 8 Oct 1928 (Atlanta Constitution)]: Victim of Bandit Dies of Injuries  
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/882364960/?match=1&terms=%22Charles%20Reuter%22 25 Nov 1908 (Tulsa Tribune)] - Charles is elected 2nd Vice-President of the new "Jefferson-Jackson Club" in Tulsa  
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/826213520/?match=1&terms=Meeks 11 Oct 1928 (Macon Telegraph)]: Georgia Police Seek Dickerson  
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/882365165/?match=1&terms=%22Charles%20Reuter%22 5 Dec 1908 (Tulsa Tribune)] - Charles is elected Secretary of the North West Improvement Association of Tulsa  
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/971604044/?match=1&terms=Meeks 17 Oct 1928 (Atlanta Journal)]: 2 Thugs at Large Believed Slayers of Grocery Clerk 
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/882365248/?match=1&terms=%22Charles%20Reuter%22 10 Dec 1908 (Tulsa Tribune)] - Charles represents Mrs. Cora Tate in divorce, reports that husband is "a habitual drunkard" and physically and verbally abusive to her and the children. 
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/397932598/?match=1&terms=Meeks 18 Oct 1928 (Atlanta Constitution)]: Dickerson Believed Man Who Shot Smith  
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/883560918/?match=1&terms=%22Charles%20Reuter%22 9 Aug 1909 (Tulsa Tribune)] - Charles is acting city attorney, is prosecution in a case against eight gamblers  
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/397933002/?match=1&terms=Meeks 19 Oct 1928 (Atlanta Constitution)]: Bandit Suspect Flees Amid Hail of Bullets  
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/709380055/?match=1&terms=%22Charles%20Reuter%22 25 Aug 1909 (Muskogee Daily Phoenix)] - Miss Louise Martin, 16, attempts suicide, is office girl to Charles Reuter  
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/971604577/?match=1&terms=Meeks 22 Oct 1928 (Atlanta Journal)]: Mr. Willard Smith, Slain in Store Holdup, Is Laid to Final Rest  
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/882310225/?match=1&terms=%22Charles%20Reuter%22 21 Dec 1909 (Tulsa Tribune)] - Charles is seriously ill at home with grip and malaria.  
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/971604760/?match=1&terms=Willard%20Smith 25 Oct 1928 (Atlanta Journal)]: Convict [Bud Lampkin] Surrenders, But Finds HImself Facing New Charges 
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/882370923/?match=1&terms=%22Charles%20Reuter%22 21 Jan 1910 (Tulsa Tribune)] - Charles is quickly on the road to recovery from Typhoid Fever. 
* [https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1374198:60716?tid=193423375&pid=372602374557&hid=1029452243189 28 Oct 1928 (Atlanta Journal)]: Student Confesses to Two Atlanta Killings  
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/882370956/?match=1&terms=%22Charles%20Reuter%22 24 Jan 1910 (Tulsa Tribune)] - further recovery from typhoid fever, but leaking much weaker than before.  
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/971605227/ 29 Oct 1928 (Atlanta Journal)]: Two Youths Held in Holdup Killings
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/882634631/?match=1&terms=%22Charles%20Reuter%22 29 Mar 1910 (Tulsa Tribune)] - Charles represents the city in a case of patrolman Grant Pilkington against C. P. Kline and son who slashed Pilkington across the cheek with a knife (held by the elder), the Kline's filed a counter suit for a receiving a head wound by an officer or officers on the way to the police station.
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/397940411/?terms=Willard%20Smith 29 Oct 1928 (Atlanta Constitution)]: various articles
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/882366308/?match=1&terms=%22Charles%20Reuter%22 7 Jul 1910 (Tulsa Tribune)] - Charles is assaulted by James Pilkington (brother of Grant Pilkington), proprietor of a grocery store after Reuter caused the grocery store to be attached for an alleged debt. 
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/971605282/ 30 Oct 1928 (Atlanta Journal)]: Harsh and Gallogly to Face Trial Nov 13
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/882773980/?match=1&terms=%22Charles%20Reuter%22 11 Mar 1911 (Tulsa Tribune)] - Charles files to be on the ballot for Mayor of Tulsa. 
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/397940721/?match=1&terms=Willard%20Smith 30 Oct 1928 (Atlanta Constitution)]: various articles
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/882965162/?match=1&terms=Reuter 5 May 1912 (Tulsa World)] - First local article, Charles T. Reuter killed by a robber, wife distraught.
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/971605359/?match=1&terms=Willard%20Smith 31 Oct 1928 (Atlanta Journal)]: Counsel Busy Preparing for Boys' Defense
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/882993261/?match=1&terms=%22Charles%20Reuter%22 6 May 1912 (Tulsa Tribune)] - "No Kisses from Her Lips", "I Knew It Was Coming to Papa"
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/397941314/?match=1&terms=Willard%20Smith 31 Oct 1928 (Atlanta Constitution)]: Separate Trials Planned for Gallogly and Harsh
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/882965234/ 7 May 1912 (Tulsa World)] - Two Arrests - Bellew and McKenzie
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/971652487/?match=1&terms=Gallogly 1 Nov 1929 (Atlanta Journal)]: Counsel Hint Insanity Plea for Geo. Harsh
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/882965272/?match=1&terms=%22Charles%20Reuter%22 8 May 1912 (Tulsa World)] - a representative of The World went to Skiatook and procured evidence that seems to prove McKenzie innocent.
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/398165464/?match=1&terms=Gallogly 7 May 1929 (Atlanta Constitution)]: Mrs. Mary Belle Smith remarries
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/612551630/?match=1&terms=%22Charles%20Reuter%22 8 May 1912 (The Oklahoma News)] - additional witness says, a few hours after the murders were committed, he saw a car that may have been the burglars going at a high rate of speed, that they may be hiding in the Osage hills.
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/412705112/?match=1&terms=leopold%20and%20loeb 12 May 1929 (Daily News, New York City)]: What Was Justice?
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/882965335/?match=1&terms=%22Charles%20Reuter%22 9 May 1912 (Tulsa World)] - little progress
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/384662651/?match=1&terms=Gallogly 26 Oct 1932 (Atlanta Constitution)]: Pardon to be South by Richard Gallogly
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/612551707/?match=1&terms=%22Charles%20Reuter%22 9 May 1912 (Oklahoma News)] - diagram of the house and photo included
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/384663302/?match=1&terms=Gallogly 30 Nov 1932 (Atlanta Constitution)]: Dick Gallogly Attempts Suicide
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/582273891/?match=1&terms=%22Charles%20Reuter%22 10 May 1912 (Daily News and Star)] - Joe Baker is also arrested, kept in a separate cell. Prosecution claims they have a witness, Mr. Welsh, that will testify that he saw the McKenzie automobile in Tulsa between 1 and 2 AM, and that another witness will testify he got up to have a took pulled at 3 am in Skiatook and saw Bellew and Baker there.
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/398108701/?match=1&terms=Gallogly 6 Dec 1932 (Atlanta Constitution)]: Gallogly's Plea Is Heard by Board
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/882965634/?match=1&terms=%22Charles%20Reuter%22 12 May 1912 (Tulsa World)] - Preliminary trial will start the next morning; state will base their case on conspiracy.  Hearing will be before John J. Slack in the county courthouse.
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/398120336/?match=1&terms=Gallogly 30 Dec 1932 (Atlanta Constitution)]: Commission Rejects Appeal of Gallogly
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/582274017/?match=1&terms=%22Charles%20Reuter%22 14 May 1912 (Daily News & Star)] - hearing is postponed, McKenzie pleads not guilty.
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/397863855/?match=1&terms=Gallogly 8 Aug 1934 (Altanta Constitution)]: Gallogly Plea is Aim of Cohen Says Governor
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/71240654/?match=1&terms=%22Charles%20Reuter%22 15 May 1912 (Tulsa World)] - Bedford Godwin, 1107 E First St, is committed to jail for refusing for refusing to speak on the case.
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/974691460/?match=1&terms=Gallogly 30 Jun 1936 (Atlanta Journal)]: Gallogly Parole is Recommended
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/882993833/?match=1&terms=%22Charles%20Reuter%22 16 May 1912 (Tulsa Tribune)] - Mrs. Reuter is also charged - along with Guy McKenzie, Grover Bellew, and Joe Baker - in the murder of her husband.  First witness testimony is heard.  Dr. Grosshart, Mr. Stover, Mrs. Brownlee.
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/974487926/?match=1&terms=Gallogly 30 Sep 1936 (Atlanta Journal)]: Clemency Denied Atlanta Youths
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/882993881/?match=1&terms=%22Charles%20Reuter%22 17 May 1912 (Tulsa Tribune)] - additional testimony; Manuel Welsh
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/823628609/?match=1&terms=Gallogly 31 May 1938 (Macon News)]: Gallogly Tells How Guards Struck Him
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/882966181/?match=1&terms=%22Charles%20Reuter%22 18 May 1912 (Tulsa World)] - "Several links were formed in the state's chain on the theory that the four defendants conspired to murder Charles T. Reuter, so that McKenzie's alleged intimacy with Mrs. Reuter would be undisturbed. The state alleges that McKenzie and Mrs. Reuter planned the murder, hired Joe Baker, and ex-jail bird, to do the actual killing, and that Bud Bellew helped perform the deed."  Reiterates what was written in Tribune the day before.
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/855323102/?match=1&terms=Gallogly 11 May 1939 (Columbus Ledger)]: Harsh Denies Gallogly Plea to Save Him
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/882966285/?match=1&terms=%22Charles%20Reuter%22 19 May 1912 (Tulsa World)] -
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/974719006/?match=1&terms=Gallogly 7 Jan 1942 (Altanta Journal)]: Gallogly Accused of Drunken Driving
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/664000451/?match=1&terms=murder%20sensational 20 Sep 1912 (Washington County Sentinel and the Weekly Enterprise)] - Trial of Guy D. McKenzie, Mrs. Laura M. Reuter, Bud Bellew, and Joe Baker is set for 5 Oct 1912 according to the plans of County Attorney Malloy.  McKenzie, Baker, and Bellew are in County jail while Mrs. Reuter is at liberty on her own recognizance.  Trial set by Superior Judge M. A. Breckinridge. 
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/974939458/?match=1&terms=Gallogly 9 Aug 1943 (Atlanta Journal)]: Gallogly Fined in Druken Driving, Speeding Case
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/882982187/?terms=Reuter 3 Nov 1912 (Tulsa World)] - recounting of the case and trial, verdict - Guilty. 
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/975813243/?match=1&terms=Gallogly 29 Mar 1947 (Atlanta Journal)]: Divorced of Dick Gallogly
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/71283869/?match=1&terms=Reuter 15 Dec 1912 (Tulsa World)] - letter of public appeal by Mrs. Reuter. 
 
