i lost 17 houses that paid me an average of over $425 per month . the immediate aftermath there was a grand jury and it indicted i think it s 88 people some of whom were white most of whom were black. first it was the indictment of p 07 jrg v j.b. stratford, who owned the hotel and was a lawyer. smitherman was the publisher of the tulsa star which is the leading black newspaper. he along with a number of other black men were indicted for inciting a riot. the blame for this negro up rising lie right where it belongs. on those armed negroes and their followers who started this