The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-05-31

The biggest raid result ever
known in the city police court was
made to look like the proverbial
thirty cents when Sheriff Buck Gar
rett's deputies got through register
ing offenders at the county Jail this
morning.
twenty-five women and two men
were brought in from Ragtown last
night and this morning. Budd Bal
lew, deputy sheriff, brought in p,
and four were added later.
Sheriff Garrett said cases would
be filed against them in Justice
Rourland's court, charging vagran-
highest penalty provided by law.
Then, he said, if the prisoners are
willing to leave the county md re-
main outside its boundaries, the
cases against them may be dis
missed, but that he is going to be in
position to keep this class out OF
Carter County or keep them in jail.
Attorneys were about the county
jail at an early hour this morning
trying to secure the release of some
of the women and Sheriff Garrett
sent word to the jailerS to allow no /
person to leave the Jail until lie got 7.
there.
To Be Arranged at Once.
A. !. Hardy, county attorney, and .
his assistant, J. p. Simpson, began .
work early and in a short time had
all the complaints prepared and fled .
in Justice Bourland's court Feiore
10 O'Clock. The parties will be ar
raigned as rapidly as possible.
Budd Ballew, VIII Ward aud
Constable Charlie Jones -Gunded up
the women in the oil fields about
Ragtown and the arrests created
some excitement there. but the Off
GERS said it quickly dawned on the
people that this raid and cleanup
meant business and, while it is pos
Siblc that some may try TO work
their way back to that locality, It
will be only to be arrested and again
placed in ial.
1t i, a difficult matter TO deal with
out there, according to Constable
Jones. He says these people move
about. get into the timber, so to
other camps, and, OF course. the
country not being policed like a
city, it is hard to keep mp with them.
but he said they are now frightened
and begin to realize they viii have
to go.
But Few Local Cases.
There were but few cases IN po-
lice court this morning, but Sheriff
Garrett was again thee looking the
offenders over. 4 white woman
who had been driven Out of Ard
more on two difteren; occasions was
again before the court. She was
turned over to the sheriff and taken !
to the county jail. \ negro woman.
charged with lettering on the street
after she had agreed to go to Texas
Yesterday, was given thirty days in
Jail. 4 man charged with being
drunk and q woman with disturbing
the peace forfeited SO cash bonds
when they failed to appear in court.
Their cases were continued and
alias warrants issued fo- them. They
were said to have been only passing
through the city and got their whiS-
Ky before reaching Ardmor'. y
Young negro in court was taken 10
the county Jail to be investigated 10
learn il he is not a Stacker. \
white man charged with being drunk
had his SO cash bond forfeited and
an alias warrant issued.
Evening Session of Court.
Sheriff Garrett asked the mayor
10 hold 4 session of the police court
at O'Clock each evening a, it was
a hardship on the patroimrh who
work AT night to be kept mp until
10 or II o'clock TO testify IN cor
tested cases in the court. The may
or said he was so busy and had 50
much to do that he did no, &c ho'y
he could take the time. The sheriff
then suggested thar a session be
held at o O'Clock IN the evening. or
hold only one session and make that
at 5 O'Clock. and the MAYOR sIid
that would keep some in Jail too
long, awaiting trial. Finally. he con
sented TO hold a session at O o'clook
for contested cases only and the
sheriff assured him that he believed
that IL would not be necessary TO do
this more than for a short time
The sheriff is driving with a hard
hand He is working hard himself
and urging his force and the police
men TO the greatest effort. The
county is being raked from one end
to the other and there are many per
cons ~, ~ ,,.bo a 70 ooiuo IN oct oNer