The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-06-04
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 FOR RIOT LEADERS
Martial Law Lifted and Plans Made for Rebuilding
 Destroyed H5meS
By Associated Press

Tulsa, Okla, June 3.--Search for a number of alleged ring leaders of the race riots of Tuesday night and We'd resday, the lifting of martial law and progress on plans for rebuilding negro zone were developments in Tulsa today.
 Adjutant General Barrett, in charge of state troops here, announced he had the names of a number of per sons suspected of being ring leaders in the trouble and that these persons when apprehended would be turned over to the civil authorities.
 General Barrett told the Chamber of Commerce it was unnecessary to keep the state troops after today and this afyernoon issued the governors order restoring civil law.
 The committee of seven at S ccnfer- ence discussed the request of Govern or Robertson fpy searching inquiry and decided the best plan would be to handle the invest gation through the grand jury. A special committee from the bar association, it was announeed, will be appointed to cooperate with the county attorneys staff.
 The committee of seven also con sdered the rebuilding plans and steps are to be taken to provide well built negro section.
 The committee expects no difficulty in obtaining the $500.000 necessary to rebuild homes owned by negroes.
 An order was issued from military headquarters early in the day demand ing the arrest of any one offering for recording deed or transfers of any property In the burned district.
 General Barrett under the martial law proclamation in an order warned that irresponsible persons were seek ing to obtain the property at much less than it's value
 Rndical Negroes Blamed
 Agitation by a few irresponsible ne- groes was blamed for the part played by negroes in the race trouble here in statements made today by Police Com missioner Atkinson and several prom inent negro citizens.
 According to Atkinson the police were aware that negro radicals had been at work for some time. He said negro citizens had been warned sew eral months ago that responsibility for any trouble would rest upon the negroes.
 As the race excitement flickered out the fear which kept leaders silent was dispelled and they told the story. Barney Cleayer, a veteran negro police officer here and former deputy sheriff, who enjoys the confidence of both whites and blacks. named an alleged negro narcotic peddler Gas one of the principal leaders in the disturbance Tuesday night which precipitated the shooting and burning.
 O. w. Gurley, probably the wealth. jest negro in the city. told the story of what happened in the negro section and declared that the beligerent ne- groes established headquarters at the plant of a newspaper early Tuesday evening.
 Cleaver said he warned negroes then that they would cause the negro sec tion to be burned If they did not dis perse and disarm. "They only laughed at me and threatened to shoot me- Cleaver said.
 Began Collecting Arms
 Gurley said on the night of the about o'clock and found activities far advanced Men were coming in singly and in little groups" he said lin answer to the call to arms, and guns and am intuition were being collected from every available source.
 Many of the men, he continued. "were making open threats and talk ing in a most turbulent manner.
 When I saw what was going on, tried to talk them out of the idea of arlning themselves to prevent what they believed was a threatened lynch- ing but they were in such a danger ous mood that l almost got in trouble myself.
 There were not more than 40 or 50 men in the crowd of armed negroes who marched upon the court house." Gurley said. They were nearly all dope users or jake drinkers with po- lice records. However, there were a few more intelligent ones i'll the lead"
 Gurley gave the officials names of several negroes as leaders.