La Junta tribune., 1915-04-17

BOOTLEGGERs IN TOLLS.
Two BootSeegers NOw In County Jail
Doing Tine- Caught In Fla
granite Delictu and Then soue,
William Wakefield. employed a
. cook in the Elite restaurant, and
E. d. Saunders. . senegambian IA.
miliarly known about town a,
''Nobs." have been assigned to apart.
ments in the Hotel de Nixon for .
period Of sixty days each. there to
do penance for the grievous sin OF
bootlegging In dry territory. The
scheme worked to entrap the unwary
bottleggers was similar TO that uti.
liaed in the drug store cases Of q
year or more ago. when one Bodfish,
was employed TO secure the neces-
sary evidence.
This time the dummy Of the sher-
IFS office was one J. N. Sayers, who
posed around. among those who were
under suspicion, ~ . mortal In great
distress and about to give up the
ghost unless he was provided with q
thirst alleviator instanter and at
once. Previous To- being sent out
upon his mission Mr.. Sayers was
searched In the sheriff's office. and
then under the vigilant eye Of off.
cers Of the Law ambled down to
First street 70 the White Kitchen.
which was under suspicion - being
the headquarters Of the bootleggsr
tribe. and . well grounded suspicion
Il proved TO be. After securing the
liquor he returned TO the sheriff's
office where he was again searched
and the liquor was held ~ evidence.
Mr.. sayers gave the signal Of dis
tress In the first instance to william
Wakefield. . cook IN the Elite res
taurant. and wanted to know II
there was anything doing in the
thirst allsviating line. Mr. Wake
field was exceedinsly oblising and In
. very short time delivered 70 Say
yers the required half pint Of rcd
liquor for which he received 4hs
munificent sum OF 50 ceats. The
booss. according 70 WakeeIeld. was
secured troa 4. 9. 0'Ceanos. . sss.
low cook who offtcatss In the
White Kitchen after sundown. wake
field vas tried before Judge ma
honey on April 9Th and given . SEN
teace Of sixty days At hard labor" In
the Otero county bastile.
Wakefield was also mixed up In
the case against "Nobs" saunders.
sayers provided him with the sum Of
80 cents. and after taking . walk
down First street To the abiding place
of Mr.. Saunders returned with half
pint Of red liquor. Jerome Hill al
10 secured = half pint for Mr. saysrs
from his nobs." Saunders. Ills
Nobs was tried before Judge Mahoa-
ey last Tuesday mornine. Wake
field and sam both testified that they
had secured the liquor from Saua.
dsrs aad delivered Il 70 oayess.
9aundsrs, after taking The customary
oath. dsaisd that he had ever has.
died 0unay Brook. which vas The par.
ticulas brand sold. He admitted
that . few noatAs ago hs bad bssa
quite extensively eaeassd h shs esss'
nses os peovidias thirssy nossais II
L. Junta With ssd liquor 10 sllsviats
thslr distress. rsesivias shipnsets
Of from forty eight 70 nissty-six half
pints q Q tine from Pueblo. slncs
ehs 18th Of March. however. vhsa 10
Sese his job. hs had sos had saessh
0oosy 70 buy the ascsssasy stock.
and 4 required real aosey 70 sasass
II ehs busiaess Of ssliiss booss 10
La Junta. He desied vssy saDhss-
icaily that hs had sold lssuos 70
either Waksflsld Or Hiii. but % shs
way Aova 70 The jail admitted 70 ess
oe ths oeficees that hs vas "sut,sy
all right." He wss sivsa . ssatsacs
q slxty days q hard lsbes" II the
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hss Q wife as1 twe ki1s. asd The -.
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