Editing Tulsa race massacre (section)

===Identities of the African American victims===
On June 3, the ''[[Tulsa World|Morning Tulsa Daily World]]'' reported major points of their interview with Deputy Sheriff Barney Cleaver concerning the events leading up to the Tulsa riot. Cleaver was a deputy sheriff for [[Okmulgee County, Oklahoma|Okmulgee County]] and not under the supervision of the city police department; his duties mainly involved enforcing the law among the "colored people" of Greenwood, but he also operated a business as a private investigator. He had previously been dismissed as a city police investigator for assisting county officers with a drug raid at Gurley's Hotel but not reporting his involvement to his superiors.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://digitalprairie.ok.gov/cdm/compoundobject/collection/race-riot/id/390/rec/3 |title=Statement Barney Cleaver, Attorney General Civil Case No. 1062 |date=1921 |access-date=December 4, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181204151437/http://digitalprairie.ok.gov/cdm/compoundobject/collection/race-riot/id/390/rec/3 |archive-date=December 4, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> He had considerable land holdings and suffered tremendous financial damages as a result of the riot. Among his holdings were several residential properties and Cleaver Hall, a large community gathering place and function hall. He reported personally evicting a number of armed criminals who had taken to barricading themselves within properties he owned. Upon eviction, they merely moved to Cleaver Hall. Cleaver reported that the majority of violence started at Cleaver Hall along with the rioters barricaded inside. [[Charles Page]] offered to build him a new home.<ref name="Cleaver" />

The ''Morning Tulsa Daily World'' stated, "Cleaver named Will Robinson, a dope peddler and all-around bad negro, as the leader of the armed blacks. He has also the names of three others who were in the armed gang at the courthouse. The rest of the negroes participating in the fight, he says, were former servicemen who had an exaggerated idea of their own importance... They did not belong here, had no regular employment, and were simply a floating element with seemingly no ambition in life but to foment trouble."<ref name="Cleaver">{{cite news |title=Negro Deputy Sheriff Blames Black Dope-Head for Inciting His Race Into Rioting Here |url=https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85042345/1921-06-03/ed-1/seq-1/ |publisher=The Morning Tulsa Daily World |date=June 3, 1921 |access-date=December 3, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181120050606/https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn85042345/1921-06-03/ed-1/seq-1/ |archive-date=November 20, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[O.W. Gurley]], owner of Gurley's Hotel, identified the following men by name as arming themselves and gathering in his hotel: Will Robinson, Peg Leg Taylor, Bud Bassett, Henry Van Dyke, Chester Ross, Jake Mayes, O. B. Mann, John Suplesox, Fatty, Jack Scott, Lee Mable, John Bowman and W. S. Weaver.<ref name="Gurley">{{cite web |url=http://digitalprairie.ok.gov/cdm/compoundobject/collection/race-riot/id/1098/rec/2 |title=Statement O. W. Gurley, Attorney General Civil Case No. 1062 |page=1 |date=1921 |access-date=December 4, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181204151536/http://digitalprairie.ok.gov/cdm/compoundobject/collection/race-riot/id/1098/rec/2 |archive-date=December 4, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>