The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-06-05
NICK CHILDS, S. X.
Nick Has Trouble About OdOrfzeI
Other Police Court Cases.


Other Police Court Cases.
"Nick ChiIds, S. X" was in the police
court Yesterday charged with distur bin G
the peace of William Ream, the agent of
a patent "Odorizer." There was specula-
ton as to what the s. K. stood for. Some
said it signified Shawnee king" others
stseyen kegs" and some thought it meant
''shoot kraps," but it was finally discOv-
cred that the $. x. was in the column
headed Occupation" and the initials
signify saloon keepers. If the police
can prove that this is true, their IndIct-
ment stands good; if they can't prove it
the insinuating initials should be
changed.
Agent Ream went to Nick Childs' club
in the basement at 704 Kansas avenue
and sold him one of his odOrizers that
was warranted to disinfect the place and
overcome the stale beer smell with d
strong tar and peppermint Odor. The
machine, pretty, polished-copper affair
was nailed up where it would do the most
good Nick paid dollar in advance for
the use of it d month.
The machine didn't work. The billy
goat OdOr around the place was just as
loud as ever. So last week the big col
ored man who can't hear very well and
manipulates the faucet and also glares at
everybody who enters like a bulldog,
took the machine down. Nick thought
it had gone dry and summoned the agent,
who went there Saturday. Nick said he
didn't want the machine and asked for
fifty cents Hrebate." Ream put the odor-
izer in his satchel and told Nick it would
be cold day when he got a red cent back.
Nick called Ream a bad name
and is said to have made feint at draw
ing revolver. Ream also made bluff
at getting a deadly weapon out of his
valise probably one of the OdOrizers).
Then blows were exchanged, and Nick
hit the agent over the head with chair.
The force of the blow was broken by
Ream's arm. As there were about a
dozen colored men in the club at the
time, the agent concluded that he was
outnumbered, so he retreated up the
rickety stairs, three steps at a time.
Nick's arrest was the result of the
affair, and this is the story of it as near
as it could be gathered from two con-
hicting stories at the police court. Nick
said he wasn't guilty, but Judge Ems
minger said he was, and fined him So.
Rather than pay this, Childs appealed
bond in the sum of 500
Worship Under Difficulties.
One of the churches in Tennessee
town is greatly annoyed by bad boys in
the neighbOrhOOd, to such an extent that
the services often break up in confusion.
On the night of Decoration day there
was a service at the church, and all was
quiet as the tomb while the elder was
reading psalm, when suddenly a series
of noises, weird cries and loud yelIs were
heard.
They seemed to issue from the vesti-
bule. The deacOns and trustees ran out
in time to see Bill Knight, Pete Jones
and 81 Willis run up the street The
witnesses in the case failed to agree on
what the noise sounded like. Il thought
there was a fire." one man said; IL allow
ed that somebody was in trouble" said
another; Il ran out supposing there was
a fight"
A cOlored special policeman named
Bill Spaulding was standing by the cor
ner and positively identified the colored
boys. They didn't see him.
"Dey went this way" said Spaulding,
walking up in front of the judges desk;
"Wow! WowI Hi, Hi, Hill! Where's de
policemen? Dere KANT no cop take mel
Wow, Wow, Wow!I' and as he said all
this at the top of his voice he stamped on
the floor and waved his hands, and the
result was convulsing to the crowd.
When Jones was put on the stand he
was asked, ''What did you 'holler' for?
Because it was hollerday," was the
reply.
Jones didn't mean to make a pun, but
even Judge Ensminger held the court
record up in front of his face and laugh
ed The boys then explained that they
had dog fight on the next corner and it
was probably the dogs that annoyed the
deacons and trustees.
This story didn't satisfy the court how
ever, and he fined Jones and Knight 80
each and continued the case of Willis.