Bisbee daily review., 1915-05-04
WARNS ALL
 BOOTLEGGERS TO GET
 OUT OF THE BUSINESS
In Interview SheriffDeClares that Heavy Sentences and Fines, 0nly,Will Stop Practice. Status of BooSe Question.

Yesterday noon Sheriff Wheel
 CT, aimed with legal papers, took possession of the two trunks of l wbisky tPat have been at the
 baggage room at the depot in Douglas for several days. Each trunk contained two cases of Ced-
 ar Brook whisky In pint bottles.
 There was a case at each end of the trunk, with an empty In be- tween. "Omcers have hard enough time to capture boouegyCrs without having them released or given small fines af- ter they are captured" said Sheriff Harry c. Wheeler Sunday. The sher- in came through Bisbee on his way Co Douglas. from his headquarters at Tombstone. Continuing. he said The only way to stop boouegsing is to impose heavy fines and then en- force them. Practically every fine that has been imposed during the ! past session of the Superior court was remitted.
 "lt is not surprising to me that both l Russell and Rodgers jumped their bonds Russell never served a day in the jail from the time he was ar rested and even after he was found guilty he was allowed by the court to return Co Douglas Quite naturally he fled the country Whether his bonds men are responsible is not for me to say. The court held that his bond was a continuing one and was in force even after he was found guilty
 "I can say this, however that with Judge Lockwood patience has ceased to be a virtue and know that the next bootleggers who are found guilty . in his court will receive heavy sen- ! tences. That is the only way Co stop 1 the practice"
 The sheriff is trying Co find a wIy ] to gain legal possession of the 60 gal Ions Of whisky which he and his dep uties captured from Percy Rodgers the Tucson boOtlegger The whisky is now in the sherins care but the court has ordered it returned to the defendants attorney, W. G. Gilmore Wheeler wants to destroy it as he did the SO quarts taken from George w. Bragg. the Tucson negro. He is afraid to do so, however unless con hdCnt he has the legal right.
 Soft For Rodgers. Rodgers got to Tucson with 900 gal Ions the trip before the one when be was captured. Now ir he gets hb 60 gallons back there will still be money in it for him even after forreitirg a S35O bond
 II. B. Russell, who is presumed to have gone Co Texas. was fined s25O and given IS months in the county jail Saturday it was er0niously re- ported that his sentence was two years Being a misdemeanor bootleg gins is not an eEtraditabIe oheuse and sentences are served in the couu- ty jail instead of the penitenuary. Sheun Wheeler says there is no doubt that prohibition has decreased crime both great and small. in Co- chise county, and that sheriffs in oth- CT parts of the state say the same thing There are only four prisoners in the county jail at present. which is the smallest number in the mem ory of the sheriff In five months there has been only one murder, as against an average >of 2 l-2 per month up to the first of the year
 Sheriff Wheeler says there is more l bookkeeping in Douglas than in any other part of the county which may 1 possibly be due to the fact that there 1 is a bigger market there than else. where due to the increased male pop ulatiOn