J.
M. TUCKER.
Arkansas
City.
TUCKER
IN SMASH
J.
M. Tucker is again in the limelight.
Arkansas City Traveler, August 18, 1921.
This time Tucker breaks into the news,
with a motor car accident, which occurred yesterday afternoon on South Summit
street. According to all the information that can be gained, Tucker, who was
driving a Briscoe motor car in which there were several other occupants, was
racing a Ford, which it is alleged was driven by a local groceryman.
During the course of the fast driving, it
is said that the Briscoe swerved, struck the Ford, and then hit the curbing,
smashing the Briscoe. The front wheels were badly smashed, the frame was bent,
and the fender on the left side of the machine was torn off.
Following the accident several passing motorists
saw the occupants of the motor car sitting along the curbing laughing over the
accident. As far as could be learned today, no one was hurt in the accident.
J.
M. TUCKER IN BAD AGAIN
Difficulty
At Home With His Wife.
Arkansas City Traveler, August 20, 1921.
J. M. Tucker, Arkansas City's regular
rebellionist, rebelled again last night, and today he is lounging at the
"parlor" just off the police court, in the city hall. Dizzy headed,
from a slight tap from an automatic revolver, Tucker is still attempting to
figure out what all the ruckus is about.
Tucker, according to the allegations made
by officers last night, got drunk. In the course of giving vent to his corned
spirits, Tucker playfully got into a fracas with his better half when neighbors
called the police, claiming that Tucker was beating his wife.
Officers Harris and Chadwell answered the
call; and upon sighting the officers, Tucker took to flight, making haste down
an alley. The officers commanded a halt, but Tucker was breaking records and
did not heed the call. He circled his home in the 900 block North Summit street
and the officers again called a halt. This time Officer Harris was close enough
that he could use his "sap."
Whiff — and Tucker smiled.
Then came the jolt from the .45 gun and
Tucker was calm enough to go into the police car and head for the station, with
Harris driving and Chadwell watching carefully the actions of the accused.
According to the statement made by the
officers last night, Tucker thrice stuck his gleaming face close to Officer
Harris and made several insulting remarks, only to be jerked forcibly back in
the rear of the car.
Tucker this morning lounged. Having
created somewhat of a furor in his neighborhood, and still being somewhat hazy
as to the actual happenings of the evening, he was inquisitive as to the cause
of his being confined in the city stronghold.
The charges as enumerated against Tucker
were: Drunk. - Beating wife. - Resisting arrest. - Threatening to kill Officer
Harris. - Disturbing peace of neighbors.
He will be tried on these charges later,
the officers stated today.
Tucker was out under three different
bonds at the time he was arrested last night. He was a prominent figure in the
local state courts several weeks ago; and the three charges against him aside
from the case now pending in the city court, are threatening S. A. McDaniel,
assaulting Policeman Bert Harris with a knife, and handling liquor. The three
bonds amount to $2,700 and are divided as follows: On the first case $1,500; the second $500;
and the third $700. The liquor case was appealed to the district court; and in
each of the others, he was bound over for trial in the district court. For
several weeks after his alleged spree of some weeks ago, he was compelled to
remain in the county jail; and at that time the bonds which he was placed under
amounted to over $4,000. His attorney, H. S. Hines, went before the state
supreme court on a writ of habeas corpus and succeeded in having the bonds
reduced to the amounts stated above.
Late this afternoon H. S. Hines, the
attorney for Tucker, while in conference with County Attorney Ellis Fink,
agreed to turn the prisoner over to the county authorities and have the bonds
in the several cases canceled. Therefore, Tucker will be compelled to remain in
the county jail until his cases are called in the district court. Attorney
Hines said he would not be responsible for the many any longer as he had failed
to follow his instructions as his lawyer in the cases described above.
TUCKER
IN COUNTY JAIL
Arkansas City Traveler, August 22, 1921.
Jimmie Tucker now languishes once more.
He is in the county jail at Winfield
again, this time there being two additional charges placed against him in the
state court. Now he has in all, five criminal cases brought by the State of
Kansas in his name, and he will be compelled to remain in the county jail for
some time, or until the next session of the district court.
Tucker was arrested by the police last
Friday night on the charge of disturbing the peace, and he was placed in the
city jail at that time. Later he was turned over to the county authorities as
the bondsmen and his attorney, on the three charges filed against him some
weeks ago, refuse to be responsible longer.
The former charges constitute assault on
Policeman Harris, threatening S. A. McDaniel, and handling liquor.
