Kern County Obituaries

Margaret Baker 

Submitted by Don Stowell; 13 Feb 2008

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Mojave Desert News; 12 Aug 1948

We are indebted to a Mr. Dusty Pierce for a report of the death of a Margaret 
Baker who resided at "The Castle" on Highway 6, nine miles north of Mojave 
and who was the victim of an auto accident when her car went out of control 
on the highway between Lancaster and the county line on Monday afternoon at 
2 o'clock. The lady was on her way to visit a dentist in Lancaster at the 
time of the accident.

Mojave Desert News; 1 Jul 1948

Castle Raided By Board of Equalization

In a scene reminiscent of the roaring prohibition days of the 20's, sheriff's 
deputies and liquor control officers pounced on a desert speakeasy Saturday 
night and arrested the proprietor on a vice charge, and an employee on charges 
of selling liquor without a license.
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The speakeasy,  the first such establishment to make an appearance in many years, 
is Frankie's Castle, 10 miles east of Mojave on Highway 6.
	
Arrested as the proprietor was Miss Frankie Carroll, 24, Red Mountain. The 
bartender was identified as Nick Martini, 35, Los Angeles.
	
Both were taken before Judge. J. G. Sherill in the Eleventh Township Justice 
Court shortly after their arrest and pleaded guilty. Miss Carroll, who was 
charged with prostitution, was fined. $50 and given a. six months suspended 
jail sentence, with  a. years probation. Martini, charged with selling liquor 
without a license, was fined .$100 and given a six months suspended sentence 
with a year's probation.

Sheriff John Loustalot and Liquor Control Officer David Sobel led the raid on 
the house, which is located one and a half miles north of the highway on a hill.
 
Mr. Sobel reported the two officers went to the place as customers, purchased 
several drinks at a $1 a piece, and then were solicited for prostitution.

The house is believed to have been in operation for about six weeks, but was 
so carefully operated that liquor control officers had trouble gaining evidence 
to raid it. 
 
A search of the house, a two story structure with nine rooms, uncovered a 
quantity of whisky, a rifle and a revolver and a slot machine brought to the 
house from Los Angeles. All were confiscated.
	
Assisting the sheriff and Mr. Sobel in the raid were Deputy Glenn Roberts, 
Mojave, and Deputy Patricia Dibble.