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/883569772/?article=2ef0859b-44d3-424d-9c6b-26fb346711fb&xid=5581&terms=Laura_M-Reuter&_gl=1*g0qskg*_gcl_au*MTIyNTAyMzM5NS4xNzE2MzAzMTYz*_ga*MTE3ODgzMTQ0NC4xNzE2MzAzMTY0*_ga_4QT8FMEX30*NGQwNmZkNjctZGVhOC00MzhkLWEwMTgtMjA4YTc3NTJmODQ4LjQwLjEuMTcyMDYzODA1MC40My4wLjA.*_ga_LMK6K2LSJH*NGQwNmZkNjctZGVhOC00MzhkLWEwMTgtMjA4YTc3NTJmODQ4LjQxLjEuMTcyMDYzODA1MC4wLjAuMA.. 22 Jun 1914 (Tulsa World)] - rumors that Mrs. Reuter has remarried, or intends to, to a "young and good looking" stenographer that has been keeping company with her for several months.  He was away from work on vacation while Mrs. Reuter left the city "for some little time" to visit her children at a boarding house in Fort Smith, Arkansas - she has been staying at the Hotel Tulsa.  She has her home on North Cheyenne on lease for 1 year.   
=== Passport Applications ===
* [https://www.newspapers.com/image/882635189/?match=1&terms=Reuter 23 Jul 1914 (Tulsa Weekly Democrat)] - Mrs. Reuter is married to Charles Roberts 
 
