The Iola register., 1902-04-18
THEY ALL GAVE $500 BOND
Temperance Workers. Watching Last
Friday Assaulted by Negroes,
TOughs and Night Owls.

Friday and nine joint-keepers gave
bond of 5000 each to appear for trial.
During the night several temperance
people watching to see what became of
the stocks of liquor were assaulted,
but the only man openly accused of
this work is Jim Allen, the well known
negro ioint-keeper. The battle is but
begun.
For some time the temperance work
ers who were aroused to renewed
activity by the exhortations
OF Miss Madeline Southard have
been laying their net. Liquors have
been bought of all the joints by men
who will testify on the stand to the
sales. Places have been watched,
names of witnesses secured and Thurs
day, fully prepared Miss Southard
and others filed the information be-
fore the county attorney. Messrs.
Birnbaum, Fetterly, Manley and
Howard swore to the sales and war;
rants were issued from the district
court that evening, the last one about
s o'clock. one after another was
served until nine men had been ar
rested as follows: Jim Allen, James
Mills, Wm. Speckbottel, Jack Nc
Carley, John Kennedy, L. ID. Mont
gomery, John Doe, Chas. Hickman,
(who operated in Cementville) and
Felix Thompson (of East lola. Al!
gave bond in the sum of 5000 to APP
pear for trial,and we're restored to lib
erty.
Experience begets wisdom. At first
it was natural that preachers, women
and temperance people should be ig-
norant of liquor business, but they
are growing wise. Again and again
have lola joints been raided and
empty boxes been found by the officers
The liquors were always saved and the
10 nts re.opened next day. That night
the temperance people were on the
watch. 1t was a sort of spontaneous
move of all those who had been acti q
to see how effectual the orders hat
been. In groups they stood abou
the streets nearly all night, near tn,
closed places.
Drays were going all night, Loads
OF boxes marked "Anheuser Busch
were hauled in every direction. Th
watchers followed. Some went to tn,
Missouri Pacific depot and were load
ed into a freight car. Some went t
the barns of the draymen and wer
stored therein. Some, not much, wa
stored in a rear room of the Odd Eel
lows block The temperance peopl
think the officers confscated hardl
any of the goods.
While watching on the north side O
the square in the alley, the minister
and temperance people were ordere
to move on by policeman who toll
them they had no business there
They didn't move. They and tn
policeman watched a dray come int
the alley three times. 1t went ava
twice empty because they were ther
and the third time hauled of a'loa
of liquor, The watchers went to th
dray, held up lanterns and rea
names. They also identified the police
man.
Down on West street they, watche
the loading of another dray and o
the east side they saw "A dray leay
and followed it many blocks. The
have notes of where the liquor wen
what hour it was taken away, by who
and other interesting data as to Tia
reason so little of the store was COZ
fscated. They are getting wise, thes
Temperance cranks.".
While over on West street Re'
Merry, the Free Methodist ministe
and b. NJ Collins, temperanC
worker, we're assaulted and knocke
down. They expect to swear out
warrant charging Jim Allen, the negr
joint-keeper, with striking the blows
They will swear that they were simpl
watching and that Allen was thr'
blocks from his own place of bushes
and that he struck powerful blows.
T. f.. Birnbaum, another churC
worker, was assaulted near the coul
house by strange negro. Mr.. Birr
baum grappled with him and was ge
ting the best of the tussle when anothC
negro came up and kicked him violen
ly in the side. The negroes fled whC
Birnbaum started OIL.
Park Postlewaite, young ma
with thecrowd, was struck by stranl
negro while ia the alley on the we
side. The blow grazed his face al
he showed kindly but hard-knucklC
fist into the left eye OF his strange a
sailant. He went down
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