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I *fiGALLONS OF CHRISTMAS BOOZE SEIZED BY FEDERAL OFFICERS“JoylantP Raided, but Officers Failed to Find LiquoiFesdSkThe largest cacKe of Christmas booze to be seized in Sequoyah county was taken Saturday-4%htJn^rserifts of raids conducted by federal authorities ,at Moffett. The .officers found I ^ 83 pints of Christmas booze opring M-i i heir raids. It was one of the most s'efislt;J| successful raids to be pulled off in]e f this county in several months. It was | s about 6 months ago that the federal authorities swooped down upon the j p Moffett whiskey ring and found un-j a told quantities of illicit liquor. ■ ti1 i IThe raids were‘mac{e by Joe*Mor- w gan, federal enforcement officer of 1 ^this city; Eulos Pullen and^Ed JJnder- 0 wood of Poteau, deputy U. S. mar- | a •shals, resulted in the arrest of WalterSchooley and his wife, LeRoy Fleet-wood brother of. Redcloud Fleetwood, | f well known character in Moffett and Ssdlisaw, June Mahan and Mrs. Henry! i Davis. These people were arraigned ^■ * Ibefore U. S. Commissioner Breedlove £Iin Sallisaw, Monday. Fleetwood find 18 Mahan were held under $1000.00 bionei ®and Schooley and h£s wife and Mrs. Davis under $500.00 bond.aibcThe place where Fleetwood and the. • f iMahan woman were arrested is owned jl1by Redcloud Fleetwood, it is said. At Pthis alleged joint 65 pints of liquorwas seized and destroyed. RedcloudFleetwood was out of the county whenthe, raids were being conducted, but j i■came to Sallisaw Tuesday and was re- £ leased under a $1000.00 bond. tAccording to information received Uin Sallisaw, when the raiding party I entered the Schooley home Mrs. ' I j Schooley made an attempt to drink a j ^ half pint of alleged booze, which she |1i)11j | held in her hand before the officers could take it away from her. It is said when she arrived in Sallisaw she wasp m mI completely “snowed” under from the ’ *• I ■ •effect of the alleged booze. The fed-I . . -eral officers had been planning the raid .on Moffett alleged whiskey hoilses for several weeks and were awaiting for the right time to strftc their chance came Saturday night and proved to be one of the most success-j ful raids in the history of Sequoyah county.LeRoy Fleetwood and the Mahan woman had not made their bond Wed-1i• -i-nesday —the Schooleys made theirbe nd and were released,' ' I
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Sequoyah County Democrat
Sallisaw, Oklahoma, US
Fri, Dec 12, 1924
Page 5
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Rick E.
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