Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-06-24
SHERIFF REMOVAL
APPEARS CERTAIN
Attorney-General Departs, Ap-
parently With Decision to
Gust Mccullough.
TEST LAW ON REPUBLICAN
Freeling's Visit Indicates Why
One Particular Official Is
"Under Fire"

That the initial tryout Of the at
law empowering him
with the authority to remove county
or city officials for the non-enforce-
ment of the prohibition law of the
state of Oklahoma will be invoked
against "a Republican. became almost
certain Yesterday when Attorney Gen
eral Freezing completed ms nearing
of the charges preferred against Sher-
iff Bill Mccullough and departed for
Oklahoma City While he did not
cided to remove the sheriff it was al
most certain that he would do so even
before he started the investigation.
Sheriff Only Target.
This was further borne out by the
character of his examination which
was all directed against the sheriff A
number of the most damaging wit
nesses against the sheriff were not
probed in the slightest manner as TO
what success they had met win III
filing complaints with the county
attorney and other officials with al
most equal authority with the sherii.
Some of these witnesses are known TO
have made complaints to others be-
side the sheriff but from information
which leaked out of the investigation
no attempt was made by the attorney
general to bring out this information.
Sheriff Mccullough was called be-
fore Freezing and gave his version oi
the roadhouse question which was
taken down by the stenographer. The
one hundred committee has directed
their efforts wholly against the sher-
ifr on whom they hang the entire re-
sponsibilty for the condition that en-
lists
Mccullough Ready.
Mccullough announced yesterday
that he had retained the firm OF Bid
olson & Campbell to conduct his de-
Tense and that he was ready to go to
bat as soon as the Encouragement
filed his custer. While Freezing would
make no announcement before leaving
the city, it is known that he has prac-
tically decided to remove the sheriff.
In fact II Is pretty certain that he had
decided so before holding the investi-
cation.
While no one at all informed under
takes to deny the existence of the
worst character of roadhouses this
county has ever had to deal with, there
Is a wide difference of opinion as To
the responsibility for their existence
and the friends of Mccullough are
going to make stubborn fight to Sc
cure MN IAN uNoAs hishO -
them are equally determined to give
their earnest support to the move
ment to rid the county OF the road
house evil, even If they have to join q
vigilance movement to get rid OF
them.
The fact that these roadhouses
have sprung up In many counties oil
the state and in several instances
where the attorney-generars attention
has been called to these outrages, thai
he has piddled around, trimmed and
backed and filled in his usual way
of playing politics, and yet comes tc
Tulsa and proceeds to make an inves'
tigation against a Republican official
solely and alone, does not set well with
people who believe in giving all par
ties square deal.
Seek Square Deal.
1t is such methods as these thai
arouse the antipathy of many citizen:
who are equally in favor of better law
enforcement, but who want to see &
square deal all around
1t is almost a certainty that McCul
Tough will be removed early the com
ing week or in the very near future
and he announced yesterday that III
would insist upon an immediate tria
and that If he was ousted by tur,
after a fair trial that he would qui
without making n SQueal