Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-11-12
POLICE ACTIVE FOR OCTOBER
PRODUCES AN AMOUNT OF
NEARLY $4,000.
some FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Drunkenness Continues 10 BE Leading
Chargo-Better Protection for
Mere hants.

| coeded all previous records ana es-
! tablished a new record in the state.
The business transacted by the Okla
homa City municipal court during n
recent month beat the local October
figures, but with that exception, no
city court in the state has ever hand
led as many cases or collected as
many fines as was done here last
month.
There were 413 arrests made during
the month, and a total of S3,6lS col
lected in cash fines. Several large
fines assessed in bottleggng cases
we're not collected, the defendants
having appealed their cases to a
higher court.
Offers Food for Thought.
The police business during this rec
ord breaking period in Tulsa offers
good insight into social conditions
and the effect Of the liquor business
on one of the largest cities in Okla
homa. The statistics contained in
the police departments report for
the month, which has Just been filed
wit hthe city commissioners, shows
many interesting things along these
lines, that give sociological students
plenty of food for thought.
Drunkenness Chiefest Charge.
There has never been a month in
the history of the local department
that more arrest We're made on the
charge of drunkenness than for any
other one offense. This was true in
October One hundred and one in
ebriated individuals faced the judge
and repeated the sterotyped express
sion, Never again" Next in num-
bors were "loiterers" and gamblers,
seventy of this class having been ar
rested in raids on places where the
roulette wheel, card table and crap
games are the principal diversion.
Next In line comes the women OF loose
morals, SO Of whom paid fines OF $40
or s25, as the case might be, apiece,
during the month. This class of "un-
desirables" always furnish a big por-
tion of the city's revenue, for only in
rare cases are they discharged after
a trial and never do they take an ap-
peal after being fined Thirty-seven
persons were arrested and turned
over to Officers from other cities and
counties, or held for Investigation
that curious charge" that is always
placed against representatives of the
vast army that are known as "sus-
picious characters" while the Off
GERS look up their records and at
tempt to connect them with some
crime. Only in rare cases are the
investigated held on any charge.
after the fourty- eight hours which the
law allows the police to detain them
without filing a charge, has elapsed,
and they are generally given orders TO
leave town, or given hours, as it is
termed in police parlance.
possession" Unlawful Here.
For being in possession of liquor,
twenty nine persons were given trials
and all but two or three of them were
convicted. 1t is this class of police
court defendants that the city prose-
cutes most vigorously, for they are
in almost every case represented by
capable attorneys and generally have
plenty of financial backing, as is
shown by their ability to file large
bonds, either of cash or securities,
for their releases from custody Spec
lad city ordinances covering violations
of the state prohibltory law have
been passed by the city commission
ers, and It Is under the provisions Of
these ordinances that the police work.
"LoitcrIng" z New Charge.
There were twenty-five arrests dur
ing the month on the charge of dis
turbing the peace. which is one of the
most common petty offenses outside
of getting drunk. For 'loitering' in
pieces where booze is sold. sixteen
persons were caught in the dragnet.
The charge of lettering is an unusual
one in police annals. and Tulsa is the
only city in the country having an or
dinance covering such an offense.
Under its provisions, anyone found in
a place where liquor Is discovered by
the officers.' is guilty. A fine Of IS
OF olU 10 ktnti AilN Ha'''"NNt - N''~'-~
cases upon conviction.
That the big army Of tramps which
Is now migrating TO the warmer clim-
ates does not stop in Tulsa to any
great extent, is shown by the fact that
but fifteen vagrants were arrested by
the police during the month.
Among Other Arrests.
There were fourteen arrests for Inn
moral conduct. The other law viloa-
tions during the month and the num-
Der of arrests for each one follows:
Petit lancency, 5; ordinance 473, A.;
assault. IL ordinance 13, /; ordinance
SOS, 2: ordinance $40. 1; booze or
dlnance No. s25. 3; drinking in pub
lie, 3; fast driving, 2; conveying IL
quor, 1 gambling. 4.
Seven hunderd and seventy-four
meals were served the prisoners In
the Jail during the month. which. at
Is cents each, was a total expense TO
the city OF s115.10. Each prisoner is
served two meals a day, with coffee.
Each meal is dished up on tin plate,
and includes bread and meat with
vegetables. and fruit occasionally.
These meals gre furnished the city by