The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1919-07-31
NEWSPAPER
MAN IS HELD
BY POLICE
Kitchens SwearS Warrant
After Striking FindIay,
TRIAL HELD TOMORROW
Mounted Police Squad Mem
Der Charges Interference,

Aroused by an attack on a. /,
Tindlay. an Oklahoman reporter at
police headquarters last night, Com
missioner Mike Donnelly IN a state
ment this morning said he would IN
sist upon a thorough investigation by
The city commissioners. Donnelly said
reports indicated the assault was en-
71ireN without proyocation.
The reporter, who was assaulted,
went to police headquarters last mgh'
in oues, of news. While looking over
the records OF arrests. which arc puO..
lie records, he was attacked ana
struck nv J. Garrison Kitchens. VINO
organized the soldiers. sailors ami
marines club during Mayor Wal
tons campaign Tor mayor.
Charges Filed.
After striking the reporter, kiteh-
ems filed charges against him IN
which it was stated he struck an oil.
iicer with his fists and in,er'ercd
with an officer while in discharge OF
his duty. II is inferred tha, the latter
charge is based on the grounds that
the reporter tried TO evade the blows
The hearing for the two cases is Sc
Tor , o'clock tomorrow afternoon III
municipal court.
Donnelly maintains that public rec
Uds are open TO inspection at ponce
Headquarters and that the public o.
newspapers cannot legally be barred
from them. lie said he would asa
Mayor Walton TO call an lnyestiga-
ton. II il is shown that kitchens
assaulted the reporter, Donnelly said
he would ask for his removal iron
the police force Kitchens is a mem
Der of Mayor Wal,on's mounted po,
lice force and during the training o,
the animals has been on the payroll
as a detective.
Kitchens Swears Warrant.
AT , o'clock in the morning Find
iav was arrested on warrants swori
out by Kitchens and taken 10 the po'
lice station where he was released or
bond Findlay was struck at lO:S
last night
Asa result Of his treatment and ar
rest Findlay suffered nervous
Meakdown anC a physician was called
10 attend him early this morning.
Findlay was compelled by the police
who arrested him to rise from his be,
and accompany them to the station
He was arrested in his room. although
ne was badly i'll as result o! hi
treatment.
Intense indignation swept over tn
city thi. morning when the story o
the attack by the officer was learned
The reporter has been assigned to th
police station for the last two or Tire
week, and wa, at the station on hi
regular run" when the assault oc
curred. Hc has never written any
thing about Kitchens and did not know
him except by sight.
Attack Unexpected.
The attack was wholly unexpected
the reporter says, as he had receive
courteous, treatment from the chic
and the assistant chief and sergean
He had copied fey notes from IN
complaint book which Is a publ
record. along with the accident repor
when the police sergeant offered n
objection.
Kitchens walked into tho roof
where the reporter was standing an
~9trnarded 10 know II the reporter wa
from the News. The reporter replie
in the negative, and added he wa
from The Daily Oklahoman. The oii'
Ger seized the notes and withot
warning struck the reporter IN III
mouth. and kicked him.
Kitchens told the reporter to q
out of the building and stay out, a
though the chief and the assistai
chief had made no such demands @
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