The Coconino sun., 1925-06-26
DESPERATE CHARACTERS
GET SHORT SHIFT FROM
ELKS KANGAROO COURT

kangaroo court officials mace
things hum Saturday night during the
regular weekly session at the court
room especially constructed for the or
deal. Two patrol outfits, one horse
drawn and the other George Sees
Dodge screen truck, secured the town
under orders from Cheezeopleese Pat.
Moran and Deteckative Chief Louis
Kelly and kept Chudge Octavious
Archibald Ude on the jump digging
decisions and assessing fines out of
a Montgummery-Sawbuck catalog. s.
|. B. Koch, for throwing the bull in
imitation of a cowboy, was fined a.
million, paying all but three cents. DR..
V. S. Mcclure and DIR. Tex Mackey at
last got into the tolls and had to pay
heavy penalties for conducting their
respective chambers of dental hor-
rors. j. G. Kelly used too much water
taking a bath and now will have to
pay all bills for improvement of the
waterworks system. F. M. Gold was
disbarred from practicing law and
sentenced to NOW the courthouse lawn
twice a week. Dan Hogan was
searched by the officers, who found a i
whiskey still and ten gallons of hooch
in his whiskers. He will be shot next
Monday morning.
Jack Nichols was brought up for,
fishing without license, but was ac-
quilted of that and fined for lying
about the size of the fish. w. M.
Cady Sr. had been running a board
ing house without license and was
condemned to eat in it during the next
three weeks He tainted Fred
Breen was charged by Jack WetherillyA
with cussing him out and both went
away cussing the judge. Bert Camereng
for trying to steal Bright Angel trail, 1
and j. S. McIlwaine, for imitatiRg.Tom
Mix, were compelled to use each
others gasoline.
Milt Powers was seized in the Orph-
cum theater, where he was sitting be-
tween two ladies, accused of disturb
ing the peace by snoring, fined heav
lily and ordered to leave town. Nate
Bankhead, Ray Simpson, K. j. Mack
ard and C. B. Wilson, vags and booze
hounds, were sent to the rock pile,
where they'll eat so much more than
their work II amount to they'll bank
rupt the state inside of three months,
Charlie Keller had been selling Coco
nino Suns to minors and lost his
license to do business, also some loose
change. Bob Taylor tried to fight the
charge of wholesaling on retail Ii
cense and was soaked double. Art
Riordan, using his Gordon gin fish
bait wrong, was also a hard case to
deal with, but he's lot softer now.
Fred Russell was pinched for look
ing mean, and was, so was meanly
dealt with.
A little colored boy was brought
before the Judge. He said he was lost.
His name, he said, was Bud Waters.
He was soon restored to his parent.
Pete Solberg, Doc Dumas of
Clemenceau, Frank Fairchild, looking
like Pancho Villa and behaving worse,
Bert Cummings, Charlie Gilham, gun
man, and lot of the fellows here for.
the state gun shoot were summarily
dealt with and now are much poorer
and wiser. The fines netted close to-
$500 coo, of which about $50 was paid.
The officcrs-sure a crumby-look
ing lot-were Moran and Kelly, Long
bottom, Ira Daugherty, Jack Fuss,
Wild Raudebaugh, Carl and Walter
Dickinson, Cecil Mccormick, Ray
Brahmstead, Lou Charlebois, George
Bailey, DR.. E. S. Flett, Rex Goble,
Everett Mercer and jim Tillman. Doc
Wyatt and Frank Thomas drove one
patrol, George See the other.