Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-03-11
PADL0CKS PUT ON
THIRTEEN PLACES
District Judge Grants Is In
functions Against Alleged
Booze Joints.
TECHNICALLY HOLDS UP TWO
Orders Are Temporary and
Will Last Until Cases Are
Tried; One Denied.

Fifteen injunctions against alleged
bootlegging joints were granted yes
terday by Judge Conn Linn of the dis
trict court, They were the result of
applications filed earlier in the week
by County Attorney Reeves.
Thru special order of the court
the task of padlocking the establish
ments was assigned to the police de-
partment instead of the sheriff. Chief
Lucas, Assistant Chief Townsend and
captain Herring started placing on
the padlocks shortly after the injunc-
tons were issued. The places and
their operators which were closed
last night follow:
Those Closed.
,SSQuality drug store, 9 West second;
J. NJ. Harris and Dutch" Weete.
Cash drug store, 1926 East Second;
Ed de Moss
Sharpe drug store, l1S East Third:
Finish Sharpe
H. & S. cigar store, 12i West First:
l.afe Lewellyn and j. r. Boggs.
Monarch pool hail. Is East First;
Tom Taylor and j. c. Kinney.
Oliver cigar store. IA East FIRST
l.. Freeman and Tom Jones.
Silver Moon restaurant, l2S East
First; Cowboy" Long.
Blue Goose, 104 South Cincinnati:
Allen Freeman and Bm Ballew.
German Village. 1922 East First:
Harry Antrobus and j. A. Tilly.
Tilley's place, 1917 South Boston;
George Tilly and J. A Tlly.
Bank drug store, 10 North Main;
Dutch and Ben Weete.
Bob Powell's place, 3O6 West First:
Bob Powell.
Balls drug store. West Tulsa; Bob
Ball.
Property Description Wrong.
TWO other places against which in
functions were granted were not pad
locked last night. owing to Incorrect
property descriptions in the orders
They are the Montezuma rooms. 113h
East First and the Quick Meal Lunch,
between Cincinnati and Detroit on
First. They will probably be recti-
fled by the court tomorrow, after
which they will be locked by tho po-
lice department
The injunctions granted yesterday
are only temporary. They will last,
however, until the cases are taken up
in the regular term of court, which
Will probably he I'm about one month.
Sixteen injunctions in all were
asked by the county attorney. One
against the Oakland rooms, 24a
North poston was refused. The Judge
held that the evidence was insuffi
cient in this case.
Only Five Contested.
Only five of the sixteen suits were
contested. The others were granted
by default. County Attorney Reeves
was assisted in the injunction hear
ings 10y City Attorney John B. Me-
serve.
Property owners are made liable
with the alleged jointists. The suits
are of civil nature and do not con-
stitute a criminal charge. In every
case where the injunctions were con
tested the owners of the buildings de-
clared that they had not known that
the places were being used for any
thing but "A legitimate line of busi-
ness. Upon learning of the Injunction
proceedings they had ordered the ten
ants to Vacate, they asserted.
Both the city and county attorneys
la making their arguments declared
that efforts to enforce the law would
be defeated unless the injunctions
were issued. Altho it was true, they
said. that the tenants had left, past
experience SlONtu lIldN lllNN hpuih
soon return and the dives reopened
Xnless prevented by the court.
To Ask Penalties.
Penalty suits will he filed against
the property owners if the injunctions
are sustained upon trial. According
TO a recent law the state may assess
damage of $1,000 day against any
building used for violation Of the pro-
hibitory law so long as it is used Tor
that purpose In some instances the
county attorney says he has sufficient
evidence to demand $4,000 against
the owners.
The new campaign against the
booze traffic is one of the most eX-
tensive ever launched i'm Tulsa II
was prompted by the "One Hundred
committee" an organization OF
nrominent business men pledged to
clenn city. Most of the evidence was
gathered by the police department.
Under the direction of Capt. Dan Her