Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-10-10
HELMAR GETS A
JOB WITH PAGE
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! Butler. Holloway told. Foor that a
man named Trumbuli, who Is now In
| jail charged with automobile steal
/ ing, and at the time was Eusehv
! Augustus partner In the owl gar
/ age, gave him 81 10 drive the car to
! Bushyhead, whore he was TO turn II
over 10 another man who was to a.
company him.
Finds Car.
Stevens phoned a description Of the
Ford 10 Chief Lucas. and Policeman
Foor went to the "Owl' man and
made an Investigation. There he
found another Ford jitney with the
doors Off, whose description tailed
exactly with that Of the car Stevens
was holding at Chelsea.
Reporting the fact TO the stauun,
Foor was Instructed To go take pos
sc ss!on OF the car. Trumhull refused
10 permit him to take IL. and cAnva
one Walter Duckctt, a detective, over
the phone. while holding this con
versation Trumbull turned 10 officer
Pinkston. who was with Foor, aiiu
said, "Duckett wants 10 speak TO
you"
Plnkston replied, Tell him 1 don't
want to speak 10 him"
Further conversation ensued be-
lNffl IAlilIuAl anu lfufh'AA anu
hs nging up the receiver the forne,
said 10 the officer: "Duckett says
he's going TO telephone the chief and
tell you To get out OF here"
"All right" said Pinkston. when
the chief tells me 10 get out I'll GO"
Duckett did call the police station
hut the chief was rot in and he asked
the desk sergeant. Bob Jones. 10 or
der Pinkston aud Foor away from
Trum bulls garage. But Jones merely
laughed at him.
Trunmbun insisted that Pinkston
should not take the car, but finally
changed his mind when Pinkston
told him he was going to take II II
the whole state ard had to be sum
moned TO do IL. The car was taken
TO the police station and turned over
to W. n. Rumley, 13 Quincy street
who identified it as his own.
No rewards were asked by Foor or
Pinkst0n I'm any OF these transactions
and none were received.
Recover Eigh, Cars
These officers in one week re-
covered eight stolen cars that had
been stolen in this city. rhey re-
covered two that had been stolen
from Charles Page. but he never Of
fCred any reward Another time the
police department reoo overed a num-
her Of wagon loads OF gas piping ard
casing belonging TO Page that had
been stolen from the country beyond
Eedbird. IL was valued at $1,000.
Paige paid no reward and offered to
pay none.
Seventeen hundred automobiles
have been stolen in the United States
during the past year. according to
records Of the police department.
Forty-seven thefts were reported by
mail TO Chief Lucas yesterday from
all parts Of the midwest. from
Wichita, Kan. TO Dallas. Texas The
Tulsa police department has recoV-
cred cars stolen from California and
Minnesota and other distant states.
Chief Lucas says twice as many cars
aee stolen from Oklahoma city, Jop-
, lin and Wichita as I'm Tulsa.
Records show there are eight thou
sand automobiles in this city. Vir-
tually all these. representing a total
value perhaps of s5,O0O,OO0, nre
brought out on the streets In front of
| homes and business houses mt some
tine during each day and left there
by their owners. All a thief. who
knows how to run n car, has 10 do Is
to Jump into them and dash away into
] the night. With such temptation
| to the criminal element. isn't II a
onder that more cars are not stolen?
AN erroneous impression has beer
created" said County Attorney George
Reeves last night, that Walter
Duckett has been retained rs evidence
man for my office. l have never APP
POINTED AIR Duokett as evidence man
for my office, altho he received two
salary checks during my absence.
"A third check which hal beer
made out to give TO hin has beer
Aat ~, 4 gnHnnN npinfr ~
ascertain by whose authority nc rep
resented himself Is being connected
with NV office" the county attorney
concluded.
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