Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-12-11

before Justice Ice Daniel OH 4,
charge ot breaking jar in April. !
l!ii Trial set for Friday. De- |,
ccmhcr -. 1916 !
II Grover Blum. aged 20. occupant
of county ilIls. ponitcutiarics reform
noucs and citv hastilcs IN two states.
should ever write "A story Of his eNpc-
ricnccs with the law he vii, uudouht-
cdly call it lin and out
At the present time Blum is back
i'm the Tulsa county lall. awaiting =
preliminary herring ON charge Of
breaking iail Blum contends that he
is the Harry rhaw of Oklahoma: that
~ hen he broke lail he WAS being un-
lawfully detained hv the county au-
thorities and that they had kidnapped
him, per Sc.
Unexpected Turn.
Hlum's counsel. John y. y Sykes Of
this city. has set the whole state bar
To- talking IN the past few daVs qs 4
result of his prcccdeut-cs ulishing
moves before the court OF last resort.
NcstcrdaV. when they arraigned Blum
before Justice Lee Daniel ON iail-
breaking charge. sykes admitted that
he was temporarily flahhcrgasted The
writ Of habcas corpus issued hy Pre-
siding Iudce Thomas N Doyle OF the
criminal court Of appeals specifically
ordered that Blum lee returned to tie
superior court of Tulsa county. there
to he dealt with according TO law
Sykes had prepared 10 continue the
ficht in behalf ot his client before
Judge NJ \ Rrcckenridrc. but when
ne arrived nj the superior court yes
tCrdaN morning they had already ar
iJicucd Blum ON another charge IN a
Justices court and had romauded him
hack Co iail I'm lieu ~ $1,000 bond.
NJ Novelty for Him.
Blum has spent SO much time in Jail
duriur the last three years that Il
is no longer novelty TO HIM. lie rs
also prepared To accept the unusual
IN nou.htltut manner Therefore,
II the iailer should oucu his cell this
sabbath morriuc and inform him that
the public eNcCutioucr was waiting
without Blum would no doubt comb
his hair. wash his face and step forth,
prepared To have the black cap placed
on his head And TO tell the truth,
Blum has had SO many curious eXpC-
IicuCcs with lailcrs. lawyers. courts
aud Justices IN his Young hut cvcntfUl
l,fc tn. he himself doesn't know why
he is there OF when he will he moved
Co som, other place ut Sate-kccping.
Hc has resigned himself TO his fate, SO
to sneak. and Is leaving II all M rs
hrs lawyer. who seems 90 he doing
pretty we'll I'm his efforts to rct Rlum
ont ~ one ilil and into another. and
n nossihlc to Nhcr1tc him entirely.
Tried hy Jury.
Blum was arrested I'm 1918 on a
charge of conioiut robbery. He was
tried hy "a Jury and convicted The
jury fixed his sentence at five years
I'm the peuitcnti1ry.
Then one bricht morning Blum
walked out of the Jail with Harry
Wells and Gale nuNol without first
asking permission OF the custodian TO
leave.
Picked Up In Kansas.
\ few months later he was arrested
I'm Kansas ON "a trivial charge and con-
Nict,d He was sent 10 the state re-
formatorv at Hutchinson under an
other name. lie escaped from the re-
t1rmatory. hut was soon rccapturcd.
Il was then that local authorities dis
covered his identity 10y comparing
Kansas officials kindly released him
and Tulsa county once more had her
. taNoritc prisoner I'm custody. Nothing
cNCutful happened to blum when he
got back to Tulsa. lie spent but a
/ few DAYS hero before being sent to the
Nc AlCStCr pCnitCnONrN, Later ON ne
/ wcs transferred to the Granite re-
| formatorv on account ~ his youth.
Home \goin.
Several months again elapsed and
| lust when everybody In local official
/ dom had about forgotten him he
/ hobhcd up again, this time with a
habcas corpus petition in the criminal
lcour, Of appeals. His attorney Mr..
sykes. had discovered that Blum had
Ibccn SEN, to the pcuitcntiarN without
haNuA hccn given an opportunity to
plead for a new trial ana without
sentence ever having been formally
PASSED ON him 10y the court With
] County Attorney James 7 ENcrs and
the attorney gcuorars office ON one
side and sykes On the other the whole
matter was thrCshcd ont before Judge
Doyle. who promptly issued the writ
and ordered Blum sent back 20 Tulsa,
his old stompipg ground, II was mat
uralN expected that tho courts die
tatCs would bc followed and that BlNm
would be brought into the superior
court here tcr such action as Judge
Brcckcnrdgc might decide upon. Just
what that action would be nobody
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