The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-06-07
EDITOR Jones IN JAIL
FOR FAILURE TO TELL COUNTY
JUDGE MASON FROM WHOM
HE PROCURED WHISKY.

=. l. Jones. editor OF the "Oklaho-
ma Arrow, a weekly newspaper pub
lishcd I'm this city, was placed i'm jail
Friday afternoon by order of County
Judge Mason for contempt of court IN
refusing to answer questions pro
pounded to him by the court as %
whore he. The editor. 7. l. Jones' pro
cured whisky which was found on his
person and taken away rom him by
Deputy Sheriff W r 1andrum dur
ing the fore part of the day.
Authority for the judge action Is
found in section 4 of the Bllups DIS.
pensary bill part Of which reads as
follows: should any witness refuse
10 appear before such Judge in obe-
dience 10 suoh subpoena. or refuse TO
produce any books or papers when
lawfully required so TO do. or having
| appeared shall refuse to answer any
proper questions. or sign his testi-
mony when so required. II shall nc
the duty ~ said Judge to punish as
for contempt in accordance with the
constitution and the Jaws OF the
state"
But little information concerning
the AFFAIR could be learned from
County Judge Mason ay whv Editor
Jones was placed in Jail, the court
claiming that matters of inQuisition
under which the arrest was made was
privileged and not for publication.
When information was refused the
Ardmorcite. permission 10 visit the
Jail and interview the editor was pro
cured The Ardmorelte man found
b fhA .I in tuf1 hAhfpI fLn Iva
the run-arOund along with a number
Of other prisoners. and when seen
I Mr. Jones was not loathe 10 give ont
an interview and had the following
to say:
"Whilo walking along Main street
| Friday. ! stepped into a barber shop
! and walked back into the rear Of the
/ building In a closet ana took a drink
| OF whisky out OF a flask ] had In my
/ pocket. On coming out of the barber
/ shop was accosted by Deputy Sher-
/ iT w r. Landrum and asked the
/ question, Have you got any whisky -
/ / replied yes. Lanlrum then reliev-
I ed me OF my bottle OF whisky and ask
ed me, Where did you get this whls.
Ky. and from whom did you procure
this whisky? The last two queries
made Of me by the deputy ! refused
10 answer, and then Iandrum said,
Well. YOU will have to tell Judge
Mason
Il was summoned before Judge Ma.
son, Friday, and refused 10 tell his
honor from whom and where | pro.
cured the whisky. Upon my refusal
TO answer questions put 10 me BY the
court, ] was sentenced TO jail for a
period Of five days and to pay n fine
of twenty-five dollars Here / am In
jail where | was placed Friday after
noon, and on Friday night / was made
10 sleep between sucn lawbreakers
as rapists and thieves and in a nest
Of bed bugs. If the judge or anyone
else thinks that | can be made to tel
from whom and from whence ! pro
cured the whisky taken from me. they
are mistaken. Not a cent of profit
was made by my securing the whisky
] pro mrcd the same from a friend
| who Is not In the whisky peddinl
business and who is not a violator
of the law, and | don't think that the
court had any business TO know, and
/ would not tell him and never will
ten him.
Although the officials declared the
whisky taken from me was the rank
est bootleg stuff, | am sure that II
tested ~ will stand as good test
as the best that the Butt shop sells