The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-04-11
JOINTS SHUT.
Those That Have Been Quietly
Running in Topeka
For Several Weeks, Known to
Hundreds of People,
ORDERED TO SHUT UP
BY the Board of Police Commits
SiOnerSo
No Explanation of Why They
Were Not Pulled.
ORDERED TO SHUT UP

"a y 49, a $1,000
The Topeka joints have been closed
by order of the board of police commits
sioners. That may seem like start
ling statement. but it is a fact neverthe-
less. The commissioners evidently
knew that there were joints and it ap-
pears they decided to try the measures
adopted in Atchison and other places.
1t viii be a question in every citizens
mind whether this is the better method
of closing joints or not
The order to close the joints was
made at the meeting Of the board Of
police commissioners a week ago. but
the notices were not served until late
this week and some of the prOprietors
have not yet been notified to close BY
the method agreed upon by the commits
sioners, the chief Of police was to visit
each place and tell the proprietor that
unless he closed his place he would be
arrested forthwith
So far as is known now all the places
that received notices have closed their
doors and some of them have moved
their furniture and vacated the build
ing.
Pete Callahan who has been arrested
times without number for violating the
prOhfbitOry law had a place in the sec
Ond story of 116 East Sixth street. The
JOINT was run Is a cruz D0l eL44y one
who could be trusted was served with
six glasses of beer by paying Is cents.
When the police officer appeared at the
place there was beer on the tables and
people drinking. The notice was given
Callahan in person and he informed the
officer that he would close and did so
Callahan is in Kansas City and could
not be seen but he viii sell no more
beer at 116-fOr the present
Charles JOckheck has a club" over
514 Kansas avenue. His place is char
tered under the laws or the state as
THE Business Mems club but the only
business carried on is liquor selling.
Some degree of secrecy is observed and
a Topeka man who is not a member
would have hard time to get liquor,
but the proprietor is not SO particular,
when the man comes from outside of
Topeka
The order made by the commission
ers did not include this place. The
commissioners viii Investigate
awhile" before notice is served and
the police department has been ordered
to let Jockheck alone.
Tt will be remembered that Jockheck
was on his marrowbones to the author
tiles here for several months for liquor
selling and only escaped punishment
because a large number of citizens. in
cluding prohibitionists, signed a petit
tiOn in his favor. But mercy shown to
a man like Jockheck is wasted The
law because it Is natural to him, as to
all the lawbreaking classes.
The same course was adopted con-
cerning the place of Henry Sheafor al
most directly across the street from
Jockheck. This is also a club" and
they claim not to be violating the law
The proprietors of this place were in
dicted by the recent grand jury and
have not vet been tried bona fide
siderab bic latitude but mere drinking
organizations are not clubs
Al Hayslp who has what he calls
a chop tea place under the Royal Bill
lard hall, near Seventh street. was also
notified to quit, but he told the officers
that he never sold any liquor
Drunk men come staggering out of
this place, however, and only few
days ago, a former police official under
the POpulist regime accompanied by
another drunken companion made an
indecent exposure of themselves in the
neighborhoOd of this place and had a
noisy quarrel lasting nearly an hour,
disturbing all the neighbors.
Fritz Durein who has q place in the
l1pDer story at 112 East Seventh street.
the officer with the most vehement ges-
lures that he would do so. but he told
some one else Alat he would be closed
only a day or Two. ElOckS OF drunk
men patrol the alleys up and down
between the Durein joint and the bill
lizard hall joint
Walt Richards who had a place over
708 Kansas avenue was moving his
equipment to the room over Knights
furniture store when the police officer
found him. He promised to close.
VIII they stay clOsed2
George Dupree, who has a itiOint''
just above Tenth street on Kansas
avenue, will be served with a notice
but it has not vet been done officially.
These are the principal places nOtf-
fed. The officers Of course called upon
ID. @. McClafferty, John Pier and at all
the Smoky Row places and every one
of the proprietOrs said he was not sell
ing liquor. The proceeding was new to
them. They expected when they saw
a police officer coming to be arrested.
The police commissioners refuse TO
talk about the order. President Rod
had been made and Commissioner Hol-
Hday also refused to discuss the mat
ter
President Vance of the State Tenn
perance union is very indignant at the
course adopted by the commissioners.
If the law is being violated why are
not the proprietors of the places arrest
ed? 1t is strange situation when our
police department must notify people
to stop breaking the law. 1t is an out
rage. That is all there is about it n
Is this Mr.. A K. Rodgers mode of
doing business or is it somebody elsess
Does the good DR.. AIcCabe approve
of it2
OF course Charlie Holiday does. and
he makes no pretensi0ns to concealinar
his views on the matter.
Give me a liver regulator andT can
regulate the world" said a genius. The