The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-10-06
WILL
PROBE
|0F RELEASES
prnS May Reopen Cases
Dismissed by City,
RUTH IS IN N0CENT"
|ayor Clears City Counsel
| or; Walton Stirred Up,

Rigid investigation of the release
]. {. Huey, William llucy. George
kwlins and {. 4. Nichols by the
y. after charge OF lonerng and
)gtaney had been placed against
enh was promised this morning by
pbert Burns, county attorney, who
lciared that IL III, result, ~ the
obe warran, the entire cas- u he
9pencd.
Burns conferred ye',crl rHh
N. Mundrn. municipal Iuc zee
|Atemen, IN open couI, Ssiui- Hts
bsponslble for bringing the I"cn-
lon Of the county 10 the matter
Mayor Against Court
Declaring that ",he court as i, now
bands is a farce" Mayor WALTON this
bofning said tina, he Is seriously con.
|derina aboli,hing the municipal
burt OF Oklahoma CITY by passing
n ordinance 10 that effect.
X was elected by the people OF
bio city on the platform that there
hould be no ,yrannioal mcthods-em-
loyed by the police or the officer,
Connected with it," he said.
The case Of the men charged with
t1Grancy and to which Judge Mum
en referred in his lecture Saturday
vas brough, TO my attention by rep
from the painters union
4 Oklahoma City. and they told mr.
|hst the men were lsboring men from
tskils Ealls, Texas, who had come
y the city for q good time during
ID fair. So not knowing ths, the
eaee had been brought into court, |
wrote q note 10 the chief Of police
psdering the men released from bond
Called for Munden.
THE note was sent "a Judge Nun
Tn who refused TO release the men
md then ! sent for him TO conc TO
~ office 10 find ou, what the true
1ilustion was. We'll. he refused TO
cegne. bu, later on came and told me
lhst the men had been taken into his
peurt 80
In oil such matters naturally |
pend on the counselor for advice
Ild Mr.. Ruth, who is innocent OF any
wrong In the matter and who knew
about it until he was called
=. told me ! could appoin, 4 special
|Udge. Il appointed Mccarthy, assist
~ counselor. but he would not serve
NJ then | appointed Mr.. Ruth be-
rAnse the men wanted to ge, ba k
home from Oklahoma City and |
didn't want them to he held here any
longer.
Judge Munden refused to swear
he special Judge into office SAYING
That he had not been appointed by
The entire board OF city commits
lioners.'
Dosaslly 10 Ask Statement.
Mike Donnelly. commissioner Of
toAnce, declared this morning that he
D4pects the commissioners 10 invesh-
sase the dismissal Of the case in
lu0nicipal court against the men
rA1Feed with vagrancy and who had
NmbIins apparatus with them. lie
MI that he will ask Judge Munden
(oe . formal statement OF the case.
Joe Patterson, commissioner OF
public property, also insisted on an
I4vestigstlou by the commissioners
Chief Of Police Jerry Smih, said
IN he never received the order for
fyessins the men from bond and that
4 Il Was sent by the mayor il was
N)llie he (the chief was out of the
The mayor said he had not decided
Nhethere he would reappoint Judge
l6ndln u he abolishes the municipal,
ert and re.establishes the old 20.
M Deuvt,
en- save the city 5000 4 year
u eQlnG away with the municipal
clGst" he said, Il am determined
u thsse shali be no tyranny prac-
tfed by Il while I'm in charge"