The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-09-03

though the cash value of his stealings
amount to that figure, the court IS de-
sirOus of giving him another chance to
be a man. and thinks that 100 days of
enforced sobriety win be of great ben
eft to him. DrummOnd is slightly de-
1nented and at times thinks he is busy
morning he declared that one of the
Mail and Breeze managers mad told
him to hurry up with the mail and
insisted that the jailer bring him some
mail sacks His mental state is due to
his hard drinking and sudden change to
total drought and il looks rather queer
that he should be fined s.1d kept in
Jail when he should be in the asylum.
Chas. Mitchell, colored, appeared be-
fore Judge Lindsay this morning and
said that he was not drunk as alleged
by his mother who called a policeman
to remove him, but that the lady her
self was the inebriated party, and that
he was painfully sober This made the
court mad. He told Mr.. Mitchell thaA
he intended to break up the practice
of the wicked policemen of arresting
innocent men for drunk, and that he
would Investigate the case. he init
mated, however, that if Mr. Mitchell
was proven to be speaking falsely when
his trial came off this afternoon, that
something would drop The court
doesn't think it proper to have to col
lect several witnesses to prove SO
drunk, and will make the bibulous citi-
zen of the future glad to plead guilty
Another attempt was made to try
Mr.. Samuel Franks who held up Officer
Walker, but one of the three different
attorneys who claim to be handling
the gamblers case asked for further
continuance and got it. The case is
now set for Saturday. If another of
these several law-venders comes around
then and asks for another lapse of
time, the case may be tried-wel some
time in the misty future.
Uncle, were you sober too2" asked
the court Sternly, as an ancient citizen
nam ed Martin DoIan was l4troduc ..=s
to him this morning. Shure was So
ber," answered the victim with au-
dible smile of good humor. "Ill just
fine you $50 for being sober. Another
case of lying policemen, 1 suppose
Uncle continued to grin, as though
$50 worth was no inconvenience. But
l will let you go this time and add
the $50 to your next offense- Now git!'
and Uncle" got" without any fur
Their delay
Next came Mr.. T wilkerson. you
were sober. too, I suppose2' X essir.'
Five dollars, please" Wilkerson was
the man who claimed he had. been
robbed by his nephew. Marion Mullis,
at Garfield park just before his arrest
yesterday He said he wanted a police
man to go after Mullis so he could get
some money to get out. A deputy
sheriff on the grounds at the time Of
the alleged robbery says that Mullis
did relieve the old man of his cash, but
with no criminal motive, and had shown
him the wad later, intending to save
it until the load carried by the ancient
disciple of BaccEus had evaporated.
Amanda Nelson is the name of a
country girl who was detained by the
police matron last night. She will BE-
shipped back to her happy home at
Waterville today She came to Topeka
to do house work. but sought out
former friend. Ada Overman, who is
inmate of a dfsorderly house, and be-
ing informed of her whereabolNts by
Lucy Lewis, a North Topeka woman
she was gathered in by the police.
The first impression of the police was
that she had escaped from the Beloit
industrial school by reason of the
dress she wore, which was trimmed
with braid a la penal institution, but
she proved that such was not the case.