The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-03-12

ing Of stripping his back and APP
plying the lash. lie said that the
men accused him Of being a boot
logger. hiiacker and gambler and
warned him TO get TO work or he
would get a worse punishment. AT
er some talk OF taking him TO the
county line the men finally ordered
him back into the car and after
again covering his head with a
blanket started Off. Tho blanket
was not removed until he was
dumped out in front Of his home,
Wissinger said.
The victim told the sheriff that he
had never before seen the two men
who had first arrested" him and
that while not positive. he believed
that he could identify at least two
Of the men who wore masks. Nis-
singer, however. refused to divulge
the name OF the men he suspected.
Wissinger said that he had no idea
OF where he was taken. Two Of his
friends who had followed him to-
wards the police station also at
tempted to follow tho Buick auto
but due to the fact that the car was
running without lights II was lost
at sixth street and the Midland Val
ley railroad tracks. Wissinger told
Sheriff Mccullough that he has no
idea Of leaving town. lie did not
say whether ho was going to start
working.
While no trouble was expected
from the negro quarter, both county
and city officials were taking no
chances and kept In constant touch
with the district all Saturday night.
No large gatherings wcrc allowed,
and the blacks were several times
cautioned against congrogauns on
the street.
There were no orders % arrest
either SmithCrmau or NissiugCr'
Police Captain Claude Brice said
Saturday afternoon, "and those mon
who represented themselves as off
GERS were lying. Tho first thing l
knew Of the Wissineer affair was
about 0 o'clock, when some ono
called from the Stag poolhall and
wanted TO know what Wissirgcr's
bond was. The desk sergeant knew
nothing OF tho man. and shortly
after several police officers were in
vestigating. We could find no fur
ther trace OF Wissinger other than
that he had been placed in n car at
Second and Main.
Police In Ignorance.
1--WE knew about the Smithcrman
affair shortly after It happened. a
cali came into headquarters that
there were two CalrOads OF white
men, heavily armed. In the negro
district and several officers an
swered the call. They arrived there
just n few minutes after the two
cars had sped east on Archer street
with the negro. We made efforts
all night to find both Wissinger and
Smithcrman. but were unable TO
find further trace than that both
men had been taken away by bands
of men. However, there were no
orders issued for the arrest of either
OF the men and the police had moth
ing to do with the affair"
That the whippings Friday night
were a part Of an organized "whip-
ping movement" was reported sew
eral times Saturday. It was repc~s-l
in several quarters that there had
heen ~ men, including the two Fri
day, whipped in the last two weeks.
Other Whippings Reported.
Sheriff w. NJ. Mccullough said
that he had heard of two men who
had been whipped recently by
masked men. one Of the men, he
said, was j. y. Parrish, formerly a
deputy for Il. j. Bays, county invcs-
tigator. The sheriff said that he
did not know positively that either
Of the men had been whipped. Par
rlsh, according 60 the sheriff, is at
Claremore. In an effort to confirm
reports he has heard, Sheriff Nc
Cullough said that he was going to
make n trip 10 Claremore this week
and talk TO Parrish.
It was reported in several quar-
ters last week that Parrish had been
given severe whipping by band
OF 25 masked men, but the report
could not be confirmed, due largely
10 the fact that the whereabouts Of
Parrish could not be learned.
william Cranfield. taNi-drivcr. was
taken from his homo several weeks
| ago by a band OF masked men and
/ spirited into the country, where he
was lashed severely for an alleged
/ hijacking Job. Cranfield said that
he recognized several OF his assail-
ants.