But it was by his connexion with the Indian Territory and that of Oklahoma, that Mr. Johnson obtained his reputation as a detective. The territories were nominally under a Prohibition Law, but this was openly defied. '"Temperance beer" covered a heavy traffic in whisky, accompanied by gambling houses and other vicious resorts, Congress appropriated $25,000] toward a special effort to enforce prohibition, and the authorities selected Johnson as the man. Four chapters of this book are devoted to his stirring experiences in these "Bad Lands," where he was often in imminent danger of being killed; but he was absolutely fearless, and so successful that a newspaper writer claimed that "he had put more saloons out of business in a given time than any man on earth." Between 1907 and the end of January 1911, he and his deputies made 5.473 arrests. After Mr. Roosevelt ceased to be President Johnson's enemies were in the ascendant, and he resigned to devote himself to National Prohibition.
In November} 1918, at the close of the World War, the Anti-Saloon League resolved to launch a campaign to make the world "dry." Johnson was invited by the secretary of the Scottish Permissive Bill Association to cross the Atlantic and help in a liquor option campaign. He arrived in Britain in September. and travelled over Scotland investigating conditions.
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On w second visit in 1919 Mr. Johnson was invited by Major Evelyn Wrench of the Overseas Club to take part in a debate on the "The How and Why of American Prohibition." A large body of students, unknown to the organizers of the meeting, planned to take possession of the hall. On a signal one section opened a barrage of bags of flour on the platform, and another section of picked men seized "Pussyfoot" and dragged him out to King's College, near by. As soon as Mr, Johnson realized that it was no more than a "rag," he entered good-humouredly into the spirit of the proceedings. Atthe junction of Oxford and Regent streets police reserves cut off a section with Johnson from the rest of the procession, made a rush, and hurried him into a motor-car, Some one on the outside of the crowd threw a stone which caught Johnson on the eyeball. Though suffering great pain the reporters found him smiling. "Tell the boys there's no ill-will on my side," he said, "not a grain." A fortnight later it was found necessary to remove the eye. The "Evening News" started a subscription as a mark of public sympathy, but Mr. Johnson insist- mottoes ed that the amount should be de-
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