Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-01-31
PAY OFF POLICE
But THEY STICK
Townsend and His Raiding
Squad Get Salary and Await
Funk's Return for AK.
CHIEF WAITING FOR BOSS
Some, Who Have Gone Before,
Wonder If Men VIII De-
mand Public Trial.

As far as Mayor simmons ana city
Commissioners Walker, Nuunkmar
and Brink are concerned, II. II. town
send Bill Shue, carl Lewis and Ra.
mcy Miller Will never again wear q
star as members Of the Tulsa police
department. But at the present they
nrc on the force.
~ While the mayor ana city commits
Sloncrs in session yesterday morning
paid orr the officers who caused tho
storm Of public Indignation 10 break
over the department hy killing Yer
non Hatfield, they will continue as
peace Officers within the confines OF
Tulsa until Commissioner 4. L. Funk
returns lie, as commissioner OF po-
lice. Is the only one who can fire tho
men, and as Chief Of Police Lucas said
last night "Thcy are waiting for him
TO come back"
Against Five Men.
The mayor and commissioners nrc
not I'm favor Of continuing the five
kncn ON the department. Some OF tho
commissioners made no attempt TO
veil their feelings on this matter.
while some attempting more diplo-
macy. declared that ITS up 10 Fuuk. %
The paying off of the help i'm the po-
lice department came before the com
missoEcrs in its usual manner but
allowed there was a general discus
sion Of the merits and dcmcrits Of tho
charges
White the men have been paid for
the time they spent as members Of
the force I'm tho past. one of the city
commissioners declared that It was
the final warrant they would draw.
CHIEF Lucas sold last night that the
men had not been fired" He did not
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as polite way Of accepting their res
ipnations. lie said that the only one
with authority TO discharge the men
was Mr.. Funk and they were waiting
for his return.
Telegraph Funk.
Mayor simmons declared after tho
meeting of the board of city commits
sioncis yesterday morning that tcle-
6ram had been sent to Commissioner
Funk, and that hc could not help but
expect the absent commissioners re
turn within the very near future.
The police question was not limited
In discussion only to the open meet
ing Of the commissioners yesterday
morning, and thruout the day the
mayor and commissioners were en-
gagged I'm talking things over. IL was
decided that they had gone as far as
the charter would permit in sevcring
the connections Of the members of the
raiding squad from their official po-
sitions as members of the police de-
partment All that now remains for
Mr.. Funk to do is TO order the men
stricken from the police roster. but a
moments work and supply five now
men who have had experience in po-
lice work
II was agreed that the way had
hcen paved for the work Mr.. Funk
has in hand upon his return to the
city, and there is every possibility
that the Friday morning session Of
the board of city commissioners will
see the final chapter Of the police de- |
pertinent under its present regime
written.
Not accepting the action Of the
mayor and commissioners Yesterday f.
MS final Mr.. Lucas declared last night /.
that no men had been selected by him /.
20 FIJI the positions held by Townsend /
and the officers associated with him |
on the raiding squad. He is con- |
vinced that the power TO remove from !