The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-11-08
If There is a Feeling of Dom
inatiOn from the Sheriff'S s
Office 1t Should Be Destroy
ed. There Is Need of a
Sweeping, Searching Grand
Jury Investigation.

Citizens of Ardmore in greater state of excite
today sgracefu happenings of yesterday than
they have been for The excitement started
day of October and feeling has been running high since
that time and it to climax last night when two wo,
assaulted another East Broadway following trial
in police court
Sheriff Garrett is being severely condemned and the
people equal in their condemnation of the of the
city They demanding that the officers clean up all I'M
moral resorts they are crying out tor prosecution OF cr
al and they demanding that the of the city
get in behind law enforcement with articles that have more
teeth in them than those that have been published
One of the principal charges that has aroused the peo
pie is that Sheriff CARROTS force has been used to protect
places of bad repue in the city, has been stated that upon
occasion when the police started stairway in the
city that Earl Young deputy sheriff stood at the top OF
the stairway and would not allow the police officers to come
up the stairway
Those who have heard that charge feel outraged and
they expressing their opinions in no uncertain terms
Earl Young was this morning by the Ardmoreite
stated that the without foundation He said
he had worked with the city officers and had made many
arrests and turned them over to the police.
Buck Garrett also about the matter and said
that he had heard of the charge before but he said
probably out of thing that happened last night
After the dsgraceul attack upon Mrs Casey Earl Young
effected the of the offenders and following their
by the sherfs force member of the police force
phoned to Ford and asked him to to the station and
make bond Ford is alleged to have replied that he had
been arrested by Earl Young, that he would to
the police station and told the police not to to arrest
him. This the sheriff probably the foundation for
the that the shers force protecting the Ford
place.
the citizens ought not to get excited and to believe
they hear without first making investigation He
said that person who phones him of law violations will
be protected in their efforts to enforce law and that rigid
Investigations would be made The sheriff said the police
had 81 men with population of little than $4,000
the city and that he had seven for the entire county
of approximately 100000.
The further charge has been made that officers in the
oil fields hired by oil companies had made things tighter in
the oil fields and that many Of the immoral and
from the fields had into Ardmore In to this
charge the sheriff said there may of those people
could not be many of them without his knowledge He said
the people in this trouble Yesterday had lived here MANY
years Ford has been raised here and Daughery of the
Travellers Hotel has been here something like five
The sheriff stated absolutely the Ardmorite that the
There Is general feeling the county that law vio-
atons have been too frequent that there sacrednss
to the prohibition law and that too many immoral
allowed to operate almost unhindered.
The people talking plainly of taking law enforce
ment into their hands and of dealing with some of the
most noted characters of the city
Matters have reached that stage where men are no
longer patient Mass meetings talked in order select
leaders against lax law enforcement
i All the laws of the state in favor of law enforce
ment and there was never necessity that crime should
get the upper hand of citizenship of the city If the
sheriff responsible for lack of law enforcement there is
plenty of law to ous him from office. Direct charges can
be filed against the sheriff in the evidence can
be taken.
Besides this movement q grand jury can be called and
thorough investigation be made and all the facts
be brought before the court and proper relief be had
special grand jury can be convened within few days
by the voice of few people and that action should be
TAKEN ii the sheriff responsible he be ousted very
quickly and another appointed in his stead II the po-
lice are responsible the city change the
tire force overnight The people entitled to have
ing. They have right to know who is to blame
The Ardmoreie stands absolutely four square for law en-
ocement We believe that civil should be resorted
instead of mob law The Ardmoree has repeatedly stated that
grand jury session should be held every year Especially should
one be held now
II it develops that the courts controlled by men who
will enforce the law they can be taken from the bench
The sheriff and the court object a sweeping in
vestigaon Any who has done his duty willing
IN
man who has not been faithful to his trust entitled tc
hold office.
Two wrongs cannot make n right. Those who talking
Of vengeance should have the into the courts with
/ a grand jury investigation.
One hundred be found who will sign such petition
fast be written and honest object
to searching sweeping investigation by who not a
raid to do their duty.
There is sentiment in this county that everything in the
county Is dominated by the sheriff and his force they feel ha
Buck Garrett has the to clean the city and to clean h
oil fields there is feeling Of domination from that office tina
there is of feeling Az long the people feel this
they entitled to sweeping investigation and they
titled to have the results Of that investigation published