The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-08-04
A FOOT RACE.
In Which Three Policemen
Take Part.
The Fate of a Joint Depended
on 1t.
GONE FROM TOPEKA.
A Notorious Character "Lights
OUT For California.
Police Notes of a General Ma
ture.


goods and fixtures in the Ben Jordan
i joint confiscated, there was a lively
| scramble to prevent the execution of the
order
The joint is located on the east side
| of Kansas avenue, between Crane and
/ First streets. No sooner had Judge
! Ferry fined George 'Buckner $3.50 and
sentenced him to 80 days in the county
/ Jail for selling liquors at Ben JOrdan's
! place, and given the order to Chief
/ Strauss to destroy the goods than Ella
! Buckner, who is wife of George Buck
! ner and daughter of Ben Jordan, start
ed out of the court room and turned
north on Jackson street, heading
straight for Smoky Row. Sergeant
/ Owen was in charge and he Immediate
/ ly detailed PatrOlmen McElroy and
/ Hendricks to overtake the woman and
| take possession of the joint before she
! could give the word
Now, this was a task which at first
! thought seemed easy enough. sergeant
| Owen did not realize when he gave the
| order that each patrOlman tips the
! scales at over $50 pounds They are not
extra tall either. But they are willing
! men, and the order was no sooner gwen
| than they began the execution of 1t.
! Ella Buckner was taking long strides
| down Jackson street. McEIroy ana
| Hendricks swung out into the street,
| sighted the festive Ella and started In
| pursuit.
I the sidewalk, while Hendricks went into
I the street and used the asphaitum
/ pavement for his road. The two oIncerS
| steamed along at a 10 knot speed &c
| casionally they slackened to wipe or
! the perspiration which came from the
| pores of their skins. But they kept
] right on after the fleeing woman. She
| was gaining gradually and the distance
| was widening.
| Sergeant owen looked down Jackson
| street and saw the exciting race. lie
/ tn
| man Lucas was ordered to take bug
| CIV standing near and drive with all
! possible speed in the hopes OF reachlng
/ the Joint before the putting Ella Buck
! ner. He did so, and the cIatter OF a
| horses hOofs was soon heard on the
| pavement.
| woman and took possession. Patrol
! men McEIrOy and Hendricks came up
| quickly and assisted. They were out OF
| breath and hot.
| The liquor and fixtures Of the joint
| were taken to police station and de-
stroyed in the Jail yard
Ren Jordan, who is charged with
| maintaining the nuisance, has not yet
| been tried. If convicted he Will nave 70
| serve out a sentence in the county jan,
| having been sentenced to 6O days ana
| fined $500 on an old count. He says he
| expects to die in jail before he serves
| out his time. Jordan is one OF the most
! persistent jOintiStS in Topeka HIS ar
| rests on this charge can be numbered In
| the dozens.
John Strauss, alias Willis Price, the
] Dover mail carrier, who was arrested
| yesterday on the charge of stealing a
! calf from w. H. Able, was today turned
over to the county Jail authorities for
! trial He was arrested after he dellV-
cred the mail at Dover.
lack Morton, who it was reported sew
| eraI years ago that he killed his wife,
! Flo Douglass in Colorado, was arrested
last night by the police on the charge OF
| vagrancy. When brought INTO ponce
| court today and charged with Vagrancy
he said: Me a vagrant? Well, guess
| not WHY. the idea Judge Ferry re-
piled: Continued till this afternoon.
F. Dunlap and May Sheets were ar
| rested last night at II o'clock by Ser
| geant Owen and Patrolman Hendrlcks
on the charge of disorderly conoucI'
| Both have a. police reputation.
Terry Merryweather, the South To-
| nelxa colored tough, was arrested yes
| terdav as he was crossing the Kansas
| avenue bridge. Patrolman Maze saw
! him and arrested him as suspicious
! character but not until he had chaseu
! him two blocks When he brought MN
| to the station it was found that there
/ was a warrant for his arrest on the
charge of disturbing the peace ia ooi9
charged with having slapped an old COZ
| Ored woman on the face several WeekS
/ ago Today in police court ne pledueC
1 guilty, and Judge Ferry Wall sentence
him this afternoon.
The notice say that Lfbbie DeeVer'
who ran the resort a 924 Kansas avenue
has left Topeka, having careLuhy ue H.
Cd her shoes before embark1ng. Sne
! was seen boarding WeSlpouhu =. - az -
! ON the Santa Fe and she IS SaIu 70
hove roId a friend that she was going
TO California and would never return.
! Her trial on the charge of Keeping
disorderly house was SET tor o,S,5esT and
{ afternoon. AS she did not appear dl I
cent no word. the deposit which she
made was forfeited. This CONSISTED o. d
gold watch, probably worth go, q ia a.
mond ring worth about sou anu 10 ~
cash She is said to nave solu an ~ nc
I household goods and Ch1ef SIfst uSS SOY
he believes the city is rid OF ahoIner
bad character The place was d n.y. ti.
ions resort During CHIEF Steele ressI
this woman paid regular incense 11iie
into the department.
DR.. Nonnelly. aged So years, has peen
arrested on the charge OF dlst IoILls
J the peace The police say II IS heIsI-
borhoOd quarrel. A complaint " a. .
sued and his arrest was mace Oh d
warrant.
Dog Tax Collector Nels Mcconnell,
who is a special policeman, has since
last February collected licenses LOT o'o
CANNES
Druggist W. F Lake yesterday sur
rendered his liquor license to PROBATE
Judge Dolman. This was the case e III
which the police worked up case TOT
Illegal liquor selling against Lake anu
+be probate Judge notified him thaL
there was evidence against MIN, ana II
n &