Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1910-12-14
MAYOR TAKES A
PART IN RAIDS
LEADS THE POLICE no TIE
SCENES or ACTION.
LILLE BOOZE IS FOUND
OH Exchange Out OF Business for
First Time In Many MOONS
Four Places Searched.

That the bootlcggcrs are ON the run
Is evidenced by the four raids made
early last night by party Of police
officers headed by Mayor Martin.
The hommcrlug Of the past few days
had It's effect, as was easily discovered
when the Carrie Nation squadron,
composed Of Mayor Martin. chief
Comedy ana Officers Walker and
Dewitt visited the oil Exchange,
Mission ANA Iriquois clubs and the
owl drug store.
No booze was found except In the
Mission ana owl, and only there on
n small scale compared to the wide
open manner in which the places
were run before the lid agitation was
begun some two weeks ago. A small
quantity af booze was found In the
Mission was smashed, and several
bottles of gin and whlskcy found in
the owl were also smashed. In both
eases the police preserved enough Of
the liquors to serve as evidence.
For the first time in many moons
the oil Exchange was dark when the
I'i'' 'lllNtIh .ulllN'h at AllhA l'AN-
riuos resort They found the gamb-
ling and booze furniture stacked up
IN the room aud there were signs of
dlsuse about the upper floors (which
hut lately were hive for boo2ers and
gamblers
The Injunction served on the joint
owners sometime ago by the district
court officers is responsible for the
signs Of inactivity about the place.
The lrlquois was also strangely
quiet. no liquors having been found.
Several people were lOaring about in
the lunch room, but otherwise every
thing was quiet,
IN the past successful raids on the
Mission and owl, as We're engineered
last night nearly always resulted in
the finding Of large quantities Of
booze. but no signs Of lavish stores
OF wet googs were found In either
place.
The Mission club was visited at
o'clock. The visit was surprise,
but It * believed that the other joints
got wind of the raid from signal tip
pers. The police do not believe that
the joint owners were posted In ad-
vance that the raids were coming, as
the attack was very carefully and
quietly planned, II Is the theory of
the police that wheh the Mission was
midod every Joint In the city was
soon made aware Of the fact and that
tncy were somcwha, prepared for the
vlglt of the officers.
As the result Of the raid last night
tie police are Of the opinion that the
lontists are on the run. Places on
which ,njunctfons Mcre served re-
ccntly by the district court are being
watched with an eagle eye and tho
first signs of liquor selling VIII be
the signal for The rallroadlng of a.
number OF jointists into the district
court ON charges Of contempt of court.
And behind the district court lies the
phadow Of the penltentIary walls, Tor
contempt Of court In case of TINS
nature Is not matter at which to-
laugh
As was the case when the Moore
and Alcorn "hotcls' were raided Mon
day night, there was considerable
swearing from the darkened corners
hy those In sympathy with the onward
march of the bcotlegglnE nnd booze
business and other higher classes Of
civilization.
Evidently the members OF the
dirty dozen" gang, as the whlskey
tribe Is often called have begun to
reall2e that there are even laws IN
1T. "A hnlInn
respect 10 n certain extent