The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-09-19
PUBLIC NUISANCE,
RULES HAYSON N
RoADHouSE CASE
intoxicated Men and Women
at Place, Judge Says,
NEW TRIAL TO Be SOUGHT
Persons Of Questionable Rep0-
tation Frequent Visitors.

From the evidence IN the case, sx.
elusive Of that which was immaterisl. I
lind that the Country Inn is q public
nuisance and the sheriff will be ordered \
to abatc II al once"
This was the way District Judge
Hayson summed up the Injunction suie
against the Country Inn, a roAdhouse /
located about three miles west Of the
city. when he made his decision In dis
tfiet court today. The sheriff went 70
the premises this afternoon to close ~
the place.
New Trial Sought.
Following the decision, ID. 5. Lew,
acting as attorney for the Country Inn
in place Of 4. g. McAdAms, gave no.
tice that a motion for 4 new tsio)
would be filed today and asked that ~
motion not be heard until Mr.. McAdhpp
returns to the city. Should the motlae
be overruled the case will be appea)o4 !
to the supreme court. Mr.. Levy said.
In making his decision Judge Hay.
son made the following findlngs q Z
fact: l
That Billy Gragg owns the premises
known As the Country Inn.
That Tor the past seven or eieNe
months Gragg and Fred Cameron have
conducted the Country Inn and Graz
and his wife have resided in . portieo
Of the building l
Three Miles From City.
That the Country Inn Is conducto1
- = public place and Il 70 situat1
shout three miIss IRON ne 80
Huckins hotel but outside OF the ct(y
limits OF Oklahoma City. Thst ~
proprietor, OF the Country Inn make @
specially OF serving . certain KIND oe
chicken dinner At oil hours Of the dAy
and night but more particularly from
o'clock q, night until Z o'clock In the
morning That . small dance hall =
conducted IN connection with the psegls Il
ises In which is situated an electsjo
piano. which is operated by dropplne
. quarter IN the slot and furnishoD 4
music for the dancers Near the ~
trance to this dance hall certain soosoe
were maintained. which are fusnlsh(1 |.
with tables and chairs and which have (
a curtain in front OF them Cool drinks
are dispensed over a counter or bar g
rs cents a bottle "a
Liquor Sold Near By.
The court finds that large numbeeo
Of people visit the premises of the Cout1e S
try Inn Tor the purpose of dancing ana 4
eating and that these parties are Often
composed Of persons who are totally uss-
acquainted with each other and afe
picked up by automobile drivers from
various rooming houses and hotels.
Tha, upon one particular occasion two
men went 10 the Dreamland dance hall
and took two women whom they had
never seen before to fhe Country Inn.
That just as this party OF four %.
preached the Country Inn and We
crossing the bridge near the place.
they were accosted by q party, WHOM /
they did not know, who solicited then I,
to buy Intoxicating liquor which result Il
ed in their buying at that time fovB.s
quarts Of beer at 81 per bottle, wa
That the four people then proceede9t 4
to the Country Inn, the boys and eislo q
each drinking q hottie OF beer partly ioet
the road and partly on the premises, iva (,
outside the building That the ~
girls and one Of the boys went inal(s q
and spent some time dancing, the Glroo \
drinking some cider in the Inn. ~
one Of the boys returned TO the hslo01
and secured four more quarts Of 49,
which was being drunk by this pol(l] x
just outside the building and on ~
premises. when some OF NE oifieool x'
of the sheriffs office and county O. y
torneys office arrived That one Of d. I
girls was somewhat intoxicated Il ~
time 3
Pence Sole Beer,
That at another time II. L. Griffin
visited the place and asked Fred Cam
eron " he could purchase some beer and
that Cameron agreed 10 see IL he could
secure some for him, That Cameron
went towards the river and soon re-
turned TO the bridge That Griffin went
to the bridge and purchased two quarts
of beer from Frank Pence,
That Frank Pence was trequentef
OF the Country Inn and that intoxicating
liquors were purchased from Pence ny
different parties within the immediate
vicinity OF the property That about .
quarter OF mile from the Inn. Frank
Pence conducted 4 place where liquors
were sold and that each time the c"i-
Ger, raided the premises used by Pence.
within short time thereafter. Billy
Gragg and Fred Cameron would appear
upon the scene -. y
That upon a certain occasion betwee4 y
the hours OF | 10 and 2 o'clock on MQgr
day morning, certain parties visited Gf
Country Inn and saw several sol9lQ