The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1898-03-08
BOASTS POLICE OFFICIALS
OF GUTHRIE.
JRoEs THEIR INDICTMENT
adge Of the District court says the 20.
lice are GROSSLY Violating the Law
~ Allowing Courtesans TO Ply
Their trade for Monthly
stipend County Attorney
10 Investigate,

In United States district yesterday
i fternoon Judge Burford exploded q
bomb that bids fair 10 cause rs much
comment, locally, as did the bomb
. which was exploded under the battle
hip Maine recently.
The case Of Cora DAisie (colored),
charged with holding mp a farmer and
4 obbiDg him Of S75, had just been con
:luded and the case gwen 10 the Jury.
The court room was crowded with
ipectators and colored courtesans, and
4 turing the taking OF testimony at least
ix OF the female witnesses mounted
4 he stand and admitted their loRth-
4 some calling, adding that they paid
4 regularly monthly tines to the city.
4 County Attorney Strang dwelt on
his fact while summing up evidence
4 10 behalf of the county, and this
4 ioub btiess proved cue for Judge Bur.
i ford. AS the jury filed out Judge Bur
. ford sat erect N his chair and survey
i ing his audience critically said In slow,
. measured tones.
81 do not wish to pose as a reformer
4 Of morals, but the startling develop
4 ments in this court today impel me to
4 speak. Since my recent induction into
4 office ! have witnessed some queer
phases of litigation and attempted
n litigation, but today's events cap the
ciimax. In the case just closed tevy
e o. women have unblushingly mounted
| The stand here and informed the court
i that they carried on prostitution openly
and with the citv's consent. ! never
heard Of such a thing before. Unless
the county attorney at once indicts the
attorney, police Judge and police Off
4 GERS OF this city, he is negligent in his
f duties. Here these women have ad-
mitted their sin, and informed the
court that they have carried on their
4 vile trade with the Official sanction of
i the city nominal foe being exacted
of them every month by the police for
such moral depravity. | reiterate, in
all my career | never heard of such q
a thing. The territorial laws are very
4 stringent in this matter. and there are
4 no city laws covering il. Under what
law the police Of Guthrie essay TO drag
a fallen woman into court every month
and cause her TO pay fine l cannot
find in the statutes. These people
Il should be driven from the city forth
4 with, and the officials countenAncing
s such rottenness should be sent TO the
\ penitentiary.n
Judge Burfords lecture created a
4 decided sensation in municipal circles.
and he was alternately praised and
roasted BIZ citi2 sns and officials last
night
i Is understood that County Attor-
II ney Strang will at once proceed against
4 the police officials and bring the mat
y ter before the grand jury. General
4 alarm is felt IN the half world and q
j general exodus Of sirens will doubtless
i take place
The police are indignant over Judge
4 Burford's roast, and declare that the
4 custom OF assessing foes prevails in
all citieF, and that without these fines
4 the city's exshequer would become
4 feeble and impoverished
The jury ia the Corr Daisie robbie y
! case returned verdict Of guilty.