The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-12-14
STILL FOUND BY
LOCAL OFFICERS
NEAR CITY HALL
rlph, BY wemsn Leads 10 Searching
Clark Home Two Blocks from
Police Headquarters: Get 70
Gallons Liquor.
ACCUSED MAN CAUGHT
BY LAYTON OFFICIALS
To File Charges Today; Woman
Fired for Fighting. "she Drew
oYn." ssys Mrs. Clark: Tells
Story Of Trouble.


one Of the largest and most com
plcic stills ever captured In Grady
county was seized Tuesday evening
In the residence Mt the southeast
corner ~ seventh street and Kansas
avenue. exactly two blocks from the
city hall.
In. addition 10 the complete dis.
tllling apparatus. officers seized
about twenty gallons of corn whlakoy
aud six barrels ~ mash. Immediate.
H. after the seizure. the sherlfrs
force notified officers at Lawion
where c. W. CLARK. alleged owner
Of the captured goods and occupant
Of the house. was arrested. He was
returned 10 chickasha this morning
aud placed In the county jail.
County Attorney Den Goff this
morning declared that he will file
charges OF unlawful possession OF In.
toxicating liquor against the man.
Federal charges also will be filed
against him. the deputy U. S. mar
fhars office announced.
Wife Gives the Alarm.
Trouble between Mrs. Clark and
n woman she alleged had broken
up her home." set the stage for the
discovery of the whiskey plant at
the back door OF ChIckasha's busiest
business district. The woman gives
her name as Bonnie Nolan. OF Law.
ton. She came here week ago and
has been rooming NJ the Star Rooms.
in the 100 block on Chickasha
avenue.
Responding to a call from Mrs
Clark. Policeman Jim Dillon and
LON Burch went to the Clark home
about G O'clock They found Bonnie
Nolan helplessly tied with a strong
hemp rope. Officers say her face
was badly beaten. Near the chair,
a 32-calibre pistol containing one
cartridge was found.
The assaulted woman was lodged
in the city Jail where she spent the
night. This morning, she was fined
$40 for fighting and carrying a gun.
Because of her physical condition,
the woman was unable to testify
this morning. Her eyes and face
were swollen to such an extent that
she could hardly see or talk this
morning.
Return; Find DlstiIlery.
When Policeman Dillon and Chief
of Police Phillips, after placing Mrs.
Nolan in the city Jail, returned to
the Clark home to conduct more
thorough investigation, they found
the first evidences of whiskey
plant. The sheriff's office was noti-
fled and soon the STILL mash and
whiskey had been seized and loaded
into automobiles.
The still and mash were located in
one room of the house. When Off
GERS walked in the room, one Of the
small boys was removing some of
the liquid fire from the small base
ment under one room Of the house.
Mrs. Clark told officers that her
husband had gone to Lawton. He
was Immediately picked up a-er
the Comanche county officers were
notified.
Wife Tells Sad Story.
When she appeared in municipal
court this morning to testify in the
Mrs. Nolan case, Mrs. Clark reiter-
ated the story she told officers last
night
The substance of Mrs. Clark's
story follows: That she learned Mrs.
Nolan was in town; that she set out
in search for her and that the search
was successful That they agreed to
go to her (Mrs. Clark's) home for a
conference and that the fray ensued.
"My two sons helped me tie her.
Mrs. Clark told Mayor Coffman and
several spectators at the police
station.
"She drew gun on me-" Mrs.
Clark declared, "and | grabbed it."
Mrs. Lille Harper, proprietoress OF
the Star Rooms, told the officers
and Mayor Coffman that Mrs. Nolan
obtained the gun from her, telling
her that a drunk man had insulted
her and that she needed some pro-
lection.
Mother of Five Children.
Nfru CLARK npqf.anD4a n