The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-05-04
CHANGE IN POLICE
FORCE OF TULSA
Twenty-six Men Resigned
or Relieved by the New
Chief of Police

Nearly one-fourth OF the Tulsa
police department found themselves
out of a job Wednesday when out OF
the approximately one hundred men
left on the department Wednesday
morning only "a men remained
Wednesday evening, a total of 26
men not on duty. Some of these re-
signed but most OF the men were let
out as the result OF the change In
administrations The greatest slice
in the department personnel
Wednesday affected the patrolmen
and detectives.
These were: Gatrolmen r. W.
Carr. w. II. Belcher. L. B. Hacke-
thorne, w. J. Taylor, +. +. Simmer
man, II. Littlepage, J. T. Wernet;
Detectives DOC" Bissett II. Il.
Ried. n. A. Bullard, Don Martindale,
ID. h. Mondier, j. I. Blaine, Ralph
Young. Harry Elliot; members Of
the auto recovery department, Roy
Meachem. Claude Sanders. Al San
ders; jailors, e. l.. Crawford and S.
A. Chapman. Others resigning or
let off of the department were: N. l..
Crumb, prison chef; d. w. Pugh.
assistant on patrol wagon; d. B..
johnson, assistant jailor; o. NJ.
Anderson, electrician OF the police
gamewell system; l.. w. Mlnsky,
desk sergeant; A. f. Galloway. sec
retary TO the chief Of police.
There will probably be other
changes, Chief OF Police Reece D.
Moran said, and these will be an
nounced later. What changes there
are to make will be made gradually
so as not to disrupt the force in any
way.
A reorganization OF the force be-
gan Wednesday. Although only six
new appointments were made. man,
of the present members OF the de.
partment were shifted about into
different positions.
II. +. Golfer. assistant desk
sergeant under the Evans admins
tration. was raised to desk sergea nj
with former bicycle patrolman c. L.
Bloom In the assistant desk SER
geant's chair. j. G. Schaeffor was
appointed the other desk sergean,
while Wade Foor, assistant under
the old administration stayed on In
the desk sergeant's office.
Bob Terrell and Frank Cope, two
new men were appointed jailors and
took their positions Wednesday. The
other new appointments were chiefly
as patrolmen. They were: r. r
| Murphy, II. NJ. Robinson anc
| Tom Kitcheart. O. L. Woodall re-
celved the appointment as Police
| Gamewell electrician.
+. NJ. Mcmillan. formerly a pa
troll driver, was transferred Wednes'
! day to patrolrtan in West Tulsa. j
II. Crabtree, also a mamber OF the
old force, retains his position as pa
trolman on the opposite shift &c
Mcmillan. was formerly n patrolmar
in West Tulsa until his transfer tc
the central station as patrol driver
Roy Lancaster retained his position
as the other patrol driver, while w
| Q. Moffett, officer under the pas
| administration, was appointed q
fill McMillan's vacancy.
p. G. Winn, desk sergeant undei
the old administration, whose po
sition was taken by Sergeant Shaffer
was transferred TO the motorcycle
squad, 1t was announced by, the new
chief Wednesday.
G. T., Collins, member OF the aut,
recovery department under the pas
administration was appointed head o
the auto recovery department
wednesday, succeeding Charles Foo
who resigned Tuesday and Is nov
on the way to California with hi
family to live.