Inter-Mountain Republican | 1906-11-10 | Page 4 | Amateur Carrie Nation Starts Trouble, with Unexpected Results

AMATEUR A CARRIE NATION STARTS TROUBLE WITH UNEXPECTED RESULTS I A be would be Carrie Nation started u n miniature riot In in a Second South South-i street saloon last st nl night ht and before beCore the tho tur tut moll moil subsided she was waR In iii a high state o of Intoxication Going into tho the saloon i perfectly sober er she was s sent nt h home l wr In Ina Ina Ina a anything but r. t i the tho- tho tin day hut liui lind started on ti u jamboree He had hd been sent itt out b by his employer to collect a 3 number rumber of outstanding bills The Jingle Jin jin- g gb gle of or cash in Iii his pocket came at a time tin when his will power wasn't workIng working work work- Ing rl right ht and as he passed the saloon a i whiff of the tho aroma from behind the bar came caine Into tJan dangerous erous contact with his keen scent He lie fell After imbibing copiously for Cor hours hour ho he became perfectly helpless ss He fell asleep in li-i a chair and could not b be aroused arousell front from his stupor The bartender bartender barten burten- der and Hie he superintendent cJ carried carried car car- ried ned him to the rear of the refreshment refresh refresh- n-ien n ment parlor and anti laid haiti him out on a fallen door to continue hi his sleep mixer of drinks noticed a costly diamond dia llla- I mond ring ling on omi the mans man's fin finger er and ho he removed It for fot safe keeping When hen a friend explored tho the saloons for the coll collector he found Cound him hours later still asleep and with the aid aido o ot of the barkeep cp bundled him Into a buggy y and tool took him home It Is not known whether his wife noticed the Intoxicated ted condition of her husband husban any quicker than she noticed the absence absence absence ab ab- ab- ab sence oC of the tho diamond ring but It is known that she saw satt both quickly enough to leave without an Im Instants Instant's tanes' tanes lIela delay for the saloon where the ring was as In temporary pawn When sh Rh she asked tho bartender bartend the tho ring ring- lie herdUS hie ll to give Ive It up up sa Ing Ing he would would n not i t- t I e It It to any opt i Il but Lut Ut tho owner o 1 i I t i iI J I 11 cun hJ his wife l ili h woman I That makes no difference difference You cant can't get the ti-ic ring He will have to come after It All rl right hl she replied Here i is where I start rough house Grabbing bottles and glasses from flom behind the bar she sho began to pia play th the ha Carrie Nation laUon act SJ She worked herself Into loto a 11 frenzy and not until two men grabbed her did sho she stop stol her work of destruction She SI-ic struggled struggle and nd fought viciously until they thoy held her heron heron on i the loor Some Som one started for tor th the police but the lie bartender countermanded countermand countermand- ed ell the tho order and anti called for tor whiskey The prostrate prostrate- woman still struggling against the combined of her captors was forced to drink whiskey Three enormous drinks were poured i down her throat S The Ti-ic bartender had no thought of I makingS her Intoxicated He lIe merely wanted to reHe e. e her of hysteria Instead In In- stead of doing that thal however he made her so intoxicated that she became becam maudlin She was escorted from flom the saloon and sent homo home In a carriage to her husband I She didn't get the ring I