The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-21
CITY PAYS BOYS
BURIAL EXPENSES
Four Year-Old Lad Vic
tim of Bullet From Gun
of City Detective
SENTIMENT WINS OUT
Commissioners Wrangle but
in the End Order the
St00 Allowed

Business and continent ciashcd az
the city commission meeting Tues
day morning 'itv Attorney FRANK
J.. Duncan requested the mayor ana
commissioners 3D. allow $3.50 90 pay
the funcrni expenses Of little Robert
Davis. ngod a. who was Killed by n
bullet from tho revolver OF -. IL.
MoudIur. ..V detective. advising
them the mother Is unabl" 20 meet
such an obligation. Sentiment won
~. D. Novblu,k. rOmmissioncr OF
finance ana revenue, opposed nay.
uont ON the ground that the city n
not legally responsible for tho boys
death. that 90 Boz not liable for the
acts ~ policemen ana that the city
commission was not justified In
spending the uHpaycrs' money tO'
such purpoRoR Hr declared lac
would not vote favorhbly N u mo
tiou was made, hut That he wouIo
personally contribute so ot his owl
money tu pay the undertakcr'a BILL
There are too many Of these
things aiwnya coming before the city
rommlssiuu." Newblock stated, ANA
II we pay this We are stnrtlng some
thing that might hc hard To stop
Police Commisrioner j. n Ad-
Eison's face assumed reddish
tlnge,
''rcu mo OF another case Ike this
TINT over came before the Commis-
sion" he demanded OF Nowblock
'IuAt name one" he insisted. Now
block did not comply.
Would nc!mharac Ncwb!ccl.
'If you're AFRAID Of spending
some taxes In paying n bill such ns
thla. / will personally rclmhurso you
from my own pocket Adkison con
tinuod. Il don't vehove the nom
bers Of this commission should he
forced to personally pay such ex-
pouscs. For my part. I've already
spent more than my salary since rye
been In office. and n lot OF It went
20 pay for things that should have
been paid for by the city"
Street CommiSaioneT O. A. steiner
too ka hand.
Maybe tho city isn't legally re-
Hponsible for this debt" no said,
"but here Is this mother who hasn't
enough money to pay It, The little
boy IL de4l, aud The undertnkor's
bill which seems reasonable enough,
Is unpaid. Tho city ms stretched
points before, ana It can stretch "a
point in this case"
II want to tell you men," City
Attorney Duncan interposed, that
IL was dead and my little hoy
should be killed In the same manner
as that Davis boy. l would expect
you to allow bill for his funeral
expenses, And II you didn't, would
turn over In my grave ana curse
you"
Although admitting that the
mother should not be forced to pay
tho bill. .Newblock insisted that tiss
city should not allow II. City Auditor
Mrs. Frank Seaman declared that II
the city paid Il, there would be an
implied admission that 1t was legally
responsible for payment.
city Admits Nothing.
That's your opinion" tho city at
torney rotorted. MY opinion is that
the city admits nothing by paying IT,.
However. you may know more about
Il than / do" he added coldly. Tho
mother has agreed to waive all
claim TO damages n this bill 10 paid I;
the father Is alive. but II Ia not prob
able ho would ever try to sue the
city"
Mayor Evans took only small
part In the discussion. He admitted
that tho city is not legally liable for
the bill. but explained that the cir
cumstance waa unusual and that the
commission might bo Justified In
paying il.
II move tho blu be allowed"
Steiner announced.
Then followed the discussion OF
propriety and legal and moral re-
sponslblity For moment II ap
pearcd Steincr's motion would be
lost for want OF second But ap-
parcutly Addison was so cnErossod
IN the discussion that No failed u
hear Il. Steiner got his attention
"Are you going To second my mo.
ton TO allow tho bill7" he asked.
Sure" Addison came 20 life. "l
second the motion"
Tho auditor called the roll. WatoI
Commissioner G. s, YounkmAn, VIII,
had remained silent during tho dis
cussion, but whose mind had beer
apparently fixed throughout, an
swored nffirmatively, as did steiner
Addison and the mayor NewblocI
voted no.
Now that this is disposed Of,
City Attorney Duncan smilingl
said, lets not consider that any
thing said was personal and proccc
with the next matter"
And he began discussing the pai
the city is to take in the gas rat
fight.