The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-08-31

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war, another supply will be
laid by and n period Of abou
the same length of bootleg
ing gone through,
1h# h .ua estimate pus upon J
ht Eoy~rumvu, officer. M u
Jutu.-. operating Dos ihc squad o.
i4ve url1,d uy hIs father A.siFtan
th,t a. "a. Grauls who. rnt"rin
uuW hs 'ib year uH % sp' 1ial guF
urrmyut OttuIr. -1 o. O. !Alrgo Of th
nssreaklng up ~ wbV ~ofrc i'
laF AIiam- .dIst'Hct "a TO <c net
bed or the lkgse ho0tlesGing~rad'
iu This part - the country pNQ,
yidlng Oklahoma and north Texas
with lheir chief supply men risklng
reputation, freedom ana iife IN the
act.
THAT Is why pint comes high.
This squad has caught boot
logging cars since July fst," said
MIR Brents when visited at his head
quarters In Miami, "and Of the III
al we're Tulsa bound except throo.
ono Of the three was stopping here
In Miami. one wnH trying TO get to
Ninita, and the other was for Mus
kogeo. A lot OF II gets through
10 Texas
Welt Buiit ssacm
How ~ Il handled Wei. it's got
ton TO he n big business. II is neces-
aary for three diffcreRt partics 10 he
IN on the transaction. often II con
meets up many more, The driver
takes the car 10 Joplin and puts
II up at n main street gatngc--ah
yes. use tho namc II you like, no
objection there. In fact use any
names that | mention that you care
TO, their business is Known anyway.
and besides they'd probably ap-
prcciato the advcrtialng"
Officer Brent was caught when in
good huinOt and when more will
ing 10 talk than government officials
are often To be found.
Then the packer goes to, the ga
rage and tAkea the car out and loads
II. he proceeded There In no honor
among thieves, so they do rot trust
rach other. The packer has To know
Ahere the booze IL stored, but the
Eriyer is kept In tho dark.
b There ara half dozen places that
fiquor can be bought In Joplin. and
this packer, who Is either owner OF
the liquor or n trusted employe.
chine back In the garage The driv-
er then takes charge and steers Il
through At Its destination a third
man disposes OF the booze Wholesale !
and collects. IL is buried In sacks
IN the ground. in rock crevices, or
any good hiding place on the out |
skirts OF the city, and still another
main retails n out
"A car makes an average OF two |
trips n week.
when hauler Is arrested he
manages 10 get out through somo |
technicality and goes right back In
the game. There goes one now that |
we sent up 10 Muskogee he's out, |
bought him a big new car. and It's
merely a matter OF time when wen |
have him again" and the officer |
pointed TO n hig not-at-nli had-look-
ing man walking brlskly down the /
street
Cars Carefully Arranged.
~ bootieREing car doesn't look
different to the casual observer"
continued RrenR "but man who
makes the catching OF them his bust
ness can spot one every time. Last
MAY we got a car down here at the
bridge over the Neosho river, Just
on the edge OF town driven by Roy
and Zada Fuller. Fuller ~ In jail at
Musk oRee now, but the woman got
out. The owner OF the cnche was
man In oklahoma CITY lie was
never arrested. The OUTFIT was op-
Grating seven cars, We caught four
about here. and another was caught
In Kansas The others stopped op-
Grating because drivers could not be
had TO take the chance. This FULLER
car not only had the usual false bot
A.. . h.. a lat FNrsaH - N
laid back two pockets we're found IN
the backs OF both the front and back
seats. aH well az the sides of the car
An awful amount was hauled IN
there
Mr.. Brent stated that for the year
-.nalng last June so. the government
apprl priated t15O.O00 90 rght the
uniawl traffic aud that the scize,C1
cars. - In number. brought over
third OF that at sales $4,000,
which was returned 10 the govern
ment And this did not Include some
Il or 20 cars that were caught IN
MAY ana June and had not then been
sold
n Ia estimated that there we're Is
cases OF liquor so car. tl2 quarts to 7
a easel. costing the buyer not less
Than 81 "A case The amount taken
from buFgies. wagons, ana trains /
eoualed that found in automobiles
and that got from houses where it
Vas stored or being sold was sevrra.
times as large.
A. present whisky Is being carried
almost entirely In pint and half pint
sizes that n NAV he "hipped' out to
individual bpycrs more readily.
The district that requires such VIZ
ilancc on the part Of the goVernmen'
men is that corner OF Oklahoma F.
" herein lies the great Miami zlnr
field. bordering Kansas. and just
pcross the line from Joplin. MO, the
onlV city closer 90 Oklahoma than
Kansas City that was not already
"drvr when prohibition swept the
conn,ry the ist OF Jub The moN
non,,iar roads are raid =, be those
h,, Nowata. Chetopah. CofeyVille.
ranev and Miami The offloeis work
ore road. travelling at night with
,ghis out. until the boileEgers ~
on 20 that ani thtn they shit 20 |
rthers. Guiding and fooling them by |
,ur ious devices.
The whisky men have spoilers 10 I
watch she movements OF me ON
rrr-. consequently the tiNe MIN
men I've n life or feciuAoh' "at-utul
,,.iiirr e.s+nulng evasion OF the
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