The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-06-14
SIMON LIKES TO
ENFORCE THE LAW
Constable Blames Sheriff
Because He Has Failed
to Back Him Up
RAIDS ON OWN HOOK
Although Operating for Two
Weeks No Arrests Have
Yet Been Made

,.,eas AZ Joe station early Sunday
4 corning between Simons. C. C.
1 Toylor a drilling contractor. and so
sir,ors saws several other parties
"A ,rtyhich resulted in the sheriff be-
n ni,aIed to the scene. While ad-
tre that he had not yet filed
b,rges AGAINST Taylor nor any Of
ne other parties, Simons stated that
le was going 10 confer Wednesday
ni,b County Attorney w. +. Seaver
.,d would follow the county attor-
,ov's advice in his Nove against tho
Jrillins contractor and what Simons
claims are two "choc joints" at Joe
In his version Of the affair given
| vordav the sheriff said that he had
1 seer called by Taylor about
| o'clock sunday morning. Taylor
. I,imed. according to Mccullough,
NAT tho constable after selling a
hottle oS Choc in Taylor's possession
.s3rchcd the contractors car and
/ claimed 10 have found a pop bottle
n corn whisky. Taylor denied that
he whisky was in his car when the
unstable started his search and re-
.used to be arrested. Sheriff Nc
i rrvough said that he had placed
TNa garage but had returned It to
III owner sunday. Taylor returned
N his office at Q o'clock Monday
morning and when Simons failed to
srpear promised to come back at
o'elocii Tuesday morning.
Simon Don't Show Up.
The sheriff said yesterday that
Taylor had appeared Tuesday morn
ing but that Simon had not shown
W. Taylor, according to McCul-
oueh is TO appear az the sheritf's
office again Wednesday morning.
Here is the constable's story:
Il have been making raids on the
Snd Springs road and elsewhere In
he county for several weeks. Con
sable c. $. Cloud who works for
Justice !. T. Thompson usually goes
With me. However, we have been
more active the last three weeks due
70 the pretty weather. II so hap
pned that Cloud was not with me
saturday, night and Sunday morn
!hg
There are two. or three joints
tght near where this trouble With
Taylor came up. In fact have
earched both a store near there and
large residence for liquor several
times. on one occasion | found two
barrels of "choc" in the residence
and poured 1t out.
Las, Saturday night | was along
he road looking out for trouble ana
saw car containing five men and
four women stop near the house ana
get a bucket of choc. | seized the
stuff and placed the people under
arrest and deputiZed another man
near there to watch them while
went through the house. l found
some choc in the house and several
l men and women upstairs violating
y The law. arrested all OF them and
While getting them together /
looked out Of a window and saw
Taylor drive up and buy some choc
from another man. | rushed my
prisoners out of the house and
seized the choc which Taylor had
purchased. | searched his car ana
found a pop bottle fun OF corn
whisky on the floor of the car near
the steering wheel. l told Taylor 10
consider himself under arrest.
Arrested II People.
"Ha protested and asserted that
ths whisky did not come out OF MS
Csr The man who owns the store
Ahngling and asserting that
couldn't arrest Taylor. Before l ar
rested him | already had II people
.Rder arrest and quite a hit OF choc
IN my possession. These other
Prisoners were also i1clIned to be
hardboiled and | had to knock one
o, the men down.
4 called for assistance from the
police but they refused to act say
'ng that II was out Of their 1urlsdlc-
ton, | then sNt a motorist after
the sheriff. l Waited about an hour
or the sheriff to come but he never
.aswed up. Later Taylor stopped q
car and complained that l was try
mgt0 fra me him and that he want
Cd Sheriff Mccullough to come out
few minutes later the sheriff ar
tIVed. He asked me the troublo~ano
tod him | had arrested the people
end seized some chOc. Lpointcd gu
lsylor as the man from whom | hac
sNsd the corn whisky.
The sheriff walked over-to Taylol
sa after a few minutes conversh
uon Mccullough told me that M
anew Taylor and that there wa'
hardly enough evidence to JUSTIN
s'festlng him and seizing his car. 4
&c" minutes later the sheIlll lOof
lne bottle Of corn and he and Taylo
goge off in TaylCr's car. Sherlf
N'Clllouch refused to give me aiC
tna disgusted | left and did no
yrns in anyone. l don't care abou
laNor and his car and those meet
uss In the sheriffs office ever
morning, They don't worry me Il
a. lie refused TO give me AID n
Triesllng those people but did hell
sore
p, Wants Law Enforced.
elmons admitted that he AM
1Dud had been "crusading" In IN
w1nty for some time and had no
yet made any arrests. lie SAT-
IN ne was making the raids be
aIe he wanted to see the law en-
Sd' lie said that in most case
~ small quantity of choc wa
ppe and that convictions could no
" obtained in such cases, despit
ne laet that 1t is against the lay
y, Wsnutacture and have possessio
vhoc simon says that II is eve
10 get conviction when a ma
"nund pund In possession of a sma
-sHNly OF corn whisky. simon