The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1909-03-25

circuit court
Back 0i the fine and sentence Is
ihe history Of war between the forces
Of temperance and saloon ady0cstos
Of almost eleven years duration, and
against one or the other side OF the
controversy almost every politician
IN Central Illinois has felt the impact
oi the sellishly waged contest
Fifteen years aRo knight wna \
street iahorer whose education con.
sisted OF n love for listlc battle aud an
ambition 10 be known hs 8 giant n
physical atialninenls lie worked,
gamblcd aud drank whlakey, and had
ae llliln responsibility resting ap0n
him aa nn ah0signe
He secured AZ interest Ia q sniu0n
not famed Tor the class Of great clt.
lzens who drank there, and N ihrne
Of four years bl0Bmed into one 0t rha
bic whlskey men IA the thanamoHl.
wlle.0pen city In Illinois, and added
all tue various departments ui The nm.
derworld until his place vas calico
.he department store, PATRONS al.
ieglng all that one aid not need could
be f0and under Nae roof Of the build.
lns.
As hr grow richer he easeyed 10 be
g political boss and did very we'll as
the head 0t one ward, bat when he
ventnred into campaign against On
other gambler and saloonkeeper Of
no less nolorlelY an earthquake struck
beth n the person Of reform may'
or. Gnd each vas made TO leave ihe
oits knight going into the oil fields
operating 81 Casey, Illinois, ana per-
hans. other noiats where fortunes
were won aud lest Without Wide pub
llelly being given The winlns or JOS.
ing
Al one tlme his list Of counts 10 The
indictments returned against him had
every charge possible save murder
rape. perjury and stealing oven be-
ing Indicted as g public nuisance ls
WIS the last mentioned which caused
him to leave Matt00n and seak other
fields for year or more.
Failure Az Bootlegaer
Lat year Central lilln0ls went
edrye-thnt Is. local optl0n under
the county lev act Of the Legislature.
brought 10 The large majority q eoun.
Ties q vote against saloons.
Nation WIS saloon city the N8W
York Central and Illinois cenlrel rail-
roads having extensive shops and dl'
vision points there; being thousands
0f nlnn employed with taeBe great
Asstems. bcaides The little city hag VA
rlous other factories.
knight. according 10 the evidence
submitted al the trials and they have
been numergas. Immediately became
wholesaler e the hoolleggeFa The
neddlers dld rot have tho side and
long experience p0ssoascd Ay tho boot
logger Of the Southwest, and they fell
before the seYlhe Of authority as
wheat falls before the harvester pro
belled across the fields by steam,
snme ~ them. when caught. gave
Testimony. aud tic iurlass Hhn had
demanded irom The bench that ~
man be Indicted and callel nee
grand jury for that purpose PASSED
lhe nDe AZ mentioned S. tfa Nral
paragraph
onco tiia Attorney
8efore going on the bench the lnf4
Isl whO ASSESSED ihe iiue aad penally
flad been the attorney for Knight
ana his cllont kept him busy even b
those deys. preventing the law fasi
enIng hard on The man Who, lgn0r.
ant and With no experience ameaafd
fortune estimated 81 from SO %
100000 IN dozen years. and per
haDs. IN that time spent q qlAficr MIL
Ion dollars IN fines, teea aiid husli
money, wllIe striving for Che WeallA