Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-02-06
POLICE COURT NEWS |
SHOPGIRL FALLS
TO STREET WALKER
POLICE COURT NEWS

Noted Safe-Blower Picked
Up BY the Local
Police.
Agnes Gray a young and pretty
Tulsa girl whose fall from a respect
/ able shopgir TO woman OF the
streets has been witnessed by many
well-wishing friends, was hailed into
/ municipal court yesterday morning,
She had been arrested IN Joint where
she was intoxicated and abusive to Of
fcers who were raiding the place. Her
attorney pleaded guilty in her behalf,
/ but the judge insisted that she be
tried. Her case comes up this morn
ing.
| James Patton and John Moran
Tulsa police officer and federal officer,
respectively. yesterday received sum
mons to appear before the federal
grand jury at Muskogee next Thurs
! day. II is presumed that they are
wanted to testify in the case of Tom
! CroWell, charged with the robbery of
the Keifer postotfice. He was arrested
in Tulsa last fall by Detective Patton.
For the first time in two months
there was not a single drunk" slated
on the municipal court docket yester-
day morning.
After he had given a check ON a
Broken Arrow bank in which he had
no funds TO u local woman's clothing
company Ben Pranger was arrested
at the Katy depot Thursday as he
was preparing to leave town, by Pa
trOlman Wilkinson. He claims a
woman Of the east end as his wife.
She was also arrested.
An educated criminal, who has
great capabilities, was picked up by
Joyce and Siege yesterday. He gave
his name as Ed Meechen but his po-
lice record shows registrations of Ed
Breed, A. If. Butler and Shakespeare
Not long since he blew" Hotel Tulsa,
leaving bill and a suitcase contain-
ing a quantity Of putty ana two bricks.
Breed is an expert safe blower. His
father Is respectable wholesale drug
man at Newark, n, J., but he has long
since abandoned interest in the way
ward son who has served four terms
in different penitentiaries Of the coun-
try. JaileT Wilhour is a personal
friend of the criminal. although the
latter was reluctant 10 admit II when
he was brought IN by the detectives
When Wilhour was an official at the
state penitentiary Breed was sojourn-
Ing there as a prisoner of the state.
He acted in the capacity If private
ft ~ a Ia Il. iS
Cellent stenOgrapher and shorthand
expert. When ne was brought to the
pen his finger nails and fingers We're
hlcd off in such manner as to make
them sensitive for opening safes.
Not only is the Tulsa city Jail used
as a temporary holdover and COR
rcCtiOnal institution. but 1t Is also q
hospital after a fashion. In this last
capacity it takes u hand at caring
dope heads" IN small way. AL
though IT Is almost an inyariable fact
that once the habit of using morphine
or other narcotics is commenced the
habitual use Of it is continued until
the user dies. But few cases have
teen permanently cured Of the habit
by merely keeping the patient In Jail
from the drug until he has no more
desire for it
Four users Of drugs were brought
into court yesterday. They had been
arrested as vagrants by officers. Judge
CLARK, following his usual custom. will
liKely give them a long time sentence.
They were not tried yesterday be-
cause they were under the influence
Of the drug. The men yesterday arr
raigned were w A. Davis, II. w. Mar
shall, Frank Flannery and win Will
liams.
While going home from a show
Thursday night Patrolman Mahoney.
who works days this month. was
stopped by two men who asked him
If that street were Archer" Ma
honey drew his gun first, although one
Of his men had his hand on a gun.
The other was carrying a rudely- made
sandbag Their names are w. A, Bib
Ter and j. w. Ivey. They are booked
on investigation at the police station,
Got n package for me here jack"
4 table-lookng fireman in uni
form stepped up to the day sergeants
desk at the police station, received an
envelope from Officer Whiteford 1t
was the same sort prisoners receive
when they were discharged AT the
time Of a prisoners arrest everything
on his person Is slipped into an en-
velope upon which his name and other
data is written.
what was he up here for?" asked
a shocked reporter.
"Oh. that's one OF our customers"
replied Whiteford. I'VE keep cash
for lot OF people here. you know.
When n man finds he has lot Of
cash on hands, after the banks are
closed. he brings it down here. If we
know him TO be trustworthy we are
glad TO keep the cash for him"
BANKERS PREPARE