Archive Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
1984.002.230 |
Collection |
American Red Cross |
Object Name |
Clipping, Newspaper |
Date |
07/01/1921 |
Scope & Content |
Newspaper clipping from the Tulsa Daily World published July 1, 1921 and entitled "Chief's Trial Is Set For July 11; Gustafson and Officers Accused by Grand Jury Announce Ready." This article reports that the former Tulsa Chief of Police John A. Gustafson will face charges in a trial set for July 11, 1921. A grand jury convened in June 1921 to investigate the Tulsa Race Massacre returned five indictments against Gustafson. The article lists the five counts as follows: failure to enforce the liquor laws, failure to close houses of prostitution, failure to enforce the gun-carrying law, failure to do his full duty in suppressing the race riot. and a conspiracy charge with detectives Bay Ward and Roy Meachem to steal automobiles and collect rewards. |
Search Terms |
grand juries trials Tulsa Police Chiefs Tulsa Police Department Tulsa Race Massacre |
People |
Biddison, Valjean Cole, Redmond S. Freeling, S. P. Goldsberry, John Gustafson, John A. Meachem, Roy Seaver, William F. Wadell, Ben Ward, Bay Williams, F. E. |