The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-11-24
Defendant Changes Mind and Enters Guilty
Plea as Prosecution Piles Up Evidence;
Charge Was Introducing
SIGNATURE COMPARISON
IS A SLEEP PRODUCER
Name on Express Receipt and on Appear
ance Bond Identical; Other Eases
Heard; Court Cleans Up Today

It was case Of a change of mind
in federal court yesterday Not a
voluntary change at that, but a
change that was forciiiy made, when
the evidene kept piling up against
Margaret Alice burden. Therefore,
when things began to look pretty
dark for the defendant, her lawyer
stated that the defendant wouli
withdraw her plea Of not guilty and
enter plea Of guilty.
You couldn't blame them at that,
for from the evidence, Alice was
caught dead to rights and the fur
ther along the thing went the strong
or the case against her became, her
own testimony to the contrary not
withstanding Alice, who is what
Baby Slim would call a charcoal
blonde" was charged with introduc-
ing liquor into the eastern district OF
oklahoma Promptly and straight
way Alice became very much sur
prised and indignant and maintained
in no uncertain language that she
was innocent.
The evidence introduced at the
trial yesterday in federal court, told
the following story, in effect: Alice
liven in Ada, Okla. On date given,
she made trip to Denison, Tex. The
officers at Ada were keeping an eye
on Alice, because of sundry suspi-
cions. Therefore when she departed
for Denison they made a mental note
and waited for her return. Within
a few days, Alice came back well,
there's Alice. Now where's the whis-
key?" remarked the officers as they
strolled into the baggage room and
started an examination Meanwhile,
Alice went straight home.
A short search served to locate a
trunk that '1istened" like there might
be whisky therein. Said trunk was
opened and there were two original
packages of whiskey discovered with
a few old comforts and pillows. The
trunk had been checked as personal
baggage. It was locked again and
the officers sat down to wait for
someone to claim the baggage. This
party proved to be a negro drayman,
upon which. or whom, the officers
promptly pounced. He declared his
innocence and displayed baggage
checks to prove it. He was released
but Alice was arrested. She said she
reckoned that the "liquor belonged
to the niger drayman," made bond,
was released and proceeded on as
usual.
When the prosecution got going in
form yesterday, the district attorneys
demon strated that they we're holding
several knockout wallops in reserve.
Wallop No. I came in the form Of the
express receipts signed by Alice in
Denison. WaIlop No. 2 was the
express man from Denison who lden-
titled Alice as the party signing the
receipts for the whisky Wallop No.
3 had the defendant hanging to the
ropes, groggy and waiting for the
bell It was the baggage receipts,
identifying the baggage in which the
whisky was found as that which
Alice had checked out OF Denison.
The knockout came just as the de-
tense had been revived to a certain
extent and was beginning to rally
This sleep producer was the compar-
ison Of the signatures on the express
receipts for the whisky delivered in
.Denison, with the signature Of Alice
burden on the appearance bond upon
which Alice had been released after
her arrest in Ada. Said signatures
proving to be identical, the attorney
for the defense stated that the de
fendant would withdraw her former