The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-02-21
INDICTMENTS NUMBER %.

Grand Jury Orders the Arrest OF
Seventeen Persons for Various Of
fenSeS.
The grand jury returned % indictments
to the district court last evening, but it has
not yet adjourned.
Although 2S indictments were found,
they are against only II persons Some
have OR 3 indictments against them.
All but Two of the warrants have been
erved. The long expected and eagerly
awaited grave robbery indictments have
resulted in four persons being arrested
for knowingly receiving" stolen human
bodies, one, Marcus E. Lowe, being in
dicted for stealing them.
DR.. j. Z. Minney, dean of the medical
school, was this morning arrested on
three indictments charging him with
knowingly receiving stolen bodies. His
$SOO bond, $500 on each Indictment, was
signed by Warren NJ. Crosby.
The others indicted for knowingly re-
celving stolen bodies, the number of in
dictnents against them, the amount of
bond required and those who signed the
bonds are as follows
Samuel A. Johnson, janitor of the col
lege. 3. $500, Drs W. s. Lindsay and N.
r Mitchell.
Louis Duncan, a student who roomed
at the college, !, $500. DR.. Magee.
DR.. A. w. Vaniman, who presided at
one of the dissecting tables, 1, $500.
For stealing bodies. NJ E. Lowe, 3,
5000, ]. J. Harter. Chris Roof, J. Bed =
well and c. H. Hapgood.
The TWO unserved warrants are against
ex-Police Officers Hobson and Johnston
for stealing beer from the cellar of Frank
Durein. The charge is petit larceny.
Hobson and Johnston are not in town.
A number of men who run drinking
clubs were indicted for "keeping a com
mon nuisance" and for selling liquor il
legally. The statutes provide that pub
lie place where liquor is kept and drank
shall be deemed a nuisance and those
keeping such places are punishable by a
fine.
Conrad Mayer, the barber, in presi
dent of club at 525 Kansas avenue, and
he was indicted on one count in connec-
tion with FL. UIterman, who runs the
place, and Henry Schaefer, who works
for him. An indictment was also return
ed against Utterman and Schaefer fer
selling liquor, illegally.
Chris Scmidt, whose club at 234 Kan
sas avenue has gotten him into police
court twice in the past four months, was
Indicted for selling liquor illegally and
for keeping common nuisance. His
$500 and $500 bonds were signed by
Charles Nattsen and John Oleson.
George Dupree, the notorious colored
joint keeper at 10U3 Kansas avenue, was
treated the same as Schmidt HIS $0OO
worth of bonds were signed by Frank
Morrow.
Johnston and Hobson were not the
only ones indicted for stealing beer, for
Joe Kellam shared a like fate.
He is charged with stealing a barrel
of bottled beer from the Santa Fe freight
depot one evening last summer. Keliam
says he was expecting a barrel from
Kansas City and went to the depot with
two friends to get il. They
rolled it into the wagon and took
it to his room, and he did not know until
the next morning, when the chief clerk
at the depot came and claimed the prop
erty, that he had got some one else's bar
rel. What was left was returned
and the rest paid for, and be thought the
matter had been all settled up. kellam
is in jail.
Charles Eagle and George Burghart,
the we'll known cigar dealers, were
indicted for running nickle- in the slot
machines, Their bonds were placed al
$500 each.
Charles Eagles bond was signed by
j. NJ. Cleveland, but Burghart had not
piyen one at noon.