The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-06-15
SIM0NS TO CLEAN
UP S. S. HIGHWAY
Opposition Only Serves to
Whet Appetite Of
Booze Bloodhound
IS ON WARPATH RIGHT
No More Sympathy Racket
for Constable Who Loves
to See Law Obeycd

"Choc jo.n'e' along tho Sand
Springs roadway and 90 other foc-
tIous of .Hc county viii soon he
wearing pI'o,.1 ou the doors. &C.
cordlng 10 Charles Smoue. conet1-
~. In Justice John H. Quorrys court
n his plans don't go awry Simons
ia the constable who figured IN the
coutroycfav n.t sunday morning
with sheriff W ~ MrCmloguh over
tGc arrest of G.. g. TAYLOR oil well
drilling contractor. whom tho con
stable claims had corn whisky In
III ,rr
"Th.rr VIII bee no charges filed IN
TINT rlrn." Simuu4 ulld yesterday.
81 talked with County Attorney W.
F Sa".r4 aud ho advised against
such action hut told mc 10 proceed
against the joints and bring iuiuur-
ton actions asuIn5t prolrlotors of
uuupr joints I nm going 10 do THIS.
| am going 90 keen on ruIding ana
every iplnt whore I find liquor VIII
be pndloctpd " can bring u about.
Also all motorists lu whose cars
fiud lquor viii got 70 face the judge
because am going to make arrests.
Thorc will he no more of being sym
pathetic ana after dcstroying the
chuc or corn letting the offender go.
Proud to Crusade.
"ThCy accuse me Of 'CIugudiug' In
the county Maybe / do. I also Ike
TO enforce the law. ! am "A citizen
Of this county and n peace officer
ana I enforce the law not because
] get paid for It but because like to
see the laws obcycd. Some Of those
opposed TO my raid!ng have accused
me ~ hlltiug motorists and after
accepting money letting tho motor
lists free. Tint is n lie. | have
never taken money from anyone and
I don't intoud TO do go. However,
with the assistance Of the county at
tornoV ! au going 10 make an cf-
fort 10 clean up the sand springs
rond."
County Attorney scavcr when
questioned yesterday snld that
Slmons had sought his advice and
he had told the constable To- drop
the Taylor ana other cnacs which
grew out OF the controversy early
sunday morning. 81 am inclined to
believe that the constable is right" 4"
Scaver said, "but he was by himself
out there and that would make IL
doubly hard 10 get a conviction.
However, ! told him to raid all the
Joints ho might find and assured
him that this office would assist
in every way possible TO paddock the
doors"
History Says Mccullough.
THE affair IL now history to me"
said Sheriff Mccullough yesterday
Taylor comes and sees mo ovcrS
day hut | had practically forgotten
tho mmtcr. | saw Simons this morn.
ing ana we talked a little but the
Sunday morning case was never
mentioned. | think that the best
thing to do IL to forget the whole
business"
When questioned ns to whether
Simons had called him for assist
anco sunday morning. tho sheriff re-
piled in the negative. lie said TINT
the only cali he had was from Tay-
lor which he answered The con
stable Insists that he sent motorlst
10 Tulsa with request to the sheriff
TO bring aid. II such roqucst was
sent, Sheriff Mccullough says, II
never arrived As tho firstl he knew
or tho matter was when the motor.
LIST sent by Taylor came to his home
All OF tho officials concerned IN
the affair were OF tho opinion yes.
torday that thh whole thing would
be dropped. Tho fact that simon,
Is not To file charges will be tn,
cause, II rs said.