State of Oklahoma vs. Curley Walker, Henry Jamison, Ed Lockett, Joe Bassett, Henry Davis, Pid Tucker, Joe Miller, Henry VanDyke, F. Foster, Olie B. Mann, Charlie Knox, Peg Leg Taylor, Will Moore, Frank Nelson, Virgil Rowe, Andy Brown, Mose Fitzgerald, Russell Bros., E. E. Cotton.
Witnesses: Barney Cleaver, O. W. Gurley, Luther James, J. L. Mallett, W. E. Dudley, Ira Short, Henry Sowders, Lester Curie, H. R. Blake, Pete Joyce.
Luther James, attorneyat-law, testified that I was here at time of riot; things were rather lax in city prior to riot; joints were reported running over town. At 9:30 May 31st I found out there was a disturbance; came to court house and saw 200 or 300 people. I saw a car full of negroes driving through the streets with guns; I saw Bill McCullough and told him those negroes would cause trouble; McCullough tried to talk to them, and they got out and stood in single file. W. G. Daggs was killed near Boulder and Sixth street. I was under the impression that a man with authority could have stopped and disarmed them. I saw Chief of Police on south side of court house on top step, talking; I did not see any officer except the Chief; I walked in the court house and met McCullough in about 15 feet of his door; I told him these negroes were going to make trouble, and he said he had told them to go home; he went out and told the whites to go home, and one said "they said you told them to come up here." McCullough said "I did not" and a negro said you did tell us to come. I did not see an officer try to disarm a negro; I thought it might have been done; the negroes came back and got out of the automobile and lined up, and the shooting began; I did not see an officer. I saw Kirkpatrick line up a line of men to march; I did not see any white people armed
Statement Luther James, Attorney General Civil Case No. 1062, Box 25, Record Group 1-2, State of Oklahoma vs. John A. Gustafson, Chief of Police Tulsa (Tulsa Race Riot Investigation Vice Condition); Civil Case No. 1062, Attorney General, Oklahoma State Archives Division, Oklahoma Department of Libraries, Oklahoma City, OK
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State of Oklahoma vs. Curley Walker, Henry Jamison, Ed Lockett, Joe Bassett, Henry Davis, Pid Tucker, Joe Miller, Henry VanDyke, F. Foster, Olie B. Mann, Charlie Knox, Peg Leg Taylor, Will Moore, Frank Nelson, Virgil Rowe, Andy Brown, Mose Fitzgerald, Russell Bros., E. E. Cotton.
Witnesses: Barney Cleaver, O. W. Gurley, Luther James, J. L. Mallett, W. E. Dudley, Ira Short, Henry Sowders, Lester Curie, H. R. Blake, Pete Joyce.
Luther James, attorneyat-law, testified that I was here at time of riot; things were rather lax in city prior to riot; joints were reported running over town. At 9:30 May 31st I found out there was a disturbance; came to court house and saw 200 or 300 people. I saw a car full of negroes driving through the streets with guns; I saw Bill McCullough and told him those negroes would cause trouble; McCullough tried to talk to them, and they got out and stood in single file. W. G. Daggs was killed near Boulder and Sixth street. I was under the impression that a man with authority could have stopped and disarmed them. I saw Chief of Police on south side of court house on top step, talking; I did not see any officer except the Chief; I walked in the court house and met McCullough in about 15 feet of his door; I told him these negroes were going to make trouble, and he said he had told them to go home; he went out and told the whites to go home, and one said "they said you told them to come up here." McCullough said "I did not" and a negro said you did tell us to come. I did not see an officer try to disarm a negro; I thought it might have been done; the negroes came back and got out of the automobile and lined up, and the shooting began; I did not see an officer. I saw Kirkpatrick line up a line of men to march; I did not see any white people armed
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