The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-01-02
POLICE JUDGE II COURT.
j. f. Lee of Manhattan, is Taken in Three
Times for Drunkenness.


| It has just come to light shat the J. F.
/ Lee, who was arrested by the Topeka
! police for drunkenness three times
within the last week, is the. police judge
of Manhattan and a prominent politician
| there.
| Lee is rather nice looking and well
dressed young man. He wears a light
mustache and dignifed look even when
| he is drunk, and seems to be a very smart
/ sort of fellow except for his weakness
| for the ardent That shows even in his
| countenance.
The initial arrest of Lee was made on
| the evening of Thursday of last week.
The police say he had a bad case then.
| lie told who he was and the police recog-
nized him by the grip and sign of the
profession and after allowing him to
| sober up let him go.
| The next evening at 7:30 he was in
again and as drunk as they get. He was
| very much offended at the repetition Of
the Insult perpetrated on a member
OF the business and called for
Governor Morrill, who would get him out,
he knew. One of the officers, to still
his murmurings went and brought Capt.
Curtis to the jail and introduced him to
I Lee as Governor Morrill,
Lee was greatly honored and felt it.
| lie tipped his hat back on his head,
and putting his thumbs in his vest arm
holes he tetered himself back and forth
on his toes and heels-perhaps the motion
was Involuntary, but he made the best of
lt-and putting on the most dignifed
air he had with him at the time he
grasped the captains band and said:
"H'ye, governor? Glad she ye gain.
Sheen ye losh time Know We an'ware.
Know ye at Pop meetin'-Pops Beat
, out of 'em didn'e ye gov'ner. Glad of it
Glad of il. Ye en- dot an time. Shay,
want t get out oshere. What Shay? Aint
pledged t body elsh are ye: Know
! Josh folk know you. 'Quainted 18th Shy
Lelan'? Know him too. Me an Shy's
oIre pards"
"Mr. Leland is in the other room,'' said
Captain Curtis; shall / cali him imp
''Don't ye do it, Govener,s don't do it.
| Wouldn't have Shy shee me in shis aw-
full condition fer a million dollarsh.
'Oh, thatll be all right" said Curtis.
He went out ard brought in Charley
Lindsey and introduced him to Lee as Mr..
Leland
There was more dignity and more CON
gratulations.
"Want to get out" said Mr.. Lee in con-
clusion Want ye t'help me out"
"All right" said Lindsey, .TIl see
|
Lees face to keep from laughing.
Lee stabbed his thumbs in his arm
holes again and reared up on his toes
and heels alternately His dignity had
received fresh wound, but it was there
yet. He gazed defantly at the closed
door for moment.
"Shy Lelan'," he said, "Shy Lelan',
think y'r (hic) liar"
Curtis had to leave about that time,
20 18th "a Dfs
him.
| In police court Saturday Judge Ems
| minger was informed of the distinguish
| ed prisoner.
Bring him in,' said he, land let's see
him"
Lee was ushered in and admitted his
guilt. That of being a police judge was
not held against him.
."But l want to tell you how Pm cir
| cumstanced. judge he said; II took the
| keelev cure once and this is the first
time I've been off. ] met couple of
friends the othec day here and it was
| Christmas week, so thought I'd accept
their invitation to drink. ] put their
bottle to my lips. 1t was pint one and
nearly full. | took a taste aDd-welI [
| didn't take the bottle down again till the
whisky was all gone. And here [ ara"
Your fine will be So" said the judge.
ne O1O HOt pay Ats Uub WAS dliOW0O W
go and hunt some of his. friends who
would pay it. The police didn't care
whether he paid it or not, and made him
promise to get out of town He had some
city warrants with him and got them
cashed but didut pay his fine.
Monday night, or rather early Tuesday
morning, officer. Dagg picked up plump
little fellow down on Smoky Row.
He was too timber to do anything for
himself and the patrol wagon was sent
for. His hat was gone and. some of the
Smoky Row people had tied an old cat
skin that had been used for a hide deal
er's sign on his head and itcoVered most
of his face.
1t was Lee, aud when he reached the
police station he tried to assume his dig
nifty again. but judicial dignity and cat
skin for a hat don't go we'll together, and
the effort was failure so .ar as the Off
GERS were concerned, at least.
The judge was told of his brothers re-
incarceration and he extended the usual
professional courtesies this time aud let
/ him go. Charley Lindsey took him to
the train and sent him home