Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-04-30
BIG LIQUOR RAID
STAGED BY ENL0E
United States Marshal Selects
Posse and Destroys $3.50
Worth of Booze.
TULSA MAN ONE OF RAIDERS
Bootlegger on Way to Tulsa
Falls Into Hands of Of
ficers and is Arrested.

The greatest booze haul ever made
by federal authorities in their fight
against prohibited liquors in the en-
tire eastern part of oklahoma oc-
CURED yesterday morning when Unit
ed States Marshal T.. \. Enloc, jr,
personally led posse of II men into
South Coffeyvillc, Okla, and coutis-
Gated liquor valued at more than
$500 without firing "A shot. altho he
had selected the members OF his posse
for their craftsmanship and ability to
act under fire.
For more than "A month Marshal
Enloe has been planning this raid,
on one of the most notorious liquor
conters in oklahoma, ana SO well were
his plans laid that the raid was "A
complete surprise to the operators OF
the joints and stores in which the
liquor was found.
Atkins In Squad.
Details of the raid. which took
place yesterday morning at o'clock,
were brought to Tulsa by Il. -. Atkins
OF this city, who was one of those men
selected by Marshal Enloc to accom-
pany him out of a force of some one
hundred deputies in this state
peace officers and men who had been
under fire scores of times as deputy
United states marshals men such as
"Rud" Ledbettcr the Captor of Al Jcn-
nings, Harry Blake who captured
Walter Jarrett. and Atkins, Marshal
Enloe went to South CoffeyVillc sat
urday night and after securing Sheriff
Harvey BaChus and four deputies Of
Montgomery county, Kan, to guard
. l. &.
his entrance into that section of the
city where the joints were known to
be located.
Expected Gun Battle.
The men were advised of the steps
to take. in the event that the booze
men showed signs of resistance. and
every deputy was heavily armed and
given the order to use this force if
necessary No fight on the part OF
the booze men, howe yar, was evi-
denced and the confiscatiOn of the
liquor and the arrest Of the men was
without incident.
Marshal Enloe and his party. com
noscd Of Bud Ledbetter. Ed Maloney
/ Harry Blake and c. +. Carpenter of
Musk ogce: Hiram stevens of Chelsea;
$, B, Smart Of Ninita; J. O. Peters
and Jim Brown of McAlestcr; T. A.
Hubbard OF Sapulpa, h. S. Claibournc
and .. NJ. Evans of Collinsyille; II.
u. Atkins of Tulsa; II. B. Lourey Of
Wann, Nowata county, and Justice of
the Peace F'itzsimmous of CoffcyVillc
circled the places they were bent on
raiding.
Boozc Galore.
Details Of the force raidcd the
Sim Hill residence and barn, the
residence of Frank Souva, the .. *.
hotel operated by Harry Hicks. the
residence of Henry Rei5ter, the "Doc"
Hin residence and a drug store oper-
ated by Hin brothers.
In the raids on these places Marshal
Enloe and his force confiscatcd AIS
half pints, 5S1 pints, S22 quarts and
three five gallon kegs Of whisky; Al
gallons of alcohol, and 1896 pints and
l321 quarts of beer. The estimated
value of this is placed at $3.50.
Get Tulsa shipment
While officers were busy raiding
these places. Jack Pierce drove up in
an automobile which was searched
and found to contain 500 pints of beer
and $40 half pints of whisky. Pierce
was on his way from joplin to Tulsa
when placed under arrest, and the
car in which he was hauling the
booze was taken in charge by Enloe,
who declared he would sell it at pub
| lie auction in Muskogee within the
near future with Ia other cars which
have been captured under similar cir
cumstances.
Pierce was taken TO Nowata by one
of the deputies and placed in Jail with
other men captured by the raiding
squad.
The booze confiscated by the Off
GERS was destroyed on the spot, all
bottles and kegs being 6urstcd where
found.