The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-09-04
MUSKOGEE MARSHAL'S
OFFICE BUSIEST IN
THE UNITED STATES

Muskogee, Okla, Sept 4.-Muskogee
is headquarters for the busiest United
States marshal's office in the United
Statesl That's the reputation Marshal
Enloe and his deputies have earned for
themselves in the last few years, and
especially since the war was declared
against Germany.
II has been said in several pa.
pers that the Muskogee office is second
to that of the southern district Of New
York City, but figures gathered from
recently published statistics show that
the local office is ahead of the eastern
one in amount of fees earned by the
deputies, which is said TO be the best
way to calculate the amount OF bust.
ness done by a United States marshal's
office.
Two years ago $4,000 was earned in
fees by United States deputies of east
ern Oklahoma, while the New York Of.
flee paid S17 900, Last year $2l 900 was
earned by Muskogee and $4,000 by the
New York office. The reports for the
present year to date show both offices
running far ahead OF the usual amount
Of business because of the increased
guarding against German spies and
sympathizers and arresting slackers
and draft resisters.
Surpasses New York Office.
Muskogee in this respect has been
going ahead Of the New York marshal
there being so many arrests due to the
recent draft resisting riots. New York.
however, has been having a time with
spies so neither office has a great ad.
vantage Of work over the other.
Until recently the New York office
employed thirty-one deputies while Mus.
kogee had thirty, but that has changed
with the appointment of more deputies
in eastern Oklahoma to cope with the
situation created by the draft resisters.
The Muskogee office now employ thirty.
six deputies. These work in conjunction
with the liquor law enforcement Off.
GERS as well as county officers when
the necessity arises.
In the matter of ground to be cover.
ed however, the Muskogee office as
the center Of the United States mar.
shars forces in eastern Oklahoma has
the biggest field in the nation and the
! hardest to cover. Parts of the district
are mountainous, there are many riv.
ers TO be crossed, sometimes under great
difficulty, especially when the men be
ing chased are bootleggers who don't
care to come in by way of much fire.
quented and well kept bridges. There
are obstacles sometimes seeming insur
mountable but the deputies of Marshal
Enloe have proved their ability to do
the tasks before them without fail.
Largest Territory i'm United States.
The most distant southern deputy,
office from Muskogee in the jurisdic
ton of Marshal Enloe Is at RYAN. 27S
mile away, while Miami. 81 miles dis
tant, Is at the northern end Of his dis
trlct. 1t is 37S miles between these
places across the district under the SIM
ervision Of the local office. or a die
tanco that would go from New York
CITY through New Jersey, Delaware
Maryland and to the southern bound
AIRY Of Virginia. There are forty conn
ties in the district.
, The clerical work TO be done al IN,
oftlce In Muskogee such as keepinR rec
ORD OF all the arrests made. fees maid
warrants issued and similar matter,
that I'll thousands OF sheets OF name,
monthly has been done quickly and ac
curately' examination of books bv de
partment OF justice men showing that
the local office keeps its records in frs
class shape all the time. A. r. CottIe
VINO has been in the service fourteen
years is civil deputy and I'm cbarg,
OF me records assisted by Deputies Har
ry Blake NJ. L. Reid and others VIII,
are used in the office when not in IN,
field.
Have Arrested 200 Slackers.
II mas been estimated that since IN,
iirst arrest for failure to register fol
military service zoo men or more bav,
oeen taken into custody In eastern ok
lahoma IN connection with draft law
Many Of these, especially those con
nected with the draft rioting. have no
been brought TO Muskogee but bav,
been Kept In the penitentiary at AfcAIes
ter and jails elsewhere.
Records OF these arrests bo,,e,.o,
must be kept, which has caused m,
local office 70 be loaded down wit,
work. Yet no new deputies have bee,
brought in TO assist in the office an,
the records and other work conecre,
with the trouble have been kept up ~,
same as ever The only way TO do \
was to work at night, and the deputie,
worked at night whenever it was nee
essary.
II has been the plan OF Marshal En-
loe to have all his men working bar,
irom desire TO keep things In good o,
der and not because they think the,
nave TO do so to hold their Jobs Tn,
result Is that the work OF the offlc,
Is harmonious. And that's what make,
the Muskogee office the busiest IN m,
Ohited states and the most talked OF.