* [https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/532612:1174?ssrc=pt&tid=193423375&pid=372607203054 1919]: Mrs. Francis Gray Gallogly and son Richard Gray Gallogly - travelling to England and France
* [https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/450216746:1174?tid=193423375&pid=372602374538&hid=1029452276401&_phsrc=QFx10670&_phstart=default 1923]: Elizabeth Harsh and son George Harsh Jr. - travelling to Japan, China, Java, Italy, GB, France, Monaco, Switzerland, Holland, Belgium, Norway, Sweden, and Denmark - first departing on the SS Franconia on 14 Nov 1923. (3 pages)
 
=== Prison Records ===
 
* [https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/33572:3056?tid=193423375&pid=372602368933&hid=1029452226420&_phsrc=EGE1813&_phstart=default 1929]: Georgia, Central Register of Convicts (page 82/83) - "George Harsh", murder, received 9 Apr 1929, paroled 21 Nov 1940, full pardon 11 Jan 1944.  Male, 20, 6'2", 155 lbs, blue eyes, dark hair, #4159
* [https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/3056/images/41170_1220705227_0970-00143?treeid=193423375&personid=372602368933&hintid=1029452226420&usePUB=true&_phsrc=EGE1813&_phstart=default&usePUBJs=true&pId=33572 1929]: Georgia, Central Register of Convicts (page 68/69) - "Richard G. Gallogly", murder, received 9 Apr 1929.  Full Pardon 13 Jan 1941.  Escaped 6 Oct 1939, recaptured 24  Mar 1940.  Male, 19, 5' 11.25", 155 lbs, brown hair and eyes, #4160.   
 
