Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-11-14
Arrest Yesterday of Four Negroes Causes Consid-
 erable Agitation.
STEWART IS AFTER
 MEN "HIGHER UP"
Chief Asserts White Man or Men Be- hind Blacks and He's "GOing After" Them m-COnstablc Green Lands i.
 Two Alleged Liquor Vendors.

partment on charg s of bcoilegglnS' and within a half hour the word had gone out, in certain circles, white and black, that Chief of Polic2 Frank $ cwart was going after them.'
 The arrested negroes are as fol- lews
 Jim Mason, proprietor Of a negro pool hall in State street near Third avenue, from whose place 34 plnts and six half-pint bottles of whisk y were taken.
 Buster French, proprietor of a n gro ca ing house in Georgia street. from whose place the police took a case of whisky in pint and half pint bottles.
 Andrew Patllo, formerly bartender in State street.
 lCharlis Johnson, porter at the Valley Drug store.
 That something sensational was brewing has been known to very fsw persons for several days past, hut ',he general public. and particui- arly certain circle, was considerably agitated when the news of the arrest of the quartet of blacks obtained circulation.
 Mason, Frsnch and Patillo furnish cd bond during the day. but Johnson was still in the city lock-up early Sunday morning. By order of Chief Stewart, cash bond of $100 is being demanded by the police in each case where bootlegging is charged, $1oo being the maximum fine that can be levied in charge of that kind in the police court.
 Claim to Have Proof.
 The pelica claim to have irrefut- ablg proof that each of the four negroes is. guilty of the charge mad2 against him. and that this proof will Le for Incoming when the cases are callel for trial. M,arday mornings session in the police court is eXp2ct- ed to attract consii erable number or spectators.
 Thas he has been working on boet- logging cases for some tims. and that only the lack of indubitable proof has pr vented arrests before now. was the statement made last evening by Cnlef SteWaFI
 'T c.uld have made these arres:s S lass week. said thIe chief, "but l did not do so, because it would looX like politics, as if was trying for the prohibition vote.
 "I am going to go hatd after the hcctleggers and the gamblers, as long as am in office. and if there is any way to do it. this town is going to ba dry and without gambl- ing. The mayor has sancticned my courss in this mater, and I am goins tu enforce the law as strictly as know how"
 Wants the "Higher-Ups."
 The most important part of the chiefs sat ment was the remark that he is making every possible ef- fcrt to capture the men "higher up.
 "Some white man Or set of men is behind this, supplying tn liquor to these negroes, and l am going after these higher-ups", he said.
 This particular part of the chiefs talk appears to have caused ths greatest alarm in certain circles. Tho police officials would not admit last right that they had any specific man Or men in view. in this connection hut the rumor movsd in certain quarters that something might "be sprung" almost any hour.
 Inasmuch as the recently N2wherry statewide prohibiti1n bill now in effect in Pins Bluff and Jef- ferson countys. allows of the confis- cation and destruction of stocks o. whiskey and other alcoholic hever- agss. and also makes the possession of an internal revonue license prima facie evidence of violation of the terms of the act, it was rumored there were possibilities of real. sure-anough sensation,
 Things Look Serious.
 When R. H. Hockenhull was acquitted in the federal court at Lit tle Beck few days ago, on boot legging charge, S;veral Pine Bluff msn "perked up" noticeably.
 When Walter Levy. however. was found guilty. fined $100 and sentenc, ed to ninety days in the Pulaski county jail. also on a bootlegging charge things did not lock so bright.
 The arrest of the four negroes yes terday added to the gloom. specially as it is rem smoered that quite num- Der of other boctlegging charges are pending in both the federal and the state courts, against men from Pine Bluff.
 The arrest by Constable Clint Green Fri fay of negro. Jake Counts On bcotlegging charge. and the Con. vic ion of Counts by Justice of the Peate Cliff Brewster. was only anc.her ''dab of black" in ;he cloudy condition Cunts was fined $50 and costs. He was arrestsd at the Ar Fansas Short Leaf Lumber company's plant, and admitted he had retailed [ 4