The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1909-12-28

20. Norman county east OF range 55.
Polk county east or range 80. and
Cloar Water, east of township Is.
when the pccill Officers were fin.
ishiug their campaign in the territory
above named. word was received from
la CI.s-o that The federal grand iary
tn.ir uil returned 40 indictments
.-aiu-t ~ saloon Keepers i'm the '',.
ri url cleaned up by John ON. Braunon
end Oh. others ill IN" officers. who
participated IN th, raid vii return Go
Mime ota 100 February - appca' ls
Witnesses against he sal Jon ko,p.rs
iu iCtci 81 The pr. ont in. ~. =,
u'u AZ" az ih.i, Hom"s 'pr h" holi
- aud Krs irnNnpn Visited Gu H.
RE duriug Oh" past week "" N,s
at one lime in charge of the Wcs'
Guthrie M"thDdis, church T T.
Hr.njs. che other oklahoma nan with
Johnson Is an DID tim" United states
marshal in Indian Terri
Rev Btannon is sim = member ot the
oklahoma Methodist conf renee. but
I'm order thu me- might participate
in thi, line al prohibition work for the
goyorumcnt he Wts given q nominal
appoiu mcnt at Enid Ottcn, while
ont on q riijing expedition he preach
c5 at church In the town tina he is
visiting and during his vacation In
Oklahoma he expects to till the pu'
pit in several Northern oklahoma
towns. \ one tim, he VAS chaplain
OF the Oklahoma legislature. securing
that appointment however. as reward
tor good political work
The work OF Rev. Brannon is dan.
gcrous. as the bootlcggcr viii usually
shoot to escape arrcs'. He clrric5
% commission as an inspector of the
interior department and did work in
Oklahoma rs an assistant to Pussy
foot" Johnson before going to Mime.
,O'a Johnson fot his nickname from
Jh" stcalthy way IN which he over
takes and surprises bOttl"ggcrs
"po you carry weapons for protcc-
ton" VAS asked Rev Brannon and
he answered by pulling aside his coat
ard pointing to a big revolver IA o.
sc'hbard J, his side
And ! have pistol whi'h ctl
/ quickly iit TO frame and use rs a
ri'lc"
In personal appearance Rev. Bran.
non does not suggest minister, ana
could easily be taken for farmer.
While working in Oklahoma he visit.
ed saloon towns close to Indian terri
tory rescrNa ions and gave evidence
against boO.legEcrs lie preferred al
Ways to have arrests made by regular
officers. which enabled him to " rl
with more secrecy than by arOu, ~
the least possible suspicion a. 10 hi
. name and work. when necessary how
/ ever. he made arrests
Nt the negro town of Bulcy In Ol,
- Indian territory. Rev. Braunou naarpU
{ ly ,,ap"d death. by being shot II,
! h'd arrested three men. two of wAuu
/, he chained 10 car wheel ana IA,
+ other % a telegraph pole, upon vn'"r
, Ing q house IN search OF another II,
a gro hOOtlcEgcr a NOllcy from lut i l.
consisting of seven bullets lodg IA
, feather bed. near which the uiaif,.
d WAS standing lIr ran outside. rcyo
e Yer IN hand. but the man who VA 'ir
n a him had fled During IN ury
e month while workin2 in Nkl'hIup D.
D. had the record of .onr. t.ill ".C9
p. quarts of hooregger, whiskey
s. A. one time Rev. Brarrpu tuoush
1t 60. seeking an app iuHmcnt Us chaplai
10 In tho regular army Ne i'.ru "a 4
- matter with Mr Tait. Whom rs Ger,
"a , of Mar he visited ONalnnl to u
spcct ,ariou, military post. lie y,
,cn,d some endorsement to, "a a.
+. pou mrut but atcrwart, d,,idr' o.,
d TO make application
+, Iic was q mcmb r. OF th Fo1 20 ,
o luoi, Infantry at Chicupp 'or sever.
{ Years "A white pastor ot Guthrie, ~
20 private in company \ . 80, OI
o numl national ruards
Rev Ruuuant secret ,. Won
, hls |rt boon confined o't.It a.
' miri t... i'm making raid, ON siuu.t,