Statement Albert Herring, Attorney General Civil Case No. 1062

              State of Oklahoma,
 ss.
 County of Tulsa,

 Albert Herring, of lawful age after being first duly sworn, on oath,  states; that he is a resident of the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma and has  been for twelve years last past, and was a resident of the city of Tulsa,  Oklahoma on the 1st day of June, 1921; Affiant states that on said date,  that is the 1st day of June, 1921; he was at work within two blocks of  the property of Joe Piro located and situated upon Lot 4 Block 46 of the  original town of Tulsa and he saw much burning that was done on said date;  affiant states that the property that was burned within his immediate  vicinity was set on fire by white persons and that he saw many officers  of the law, city officers of the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma from time to  time on said date and that he never saw a single one of them make any  effort whatsoever to prevent the destruction by fire of the property  nor to save that that was set on fire; that the fire Department of the  City of Tulsa came out that day and made no effort in that immediate  vicinity to save any of the burning property, although houses were  burning all around them and that so far as affiant could see, the city  officers made no effort to protect property on said date. That the  property of the said Joe Piro was burned on said date.
 Further affiant saith not.

 [signature] Albert Herring
 Subscribed and sworn to before me this the 2nd day of December, 1921.
 [signature] P. A. Chappelle
 Notary Public.
 My Commission expires the 8th day of November, 1924.