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[Photograph 2012.201.B1129.0168]

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Harold Roady, Sulphur, Murray Co. sheriff"
Date: February 15, 1972
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B1129.0169]

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Murray Co. Sheriff John Harold Roady turned in his badge Tuesday and claimed he is the victim of criminal elements who want to take over the county. "They set me up .. . Maybe I'm a country boy, a little naive, but I've always been honest and tried to give Murray Co. good law enforcement." The 41-year-old Davis native said he was not surprised when he was arrested outside his office last Thursday night on a federal charge of selling marijuana. He is in his fourth term as sheriff."
Date: February 15, 1972
Creator: unknown
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History