The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-11-18
WHIsKEY IN THE ZOOS.
The Ingenious Device Of n Woman Who
Long Bafiied tho Officers.

As nearly q, every one knows, the law
against introducing and selling wniskey
in the Indian tcrTittry Is very pointef ia
its prohibition ana provides heaEy pens
ties for its violation. The Enactment is
not for Federal, but tribal nut IKE
most tribal laws, this one was bet
ter obserN ed in the breach than
i'm endorsements Not so. however with the
Federal court, as the marshals were very
diigent in hunting down offenders, ana
the court was not SLOW IN dealing out
punishment 70 those Wh) deserved H.
Judge Parker of the western distl!ct 81
Arkansas, holding court at FOrl Smth,
Ark, which court at one lime held Jurls-
d.ction over the entire Indian territory.
was very emphatic I'm his charge 10 the
jury concerning this crane, winch ne
stated was the cause and root Of at
least - per cent. OF all other crimes. Ills
sentences against old offenders often ran
TO the extreme penalty OF iVe years III
the penitentiary at hard labor
Notwithstanding the numerous arrests
and convictions the Illicit trafilc showed
but little abatement because the proilts
were cnorn Gus and sales easily MADE.
Rectthed goods bought at 81 per gallon
it was but short distance from the
source of supply to the place of demand
the profits were such as 10 make Viola
tCrs willing TO take ,he risk.
Every scheme that human ingenuity
could think Cf was concocted TO hide
large quantities in the far interior. Bar
rels of cheap whiskey would be buried
in turnip patches and the pround sown
with seeds that soon covered every YES
tige OF the burial Quart syrnges with
long tubes were the mediums used TO
extract the liquor. This tube lifted in
rubber one that was affixed TO Il hole i'm
the head of the barrel when by drawing
back the rod the quart was drawn. 10
he again injected into a jug or bot.
This barrel was never approached the
same way or by more than one person. so
a vigilance
Of the deputies, however, Kept pace with
the ingenuity of the outlaw. and it was
| only a question OF time when the latter
was transported TO the pen.
But there was one joint located about
ten miles northeast OF MusCOgee that de-
nrd the efforts of the officers 10 procure
sufficient evidence 10 convict. This JOINT
was a plain log house situated near a
small creek. but out on the open prairie.
and was kept by two women OF disrepu-
| table character. The leader of the two
was a woman named Cunningham q large,
very ficshy person, with a wicked, sem
! sual-looking face. that held two small,
! keen black eyes. This woman was white.
! Her companion, who went by the name
| OF Annie, was a small slender Indian
| woman, completely under the control OF
| the white woman
| Deputy after deputy went TO the house
ana searched IL thoroughly. They eX-
| ahmed he ground for the planted barrels.
| they dragged the creek for sunken vessels
! OF liquor, but they found nothing. The
| cunningham woman protested against
| these visits, and was very voluble i'm her
| liquors After the search she would guy
| and curse the bafiled officers who re-
turned crest-fallen indeed. The joint
/ seemed TO get worse and whiskey got
| 10 be very plenty; but there Is free
masonry among the buyers and sellers
| OF whiskey in the Indian Territory, and
| all the schemes OF the officers to send
| men there TO buy whislxey miscarried
1 tFA. -.
with strangers. but cursed and revile
| them for even asking her 10 sell them
liquor. denying any knowledge Of the
whole affair. Yet there was not the
| least doubt that she sold large auanti-
| ties
III was on beautiful May day in the
year 1881 that Chief Deputy Huntington
OF the Fort Worth Court rode out OF