The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-01-06
FISTIC BATTLE
!NJECTS PEPPER
INTO BOARD ROW
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docket only. as with the flies misc
ing wo had no way Of r.chockIng.
"ln tho 81 missing cases. Bays
is Interested in g.. Of thi. number
Al contained money 1IrudrS. one
~ Bays men is Interested iu four.
all of which contained money Nc
Queen, n constable be Interested ir
two case both uf which rontliund
money McCloud. another oouFiablc
g. Interested In two Cug"f neither ~
which contained money and SimonH.
another constable iB interested In
two cases, one Of which contained
money Tho shorf Is Interested in
81 cnses. eight " which contained
money There were 100 returns at
all iu two cases"
Othcr Tiirs stolen.
Al this PORT Iollwpn rose to
hs feet and told the board that
all NJ tho cases had boon disposed
of and after dockrtlnE them be
placed the floH IN u small cabinet
lIo snld that the files IN several
civil suits belonging to- Justice
Thompson hnd also been stolen.
THE quarterly reports Of Uallmsn
were substantially all right" Cassidy
continued. 'lt lH also disclosed by
the audit that $50 iu f!noa were re-
mlttcd by the Justice at the suggoS-
tion of the county attorney The
law provides that no Justice can re-
init fines and where this ig done the
magistrate is liable but In this in
stance Il was done ut the request
of the county attorney and ] don Z
think that Ilallman ought To be held
liable
THE audlts Of both Thompson and
Hallman disclosed little about
Ia,
formation was gained az the records
are very incomplete. Here is a very
serious infractiou of the law
Must Make Full Report.
"rhe law provides that search
warrants he returned within three
days. A fuli report Of all property
seized should also he made. A writ
ten report OF AZ property seized
and conflscated should be made Ia
the county clerk within five days
and all Of the property should b,
turned over To the sheriff and "A re-
celpt taken from him. II is tn,
duty OF the sheriff to keep the prop.
erty until court orders II de-
ttroyed or disposed OF In Other
manner
'rhc audit disclosed that after
Issuing the warrants no further pro-
ccedlnRs were had, A complet,
audit can not he made In face oi
the absence OF such lmportan. facts
There has been absolutely no con
fiscation proceedings with IN,
absence OF such records there is No
way OF telling whether or not tn,
officers have been enforcing the law
Maybe they have but the records
do not say so."
The audit shows that Hallmar
paid to Bays sos as fees. This II
against the law ms n salnrled deputy
sheriff or enforcement officer Is no
allowed TO accept fees. by the docke
Bays received sos. but he claim
that nc did not receive II. Eithe
Hallman or Rays owes the count,
sos II Bays did receive the none
he owes II, but N Gallman did no
pay him, then the Justice owes II
However. there In no signed recor
90 show that Bays got tho none,
He signed no receipt. The dockt
shows that Bays was the arrestin
tofficer and shows that the none
was paid the officer. This IL one {
the cases whore the files we're los
tJf we had them we would be able
fteli who got the money. In all cas,
where Hendrix got money he signe
the docket. II developed during III
audit that In only one case, contain
sing money. and in which Bays WI
interested were the files left"
Following the conclusion OF Ca
sidy's report the committee men
bers took up the matter OF the 10
files Scvcra, were In favor
prosecuting the Justices but final
compromised on reprimanding Il
officials.
Cassidy again took the floor wit
an explanation that the auditors Ia
heard many rumors but they did NJ
audit ghost stories and runners nj
less In the records something WI
disclosed that warranted an Invest
cation,
1T has been charged" tho @
aminor said that various office
scizcd property and sold It back
the law violators. j don't know he
true II is Another instance tn
came to our ears was the arrestil
of several parties m Sand Sprint
An Investigation disclosed that
one raid % had been arrested out
which one pleaded guilty and pa
HIS fine while the others were ire
by Jury. You men say that "
want 10 find out whether the office
are doing their duty. The first 81
Is to find out what becomes OF I
Confiscated property and money
as n representative OF the state q
anlncfs uillcc want 10 KNOW
short Throws Thundcrbolt.
Commissioner Ira short threw
thunderbolt into the session with I
statement that he had seen mon
splitting in both the courts OF JUST
liallman and Thompson. Il ha
seen both of them paying money
officers with several mon aroun'
Short said II don't know whetl
they were paying fecs or splitti
fines but Il looked funny. 4
about this seized property a
money. The newspaper reports a
the audit don't seem to tally.
most every day comes a report oi
still seized but Il doesn show
the audit"
"Now gentlemen, listen" broke
Justice Thompson. Il have ne'
stolen penny | have nothing
conceal. ! can make Si3 day
my trade OF bricklaying h,
given officers money ana MI Sh
has probably seen me, but | y
merely paying the men their Zee
After more discussion dur
which Commissioner short claim
that justices had no right 20 pay {
60 officers Cassidy again took
floor In a strong talk Tor bcttor |