Now he has two more charges, they being
filed by County Attorney Ellis Fink in the court of J. W. Martin, late Saturday
afternoon. One is for assault upon L. D. Kuhns, who attempted to stop the defendant
from abusing his wife last Friday night. The second is on the charge of
disturbing the peace of H. H. Hamilton and family on the same night.
He was committed to jail on these new
cases as well as on the former cases pending against him. He will be given a
preliminary hearing on the latter-named charges in the near future, the
officers state. Deputy Sheriff Fred Eaton took Tucker to Winfield late Saturday
night.
TUCKER
APPEAL DISMISSED
Arkansas City Traveler, September 6, 1921.
H. S. Hines, attorney for J. M. Tucker,
in the several state cases against Tucker, who is now in the county jail at
Winfield, stated today that in the case against his client, in the matter of
handling liquor in this city and in which a conviction was had some time ago,
the matter of an appeal to the state supreme court had been dismissed. Tucker
is now serving time on the charge, and a commitment has been issued in this
case. The fine in this particular case was $100 and the jail sentence is 30
days. After the dismissal of the appeal, the case was remanded to Judge G. H.
McIntire's court of this city; and he passed the sentence on the defendant, as
the case was tried before him in the first place.
The other two criminal cases now pending
against Tucker, and in which he was bound over for trial in the district court
at Winfield, are set for trial on September 15, according to Attorney Hines.
FORFEITS
PEACE BOND
Arkansas City Traveler, November 12, 1921.
J. M. Tucker was taken in custody last
evening by Undersheriff Don Goldsmith, on complaint turned in to the county
sheriff by Mayor Hunt. Tucker was on the street late yesterday afternoon in a
drunken condition, according to reports from the officer. A gun belonging to
him had been left in Attorney Hines' office. He went to the office and got the
gun in Hines' absence, it is said, and later put in his appearance around the
city hall, where his actions were observed by the mayor, who immediately phoned
the sheriff. However, it is stated he was not flourishing any weapons at the
time.
Tucker has been in the toils of the
district court for some time, on three different charges: first, on a threat on Judge Swarts' life;
then on a charge of selling liquor; and also threatening the life of witnesses in
the liquor case.
Attorney Hines had got him out of his
difficulty, by an agreement between Tucker and his attorney with the county
attorney, whereby Tucker was released from jail on a peace bond, which was
originally $4,000; but which Attorney Hines had succeeded in having reduced to
$1,500, and with the agreement that Tucker was to leave the state within ten
days.
This ten-day period had lapsed and Tucker
was advised by his attorney that he had better get out of the country. By
getting drunk he knocked down the whole structure, forfeiting his liberty and
razing to the ground all the work of his attorney. His bond will now revert
back to $4,000, which it is said he will not be able to raise.
Attorney Hines has notified Tucker that
he will not defend him further.
IN
AGAIN—OUT AGAIN
Was
Getting Illuminated and was Brought Back to Jail.
Arkansas City Traveler, November 14, 1921.
Cowley County jail last night was again
the place of repose of J. M. Tucker, of certain wild escapades. He had been
getting illuminated with his home brew, it was said, and was taken up for safe
keeping.
A few weeks ago Tucker was fined $250 on
a charge of assault on a policeman; and $100 on a liquor charge. He paid these
fines and the costs in two other cases pending against him, one for assault and
one for disturbance of the peace. He was also required to leave the state. It
appears that he was getting ready to move to Oklahoma, and that he put on the
illumination as a celebration.
This morning he was sober and was let go
back to Arkansas City to finish going away. He is to be away by Monday morning
under the terms of the protocol.—Courier.
Local officers say that Tucker was
released in Winfield Saturday with the understanding that he was to have his
goods packed and leave the city not later than this morning. He has rented a
farm near Red Rock, Oklahoma, and will raise hogs there, it is said by some of
his friends.
Attorney Hines says he has nothing
whatever to do with the Tucker matter at this stage of the proceedings.
TUCKER
BADLY INJURED
Arkansas City Traveler, November 26, 1921.
It was learned this morning that Jim
Tucker, who is under orders to stay out of the county and the state, is at 1007
North Summit street in bad physical condition, where he was brought Thursday
evening. According to the report, he was found near Ponca City, lying
unconscious in the road beside his car, which was in the ditch.
According to the report, his head was
crushed, one arm and some ribs broken, and both he and the car were badly used
up. It is understood the county attorney will not take any action at present,
owing to the man's physical condition.
Tucker has had a checkered career in this
county. The immediate cause of his present condition is attributed to intoxicating
liquors, according to reports received here.
JIM
TICKER ARRESTED
Arkansas City Traveler, April 12, 1922.
