The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-06-08
HOW GUARDS
ACTED IS TOLD
Testimony In AllisOn-CruCe liti-
cation Reaches Episode OF
Military Operations
MAJOR RANDALL ON STAND

Formerly the holder Of various pOlltl-
cul positions In the state and county,
testified toduy In the suit Of H. },
Allison against Former Governor
Cruce ana others, aud detailed again
the stopping OF the rucrs at Tulsa by
the nutlonul guard uf the state. Kan.
dali was sent tO Tulsa before the
troops were called ont aud reported
to General Canton the conditions as
he found them there.
Randall testified that he saw bet
ting at the ruces on Tuesday, after
the court order hnd been served ON
Allison The booths were CLOSED he
said, but men went through the
! crowds selling tickets ON the races.
Did you see any Officers there"
| he was asked
Yes the sheriff WIS there" Run.
dahl replied.
How far wa, he from the place
where the betting was going on?'
About thirty feet
! Sheriff Was Indifferent
The witness said the sheriff made
/ no effort To stop the betting uud he
saw no one arrested for selling race
tickets General Canton was with
him On the grounds that dal They
were nj the grounds un hour or more
aud then went buck tu the city tie
hcurd Canton talking over the tclc.
phone, presumably to Governor Cruce,
aud detailing conditions a, they had
found them.
When the order was given to stOu
the race the witness said the soldier.
arrived on tr0luS near the fair ground,
aud marched to the middle NJ Tia,
grounds Eightyfiye Officers and mcl
were present. General Canton went
10 the Judges stand aud made Il
speech In Witch he asked the peop,
tu leave the grounds. telling then
that orders had been given 10y the gov
crnor tu stop the races. 4 good many
went out When the soldiers put the
others Uut they just crowded then
along 10 the gates, the Witness said
He saw M one roughly handled uuo
testified that the guns used by the sol
dirrs were not NJ thar time luadr,
and the huyOnelS were not ON.
Later he heard the shots When th,
soldiers fired across the track tu stUl
the races Al that time the crowds
had been put out aud the gutrS wrr,
, guarded When the shots were fire.
the people outside were much excited
, especially the women. Some NJ then
screamed that their husbands hn,
been shot Two women who elaine,
Ia have seen their husbands full wcu
let IN the gates
Hurt BY Stumbling
Randall described the alleged man
handling ~ Mcmillan. the Young ma
said 10 have been thrown down Nh
steps. lie said Mcmillan stumble
aud lost his balance. but did not fal
A man standing nj the bottom of lh
stairway drew u revolver ~ thong
he would shoot the officer who wa
putting Mcmillan ont. mt Genera
Caution also drew a revolver nud IN
man went under the stairway uut u
sight.
When the moving pictures were b,
Ing taken ltundall said he stood 4
front NJ Gencrnl Canton us much a
pusSihc lie saw that an effort wa
being made to gct the adiutnnt rrr
crul into the pictures aud tried {
shield him lie saw soldier point
Ing a gun NJ man and presume
TINT II went into the moving picture,
Randall said he saw no rulencss %
the part Of the soldiers. When m
people were being put out uf the fui
grounds. he testified, they mughc
and joked with the soldiers rspccinll
II number " men who were Cs.uuluup
for office. They did not become augr
NJ nll because they were being pu
out lie said hc saw uu officer ordc
one woman to get into nm uutomuhll
standing ready 10 he driven ont NJ m
grounds
n isn't my automobile aud tn 4
nothing VI the kind the woman r.
piled She didn't ride out the wifi
ness said
After the shots were fired acroy
the track 10 stop the rnres md IN
people hccumc frantic nu order wa
given for the soldiers to load thcl
guns. the witness mld In tu thu
time they had not been lundrd