A curious thing happened in Hill Oklahoma. A check arrived at the Hill Oklahoma Post Office for me one day for $5000.00 for the capture of Lester Gillis. The light blue envelope had a glassine window that showed the address printed on the check inside. There was no stamp; just a printed message, “For Official Business Only”
The next day, an identical $5000.00 check arrived for Israel Daniels for the capture of Lester Gillis. Finally, the day after that, a check for $2500.00 arrived in a similar blue envelope for Samuel Daniels for information leading to the capture and arrest of Lester Gillis. I wonder what kind of letter Mr. Wells wrote that inspired so generous of an outpouring from the cornucopia of public trust? Mr. Wells received a large bottle of Wild Turkey sipping whiskey from us for Christmas
We all had a great deal of fun at Pete’s expense since the largesse ran out before he got a check. However, we decided to pay off the farm, then pool the remaining money and split it four ways. So it turned out Pete made pretty good money for the bagging of his wild turkey. We made Pete buy the bottle of Wild Turkey for Mr. Wells. Pete seemed to like the justice of that. (Wild Turkey was off the legal US market from the start of prohibition until about 1940, but was still made for export. We had a friend of a friend who helped us “export” one gallon to Arkansas.)
I looked pretty dapper at Baby Face’s hearing. I was newly bathed and shaved. I was recently barbered and had a new suit. Miss Rumson had on a fine green dress that showed her figure to great advantage. I helped her out of it in her apartment later that night. My suit was wool and she was careful with it when she hung it on the chair for the night. Did I mention that Miss Rumson is mighty pretty?