The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1920-04-02
..59's:.)Y HOTEL IS
a.DERED CLOSED
ate Health Officers
Charge Fire Escapes
insufficient.
Stranded FRAME UP"
Manager Says Tate Brady Is
p.mSn fa p,s, Trying to Run Him Out Of
Hotel Business.

OKLAHOMA CITY. April L.
oYdN5g 70 close tho BRADY hotel at
Tfisa said 20 bc tho second largest
hostclrv in that city were served on
thososnngemon late "wednesday by
q. ~ Aty rS,nd and @. Harrison, IN
spcctors OF tho state health depart
mcnt Grounds for the order were
th,sOt ha 9bullding is alleged not 10
bs1 snfffti icntly equipped with firc
escapes. IL was stated here today
Instant court action 10 combat the
sssfk was taken by the hotel man
aFcmcnt Application for u tempo
rary restraining order TO halt the dc
phpthn eNFfn its course was made 10
Nv sisilasc court of Tulsa county.
AahpaSAa went was made that the
hotel VIII entcr suit against tho IN
spNttptP fpr damages no result of
th1o8rdcI
Tho Brady hotol Is an eight story
synGtys md one OF the leading
hbYeis of, Tulsa. n contains approx
mAttiy POO rooms Tho hotel II
owned by w Tate Brady a wealthy
TAktt opg .lt,glan. lie s state com
ma1Sor. M ,thn Sons OF Confederate
NGl0taD& ri present he Is seeking
tpueploln hbh sale of t5,Oo0,Oo0 mu-
n,cjpaI MateE, bonds of Tulsa. Having
" ~
has appejIed to the supreme court.
Dr, ~ X. Lewis, state hoalth com
tu,ss,onor declared today mat tho
sL,l,s- wiz ,pltsh tho case with all the
vNoio y {, Ne command. II. IL. Wood.
assistant attorney general VIII rcp-
resent tlc state In the courts hr.
I.evr s,tpb tasiothor buildings In the
si.s,u, v4oN.gt probably be closed soon.
aaal ghstdt hN Brady hotel would be
resstsi ~ O. Aest case
-9yo1gml OH -
"A framc-up pure and simple
Thus did 7. r. Wells. proprietor
oqnthh nsrHdyb hotel. characterize the
ohdnr siHssSd "Wednesday by q. NJ.
Bland arSrtk-i Harrison. state health
insIsssfts, rss, f'ta close his hotel because
on thu 81 hicgod inAufflciency OF fire
cscapes. Mr.. Wells was positive in
his statement that Tate Brady,
owner of tho building. Is tho party
nlpst ,lptGteAted In tho deal 10 put
""EvSr 'Afnt6 ! purchased tho five
year lease on this building from
Tate Brady. about years ago" said
Mr.. Wells to The World. "he has
aOTs svesryr thhig In his power to
anaby fnhf fpr tho purpose OF secur-
ing poAasxdan Of tho hotel, for he
soon realized that the lease was
much more valuable than tho sum
paid for 1t. These persecution
finally eliminated In court proceed
ings Instituted by Brady which wore
heard before special Judge az
HfSbl cst ! Arrow In which tho court
sustained my rights In tho premises
~. NJ B16nd and q. Harrison
state health inspectors. came to me
about January 10. and requested "a
so through the building. This they
did ana In talk afterwards they
told pla. .whA was needed. I copied
1DFrucuons and have
fulffftcD jhfY to tho letter. Last
MoraaT MY tpJ WAS out OF tho city
these snme gentlemen came back and
went through the building again
They left supposedly satisfied but
Tuesday they came back and want
ed to see me. I came In Tuesday
night from Miami and they immed-
lately informed me that they wer,
going TO close my hotel They said
thatafsA ff,rch escapes needed repair.
my fnd tfiht they haG Informed
Bn0HboY days before. whose dutS
" liz fix, the escapes and that h,
s40He b]ounDfix item In n coupe a
sTIo fGslS Asbtel until the escape,
were fixed asked them for theii
notice, and they said that they did
not have any. They then started e
leave and told me that 1t would cos
me,eYS Ysph day after that that