The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-01-26
SAW BAYS TAKE
MONEY HE SAYS
Curtain Rung Up on the
Second Act Of County
Melodrama
SITUATION IS TENSE
SSand Springs Man Tells
What He Saw Through
the Keyhole

The county commissioners are
eru engaged I'm attempting To de-
farmiue lust who owes the county
uo SOS which Justice S. r. Hall
man claims that he paid County In
,eefigator r. j. Bays. The wrangle
which arose "a month ago after Ed
q Cassidy, deputy state examiner,
announced at the completion Of the
audit of tIaliman's books that the
rerords showed that Bays had re-
,r,ytd the money has continued
with increased fervor and Wednes-
dav at the commission meeting
after heated two hours consider-
,yion the commissioners carried the
taitcr over until the next regular
tleslon.
NOue startling disclosure was made
o., Wednesdays meeting. Il came.
Indirectly. from =. J. schultz of
sand Springs. George T.. Gilmore.
chairman of the board, read a
statement which had been made by
schultz. in his statement. said
that when one, OF his employs had
been arrested In "a gambling raid
made by Bays and his men, on a
Sand springs cafe he came to Tulsa.
schultz said that 2S men had been
arrested and that the costs were
figured at So each man arrested
for the justice costs and S2.70 for
ea.H man for arresting officers
costs.
show Costs Were Split.
"iIallman told the officers that as
hc had been down only little while
and that as the officers had been
ont in the cold he would divide the
total costs evenly with them. His
costs and the officers fees were
.sdded together and divided equally.
SThorc were six officers besides Bays
Tin the raiding squad. Bays was
counted in. making seven officers
and the entire costs were divided
eight ways Hallman took his
Slt45 and 7 saw Bays take SlG.45,
put II IN his pocket and then give
the rest of the money to his men.
This money is believed to be part
Of the sos referred to by Cassidy.
Il tx the first information brought
before the board that any Of Sg5
was received by Bays. Cassidy said
thar a check of the audit records
would be necessary to determine If
the transaction referred to by
Schultz was a part OF the sos. This
check will be presented at the next
meeting.
Fifth Man Named.
The fifth man In the wee cleanup
squad. who is to act as the connect :
ing link between the fouf special
deputies who were appointed sew
eral weeks ago and the citizens
committee, was presented TO the
board by All Heggmen, chairman OF
the committee. He is j. Rea owen,
local realty dealer and head OF the
Tulsa Realty company. owen rs
to check up on the activities of the
deputies, receive information as 10
law violations and impart 1t to the
officers He will also keep con-
stantly In touch with the citizens
committee.
And now" Heggem said. the
committee wishes to thank the
commissioners and other county Of
ficials for the kind and courteous
treatment which we have received
at all times"
But you are not going to quit us,
are you?" interrupted Ira short,
- member OF the board.
I'VE are going to withdraw a'little
into the background" Heggem an
swcred, but we Will be in reach
at all times" John Rogers and Carl
Duffield were the other two mem =
bers of the committee present. y.
A. Small and Il. $. Hutchinson,
both Of whom served as proxies on
the committee for while, were
also present.
saw Bays Take Money.
The two hours spent by the board
in discussing the Hallman matter
resulted i'm many laughs among the
crowd Of spectators. w. l.. Coftey
counsel for Hallman, testified as %
having seen Bays take money fol-
, lowing raids. Coffey, former as
slstant county attorney. said that In
the same case referred to by
schultz he had seen Bays take
money. He said that also on vari-
Jus other occasions he had seen
the county investigator take money
from Justice Hallman, Bays had
az a commission meeting several
weeks ago denied that he bad even
take money from Hallman. Tho
county investigator has not ap-
peared at the last two meetings ol
the commission.
Following Coffey's testimony ht
and Chairman Gilmore engaged in 9
heated tilt which lasted \severa
minutes. Gilmore ended the argu'
ment by moving that the board de-
mand that uallman pay into tht
county treasury SOS. His motion
was not seconded.
u was intimated Wednesday that
II II was later found that Bays die
get the money, suit Will be instii
tuted against his bond. The SAINT
procedure will be taken against
!tallman, IL Is said, If il Is found
tnat he did not pay the money as h'
claimed.