The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-29

~ shooter was the allot-
NA ment Of officer Walker of
the police force Wednes-
day evening about four
o'clock. Walker was listening to the
conversation of a woman near the cor
ner OF Sixth and Kansas avenues, when
q man who revels in the probably fic-
ticiOus name Of Sam Franks. stepped
up and added few very impolite words
to the conversation. Officer Walker i'm
mediately called his attention to the
fact that his language had an unpleas-
ant Odor. He also requested Mr..
Franks to desist- This piece of fatherly
advice seemed to excite the bad" man,
who suddenly unlim bered a large wick
ed looking gun of the frontier type, and
pointed the business end toward the pO-
liceman This argument was too much
for Walker. He was once deputy mar
shall in the bad lands, and has the rep
utation of being able to fight when nee
essary, but his frontier experience also
taught him never to take a cooked six
shooter away from another man, at
least when the poisonous end thereof
is looking his way. He was therefore
compelled to stand and look on while
Mr.. Franks backed down Sixth ave-
nue. toward Jackson, daring the officer
to follow. He did not follow until the
gambler was out of sight around the
corner. It is very possible that Walker
would have started things when the
bad man moved off. If he had been
properly armed. but sad to relate Mr..
Walkers only shooting iron was a very
small derringer. 1t is safe to say that
Mr.. Walker viii wear a decent sized
gun in the future. In 20 minutes from
the time of the bold hold up the entire
force had been notified to look out for
Franks. Walker, Bernard, Long and
Blank were searching for him in a body
about hour later, when he came out
of a house on East Eighth avenue and
gave himself up. Instead of turning
him over to the county for assault with
intent to kill. as was first suggested,
Franks will stand trial in police court
Friday morning for disorderly conduct
and carrying concealed weapons. He
had plenty of money and put up a $50
cash bond. His attorney, Otis Hun
gate, says he was having trouble with
his wife, and that in connection with a
bad case Of drunk was responsible for
the affair.
Late yesterday afternoon Mrs. Joseph
Fox, who figured in the distur be-
tween her husband. Joseph Fox, a po-
Hceman and a nacknnan IN Kansas City
Tuesday evening. in which the latter
was seriously shot in the leg by the
policeman, called at the police station.
and made statement to Chief Stahl
for Chief Hayes of Kansas City, in
which she said that the hackman was
not guilty of rObbing her husband as
she had personally requested him to re-
move the money from her husbands
pockets, because he was drunk and
wasting the cash which rightfulIy be-
longed to her. She also stated that the
diamond" which her husband COM
planned about losing in the deal was
one he had purchased in this city for
S1.50, and that she knew nothing of it's
Wherea bouts. Considerable excitement
has grown out of the Kansas City Oc-
cu1Tence and the policeman, J. NJ
DOwnie, who shot Hackman lucas is
liable to be involved in serious trouble /
get her husband sober enough to bring
him home. and failing in this. relieved
him of cash and came home alone.
N B. Warren, the old soldier who
was arrested for selling and maintain
ing a few days ago, was found guilty |
on three counts this morning in police |
court, and fined $500 and 80 days in Jail. /
The testimony showed that Mr.. Warren |
was in the habit Of going out to a |
neighboring joint and getting beer for |
his sons house customers, but that he /
neglected to take the customers money |
before going after the stuff. and allow |
ed them to pay for their lunch and the /
beer jointly. It was easy to convict the /
old man, who admitted the facts of the /
case. but,-he put up the required 5000 !
appeal bond, and the next court may 1
have different views on the subject, and |
decide that Mr.. Warren had no inten- |
tons of running ajoint-
George Smith. the owner of the va1u- |
able dog under consideration yesterday, |
was this morning assessed So and cost, |
aggregating $3.50. He was also re-
quested to keep his dog out of his
AAGAGAADO1 AOAk AdA4GAa
The sheriff of Jackson county called |
at the city jail at an early hour this /
morning. and left William Miller a |
prisoner while he went to breakfast He |
is taking Miller back to HoIton from |
Manhattan.
Judge Lindsay, of the police. court. is
rapidly forming the Ananias club hab- /
it, and is frequently seen hob-nobbing /
with the denizens of that mysterious /
order, regardless of the fact that Chief /
Stahl at one time watched the place for /
two nights, thinking it was a joint of /
the worst type. and that warrant was |
applied for to Dave Gregg. who was
then assistant prosecuting attorney
The latest departure of the police de- |
partment is the free matrimonial bu- |
reau started for the benefit of the vic |
TINS of a last weeks raid on a colored |
disorderly house The second pair of 1
these unfortunates were united in we'd |
lock Wednesday and allowed to go /
their way rejoicing. 1t is probable that