Affidavit D. R. Rolland, Attorney General Civil Case No. 1062

              State of Oklahoma,

 SS.

 County of Tulsa.

 AFFIDAVIT.

 D. R. Rolland, after being first duly sworn on oath states the following:

 I.

 That he is well and personally acquainted with Joe Piro, the owner of Lot No. 4 in Block No. 46  of the original Town of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and have known him for the last past three years; that  I was a tenant of his for two years prior to and including the 1st day of June 1921; that I was  in the possession of one sixteen (16) rooms house of his for the above states period of time; and  that I paid him a monthly rental for the use and occupancy of said premises the sum of One  Hundred Fifteen ($115.00) per month, or the sume of $1380.00 per year for the same; that this  property so used and occupied by me was upon the above designated ground; affiant further states  that the above said house was destroyed by fire on the 1st day of June 1921.

 II.

 Affiant states that it is his knowledge and belief that the above described property was destroyed  on above said date at the hands of whie men, after the colored men had been taken to the different  detention camps; (except this affiant, who was at said place until premises was set) and that the  city government of the city of Tulsa, Oklahoma either was unable to cope with the situation or  refused to do so. Further affiant saith not.

 [signature] D. R. Rolland
 Affiant.

 Subscribed and sworn to before me this the 1st day of December 1921.

 [signature] P. A. Chappelle
 Notary Public.

 My Commission expires the 8th day of November, 1921.

 [handwritten] Exhibit "A"