Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-06-27
WARRANTS OUT
FOR OFFICERS
fllNIN OFFICERS WHO SEIZED
llQt OR CHARGED WIN
ASSAULT.
VIOLATED Federal LAW
ATTORNEYS Plan n Test Cn-c aud VIII
Take II tn the nigh
est Court

A % result Of the acts Of the posse
of eleven special officers OF the Unit
ed states Indian service In charge Of
Henry A. Larson, of Denver colo &,
which hlookaded tho bridge across
| tho Arkansas river within the city
limits of Tulsa ON the night of June
a, and held up at the point Of Win
| chostors and arrested all persons
coming into Tulsa until seven loads
| of beer came into sight and was cap
turcd, warrants were sworn ont be-
! fore Judge Slack yesterday for the
arrest Of every member OF chief Lar
sons rliding party charging them
with assault and violation of the de.
csiou Of the circuit court Of appeas
for the eighth circuit in the Evans
Victor case decided by Judge SAM
born OF April H. last
Judge Sanborn held In the Evans
case that incorporated towns and an
allotted lands from which restrictions
have been removed. within the In
dian Territory side Of the state are
no longer Indian country. and that
sections 2139 and 2li0 of the revised
statutes of the United states do not
apply thereto, SO as to give chief
Larson ana his deputies any right to
search for or sci2e intoxicating H.
quors without search warrant or
other process. That decision also dl-
rectcd the district court OF the east
cru district Of Oklahoma, OF which
Judge Campbell Is Judge. to issue
AN Injunction against chief Larson
ana his deputies and also against
Marshal Victor and his deputies, to
prevent them from midiug or search
ing for Intoxicating liquors without
proper process chief Larson and
his posse uu the night OF June "a,
had no such warrants, ana their ar
rests oi persons crossing the bridge
over the Arkansas river on the night
of june a. ot the point Of Winchcs.
tcrS was, iJ is claimed, a ruthless and
Wiltul violation Of the criminal laws
of the United States and Of the de-
cision Of Judge Sanborn above re-
terrcd to.
Outsiders Sw0rc Warrants.
The warrants issued for the ar
rest of Chicf Larson and his deputies
who participated in forcibly taking
possession Of the bridge In Tulsa on
the night Of the 2lth, We're sworn to
by parties who We're arrested that
night. travelling along the highway,
and were not connected with the
wagon loads Of beer afterwards sclz-
ed by Larsons posse
The effect of the Evans Victor de-
cislon Is 10 dvest Larson and his
deputies Of all authority to make ar
rests or searches for or seizures Of
Intoxicating liquors without warrants.
on lands which are not Indian coun-
try as defined by that decision Lar
son has publicly and deGantly stated.
It / ssaid that he purposes to con-
tinue his tactics, whether in violation
Of law or not, since he cannot be
punished for conternpt Of court in
the Evans case. He says that the
injunction I'm that case only enlons
him "A to the plaintiff Evans This
position 10y Larson and his deputies.
which Is In open violation Of thu
state law, and the decision referred
to, has led To the issuing of the war
rants for the arrest Of his posse. The
parties lling the complaints in the
state court were arrested and held
for two or three hours hefoe being
released. They say that Larson and
his men will bo prosecuted in the
federal IND state courts TO the full
extent Of the law.