The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-05-28
TAMBO and HORN
Amusing Accounts Given in the
BOOth-Tucker Trial.
Didn't at All Enjoy HalleIujah
"Eye Openers.
MISS THEIR SLEEP.
One Hoped When They "Burned
the Devil up
Their Occupation Would Be
Gone For Good.
MISS THEIR SLEEP.

convict Booth-Tucker of maintaining a
nuisance at the Salvation Army bar
racks.
T'hineas Smith was sworn as the first
witness. He had, he said, resided at
No. 81 West Thirteenth street for for
" years. He described the location of
the barracks running through from
tourIeenth to Thirteenth street. He
Ihen told Of the meeting on April 10,
which the neighbOrs charged rendered
sleep impossible. The witness said he
had gone into the meeting at 10 o'clock
and that there were people with cor
nets, trOmbOnes, tambourines, drums
and triangles.
Previous to that time he had been to
the station house.
Welsh
Said they were going on all night"
answered the witness, and that I
couldn't sleep. No more could L 1t
was awful
Welsh.
Shouting, cheering, cIapping hands
ana banging musical instruments about
as though they were mad
The witness then told of the regular
sunday services of the Salvationists
ana said they commenced to beat snare
drums at in the morning and kept it
UP until midnight, with periods when
pass drums Joined in with the snares.
w nat was the nature of the ceIebra-
ton they had on the 13th?' Mr.. Smith
was asked.
''That-that.' he replied YEARLY,
was welcome home to the comman-
DER
Ex-Mayor Hall then took the witness
IN hand and asked him about an aft
Gavit ne had made about the Army
singing popular and vulgar songs.
i made it." said the witness
What vulgar songs were sung?''
said Mr.. Hall, sharply
Wen never get drunk anv mora
PARADISE Alley and Two Little Girls
IN Blue, replied Mr.. Smith.
DO you call those vulgar?'' said the
venerable lawyer with lifted eyebrows.
When they are sung in church. I
do, was the reply.
Do you ever go to church," Mr..
Halls voice was synicaL
What church,"
THE Baptist church,
Didn't you ever hear those songs
No sir; 7 never did, and I never
want to, was the quick response.
me witness then testified that five
bands were going at once at one time
ana IN response to a question if he had
heard them after midnight, said he had
neaFd snare drums apparently PLAYING
sort OF obligato to bass drum solo.
Ihey mad a grand pOW-wOW on the
lCh or FEBRUARY and burned the devil -
continued the witness. There was a
big sign outside which read: Two days
and two nights to be spent with God
A grand hallelujah eye opener -
Anything else?" asked Mr. Welsh
who resumed the redirect exarnfna-
ton
Yes they had the dedication Of the
heavenly babe, Herbert Booth Lincoln
Tucker"
The witness gradually grew excited
at the recollection of his experiences
and told about going in the place and
seeing Joe, the Turk
Joe. the Turk? Tell US about him.
said Mr. Welsh
Wen, he was there dressed up like
a monkey"
who is Joe, the Turk?"
They say he is q. Turk. think he's
a brown negro" said the witness
did you ever drink an eve opener?''
1nterjected Mr.. Hall.
NO, sir; I'm a temperance man." an
BWered Mr.. Smith.
All through the testimony of Witness
Smith the court was forced to rap for
order.
Robert H. Foote of No. 118 West
Thirteenth street, one of the jurors in
the Maria Barberi case, said that the
Army commenced to to0t up before 6
o'clock on Sunday to get ready for z
o'clock services.
when they got their war paint on"
said Mr.. FOOte. they continue to play
this sO-called music for hours. They
have a big bass drum, a. trombone and
a cOncertina- That cOncertina is simp-
" unbearable. They indulge in hyster-
ical yelling and shrieks of what I
should call despair Lost souls, per-
hapS, but COmanche Indians can't hold
q candle to them. Then at II o'clock
they bring out their heavy artillery. At
ter that there is one quiet hour and
then it is kept up for three or four hours
brass bands working over time. Army
yelling, and people getting overcome.
One man will get overcome and will
yell two or three minutes; then anoth-
er; then chorus, and the brass band
resumes. I've been there and seen it."
"Oh, you go there, do you?" asked
Mr.. Hall
Just like I would go to a dime rnu-
scum to see the CuTiOSiti6S" the
reply. THE brass band takes a Whack
and then the cOncertina begins again,
Mr.. Hail. added the witness plaintiVe-
". eff you ever hear that concertina,
life will never be the same to you after
ward
In the afternoon continued the
witness, they get out the rapid fire
guns This continues two or three
hours. Then comes the 8 o'clock serv-
ice, that quits any time I'D to mid
night
How about February ~" inquired
20. yes. on that day they disturbed
everybody, burning the devil, but I
said to my wife: Thank God, their oc-
eupation is gone' they've burned the
Did you listen to the noise?" asked
Mr.. Hall
You don't have to listen. It comes
to YOU" said the witness.
Have you any personal feeling
against the Arny?'' asked Mr.. Hall
None at all. just want to Sleep
How much do you sleep?" asked the
ex-mayor sweetly.
'Oh, sleep off and on"
"Off and on what?' asked Mr.. Hall.
scoring a point.
Mattress" answered the witness,
scoring another.
And you do not like the noise of that
concertina?"
No; I can't appreciate it, Mr.. Hall
If wagner were alive he might be able
to; I can't" replied the witness sadly.