J. M. Tucker, alias "Jimmie"
Tucker, is again in the toils of the law, this time on the charge of being
drunk and driving an auto while he was in a drunken condition. Jim Tucker was
in the city jail this morning and Chief Peek, of the city police force, called
the county attorney at Winfield over the phone and notified him of the arrest.
County Attorney Fink stated to the local officer that he would secure an order
from the district court to have Tucker taken into custody by the court
officials on the former charges, of which he was convicted several months ago.
The city officers were called last night
to get Tucker and they found him on South B street with his car after he had
run into a car in which C. J. Lucas and Irl Beach were riding; and in the
collision, the Lucas car was badly damaged it was reported to the police.
Tucker was then landed in jail to sober up.
Tucker, it will be remembered by the
readers of the
Traveler, was convicted in the district court
some time ago, on several criminal charges, and he was placed on parole with
the understanding that he was to leave this state and remain out of Cowley
County and out of the state.
Tucker rented a farm in Oklahoma near Red
Rock and moved there. Shortly after that time, however, he returned to the city
and has been living at his property on North Summit street most of the time
since.
Chief Peek now is determined to have him
handled by the state officers and the district court at Winfield, and wants him
put where he cannot create so many disturbances and where he will not have the
opportunity to injure or threaten the officers and other citizens in Arkansas
City, as he has done on several different occasions in the past few months.
Arkansas City Traveler, April 12, 1922.
J. M. Tucker was arraigned in the state
court of J. W. Martin here this afternoon on the charge of driving an auto
while he was in a drunken condition. He was not taken to Winfield as the
district court judge refused to grant an order to take him there on violation
of his parole, it was stated this afternoon. Tucker will also be fined in the
city court, it is said. He was arrested by the police last night.
Arkansas City Traveler, April 13, 1922.
Jim Tucker, who was arraigned in the
state court here yesterday afternoon on the charge of driving an auto while he
was in a drunken condition, had failed up to noon today to make a bond in the
sum of $500 for appearance in court. The case is set for hearing tomorrow
before Judge J. W. Martin. Tucker was fined the sum of $100 yesterday morning
in the city court on the same charge and was committed to jail.
Arkansas City Traveler, April 14, 1922.
Jim Tucker was arraigned in the state
court of J. W. Martin this morning on the charge of driving a car while he was
in a drunken condition. He was represented by Jesse Shackelton, of Winfield,
who later signed the bond for Tucker for $500. Tucker was found guilty and
sentenced to serve 90 days in the county jail. He appealed the case. He is now
out again and will appear in the district court at the next regular term. When
the Tucker case came up Wednesday, H. S. Hines appeared for him and asked to
have the case continued. Hines did not appear in court in the case today,
however.
Tucker was tried and found guilty. He had
as witnesses against him Police Judge Brown, who testified that Tucker entered
a plea of guilty to the same charge in his court and was fined the sum of $100
and committed to jail. C. J. Lucas and Irl Beach were also witnesses, as Tucker
ran into their car on the eventful night he is alleged to have been drunk.
Shackelton, who appeared for the defendant, gave notice of appeal in the action
and fixed up the bond immediately after the trial was ended.
Arkansas City Traveler, April 15, 1922.
City Officers received several calls last
night, which proved to be "water hauls." One of the calls was to the
effect that J. M. Tucker was drunk and was raising a disturbance at his home on
North Summit street. The officers answered the call and reported that the man
was gone when they reached the scene.
Arkansas City Traveler, May 9, 1922.
Lulu Adams was arrested on complaint of
J. M. Tucker yesterday on a charge of disturbing the peace. She gave bond in
the sum of $50.00 to appear in police court at 5 o'clock this evening.
NOTE:
ABOUT THIS TIME THE TRAVELER BEGAN A COLUMN CALLED "Howdy
Judge" WHICH HANDLED POLICE COURT ITEMS IN ARKANSAS CITY.
Arkansas City Traveler, May 10, 1922.
A case in police court last evening was
the means which prompted a suggestion on the part of the city attorney, L. C.
Brown, that will probably be put into effect at once. That is when a complaint
is filed and the prosecuting witness fails to appear, he should be taxed the
costs of the case.
In the case which came up last evening,
J. M. Tucker, who has figured much in our courts, filed a complaint against
Lulu Adams, alleging that she had disturbed his peace. According to the
statement made by Mrs. Adams, he had made this complaint because he thought she
had turned him in to the officers, which charge she denied.
There has lately been a number of cases
where the prosecuting witness has failed to appear. Such cases necessarily
have to be dismissed, nothing is accomplished, and the city put to extra
expense. The city attorney's recommendation was to correct this abuse and save
the city some money.