Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-10-07
SHACKLETT GETS
BACK AT POLICE
Alleged Bawdy House Pro-
prietor Has His Say in
Sapulpa Scandal.

SAPuLPA. okla. Oct 6.-Editor
World The correspondent OF the
Tulsa World has much to say about
the honorable reformer. exminister,
and one-tIme circuit-rider. X. T..
Shacklett, all OF which appellatioIr
are pure fabrications. born of a sem
sational and undertaking brain.
prompted by a corrupt and grating
police force.
l am the proprietor OF the Berry
Suilding--a rooming house OF much
celebrity In consequence OF the pro-
prletor's tilt with certain cop--an
honorable gentleman(?) who desired
to remain in said building without
paying the rent demanded by the pro-
prietor.
This same honorable gentleman(D
said he would stay in the room and
would not pay the rent. and II the pio-
prletor undertook to put him out he.
this gentleman(?), would make him
rue 1t. and ruin his business. In some
towns In Oklahoma the police have
been known TO collect 81 per room for
occupation tax when the ordinance
provided only 80 cents per room. But
not so in Sapulpa. okla, for oui ps-
lice are honorable gentlemen ana IN
In the same town police are known
70 collect an occupation tax on de-
fenscless women with less than Is
rooms, when the ordinance provides
that to be subject to an occupation
tax one must have Is or more rooms.
But far be II from me to accuse our
police OF this dnstardly crime, for
they are all, all, honorable gentle
mentY)
Police In Oklahoma have been
known to hire n prostitute to go to n
rooming house or hotel and rent
room and then have the porter send
her man; afterward the ),viic-
would go TO the room and arrest botn
for lewd conduct, and the proprietor
for running a bawdy house. The pro-
prietor. to avoid publicity. would pay
n good-sized fine. and the poor cul-
prt would be taxed 20 the limit un~
the woman would be given chrome to
so and sin again.
Let not the public believe that our
police are guilty of such "A crime. for
they are all, all. honorable men(D
one of these honorable gentlemen.
who says under oath. and he has great
regard for his oath(?) that the Berry
building Is a bawdy house, "A cesspuo,
of corruption, and gambling he'll,
yet persists in remaining In the build
Ing Win MS soOu WIG.
The proprietor has used every en-
deavor to dissuade him and her ircm
remaining in said building, but all
to no purpose. The proprietor has
pleaded with him almost with tears
in his eyes to leave the building 10
avoid the contamination of his an
Eelic nature and pure character(?)
He has even called the law into req
uisition TO put him ont TO avoid the
sad catastrophe of besmirching his
and his good wife's names. but he
still holds on, because, | suppose. he
and she likes the company of harlots,
thugs, gamblers. and bootleggers.
such characters must be congenial
TO their natures
All this comes about because the
proprietor insists upon his paying rent
,or give up his room, both of which
he declines to do. The proprietor OF
the Berry building has secured two
orders of the court to put this cop
out of his building for nonpayment of
rent and then the court would in
struct the constable not To- execute the
order. that the cop desired to take
further action and the court went out
and secured bond for the cop that he
might take an appeal. The appeal
was taken and the cop still remains
in the Berry building with his good
WIFE altho IL is represented by him
as a very dissoluto place. This same
cop has made every endeavor to trap
the proprietor OF the building by
catching someone In the building vio-
lating the law. He. with other cops,
has made one to two raids per week
on the building and In four months
has succeeded in making two arrests
This all happens because the proprio
tor insists upon this cops paying his
rent. which he steadily declines, TO do
one OF the two couples arrested.
the proprietor has reliable proof that
the cop sent them to the building for
the purpose of being arrested that he
might accuse the proprietor of run
ming n bawdy house and thus sue
ceed in closing the building and in
this way ruin his business, because
the proprietor insists upon the cops
paviag his rent, which he steadily de-
clines to do.
Yet he rs an honorable cop Snd the
mayor holds him because Of his valu-
able work
This administration has two griev-
ances against the proprietor of the
Berry building. One, he refuses to
pay graft in connection with the oc-
cupation tax for the privilege OF rent
Ing rooms to lewd people for lewd
conduct; and two, he insists upon
cops paying rent as other people do.
But for these two henlous crimes he
would be a good fellow. and would
stand high in the estimation of the
very honorable gentlemen who con-
duct the municipal affairs of the city
Of Sapulpa. tSigned) X. +. Shacklett