getting back to my story on dick roland. working downtown in tulsa, most building in tulsa young town wouldn't allow a black person to go to the restroom. he would get on the elevator because the restroom he was athrowed use was up in an upper floor. that particular day on may 30, 1921 he got into the he will vitter and the elevator ormter was a 17-year-old young white lady named sarah paifnlgt the elevator door closed. as they got to the upper floor they got off and at that point sarah paige screamed. to this day we don't know why. we don't know if there was an altercation. we don't know if dick roland bumped her and she screamed. we don't know if she was scared. we don't know why. but a friend heard her scream and came running and saw dick roland stepping out of the elevator and accusations started immediately. and within 24 hours, the police arrested dick roland and took him into the courthouse and to the jail in downtown tulsa. by the time the afternoon paper had been released on the 31st of may, 1921, the word was out t