Editing Tulsa race massacre (section)

===Brief investigation===
Although the police questioned Page, no written account of her statement has been found, but apparently, she told the police that Rowland had grabbed her arm and nothing more, and would not press charges.<ref name="Story of Attack on Woman Denied">{{cite news |url=https://www.tulsaworld.com/archive/story-of-attack-on-woman-denied/article_6a43affa-7d3a-5259-a574-18f315849dbc.html |title=Story of Attack on Woman Denied |publisher=The Tulsa Daily World |date=June 2, 1921 |access-date=June 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200623025720/https://www.tulsaworld.com/archive/story-of-attack-on-woman-denied/article_6a43affa-7d3a-5259-a574-18f315849dbc.html |archive-date=June 23, 2020 |url-status=live }}</ref> The police determined that what happened between the two individuals was less than an assault. They conducted a low-key investigation rather than launching a man-hunt for her alleged assailant.{{sfn|Hirsch|2002|pp=79–80, 82, 86}}

Regardless of whether or not assault had occurred, Rowland had reason to be fearful, as African American men accused of raping white women were often prime targets for lynch mobs. Realizing the gravity of the situation, Rowland fled to his mother's house in the Greenwood neighborhood.{{sfn|Oklahoma Commission|2001|p=57}}