Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-08-19 | Page 1 | Candidate in Nightie Spends Night in Jail

CANDIDATE II NIGHTIE SPENDS NIGHT li JAIL Nominee Shocks Landlady by Dashing About in Scant Attire i BI'FURD. Ga.. Aug. 19. Thomas E. Watson, once Populist candidate for I president, and now candidate for the .Democratic nomination for United Btatea senator from Georgia. tOgethSI with his traveling companion, E. H. Miller were released today from the1 GWynette county Jail where they spent the night as the result of a disturbance disturb-ance In a hotel. Watson was charged with "public 1 I mi.rrrirv" n-hila- Millar ml i h:i rirod With carrying concealed weapons. W at-Fun's at-Fun's bond was placed al B&00 and that oj Miller at $100". -Mr. Watson In n slalemen' Bald that since his nervous callapse in Florida , two years ago. he had, on advice of l n physician, taken small amounts ot stimulants after extraordinary gel -lion. took SOMt. naiVks "At Windsor Wednesday 1 addressed oa enormous crowd, speaking directly under a heavy warehouse loof. "Almost all of the speakers at Winder Win-der were overcome with th..- heat. Seeing See-ing this a friend of mine at Wlndei gave me B small bottle of whleky from which I took only two drinks, one at Winder and one at Bllford, as I went to bed. t Itoil 1 TOO NOlsV "Tho noise of the gentlemen who were playing cards In the lobby came directly into m room. I stepped out of my room to the lobby rail ami ioss-e ioss-e a book down to attract tm-lr attention, atten-tion, saying that the loud conversation ot the card players made It Impossible Impossi-ble for me to sleep. During tn:a conversation con-versation I did not see the propi letress at any time. I returned to my room T'. my utter astonishment I was seized bj two powerful policemen with whom I struggled for my liberty, as they ( did not tell me my offenr-e and did not exhibit any warrant. 1 was not aWaro 1 that the landlady was anywhere near. In the struggle with the. policemen. rr. underclothing was torn and dlsar-! r nged. Of course, when I was being; treated that way. I used some pretty lough languaK' . having no idea the landlady was there."