The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1915-10-06
Curious Youth Demonstrate to Sat-
isfaction Of Skeptical; Stream
Of Fiery Fluid Turned into
Sewer Will Blaze
SIX BARRELS SEIZED
BY SHERIFF BAILEY
Unearth Plant on Tucker Place;
Buried Deep Beside House
With Tubes to Carry
Liquor to Surface

All arguments TO the contrary, net
withstanding, it was clearly proved
yesterday afternoon, to the perfect
satisfaction OF the most skeptical that
Oklahoma whisky Of the bootleg va
riety. win respond when tickled with
the flaming end of match
Yesterday evening the sheriff's
force poured the fruits OF the raid on
the John Tucker plant into the sewer
at the northeast corner of Fourth
street and Choctaw avenue. AS the
last Of the red-hued water. which has
fattened the makers and impoverished
the consumers for all these many
years. disappeared into the cavernous
NAV of the sewers mouth, two young
Americans OF inquisitive bent OF mind,
passed that way And one asked the
other, what is that pleasant smelling
liquid with which the men Of the law
are annointing the face OF the gutter
and sending forth TO glorify the little
fishes OF the Washita2" And the
other. answering said. Behold. that is
the vintage Of the still. That Is the
water which makes you feel rich even
though clad In poyerty's rags; the
water which turns the simple-minded
and peaceful man into a raving maniac
or a blltherina IDIOT 'sV-tn II burn ?"
aueried number one. u wot not. but
we SHAH see" quoth number two.
And stralghtway the youngsters Of
the genus Americans ignited
lucifer and applied it's flaming tip to
the gurgling streamlet Of liquid en-
thusiasm as It trickled into the sewer.
And straightway, also. things hap
pened. The flowing waters famed.
the alarming fire Whistles shrieked, |
the fire trucks ratified along the paved
streets. the firemen shouted hoarsa
and ultra-profane orders, the smoke
from the burning whisky poured forth |
from the sewers NAV, the gaping
crowds gathered and the Young
Americans who started the celebra-
ton disappeared as though touched By
Miss Magics wand.
II was GAS o'clock when the young
men discovered the fact that bootleg
whisky would burn. AT 6:ie O'Clock
the whistles OF the fire alarm told the
fire department OF the discovery and
at $50 o'clock the boys were on their
way. while within three minutes q
the turning in OF the alarm the streams
OF water were playing upon the flames
as they poured from the mouth Of the
sewer +
Fortunately no damage resulted
from the boys experiment. The
sewer was unharmed. it is thought,
and no damage resulted TO the paving
That serious results did not follow in
the form of an explosion was well
nigh miraculous. When the alarm was
turned in the word was passed about
that the fire was at the Royal hotel,
Immediately across the street from
the scene OF the blaze and the guests
of that carayansary rushed forth from
their rooms
The quick action of the fire depart
ment in responding to the alarm pos
sihly averted serious results OF the
two boys inquisitive mischief
Officers Make Catch.
Acting upon the theory that history
viii repeat itself, and knowing from
the amount of whisky recently cap
tured at different times. while en-
route to the city. Sheriff Bailey de-
cided yesterday afternoon to investi-
gate the premises OF John Tucker.
west OF Chickasha On the Tucker
farm, once before it was alleged at
the sheriffs office, large cache OF
whisky had been unearthed by the
laws officers and Sheriff Bailey rea-
soned that the like again might be
possible.
Reasoning along these lines Sheriff 4
Bailey. accompanied by Deputies !
Castleman Wilson. liogue ard 1