The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-04-15
SHORT ISSTILL
SILENT ON QUIZ
Saws No Action Will Be
Taken Until After All
Facts Are Obtained
DENIES PARTISANSHIP
Saws Visit Here Is for Sole
Purpose Of Giving County
and City Cleanup

I- nf ul testimony submitted
DID,. .I.. ...tIIrdtlpu being made hero
.r,. I...-.u Incompetence OF certain
.l..Il aud ltEruul law Violations
..T .H. 10, considered unless o. is
.I. ...ro11rItyd, according TO
,..a. B.. short assistant attorney
...rI. who with ala, assistance ut
,. h.Hryu Van Louyou. also an
assistant from ihc attorney general -
.,.... conducting th, iu,,sti-a-
#an
Tn. bearing IL bpins conducted bee
..r4 ..d. doors. because at ihp
.t ..Hf it is In the nature of e
.a.. nN. Hut it is not Of a par
10. nature. Everything is open and
..u.. board aud there will be no
..tI... .l amy sort tiiDd until all of
... ., mouy is in and has been
...r ... utmost cottt LIBERATION and
.rul-H. short sid last night
w.. Witnesses are mo-, asked to
.rr rublicly and short says that
g.. .H. proper time comes and
.r..e.4 ... rl,d none of tho tcs,I-
..... ..N Doe made public. Scvrra,
r..... ..-.. ., far me- said. have tcati-
|' 'II'' q IIR 'h I'''N''n 900 % iN'l
about Tu'u but mo- action will be
..t. u.iI their testimony Is corro-
t.r..d Whom an or tho Testimony
. .uun' tr. Short stated. IL will Doe
aH before tho police and county IL
rra.. Or jt develops that 10 * a
rt .NYt Joints arc running wide
ap,a . and about Tulsi and ma,
Va arr other law violations tho
ol aI, viii ho ordered to clean up.
n .h.t don't they viii have tu an
,v.-.. ,uo attorney generals office
ar,0lgH- to short.
QUIZ T. Not Public Show.
q dd not como down here To-
rat. amy speech or public show.
Short nd last night y didn't
rorrc down here 20 arouse the ami
nolt, ut the people of this scc-
ton was sent here to make an
iry,yiaaiion and every move I make
fe.l as If were discharging Wv
duty . have invited tie citizens Of
this community to come to me With
their complaints II is up 10 them.
II they want better law enforce
mont now is the time TO say So.
Needless to say. no action can bc
taken ou hoarsdy testimony Many
witnesses come i'm and tell about
something that was told TO them
hy someone else. who heard II from
his nest door nciEhhor. That kind
of story doesn't do bit OF good.
What We want are facts. ! have
received many anonymous letters.
These can't be acted upon But II
the writer's are afraid to testify at
'h" courthouse they can make an
appointment with me and meet me
and Mrs. Van Lcuvcu iu room AT
tEo hotel We viii be glad to hear
them and take down the testimony
We are here to 20 to the bottom of
'hn thing. but we can't move with
/ out tho peoples assistance. II is
sqUarcly up to them"
short COnfcrs with Police.
y Short said that he had made q
trip 10 the police station and there
talked over certain matters with the
polio" officials. What might de-
v'iop out of this trip hc would not
say
The whole thing In r nut shell
according 10 Short. is that so far nc
definite steps have been taken
Much testimony has been given. Mrs
Van l,uyou has heard several wit
r'ssos and there win probably b,
more. Some testimony has beer
given which VIII bear further in
1esus1fion and may lead 10 charge
being placed against several parties
Bur that viii not hc done until al
testimony is iu. Short said that th'
ease might require several more
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