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Show AGTI i J G J U D G E (ORDERS GUARD tffl FREE MAN Tulsa' Court and State Militia Lock Horns Orer : Holding of Prisoner De-! ! tained by the Latter ADJUTANT GENERAL CITED IN DECREE Release' oF Suspect Held for Questioning About j Tar and Feather Parties j Directed by Tribunal : TCTIA. Okla- Aug. II fPy V. P.) f Ivll and military authorltlea clashed here tonight when Acting County Judge Luther Lane or Sered . Adjntant General Mirk ham pf the national guard to appear In court .and frae from custody Valter C. Jenka. Jenka waa held for questioning . ay tha military court In connection connec-tion with Its imrttlrr Into whip ping and tar and feather pvtioa here. '-x ,' : ' .' ' - Tha order "signed -.by. the .Julg atated that tha prisoner waa being be-ing "unlawfully detained" and oe-mandad oe-mandad hia Immediate release. . OFFICIALS ACT i ' " . '. IN TMRfct STATIS. ATLANTA. Oa, Auf, If (By V. P.) Authorltlea today took tha following action In an effort to- end whippings and floggings by amall banda of men In Southern atatea; Port Arthur, Teg. Texaa rangers Investigated tha kidnaping and whipping of Cray and :harlee Burns. They were overpowered by a moo of several automobile loada of men. taken ta lonely apot and whipped. . Wichita rails. Tex. Appeal waa made to Acting Governor Xovldeon to take action to trace tha whippera of Lonnie Davla. Amarlllo. Tex., Sheriff Lea Wblttaker and four othera arreated In connection with the beating of E. T. McDonald, railroad rail-road laborer. Lawton. Okla. ftpeelal agenta of Governor J. C, Walton Investigated the whipping of Harry Lewis, Preebyterlan church elder, with prospecta that martial law would be declared In caaa other meaaurea failed to clear up tha Incident. Tulsa, Okla. National guard troopa enforced martial law In leading lead-ing cltlea of Tulsa county, while military officials probe repeated whipplnga. - Macon, Ga. Six motorcycle offl-' cers aselgned to special duty to handle flogging caaea only. In an effort to run down a band whlclv haa eyatematlrally terrorised the city for several months. Rewards totaling 1(000 ara offered for ap-preheneion ap-preheneion of the whippera. j Atlanta. Ga -Governor Clifford walker declared "every effort wilt be made to punish parties guilty of I participating In tha mob action. Tha law should and muat be allowed ta take Its conree " |