The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-10-12
Ardmore, Wednesday Oct. 2, 1910
Woman Only Victim Of Maine Liquor
Law

Law.
lIon prohibition fares In Maine a.
the hands Of practical men .s
shown by the completed docke, Of
the August criminal term Of the
supreme judicial court. which ad-
lourned a few days ago.
At this term Of court -Aere were
on the docket i35 cases Of all kinds
500 ., them being for violation Of
the prohlbitoy liqIor laa From this
grea, array II cases the friends Of
the Law had expected results that
would strike terror % the hearts
Of the liquor trade, but this Is what
they got;
Continued. placed on special dock
q, tthey never come back. nolle
prossed. dismissed by court. qlashed,
nled or settled by payment Of fines
and COTS 353 jailed.
Some think the sending to jail Of
one responder, must have been an
inadyertance on the part Of the coun-
~ attorney, while others, especially
the sporting element, maintain that
& tSas done In good faith and with
deliberate purpose. inasmuch as
there has to be at least one goat
H. every game.
For the sacrifice on this occasion
the county attorney selected wo-
man who rcjoices in tho name OF
Hannah Glew, much to the JOY Of
local rhymesters. Hannah conducts
or GGtil recently conducted small
refreshment and social parlor in
the neighborhod OF Haymarkct
Square. and there were four cases
against her-two for single sales. in
each OF which she appealed from
uhe police court sentence Of 500
and costs and sixty days in Jail. one
common liquor nuisance by indict-
ment, which was placed on the spc-
clal docket, a sort Of legal graveyard,
and an indictment at the August
term for liquor nuisance.
This latter case came under the
eagle eye Of the county attorney late
In the term Nearly all of the 100
mad got ny" and 50 far as actual
punishment was concerned, iusti G
was yet 10 De yindlcat,d lust al
this time up bobbed the unal case
against Hannah Glcw, and death
like hush fell upon the courtroom
AZ Hannah vas hustled TO the cage
byuwo determined deputy sheriffs It
was dramatic scene as the woman
had dared to defy Names most I'm
portant Law stood in the dock. doubt.
less wondering why I, was that she
had not hecn allowed TO fix" her
case Everybody gaspcd with aston.
iahment when, instead Of the old.
familiar continued "uollc pressed
or special docket being entered In
iiannahs case, the court regarded
her sternly and icily remarked "Thir.
" ,-Iys."
Great excitement followed for no
one could remember how long IL F.
had been since a liqusr dealer had
been sent to Bangor jail
The friends OF the law are dazed .
ana are going around asking for ex.
plantations. The county attorncy.
through his friends, explains that In
most OF tho cases the evidence
wasn't much good, and It IS further
urged that tho law isn't much Of a
law anyway. Taxpayers Erumble be
cause only $1,000 Has collected IN
fines and costs out Of 100 cases,
whereas In past years. with fewer
cases, as much as S&2 900 was col
lected In single term. They say:
Here. We taxpayers get t. both
lways-you don't put anyone in Jail
and neither do you get much money.
while We have to pay all the ex
penses Of this tomfoolery. Whats the
Republican politicians say thst !,
IL all because the county attorney
s . democrat, liko most Of tho other
county officers, end that they sTe Try.
nE 10 get tho Bquo. vote; but that
sn't good answer, because the dem /
,crais just now have the liquor vote
nyway New York World.