The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-04-14
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OFFICIAL PROBE
Short Says No Action Has
Been Taken on Evidence
Placed Before Him
OBJECT TO SECRECY
cazons Say Quiz Entirely
for Partisan Purposes, not
Law Enforcement

p..nf. the fact that testimony iu
... ..y,-tIgatiOn being made here
.ff..fIIs of the attorney generals
.t,.s..n regards to acts OF certain Of
...I. and fragrant law violations
.... continued Wednesday and sew
.,.I moro witnesses testified, moth
... definite has yet been accom-
...f.I. nor any steps taken against
... ofg.al, according To George f.
-H.r, assistant attorney general
.r, r rolmsion with Mrs. kath-
.'., San Lcuven, assistant attorney
ar,.lI Is conducting the investi-
All n. ,nc testimony thus far has
..r Ia ccard 90 stolen cars and
.h,.umug OF widc open joints i'm
ar, H... Tulsa, according tu short.
N. hearing IS being made at the
...r,, attorneys office and behind
.ns,d doors.
.utatiNcs OF thc press ana
...,r .nuuIir organs are barred. be-
.,u-. -Ior, explains it might lead To
.,-.n facts leaking cut ana thus
Glowing the law yiolators 10 back
.-,.k" and cover Up any evidence
.F.b might lead to their CorVir-
ror short says that he does not
fe, 10 good policy TO give out any
.f ,n. testimony until after tho m
,,s,Isarau is completed. Only ono
rIrr,ss is allowed in the room at "A
,rr and an OF the testimony Is
oLru down bv a stcnographcr
While admitting that he had not
,l taken any definite action, short
.4H thai certain testimony was
c,yen which II followed might lead
. "a arrests and might cause the Oust-
,sAof certain officials. lie also
s,,sd that every bit Of evidence
would Doe completely worked out.
Ilowe,rr. what the final outcome Of
.re Investigation viii be IL not yet
g,gcrtainublc.
Object to Secret Session.
Nu.h uufaNorablc comment was
,.sda Yesterday In regard to the in
,sstigation aud the manner in when
% is beiug made. Gossip about town
glasses 1t as a partisan affair ana II
s also rumored that 1t Is being car
rIsd on under cover because of that
fsct One man was heard to remark
that what the people wanted was an
,ryos,igation which was open To the
rublic. one i'm which the facts were
published and not one Whlch was
,-riod ON behind closed doors, a
short declares that he intends 10
,, 10 thc bottom OF the affair. ana
roiterates his statement that he dlu
M, come here to get anybody but
40 listen TO the stories Of Tulsa clti-
IONS II they want better law en-
forecmcnt. then the attorney gen
erals office will take steps TO see
that they get IT, he says.
Police officials were aroused oNcl
,b, methods used by Dan White IN
recovering a Ford car stored in a
local garage and which he claimed.
White identified the car which had
heen stored there by Bay Ward,
head Of the stolen auto department
as his. He obtained rcpleNin papers
I and got possession Of the car.
Claim White Got Two Cars.
Bay Ward said yesterday that
White never came to him about the
ear until after he had the replovin
papers. That car Ward SAID
vas turned over to me by man
named Thomas who had bought u
and became suspicious. | advor-
tsed the car and never did receive
an answer. could not locate the
owner because the numbers had
been charged.
II dont know whether or not
ina, was Whites car. Sometime
ngo he came to me and claimed "A
Ford touring car which ! had re-
aoyered and IT was turned over TO
I'm. / have the recovery slip when
p signed Ward exhibited the
Sip 20 a World reporter and two
other partiesD
After White had obtained pos
session OF thc car by replevin Roy
Ncacham went TO see him about the
cher car which he had claimed
White told Roy that he would re-
turn the other car. have no. yet
trcu White
Although short will he out Of the
uy Thursday, it is expected ina
nc Investigation will be carried on
l' Mrs. Van leuvcn, and Wh"n
S1or. returns Friday, he SAYS h6
VIII once more launch into the IN
''Nlgduon and finish it up. Il'
expects 90 Doe through by the mid