Mrs. Catherine Van Leuven, Assistant Attorney General, State Capitol, Oklahoma City, Okla.
Dear Madam:
I herewith hand you a report of an investigation which I made on the night of the 18th, in company with three other men. We left my office about 11:30 P. M. and stopped at a place out on Admiral, but it was closed. They said the landlady was ill. Then we drove out north of town in the negro section and stopped at one of Pretty Belle's houses, located on North Lansing close to the 1200 block. There were two automobiles standing in front of this house when we drove up and three of us went in. We found a colored man playing the piano and three or four colored fellows sitting around in front room. We went into a room in the rear of this, and three white girls were in there and a colored man. They had evidently just been served with something to drink as the glasses were sitting on the table. We asked them what they had been drinking and they said choc. One of the girls was quite drunk and they were just ready to start out when we went in. The girl that was drunk did not want to leave when we went in, and insisted on us having a drink of corn whiskey with her, so we went into a small rear room where the colored man poured some corn whiskey out of a little tea pot. As there was only one glass we had to drink one after the other. The colored fellow and this girl went out of the room and one of men with me found a little bottle in the cubboard and poured some of the corn whiskey out of the tea pot into it, which we brough with us. We also found a pop bottle and filled it up with choc, which we brought with us. The three girls left before we did and just as they went out a party of four white girls with young men came in. Most of these girls were quite young. The piano player started up and the girls began to dance just as we were leaving. We did not see them drink anything. Then we started away in our
Report on Vice Conditions in Tulsa, 1921 May 27, 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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Mrs. Catherine Van Leuven, Assistant Attorney General, State Capitol, Oklahoma City, Okla.
Dear Madam:
I herewith hand you a report of an investigation which I made on the night of the 18th, in company with three other men. We left my office about 11:30 P. M. and stopped at a place out on Admiral, but it was closed. They said the landlady was ill. Then we drove out north of town in the negro section and stopped at one of Pretty Belle's houses, located on North Lansing close to the 1200 block. There were two automobiles standing in front of this house when we drove up and three of us went in. We found a colored man playing the piano and three or four colored fellows sitting around in front room. We went into a room in the rear of this, and three white girls were in there and a colored man. They had evidently just been served with something to drink as the glasses were sitting on the table. We asked them what they had been drinking and they said choc. One of the girls was quite drunk and they were just ready to start out when we went in. The girl that was drunk did not want to leave when we went in, and insisted on us having a drink of corn whiskey with her, so we went into a small rear room where the colored man poured some corn whiskey out of a little tea pot. As there was only one glass we had to drink one after the other. The colored fellow and this girl went out of the room and one of men with me found a little bottle in the cubboard and poured some of the corn whiskey out of the tea pot into it, which we brough with us. We also found a pop bottle and filled it up with choc, which we brought with us. The three girls left before we did and just as they went out a party of four white girls with young men came in. Most of these girls were quite young. The piano player started up and the girls began to dance just as we were leaving. We did not see them drink anything. Then we started away in our
Oklahoma State Archives Division, Oklahoma Department of Libraries. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit www.crossroads.odl.state.ok.us/cdm4/rights.php
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