Another Male Slater Behaving Badly in Kansas: Pete Slater - "The arrest was a surprise."

In November of 1911 twenty-five year old Pete Slater fell afoul of the strict alcohol laws in Kansas.

[2 Nov 1911, Page 2 - Democratic Messenger at Newspapers.com]

[18 Jan 1912, Page 1 - The Eureka Herald and Greenwood County Republican at Newspapers.com]

Further research reveals that his partner in crime "Tice" was Civil War veteran Mathias A. Costin (1836-1922) who's buried in Severy's Twin Groves Cemetery. You will note in the last item of this newspaper cutting, he's the one who paid the $100 fine.

[25 Jan 1912, Page 4 - The Severyite at Newspapers.com]

P.S. Peter Slater is my great uncle.


You can read about the Kansas version of Prohibition here.




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