The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-06-11
TRAMPS WITH ALCOHOL
Make n Horrible Noise In the City Park
Police Court Cases.

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Police Court Cases.
What the Copeland hotel is 70 the Re-
publican party, the city park, nine
blocks below, is to the tramps, common
wealers and miscellaneous hoboes who
drift into Topeka. The police don't care
how many tramps stretch out in the long
grass and enjoy freedom from the bug
bear of work, so long as they behave
themselves, but when they get drunk on
white-horse and disturb not only the
other tramps but the whole of ''Smoky
Row" the police think it is time the
strong right arm of the law were laid on
the back of the collar Tin case they have
one) and the strong left arm grabbed
them by one ear and said, "Come along
with you"
That is what Officers Campbell and
Summers did last night to Charles
White, Henry Martin and George
Charles.
They had begged enough on the story
about the little ones at home crying for
bread to buy quart of alcohol which
was diluted with water to make more.
They were worse than drunk. they
were wildly crazy. They gave vent to
yells and screams like that of Clara Nor
ris when she goes insane in the third
act of 'article Az"
1t was all the officers could do to hold
the men. There we're not strong right
arms enough to go around, so the official
clubs were used, but only slightly.
They were all old offenders, so Judge
Ensminger was not disposed to be leni-
ent with them.
Charles White. who is built on the tel
egraph pole order and lowered above the
court like ''Big Dick" O'Rourke used to
when he brought i'll a ten-year-old, was
fined $50 because he has been fined SO
and So heretofore.
more the beer-keg plan, big in the
middle with short legs. was fined SO,
while George Charles, whose height is
medium and looks as though he wanted
somebody to care for him. was fined SO.
Heated a a.
If you had been near Crane and Mon
roe streets yesterday afternoon you
would have heard noise like the To-
peka gorilla and d crop of Mr. Duify's
game birds" engaged III mortal combat
But it wasn't; 1t was merely George
Washington Buckner and his wife l3!.a
Jordan Buckner engaged in discussing
domestic affairs. George Washing
ton used revolver to make
his argument more forcible, while his
wife yelled "help, murder, fire. and
everything else that would tend to in
form the neighbors that she was getting
the worst of the argument George and
Ella fight frequently, and she has him
rested, but when he gets in jail she gen
orally feels so sorry for him that she re-
fuses to prosecute him. She didn't want
court got tired of doing business that
way, and fined him $40.
Other
1. A. Strauss, the policeman,
arrested today on the complaint Of
neighbor who has grudge against him,
charging Strauss with hitching his horse
to a shade tree. Strauss proved TO the
court that the tree was his own, in his
own ward so he was discharged.
Floyd and Walter Coleman, who stole
several dozen eggs from the commission
store under the Arion hall were fined so
each, which they will pay on the Install
ment plan, ten payments Of one day each.
why His Imperial HiGhness Danced.
There is story of an imperial high
ness waltzing thrice in the same even
ing with an English lady at the court
in Berlin. She naturallyf 1T and frank
" confessed herself highly hattered by
the compliment
81 did not intend it as compliment, Z"
was the answer.
''Then,' said the lady, somewhat up
set, ''your highness must be very fond
of dancing.
81 detest dancing, was the still un-
satisfactory response.
Undeterred by her i'll success, our fair
English woman still prosecuted her in
quiries.
s'What then, may I ask, can be your
imperial highness' motive for dancing?"
MADAM, = was the exalted person
ages curt reply, 81 dance to perspire.
London Dispatch