The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-09-04
BEFORE The BAR.
Cases Which Will Require
Judge Hazen's Attention.
Petty Charges viii Be Disposed
of Next Week.
ONLY ONELIQUOR CASE
It Is Sandwiched Between As
sanIts and Hold Ups.
There Are Twenty Criminal
Cases to Be Disposed OF.

The docket of jury cases in the dis
trict court for next week contains 20
state cases. OF that number there IS
one for selling liquor. Speed" Rains
will have to answer to that charge
On Monday Sherman Joy, who was a
cook at the Oxford hotel will ask the
court to enquire into the habits of Syl-
Wan Kline and to discover why Kline
turned the restaurant into a bull pen
and played matodore last spring with
Joy for the bull There was no joy in
Joys existence at the time except in
name. During his rampage in the rest
aurant Kline gave an illustration of
that old minstrel joke, IAN upsetting Of
Greece, the overthrow of Turkey and
the breaking up of China" On the same
day for notorious Mary Wade, colored
and all round croolxess, will have to ex-
plain why she took $3.50 of lawful money
of the United States from the person Of
Joseph Ackney against his will and
wishes.
Callie Mitchell had trouble with his
wife and she sued for divorce. He saw
her talking to Henry Murray and the
flame that had smouldered within his
breast burst into a fierce strong blaze.
The blaze could not be squelched until
he had called Murray into Ed Timon's
joint and pounded his face. Murray will
have the last inning by prosecuting
Mitchell before Judge Hazen. The first
day of the criminal docket will close
with Irwin Bradshaw being tried for
pounding up Policeman Hutton when
Hutton had his fingers crossed.
On Tuesday A ". Sovereign viii an
swer to the charge of kidnapping Bessie
Rookie He did not demand blood mon
ey from Papa and Mama ROokey but he
must stand trial just the same as the
kidnapers in the Cudahy case would If
they would only be caught. Then
Speed" Rains, a very fast young man,
will tell why he sold liquor
On Wednesday A. J. F. James,
who spells his name different
than Jones does, Will have to make ex-
cuses for aSsaulting Burge Lees They
had a quarrel over a fence but did not
keep the barrier between them and so
the charge of assault was made.
William Dupree, of the famous Du-
pree family will have to explain one of
his thousand battles Simon Jones will
have a like story to tell and H. w Sim
mons will answer to the charge Of sell
ing J. c. Burford a poor piece of pro-
perty in the short grass country when
Burford expected to get a Garden of
Eden. Both are white haired men.
On Thursday Ella Buckner and Dave
Lewis, denizens of RedmOndville, viii
answer to the charge of separating G.
A. Barnes from 500 when Barnes really
wanted it for his own use. Weitman
and Weitman, brothers by the first
names of Thomas and Frank, will have
to answer to the charge of disturbing
the peace Of William Woolfork. The
brothers leased a piece of property from
Woolfork to use as the headquarters
for a cider mill. The owner of the pro
perty thought they We're using too
much water from his well in the manu-
facture of cider and objected. Then a
row and now a court trial. Frank Cook
will have to answer to the charge Of
burglary and A. r. Luke to cruelty to
animals That will close the Thursday
docket
On Friday Otto Miller will answer to
the charge of assaulting c. A Wallace.
Miller was a tenant of Wallaces and
when the property owner tried to collect
his rent a fight began that will not end
until the trial is disposed of. William
Jackson and James Holmes will answer
to the charge of robbing the depot at
willard and the week will close Satur-
day with Willie Tucker being tried for
breaking into Santa Fe tool house.