The weekly true Democrat. (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1905-1912, 1909-11-26
Prominent CitizcS
On IIgu Bon
A Wholesale Arrest Dot Several
Turned Out to Continue lhe NE
Eal an6 RefarlOas Business

viewing the menagerie 70 John Rob
sons circus, where are the tigsrs
Twas a singular incident FOR q cIrc
OF the capacity Of that one 20 Be VIII.
out several tigers Of the Royal Bengal
type; but when L was announced nezf
morning that Sheriff James P. s. Hoa
toun and bic efficient deputies, Jackaoa
Gray and Thomas Halves. had pail
fourteen tigers on the night Of TIE 81.
Gus, L was self-oxplanatory why ncno
were ca exhibition they were al ga
end among the spectator ~ ~
Royal Bengal type, however, but -
the ''blind" species.
For one nights work fourtecn Sl-
rests for the unlawful sale Of liquor
a gOOd-siEed one 20 pull or This atuat
was done BY Leon county's able ccEp1
Of officers On the night Of the big cir
Gus while everything was ''golng nice
~" For several, however, the eon
ties bed 70 work until three O'Clock o.
Saturday morning.
IL will be 3 surprise 70 many citino11
10 learn that such q great number g
"blind tigers" existed here and moss
Of them within the city's limits. I4a
surprise will be eclipsed BY q creates
one, that is that it1ls such "a eaay MAJ.
ter for tigers" 70 get up bond and -
released 10 carry on their same nofalA.
Gus business; and greater still, some 90
the citizens who 60 on these BONDS.
That the release Of an erree
tiger" on en- appearance bond moa.
their liberty % carry on their unlawtaA
business, u evident BY the case % cne
Of theSs fourteen just arrested tuse
man Johnson, large, burly black, go
Selldres8ed negro, who 90 one tll1
carried on q negro restaurant b1
meas" or Clinton street, wae amo
the bunch pulled Friday night.
wife, Sarah johnson, Was also aTress4
VITA che sanl& gong, for ceiling llqol<
at their home 81 Frenehtown. tpIn4n
secured bic release Oh 3 $50 bond right
away, and was ro-arrested for anoiet
sale within . few hours after pgiQ4
liberated. Yet ne b only one Of tie
six cut 81 the fourteen who were r.
leased on bOnda. He secured bic ~
lease 20 continue the sale Of liquor. bt
O. q plausible theory 70 bellevq ~
other ave secured their releAoe loe tie
same purpose. The difference, hoNl-
ever, hea "a the fact that ho bee bcoo
caught again, while the others, prot-
ing from their former oxperience, e1o
the wiser and have been eucce1oful 81
evading the traps into which thoY zen
Friday night. So, judging from -
casa 81 Purman Johnson, the release
Of an arrested ''tigar" on bead d uot.-
Ing but al enc0GIn eElent IRON Ne
h6ndsmen b him % carry o. be 49,
lawful business. OF coarse, about c1o4
IN q decade On Innoeent party % e.
rested, IN which cGee q WOuld nafl
b justice 20 refuse % So thelr bend
likewise, the custom 81 cno'a In1ca
being presumed until their guilt 81 e.
tablished-but who, upon gIonclnT over
The list Of those arrested Friday nI1tt,
could declare them inn0centl on1 a.
the hrst released began the sale again
az once.
Those released were: Katherine CooG.
er, Purmnn johnson, eaney 8WIlaoEs
Godfrey Wilson, Sarah JOhnsoa. Ltc3
Holland.
The bondlmen are some Of the uc11
prominent men Of the city. Iho 1t1e
Democrat warns ali such thar hel.
nLNef u VIII prominently .M.II." n.
bondsmen IN all blind tiger cases
Those arrested and reInalning Ga lnII
are: Robert Small, Harry Hinoan. kNN
Bryant, Harmody Mccormick, HaflIo
Mitchell, Simon Cromartie, WFl Coe&
and Wash Nelson.
It win be remembered that tInt
Bryant, who - q cripple, vas c11gi1t
at the last term Of the Circuit Ctrf
bat bic sentence was suspended Oe1-
frey Wilson conducts q negro re1l11e
rant Ga Clinton street. Robert Small
conducted HE bcElness IN NrenchloU
Harry HineOn drives q ofay md ocqa
work around the @. h. and A. derQlf
while Lucy Holland vas aErosie9 ~
selling "booEe" On q house near ~
Backward church.
No doubt there are others a. guilty
as these, but who are ~ free 90 any'-
one else. The law, however. does not
permit en- arrest On rnero ougpleIon
lt q gratifying - know that Leon
cOantF affords 8uch oflcefl, and u ~
good ciflneno win bat assist them n
apprebendiBg the guilty parlicg g VII
nol - long before tie community 81.
- entirely rid of che iniquitops ''bl'ea
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