The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1917-05-29

rently so in all Creckmore will have
three years to serve He now is sery-
a sentence OF two years
Creekmore is broken in health and
told a friend yesterday that he was
suffering from diabetes.
In Hospital'a Month.
u have been in the prison hospital
for the last month and have been on
a no-Sugar and starch diet" he said.
DO you find things easy up there
YES, the confinement is what irks
me most From 4 20 o'clock IN the
afternoon until o'clock in the morn
ing IN confinement has told on me,
for YOU know | lived a rather active
lie"
The thing tha, impreSses Creckmore
most about the prison is its organlta
ton Creckmorc himself is master
at the art OF organizing as was shown
by seemingly impossible organization
which he built ny among the boot
leggers
"Thc warden is a great business man, "
said Crcekmore. "He has a big job and
attends strictly to business. There's no
tomfoolery about him The penl,en,iary
might not impress anybody else that
way but to me 1t is Just big business,
needing a big business man at its head
and it has It in the warden.
Boys" Unsuccessful
| The boys that have been 'bucking
the line have not been having much
success recently" Creekmorc was told
N reference TO great number OF ar
rests Of transporterS IN the northern
part oi the state IN the last month
"Crcekmore is not protecting them
any more" cr'twhlle king of the boot
leRgers said simply and then smiled.
The chief concern OF trcekmore is
his wife and daughter He has pro-
yided them with beautiful home in
Joplin, most exclusive residence dis
tric, Their every want has been taken
care oi and the greatest regret that
Creckmore has in taking his sentences
Is the attendant disgrace upon them
Nnd Creekmorc has reason 10 feel
proud OF his family. His wife Is a
charming woman and his daughter a
most beautiful girl, versatile and ac-
complshed as musician and daugh-
ter on whom any father might dote,
Creek. there has been talk around
Oklahoma City lately that you intend
ed to get back in the liquor game" be
was told.
lie l,omped
Law Alright.
AS God is my Judge shall never
turn a hand to tho liquor trade again,
he said This bone dry law is the
stuff. anyhow II is alright and will
hold water. The dry states are going
10 he dry and that's all there is to IT,
u saw it coming The week follow
ing my sale Of the Joplin wholesale
business. which practically wound ur
my connection with the liquor business
South Carolina passed lis ne-dry law
\ few days later Kansas adopted a
similar measure and then Oklahoma
iell into line along with other states
The ebb-Kenyon law then was de
clared constitutional and liquor bust
ness in dry states was ready Tor tn,
museum"
There was something. though IL ha,
its touch OF pa,hos wi,hal, ,ha, wa
peculiarly fitting abou, Creekmor,
standing before the bar Of justice yes
terday and receiving sentence wi,hou
saying a word or without any attemp
to shift, the blame or implica,e an
other
Creekmore'S system Of handling hi
men was peculiar to himself and hi
success in handling them largely wa
due to his ability to pick men He pai,
, them well and each OF them understoot
the risk he was taking and also under
stood that II he were caught he shout
stand alone in the trial court and |
convicted take his medicine without
Squawk
Many "Hit the Line"
They did 1t, too. Many of the boy
who hit the line" while working 70
/ Creekmore have taken jail sentence
with closed lips and by no word o
action revealed any connection wit
Creekmore, II was theirs to do thei
par, and not ask why the big boss
should sit in his Joplin office and
immune.
Yesterday the big boss" hirnseI