=== Ship Manifests ===
 
* [https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/4029384403:7488?ssrc=pt&tid=193423375&pid=372602368933 1924]: "George R. Harsh", 15, with mother Elizabeth.  On SS Berengaria from Southampton (12 Apr) to NYC (19 Apr)
 
===Vital Records===
===Vital Records===
* [https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/424969:2556?ssrc=pt&tid=193423375&pid=372593504983 1904]: Marriage of Charles Reuter and "Mary McKeon" in Chicago
* [https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/424969:2556?ssrc=pt&tid=193423375&pid=372593504983 1908]: Birth Index for George Rutherford Harsh Jr. - 12 Dec 1908 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
* [https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/23385:62361 1905]: Birth of "Marcella Dean Reuter" in Peoria, Illinois
* [https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/767016:4766?tid=193423375&pid=372607203051&hid=1029478692153 1908]: Marriage of James Arthur Gallogly to Harriet Frances Gray
* [https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/75079333:2562?tid=193423375&pid=372606620517&hid=1029475222540&_phsrc=QFx10690&_phstart=default 1920]: Death of unnamed infant son of Estelle Harsh Disosway - Atlanta, Georgia
* [https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/745329:2562?tid=&pid=&queryid=231a16e3-f56e-44b1-8d77-4edf95d755ba&_phsrc=QFx10773&_phstart=successSource 1928]: Death of Samuel H. Meek in Atlana, Georgia
* [https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/745439:2562?tid=193423375&pid=372606641662&hid=1029475447971&_phsrc=QFx10846&_phstart=default 1928]: Death of Willard Hoyle Smith in Atlanta, Georgia
* [https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1144486:61406?tid=193423375&pid=372602368933&hid=1029452242530 1946]: Marriage of George R. Harsh Jr to Eleanor Harmon - Manhattan, New York
* [https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/901059928:61365?tid=193423375&pid=372606620517&hid=1029475222544&_phsrc=QFx10686&_phstart=default 1947]: Marriage of Estelle Harsh to 3rd husband John Dent Wellborn
* [https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1374198:60716?tid=193423375&pid=372602374557&hid=1029452243189 1950]: Death of Elizabeth Schwimmer Harsh in Indianapolis, Indiana
 
== Additional External Links ==
* [https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/2808-E-Kenwood-Blvd-Milwaukee-WI-53211/40433192_zpid/? Zillow listing] for 2808 E. Kenwood Ave, Milwaukee - home of the Harsh family before the death of George Harsh Sr.

Latest revision as of 01:55, 29 August 2024

Overview[edit]

Locations[edit]

  • 908 Boulevard Northeast, Atlanta; McRoberts Drug Co - where Willard H. Smith
  • Oglethorpe University

Gallery[edit]

People[edit]

Name (Born-Died) Description
Victims Ellis, Ivy (?-?) Manager of the A&P
Kirkpatrick, Tom clerk on Oct 16
Meek, Samuel Hearst (1908-1928) grocery clerk
Smith, Willard (?-1928) drug store clerk
Suspects Dickerson, Roy
Harsh, George Rutherford "Junie" (1909-1980)
Gallogly, Richard Gray "Dickey" (1908-?)
Lampkin, Bud Recently escaped from a chaingang
Witnesses Ellis, F. E. brother of Ivy Ellis
Grogan, D. B. Barber at 997 Hemphill Ave (1928)
Holt, MIss customer in the A&P
Kirkpatrick, Tom clerk in the store on Oct 16
Mahoney, William
Riley, Dr. Julian S. attended to Harsh's injury
Smith, Leon brtoher of Willard Smith
Sutton, F. Morgan medical student
Wright, J. D. Apartment were wounded Harsh was taken
Investigator & Lawyers Arnold, Lowry Defense lawyer for George Harsh
Arnold, Reuben Defense lawyer for George Harsh
Boykin, John A. Solicitor General
Lowe, John Detective
Poole, A. Lamar Chief of Detectives, Atlanta
Richards, Tex Motorcycle Policeman
Stephens, E. A. Assistant Solicitor
Family Disosway, Mrs. J. S. sister to Junie
Gallogly, James A. lawyer, father of Dickey
Gray, James R. grandfather to Dickey, publisher of Atlanta Journal
Harmon, Eleanor wife of George Harsh (1946)
Harsh, Elizabeth Schwimmer (1872-1950) mother of George Harsh Jr.
Harsh, George Rutherford "Junie" (1909-1980)
Yankey, Dr. Worth E. step-father to Dickey

