The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-01-01
1919 WAS BUSY
YEAR IN COURTS
Criminal Dockets Have
Been Particularly
Heavy.
2,267 CASES ARE FILED
New Years Sees 2 Branches
of District Court in
Action Here.

with the closing OF the year the
courts Of Tulsa county completes the
most successful year in tho history
OF the county. More than four times
the number OF criminal cases have
been disposed OF by trial than la
any other Ike period since state
hood and double The number OF
civil cases have been tried as com
pared with any other Ike period.
In district court. Judge Redmond
s. colo presiding, four crinlhal
terms we're held, in which 90 de-
PENDANTS we're either found guilty
or entered pleas OF guilty. aud OF the
200 cases filed, disposition, through
dismissal was made OF "a total OF ~
others. Judge cole began tho firHt
OF last year with "A criminal term
lasting three weeks and since that
time the court including the term
lasting four weeks when tharloH
Kreigcr was tried on the charge or
dynamitinK residence. the court
has been In active session Tor moro
than six months out OF tho year. a
new docket, containing 40 cases sol
for trial, IN addition TO the arraign-
tnent and probable trial Of 20 other
defendants, being before Judge 'oIc
January 6.
Civu division OF district court
Judge owen owen. assisted AT tln'A
by Judge cole. has disposed OF SOW
eral hundred cases dockcted LOT
hearing. and with tho new year
with the assistance OF Judge COR
man sitting as special Judge, thlH
court will within the next year, be
gin to clear up docket OF cNu
cnsos. which now numbers almost
2.50O untriod Judge owen last
spring began agitation Tor a cI"h'
ing OF the civil cases then dockoted
for trial. but because OF tho cousest-
ed condition OF the docket and inc
fact that but one courtroom was
available, this matter was not feast
BILE until the partitionng OF the dis
trict courtroom into two COURTS
now almost completed.
Judge L. J. Martin. in superior
court has disposed of several nun
dred cases. many dismissed for want
OF prosecution, within the past year
and the docket In that court .wlthlh
the present year. will probably DC
cleared OF tho greater part OF thc
pending cases.
have been fllod by the county at
torney during the past ~ months
Including migdemeanor charges.
This rs almost twice the number OF
criminal cases ever filed by any
county attorney In any Ike period
OF the county's history. Thomas /.
Munroe, county attorney, with the
assistance OF four deputies. has In
addition to handling the increasing
ly large number OF criminal mat
ters, also taken care OF the many
civil suits brought against tho
county. mostly In regard to tho mat
ter OF claimed erroneous assess
ments.
The year OF 1919 viii go down
In county history as the period In
which the beginning OF the Tulsa
county system OF hard-surfaoed
roads was begun, with the bond Is
sue voted In November OF 1917. De-
lays caused by wartime restrictions
prevented earlier action on this
class OF improvements, but with the
federal aid money received by the
county, S2.100.000 are available TOT
the construction OF the original pro-
gram of 92 miles OF lS-foot paved
roadway. These roads extend IRON
Skiatook south through Tulsa &c
jerks and Blxby. from CollinsvillC
through Owasso and then west tc
Tulsa and Keystone. and from
Broken Arrow in the east part OF
the county to the Tulsa BiXby road
Several miles of this proposed road
way have been built but the short
age OF material and failure OF th'
railroad administration to provide
sufficient number Of cars, delayed
the building last fall to such AN ex
tent that the contractors were un
able TO complete moro than eigh
miles OF pavement Many OF the
contra tors are roceiVing and storinI
road material this winter, to be uset
In the spring as soon as the weather
permits. The use of gove~nmen
irnckA InnnNh 10 the cnmnlN hN thi