The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-10-12
OFFICERS DO NOT
HARM PRISONERS
Only Time They Handle Men l.
When Jail Rules Are f1ngrnntly
Violated
FOOD SERVED NOT THE BEST
Deputy Sheriff Admits Slapplu-
PRISONER Who Had Concealed
Saws In Cen

II prisoners in the Tulsa counv
jail are treated harshly It s when
the officers find It necessary to sun.
press attempts or the men to cscaye
or to break down discipline. accord -
ing to report that A. NJ Weleh.
superintendent OF the Tulsu Count.
humane society. has submitted. iu..
lowing an investigation OF repor..
that the men had been terribly
treated.
conditions in the Tulsa county
JAN IN the matter OF the treatn,uf
nEcorbed prisoners is far above the
average In such Institutions" says
During the last few months /
nave reserved information that pris-
oneIs nave been treated with cru
eIy 10 coinpe! them TO di,ulge N
formation sought by the sheriff 4 Of
iice. I have found these charge4
Groundless. The fact that the prisou-
ers often shout and yell at times "a
hnoWn TO the county officers. but us
uaily these noises are made by thu
prisoners, as a deputy sheriff do
scilbes II. In spirit uf dcyi.try. L.
" also known 10 al ppaCe officer.
ana other persons connected in an.
way with any penal Institution thut
drug addiuts. deprived ~ narcoil.s
often suffer great aEJny, and tina.
without doubt persons living in tho
nelghborhoui Of S's jail have heard
lheao prisoners moaning and Calllns
FOR dope"
Deputy Had TO BE Rough Once.
John y burnett. Deputy sheriff
who Oas served criminal pruces.r,
since she first Of the year out of fu,
hhcr!tt's office said that on one ....
casiOh he was Cuiu PEELED TO be TouEl
with j. prisontr whom he knew hat
concealed about his cell IN the county
Jan a number Of hack saw blade '
lie says, however, that the prisoner.
at the first show OF violence on tho
part OF the officer, and before fhs
prisoner was injured In any wa.
produced three saws from their pla.e
OF concealmcnt IN the cell Burntl
said that force was sometimes neces.
sary To handle prisoners, and that La
did not believe that any Of the county
officers within the past year ha
used more force than was absolutely
necessary In order 20 obtain inforufa
ton needed from the prisoners.
Noah Langley. for many years
peace officer IN oklahoma, and for
the past Two years connected with
either the police or sheriffs Office,
declared yesterday he had no knowl.
edge OF the mistreatment OF prison.
ers IN the Tulsa county jail Langley
gave one Instance when he accom-
panied other deputies 20 the fail.
whore the had information that a
prisoISr was m poss ssiun Of several
hack saw hla ales. Langley said one
OF the officers slapped N" prisonor
when he refused to tell where the
blades were hidden and that tho
prisoner then produced three now
blades hidden in the cell.
lie said that IN a few such cases -
this where tho safety OF the entira
prison population WIS at stake, uU
violence had been committed either
by himself or any other county Of
ficcr. lie further said that he did
not believe vuueltios were practiCnI
on the prisoners
Prisoner Kicks About the Meat
W. y Randolph. assistant county
attorney said he had not heard tht'
cruelties hat been pr1etCrd In tne
county iail. and that II such was The.
case an investigation was I'm order
Ho declared he had talked win
many prisoners as assistant county
prosecutor, and u>lt he had MT
heard OF bad treatment OF prisoners
by county oflccrs
II A. Hitchcock, held In the
county Jail 10 days on a 6alll.,-
charge, hai no complaint Jo max, Hs
to the treatment ne received. and his
only criticism Of the institution was
that meat served the prisoners was
often times not ~ 20 eat He ne
tributes this 20 the fact that meat D.,
purchased IN the evening and is not
cooked ana served until the next jas.
lie said he believed the method
keeping meat fresh was not aiequa. %
and for that reason 'he food ,,W