Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-11-11

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Guy q. Han, Tulsa. =.
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The special grand jury called by
Judge Poe met yesterday and were
duly and formally charged by Judge
Poe. The grand jury is in the charge
Of the county attorney and not an
assistant attorney general as has been
reported.
Judge Poe charged the jury on all
manner of the supposed iniQuities
committed In this county with special
reference 10 certain things which
have been street rumor for months
and months He laid stress on the
various departments Of the city gov
ernmcnt alleging that a certain Of
flcial had returned confisCated gam
bling paraphernalia to the people
from whom II had been taken, that
there We're shipments of wet goods
Confiscated and stored in the city
jail which had been returned 10 the
owners through some logcrdemain
that the police force and the city ad-
ministration were hand in hand with
| the elements Of eva and that a certain
/ physician had done somc things in the
| matter OF the physical examination Of
/ mmcntionable characters, that the
! entire police force from stem TO
gudgeon ought to be rig.dly and thcr-
/ oughly and seriously investigated. and
no stone left unturned to ascertain
/ the facts. lie charged that the ad-
ministrdtion OF the city and the dis
/ reputable citizens were In cah0ots and
-. the combination ought to be broken
! mp. He delivered a paragraph on
gambling in which he said that he un-
derstood that there was an agreement
between the city officials and the gam
Dlers by which gambling was 20 be
carried ON here indefinitely. He also
said that the fines in police court ay-
, oraaed forty-fiye hundred dollars a
month, and this was sign that the
law was being violated and that there
was no necessity for a compromise
with law Nolators by which such an
enormous revenue should find It's way
/ into the city treasury.
ON the prohibition feature of the
. charge the Judge said that he recog-
rzed that public sentiment in Tulsa
was against the enforcement Of the
prohibition Jaw and the members of
the grand jury would hind hard sled
ding getting the evidence to convict
the hootleggcrs, bat he hoped they
would do the best they could with an
/ almost hopeless case and try and con-
. Wet some Of the people who have been
+ dispensing wet goods In this town.
The Judge said he knew of one
/ city official who had lost more than
/ 5000 in gambling game. He did not
mention any names. but said he would
furnish the evidence 10 the grand jury.
lie did not say whether II was crap
game or "a poker game or the roulette
/ wheel lie merely used the generic
term Of gambling Nor did he say
. whether 10 was a sociable game or a
+ banking game or whether il was stage
money or the Kind that goes over the
bank counters. He charged the grand
jury 10 diligently inquire into this
transaction and bee sure they were
ri,ht
According 10 the statements In his
/ charge. the judge has been carrying
uu quite correspondence by mail.
/ lie said he had been warned that II
hc called the special session of the
er5ud jury that his political future
was no stake. but as he had no polit-
. Ical future he was willing TO take the
consequences he said that the gam
blcrs and the bootlegeers elected the
city and county officials Of this city.
and county. but did not state that he
/ had been on the ticket at the last two
general elections Judge Poe also
charged that recent killings in Tulsa
had been due TO gambling and boot
Logging lie even charged the Reuter-
murder 10 the prevalence of evil and
said that II Il had not been that this
was a wide open town. Joe Baker
would never have found a landing
stage here and Reuter- would never
have been killed.
Judge Poe read statute after stat
ute as TO the violation Of the gam
JUNK anu ioWN tAAAh rftfNNh
that the people would vote against
the repeal Of the last statute prohib-
iuug gambling and betting on horse
racing lie said he believed they were
both good laws
lie paid a tribute TO the intelu-
rence Of the owners Of buildings I'm
this town when he said they would
NOT lease their buildings for Illegal
purposes unless they were assured
they would not be molested.
Judge Poe said that since the call
ing ~ the grand jury several people
had been called ont Of town on ur-
gent business, but he was going 10
keep the. grand jury in session until
they came hack He did not specific.
ally mention the departure Of thc
goad roads delegation to st. Louis.
The Judge also charged that ne be- [
lleved the city had license systs m by |
which the gamblers and the boot |
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