Documentation[edit]

Burials[edit]

Census Records[edit]

City Directory[edit]

  • 1919, Milwaukee: "Harsh, Geo R pres Harsh & Chapline Shoe Co h584 Kenwood boul"

Maps[edit]

Military Records[edit]

  • WW2 Draft: George Harsh Disosway, 18, nephew of George Rutherford Harsh Jr., works for Delta Airlines in Savannah
  • WW2 Draft: George Rutherford Harsh, 31, released from Fulton County Public Works the same day.
  • Questionnaire for Ex-Prisoners of War: ("TOP SECRET") - "George Rutherford Harsh", journalist, #J7795, RAF Squadron #102, captured 5 Oct 1942 in Cologne, Germany. At military hospital 5 Oct 1942 to 10 Oct 1942; at Hospital Stalag VI near Cologne 10 Oct 1942 to 1 Nov 1942; at Dulag Luft, Frankfurt 2 Nov 1942 to 9 Nov 1942; at Stalag Luft III, Sagan 11 Nov 1942 to 29 Jan 1945; at Stalag III A, Luckenwalde from Feb 1942 to 9 May 1945. He was wounded at the time of his capture, he did received adequate medical treatment. He had previously attended a lecture on escape and evasion by an Intelligence Officer at O.T.U. Wellesbourne. Did he attempt escape? "Yes, I was i/c "Security" of Stalag Luft III Tunnel from time of its inception on April 1, 1943 until I was transferred by Germans to Beldrid Teildger on March 1, 1944." - conducted 24 May 1945.
  • Der Reichsminister der Luftfahrt (Prisoners List, written in German): "George Rutherford Harsh", American, born 12 Dec 1909 in Milwaukee, USA, no marks, #J7795, arrived 5 Oct 1942, assigned to Dulag-Luft.

Newspaper Articles[edit]

Passport Applications[edit]

  • 1919: Mrs. Francis Gray Gallogly and son Richard Gray Gallogly - travelling to England and France
  • 1923: Elizabeth Harsh and son George Harsh Jr. - travelling to Japan, China, Java, Italy, GB, France, Monaco, Switzerland, Holland, Belgium, Norway, Sweden, and Denmark - first departing on the SS Franconia on 14 Nov 1923. (3 pages)

Prison Records[edit]

  • 1929: Georgia, Central Register of Convicts (page 82/83) - "George Harsh", murder, received 9 Apr 1929, paroled 21 Nov 1940, full pardon 11 Jan 1944. Male, 20, 6'2", 155 lbs, blue eyes, dark hair, #4159
  • 1929: Georgia, Central Register of Convicts (page 68/69) - "Richard G. Gallogly", murder, received 9 Apr 1929. Full Pardon 13 Jan 1941. Escaped 6 Oct 1939, recaptured 24 Mar 1940. Male, 19, 5' 11.25", 155 lbs, brown hair and eyes, #4160.

Ship Manifests[edit]

  • 1924: "George R. Harsh", 15, with mother Elizabeth. On SS Berengaria from Southampton (12 Apr) to NYC (19 Apr)

Vital Records[edit]

  • 1908: Birth Index for George Rutherford Harsh Jr. - 12 Dec 1908 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
  • 1908: Marriage of James Arthur Gallogly to Harriet Frances Gray
  • 1920: Death of unnamed infant son of Estelle Harsh Disosway - Atlanta, Georgia
  • 1928: Death of Samuel H. Meek in Atlana, Georgia
  • 1928: Death of Willard Hoyle Smith in Atlanta, Georgia
  • 1946: Marriage of George R. Harsh Jr to Eleanor Harmon - Manhattan, New York
  • 1947: Marriage of Estelle Harsh to 3rd husband John Dent Wellborn
  • 1950: Death of Elizabeth Schwimmer Harsh in Indianapolis, Indiana

Additional External Links[edit]

  • Zillow listing for 2808 E. Kenwood Ave, Milwaukee - home of the Harsh family before the death of George Harsh Sr.
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