The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-08-09
GRANDMA Their IS OUT
Two Kind Hearted Young Men
Call at the Jail
And Throw Down the Money for
Mrs. Bishops Release.
THEY GIVE NO NAMES.
But Say "We Had a Grand
Mother Once"
The Old Lady OverjOyed to Get
Out of Jail.

The statement in the JOURNAL last
night of the outrageous Imprisonment of
Mrs. N ]. Bishop, for being unable to
pay justice court fees, brought quick
return.
Shortly after the supper hour last
evening two we'll dressed young men en-
tered the county jail. One of them had
a copy of the STATE JOURNAL in his
hands. Laying down the paper on
desk, he said to Jailer John Burdge:
"How much of that's true" pointing
to the article about Mrs. Bishop.
'Al of it-every word" replied the
jailer.
we will pay her costs. How much
is it?"
eighteen dollars Would you like
to go up and see Mrs. Bishop?"
mo, we don't want to see her. All
we want to know is if this story is true?"
'WelL. it is"
Then, here's the money" and one of
the young men gave the jailer $1S and
took a receipt.
"Who shall I say paid her fne?" the
jailer asked with amazement
"Never mind. Just say her fine was
paid by two young men who had a
grandmother themselves, once"
Nothing further could be learned from
the young men.
Mrs Bishop, when she was released
was more than thankful A JOURNAL
reporter saw her at her humble home,
800 East Saywell street. eyes, bless God
and the others 1 am home again." she
said through her tears.
Whom do you mean by the Others"
was asked
Those kind hearted men who paid
my fine. can never bless them enough.
Last evening when my little grand
daughter came running up 10 my cell
and cried, oh, grandma, somebody has
sent you present and we can go home
too WAS never more thankful
The jailer followed and said: Grandma.
you can go home now and gave
me a present of SIS, which he said a
well dressed gentleman had left for
me.
81 was treated very we'll at the jail.
Every one was very kind to me and if it
were not for the thought of it's being a
prison l would rather be there than
here.
This morning when l was in the back
yard Mrs. Stone called across to me. so
you've been in Jail, have you? Well,
you'll be back again before long"
Il have been sick ever since they
threw the water on me and have nearly
lost my hearing. / was SO sick the day
L
over the river, but l thought l wouldn't
back out and managed to stagger along
Il read the JOURNAL in the Jail last
evening and I bless it for taking up my
case. My prayers will always follow the
young men who paid nv fine" she
sobbed. as she bent her gray head to
wipe away the tears that fell in quick
succession. 81 hope the JOURNAL will
continue to befriend the victims of in
justice"
The complaining witnesses who are
responsible for the incarceration of Mrs
Bishop are quite bitter against their
neighbor and THE JOURNAL, in perfect
fairness, prints what they have to say.
a JOURNAL reporter called at the home
of Andrew Stone, on East Saywell street
in North Topeka Both MT. and Mrs.
Stone were away from home, but Mrs
Anderson, a daughter of Andrew Stone,
was at home She claims to have been
one of the greatest sufferers from Mrs
Bishops breaches of the peace. "We
endured Mira. Bishops abuse until we
couldn't stand it any longer" she said,
eAnd then we had her arrested I don't
know why she should have become SO
bitter towards US, but l think it was
because we stopped her several times
when she was beating her grand child
ren. She beats them frequently in an
inhuman manner and sometimes callers
and neighbors used to tells us that we
were doing wrong as neighbors to allow
it. We did make her stop whipping the
children and she threatened to shoot US
and burn down our house for it
"Mrs Bishop not only abused us all
day but she used to sit up at night to do
II. 1t got so we couldn't show ourselves
in our yard without her beginning to
abuse us. One night I was sitting by
this window reading, when the rest of
the folks had gone to bed, and she walk
cd clear around to the window to quar-
rel with me.
An old resident of North Topeka who
knows both Mrs. Bishop and the Stones
we'll, says "one side is about as bad as the
other" but added that his sympathies
is childish, and her neigh bors have an
noyed her until the quarrel has become
bitter.
1t is said that Mrs. Stone used to be
member of the Salvation Army. Mr..
Stone is a blacksmith by trade but of
recent months he has not done much at
It, He is a member of the Masonic
order.
The houses of Mrs. Bishop and the
Stone family are so close together that
there is scarcely room for a person to
pass between them. Anything going on
In one house is plainly audible in the
other
Whatever the merits of the quarrel
are, there is no excuse for shutting up in
jail this aged woman and her grand
children. The officials of Justice
Growers court have offered no sufficient
excuse as yet; probably because there is
noRa