Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-07-26
T|LLI1SON PULLS
OFF HIS PLAY
IH NNIES Up THE DOPE FOR FIVE
INJINCuONS MD LEAVES
THE CITY.
Spent DAY With FIXERS
just Another Fight Among the Boot
lcggers-Poc Says fadiochs VIII
60 On-Regulating Coming

After spending most Of the day in
consultation with the principal boot
leggers Of the city State Enforcement
Officer Bert Tillotson left the city last
night for his home at NoWata, ana II
Is understood that upon information
which he furnished the county dttol
ney's office njunctions Will be lssu'd
some time today against flNe placVs
of business. where il Is alleged lquof
is sold and gambling has been con-
Quoted.
II is rumored that the five places
which viii be enjoined and placed un-
der padlock will be The Stag, The
Metropolltan, The Diamond, The
Grand. and The Oil Exchange. 1t IS
understood that an agreement was
madc between Mr.. TillotsOn ana the
bootleggcrs that this is TO be the eN-
tent of his enforcement of the law
Tor the present and that these par
tlctlar places are to be padlocked.
Tulotson is authority for the statement
that he had an agreement with JuuEe
Poe. out Of whose court the lnluhc-
lions are to issue, that the places
should be padlocked, although the
warrant Of law for this proceeding IS
yet TO be disclosed.
Who Has Got the Button.
While in the city Tillotson spent
p,ost of his time in consultation with
bootlegeers and their representatives
and d ID not visit the county attorney y
office yesterday at all There Is
general feeling about the city thaI
TillOtson came here at the instance OF
some of the bootlegger5 VINO
are in a row among themselves over
who has the most influence among
them with the powers that be- ana the
extent of the howl that is made to-
day will. perhaps, determine to some
extent who has got the button.
In the injunctlons which Will be
issued today the names of the owners
of the property as well as the pro-
prtetors of the joints will be included
and among them are some of the lead
ing citizens of the city. There are
dozen or more other places that are
handling booze, in some OF Whl'h
gambling Is said TO be going on ne
hind locked doors or under guard,
that have escaped the attention ana
notice Of Mr. Tillotson entirely when
only confirms the insincerity OF ms
motives and completes the chAlh OF
evidence to prove that after all II IS
only row among booueggerS ana
the remnant OF RdlHDleIs WIN no %
not left the city since open gambling
was put out Of business some weeks
ago.
Now that Mr.. Tillotson has come
and gone. and left his finger marks
ON the hall trees. there is real sure
enough movement being organized TO
nut an end to the horse play ana
do a little sure enough regulating. The
liberal element of the city are getting
tired of the high handed methods OF
federal and state enforcement OFFICERS
mixing up with local bootlegging fac
tons and pulling off fake raids and
staging fiascos for political and per
sonal effect, and the next thing Tulsa
people will witness perhaps Will be an
expiosion from a direction little sus-
pected.
When gamblers and bootleggers get
10 the point where they defy the local
authorities who are not engaged IN
grandstanding and are trying to see
that the town Is run in decent ana
orderly manner without any pussy
footing or playing to the galleries. but
go so far as to bring IL outside flXers
to help them stage their little game
OF tag. II is time for the light to break
ont and the business men of the city
to take a hand and see who Is real
boss" in this town.