The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1916-04-15
Rush After Moose Business
Sessions Overwhelmed
Barkeeps, He Says.
WITNESS NOT ABLE TO
IDENTIFY BUFFET FOLK
Signatures Figure as Evidence
N Trial OF Eight
Lodgemen.

After business meetings Of the Moose
lodge there was such wholesale rush
of the members to the lunch counter and
borroom that tho hartcndcrs were
swampcd aud individual members waited
ON themselves There was such q pe,l-
nell after the meetngs that It Was i'm
possible to tell just who were the regular
hrtendorY.
So testified e. T.. Lapham. member of
the lodge, at the trial of " T.. lInwkins
and others In the county court Saturday
morning The Moose" trial Was called
BY Judge Hwick about Q o'clock but u
recess was taken until II o'clock to per
NIT Judge and attorneys TO attend the
memorial services for the late Judge ".
y Burwell In the district courtroom.
IaphRm was the most Important Wit
ness called hy the state lie was reg
uiai member Of the lodge. attended the
meetings bought coupons and pariook ~
lunches ana beer He testified that hc
bought coupons from ". l.. Hawkins,
justice ~ the peace and secretary NJ the
Io6ge, who 10 one of the defendants lie
SAID he remembered H. " Billngsly NJ
onf who sold boer In the lodge rooms
He stated that there were others who
stld drink hut he Was unable to tell
who they We're
Too Much Business
lie was unable to Identity who the
other alleged bartenders were on account
Of tho rush 10 the bar counter by tho
members after the meetings lilo said the
members helped themselves to drinks and
lunches because the baricndcrH were
swamped and unable TO serve them
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PENDANTS on trial
The drinks aud lunches we're served for
coupons. nnd not for money. the Wi,
ness said lie ts.tlr.d that he had seer
money offered ~ the bar for drinks bu,
the bartender refused to take II
&. v Carpenter. cashier " the Farm.
ers National bank " Nobl. deliver,
clerk for the santa Fe railroad and II
& Patterson. al cNpcfi accountant. wer,
called ns witnesses Ia identify si.ua.
tutcs of ,,rious defendants
Identity Signatures.
O,rpcnicr testified that tho order q
Moose and the Moose club each had a,
account with the Farmer. National hank
~ y. MlINNnNTf WIS treasurer. he said
Hc identified initials NJ those Of Mi
iRuser who is also one " the d,
PENDANTS
Noble identified the signatures of A
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The ttinl was stopped SATURDAY.
morning h' county Judge Iwick dur
lng memorial exercises tur the lat
Judge BENJAMIN y. hurwcll whlcl
were being conducted IN another par
~ the courthouse II WAS expected tha
the hearing would hc resumed In th'
afternoon
J q Strong member NJ the uklh
homa 'iv board uf education trsii'lc,
lfidn' afternoon that from Novom
her io February hc had bought Hhuu
half dozen coupon huuks which HI
used iu payment iuI I,,r .igJfs an,
sandWil hes ut buffet hy said WH
conducted ,u tho utdrrs lodge rnum,