Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 179, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 July 1913 — Hobo Runs Successful Blind Pig Right in Jail [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Hobo Runs Successful Blind Pig Right in Jail

GUTHRIE, Okla. —A clever tramp has set the town of Cushing laughing at its city marshal. The marshal arrested the tramp for loitering and locked him securely in the city calaboose. The tntmp was searched, and as no moneF' was found on his person, the marshal was positive the tramp was flat broke, j Shortly after the tramp was locked up the city marshal raided a joint and confiscated a case of whisky in half-pint flasks. He carried the whisky to the calaboose and stored it in a strong wooden chest secured by a padlock. The. tramp was the only lodger in the calaboose. He was a man of wit, even business enterprise. He found a rusty nail and began tinkering with the padlock. The padlock flew open and the whisky lay before him. The tramp opened a bottle, took a strong pull and felt refreshed. Shortly after nightfall a citizen who was taking the short cut past the calaboose, hoard a voice in the darkness:

"Say, pal, bow would you like a bottle of real red booze—the kind your grandfather used to make bank in the mountains of Kentucky?" The citizen for a moment was unable to locate his interrogator. Approaching the calaboose window, the man outside saw and wks convinced. He paid his money and got the whisky. "If you have any discreet i send ’em around,” whispered the tramp. The supply of whisky is said to have been exhausted in less than as hour. * *