The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1899-05-23

against whom Marker was alleged to
have made threats, was called upon to
tell what he knew about it, and said:
After Marker had been fined $125,
and while the lawyer was trying to get
the judge to reduce his fine, Marker
turned around and doubled up his fist in
the faces of us boys who had been wit
nesses against him, and said: Il would
like to lick you boys" or something
like that. Then after he got outdoors
he made more threats and started after
one of the boys with a rock in his
pocket, but was kept back by his attor-
ney. The whole police court seemed
to me more like a farce than anything
else. The policemen seemed to look
upon it as a joke
Judge Guy said in reply that Man
ker's attorney was talking excitedly to
him at the time, and if Marker said
anything to the boys he did not hear it,
He admitted reducing Markers fine to
800 on condition that he would stop
selling liquor.
the charges made against some court of
allowing prisoners to browbeat and
threaten witnesses, and he had made
a statement in his church Sunday night
that he did not know who the judge was
who allowed such things, nor did he
want to know him.
After church. continued DR.. Coun-
termine Il discovered that the Judge
was member of my own church, and
a trustee at that. I am very glad to
hear that he knew nothing of the
threats and was not guilty of allowing
them"
Dr. Countermine and several others
expressed their readiness to stand by
the officers in their efforts to enforce
the law.
]. B. Hughes, who was one of those
who assisted in collecting evidence
against the jointists, wanted to know
why the case against the man who kept
the joint in the Crawford Opera House
block was dismissed and his bartender
fined while other less important joint
lists had been fined twice. He thought
it was discrimination in favor of the
big jointist
Assistant City Attorney Gregg, who
attends to the police court cases, ex-
planned that since Judge Hazen had
knocked out the nuisance ordinance it
cept on the direct charge of selling
liquor All of the jOintiStS mentioned,
he said, had been arrested under the
nuisance ordinance, but after Judge
HaZen's decision the charge was chang
ed to selling liquor There was no evil
dence against the proprietor of the joint
in the Crawford Opera House block, but
there was against his barkeeper, and
that was the reason the barkeeper was
held and the proprietor allowed to go
free.
the law continued Mr.. Gregg. land I
know it can be enforced. I have been
! trying to do my duty and expect to keep
on in the same way. did not hear
afterward that he loaded his pocket
with rocks for the boys. Within the
last thirty days the city has got $3.50 of
| one mans money and $3.50 of another's,
with thffe prospects good for getting
more out of the same ones, so 1 think
we are doing the best we can
Mr.. Sheldon said that after the boys
had done so much to help the officers
get evidence they did not like to have
it not made use of, as it discouraged
them.
Il offered to go with them myself and
help them get evidence said Mr.. Shell
don, but the first joint I came to those
inside recognized me and refused to let
me in. After that I had to stay out
side"
AS the conference closed Mayor Drew
said he had given orders to enforce all
| the ordinances, and the orders had not
| been Withdrawn. The officers would
| continue during his administration to
| enforce the laws as best they could.
Those who made complaints against
! Judge Guy were satisfied that he had
| not willfully allowed witnesses to be
| browbeaten, and they were seemingly
satisfied with the results of the confer