Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-01-02
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ARRESTS A DAY
DECEMBER WAS A BUSY MONTH
FOR THE POLICE DE
PARTNiENT.
SS DRUNKS IN The month
Receipts in Police Department Ex-
ceedcd Salaries Paid out by
Over "A Thousand Dollars.

An average of 20 persons a day
were arrested during the last month
Of 1912. and the police court receipts
amounted to "A thousand dollars more
than the total department salaries,
according to the report of Chief Ed
ward Yoder for the month Of De-
cember. which VIII be submitted to
the city commissioners Friday.
When It is taken into consideration
that the average number of monthly
arrests In cities like Denver and
Kansas City doe not amount to more
than 800, some idea of the magnitude
of the business handled by the local
department last month can be gained.
The report of Police Matron Justa
Dixon viii also show large volume
of business taken care Of by that pop
ular official during the month
Both reports will make interesting
reading for the commissioners tOmor-
row.
Thirty-four men and one woman
are employed by the police depart
ment and their total salaries for De-
cember amounted to S2.53S 4s. The
total fines collected during the month
amounted to $3.5765O or more than
81 900 above the salary total.
To show that the police depart
ment is valuable as a detectOr Of big
criminals as well as petty offenders
the department arrested six persons
for other counties during the month
Just closed, two criminals wanted by
other states. and turned twelve per-
sons over to Tulsa county officials
for prosecution on statutory charges.
One hundred and one women were
arrested during the month. OF these
So were white II were negroes and
two were Indians. Five hundred and
three men were taken in custody as
follows: 800 white; SO negroes and
30 Indians. At Is cents each 1916
meals were served city prisoners.
costing the city s27690. The total
number Of arrests was sos.
Disturbing the peace was the most
frequent charge. There were 1879 ar
rests for this offense. Drunkenness
| was the next largest offense; SS ar
rests having been made on that
charge. Seventy persons were charg-
ed with lewd conduct. SiXty-siX per-
sons were arrested for violating the
vagrancy ordinance. and in the ma
jority OF these cases the offenders
were either compelled to leave town
or we're given heavy jail sentences.
/ Forty-two persons we're picked up as
suspicious characters and held for in
! vestigatiOn. There We're % arrests
/ for violation of the liquor ordinance
and 32 arrests of loiterers In booze
/ joints Nine gun toters were taken
/ in custody. Thirteen persons charged
with petit larceny had an un'ucky
! time with Judge Houston. There
were sixteen arrests for automobile
speeding. Four persons were charg-
ed with peddling without a license.
The report Of the police matron
will show she cared for total Of
/ 33 female prisoners during the month
/ The matron has complete charge Of
every woman arrested by the -fty po-
| lice. from the time she enters the
station until she Is released from the
| Jail The jailors or other officers are
/ not allowed 10 have keys to the wom-
ans apartments in the jail. or the
I female prisoners handled by Matron
/ Dixon. II were white and 16 were
negroes.
/ The matron turned one case TO the
/ juvenile court of the county and five
cases 10 the humane agent. She re-
stored FIVE lost children to their par
ents. and answered special calls In
/ four Investigation cases She also
cared for two attempted women sui
cides at her office at police headquar-
ters and saw both of them saved from
the grave.