The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1908-10-06

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NU&lRAu report 20 James j Brooks,
INK At the time prominent as
EGAlkF2b = detective I'm the United
g ON states secret service.
EGA The purpose of his as.
VOL slsnmCnt was kept a pro
AmzE-m3 found secret. By APP
pointmcnt. he met De
tectivc brooks at the Pcnnsyl-
Nania Railroad station In Phil
adelphia. and when he started not
oven the members of his family knew
his destination or the purpose of his
journey. When Kelly met Brooks at
,he gate leading TO the train. he hand
I'd him a ticket to New Orleans by
way oi the great Jackson route.
A word Of preface may help to cx
plaiu how Kelly came to receive this
assignment. which was To prove one
of the most dangerous and important
in his whole professional career. While
he vas a police officer in the twenty
second police district of Philadelphia.
he was going TO- his home early one
morning In January. 1874, and pass.
ing a big iistillcry on Goth street
above Bcrlts. he was accosted by a
voice which whispered huskily:
is that YOU. joe"
II was 80 dark and fOggy that a
person could hardly see his face be.
fore him. but on the impulse of the
moment Kelly replied Yes" and then
hai,-d To await developments. Present
ly "A twO-hOrse team. filled with Illicit
liquor which had been distilled i'm the
factory, started out of the place. Kei.
ly jumped into the wagon and pulled
a pistol ON the driver and directed
him to so ~ a certain point in the
city, which happened to be the po-
lice station There he was placed un
der arrest The seizure of this distill
cry I'M the arrest OF the government
%storckccpcr and his conviction which
followed. was the means of bringing
Frank Kelly before the notice of his
superior officers both in Philadelphia
and Washington
The sequel was this mysterious as.
signment which began at the Broad
Street station IN Philadelphia. After
they had fairly started on their jour
ney, Mir. Brooks Joined Kelly in the
car and introduced him to the other
two men. one being Alfred Brooks, his
son, and the other John Mitchell,
another secret service operative. MI.
Brooks explained the mission to the
party in a few words.
a short time before, President
Grant, Simon Cameron and Alexander
Z. Tuition. who was then supervisor of
internal rcycnuc for Pennsylvania, had
n conference At the white house con.
corning the operations of the whisky
ring, which had become a national
schandal and was So powerful that the
government was being robbed of mil
lions of dollars. Gen. Grant, who was
deeply interested in probing the mat.
ter to the bottom. leaned over his
desk, and with the inevitable stump
Of n cigar bctWccn his set teeth. au-
nounccd his purpose OF transferring
all supervisors of internal revenue in
every section OF the country.
Mr.. Tuition at this point expressed
a doubt concerning the wisdom of
such action lie said II would be the
means OF Furnishing many good officers
and would not be just,
General Grant took a fresh grip on
his cigar and said:
What am I to do, them"
Mr.. Tuition replied
Find out the identity of the crook.
ed distillers aud the government of.
fcers who are shielding them, and
punish both
II was suggested to the president
that Detective James J. Brooks was n
safe man 4 intrust with an important
work ot this character and that he
could get Detective Frank Kelly TO
assist him.
The president replied immediately:
Il will do AZ you advise-we will
take Brooks aud Kelly"
This explains why Detective Kelly
Detective Brooks, his son. and John
Mitchell were hound for New Orleans
on the Sth day OF April in 1874.
In his pocket MIR, Kelly carried a
letter from Secretary of War BeiknaI
10 the commandant of the garrison al
New Orleans. directing him TO furnish
the bearer-Frank Kolly-at a mo
nent's notice. such a number of sol
diers as he should call for, This com
m~unication was significant. 1t indi
Gated very clearly that they were tC
act alone and without the aid, assist
.nce or knowledge of any Of he GOV