Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-10-07
POLICE SCANDAL
is PURE BUNK"

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After talk with him and with Chief
Lucas l became satisfied that the car
he claimed had been stolen altho he
had a bill OF sale for 1t from the man
he claimed sold It to him., He said
he paid something like $500 for it,"
Bills OF Sale Plentiful.
incidentally, ii may be mentioned
that the state prison at McAlester is
full of automobile thieves who were
convicted in the courts and all of
whom had bills of sale to the cars
they were convicted of stealing. In
deed, according to Chief Lucas and
the police. the automobile thief al
ways has bill of sale" to the car he
has purloined and always the person
who gave 1t is an unknown. So 1t was
with Augustus automobile; he had a
biz OF sale"-from a man Chief
Lucas was unable to locate or learn
anything about. 1t may also be said
that Augustus told Chief Lucas he
paid $1,100 for the carr
But to return to Mr.. Martindale's
statement:
81 told Augustus that the only thing
for him to do" said the attorney,
was to replevin the car, but his claim
of title appeared to me so flimsy that
! frankly told him in my opinion he
would not be able to recover it."
The result was Augustus did not at
tempt to replevin his car"
Il have been representing the GRIM
inal and underworld OF pulsa for
years." continued Mr.. Martindale.
If there is a hair on Ed Lucas head
that is not honest, and If any of his
officers are crooked, I'll cut off my
tsxl.e .s..t l. L..
his arm with a gesture.
THE only criticism l could maxi e
against any member of the force is
that some of them have really been
too Jealous, perhaps, in seeking the
rewards offered for stolen cars.
II personally know that Chief
Lucas and his men have arrested
automobile thieves or men charged
with stealing them numbers of times,
and held them illegally, upon some
pretext or other until officers could
come from other states after them
The Case Of May.
The case Of S. d. May, convicted
convict. who has done time in state
prison for larceny, was cited by Mr..
Martindale. May Is now being tried
at Dallas, Texas, charged with stealing
an automobile there aSd bringing 1t
10 OklanO1na. he was arrested ny
local police and held by Chief Lucas
until extradition papers could be OBJ
tained. Martindale was employed by
May to effect his release but failed.
"Chief Lucas held this man several
days" sand the attorney, without
authority, refusing to release him."
May was an intimate friend and IA
miliar companion Of Eugene Augustus.
Now let us hear from Chief Lucas
about the "martyred Augustus, who
was so unceremoniously and "brut-
ally" yanked from Jail by city au-
thorities and rushed off to the army
just when he was about to turn up
the whole police force, according to the
insinuations of the Page publications.
Augustus was just an ordinary
automobile thief" declared Chief
Lucas, "and we caught him; that's
all there was to him."
But the whole story should be
told. and here it is:
A Chandler six was stolen from a
Chief Lucas and his men found it
at Eueene Augustus 'garage'-the
garage, the chief says, that has har-
bored more stolen cars than any other
in Tulsa The garage was closed, but
with wheels off, it was found in front
Of the building. The chief broke in
the door, found the wheels and took
them with the car to the police sta
ton, where he held it several days.
Identifies Our.
The owner from Oklahoma City
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