The Minnesota fiery cross. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1924-19??, 1924-04-04

of the st. Clair County Women's
Christian Temperance Union, that
Glotfelty, one of the leaders in the
campaign of liquor raids that twice
resulted in the sending of soldiers
to the county, declared the purpose
to continue the campaign without
relying on the neutral citizens com
mittee appointed at the suggestion
of the military leaders. The audience
warmly applauded the utterance.
describes Conditions
Glotfelty, introduced by Mrs. Mary
Dolley, Of Lebanon, county president
Of the w. c. T. u, began his story
with his assignment to the Herrin
church two years ago. Every saloon
that had been in business before pro-
hibition was running" he said, "and
restaurants were selling liquor, and
there were gambling houses and
houses of prostitution. There was a
strong foreign element with no re-
spect for law or American institu-
tions. Herrin kowtowed to these for
eigners. Ninety per cent of the sa-
looms were run by them. The bust
ness element catered to them. Mer-
and went on the bonds of the boot
leggers.
last year there was an election
A wide-open man was opposed by a
Methodist for mayor. The wide-open
man won. After that we had every
thing in the way of vice and crime
that you have in St. Louis and East
St. Louis. Eagan's rats came down.
Booze cars operated back and forth.
A hotel was operated as a house of
prostitution under the noses of the
mayor and police. Women were in
suited on the streets in daylight.
The county roads were made danger
Gus by drunken drivers. Hold-ups
were frequent.
How Galligan Was Elected
Then county election came along
and the miners were told that if they
didn't elect Galligan sheriff they
would be hung for the Herrin mas
sacre. They elected him. Conditions
became worse. The only criminals
molested were those who wouldn't
divvy up. The states attorney
backed the sheriff. The circuit Judge
was one of them. The decent people
were afraid to open their heads.
'Then / got our people together
and told them it was our business to
clean things up. We began with a
15-weeks' revival. We put enough red
blood in our men to get them on the
Job forever. A lot of them had been
afraid of their shadows before that.
Last August we asked every church
in the county to send men to Marion,
the county seat, to demand that the
officers clean up the county or take
the consequences. The officers
laughed at us. They would like to
see US help ourselves, they said.
Send Delegation to Washington
"We went to Springfield and spent
a week there. We had a conference
with Governor Small. He's getting
smaller every day down our way.
You've got just what you elected he
said, and laughed at us.
"Then we sent a delegation TO
Washington. Federal Prohibition
Commissioner Haynes said he could
not send an army to clean up the out
landish condition in Williamson coun-
ty. Our men said, Well furnish the
army if you will give us the author
ity.' He told us to go back and get
ready and he would send the author
ity and deputize all our men.
ain Washington we picked up the
man they think so much of in the
newspapers and always tell the OPP
posite of what he does. S. Glenn
Young came to Williamson county.
He is the most gentel man / ever
met, as clean cut as hounds tooth.
He spent two months getting the
evidence. / guess he bought booze at
every joint in the county.
A Christmas Gilt
"When everything was ready we
decided to give the crooks a Christ
mas treat. On Saturday, December
%. a thousand men assembled at Car
bondale and were deputized by fed
eral officials. The deputies scattered
in automobiles to their assignments.
Forty cars came into Herrin. Eight
o'clock was the zero hour. At the
stroke of eight the joints OF Herrin
and Williamson county were stimuli
taneously raided. Five hundred men
and women were arrested. wanted
to go along, but they wouldn't let me.
They said they wanted me to be able
to preach next day."
At this point woman slipped down
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