The evening times., 1901-02-05
RAIDED By MRS. NATION
The Joint -WPeeker Dem0lishes a
PalatiaI Topeka Saloon.
Led Her Followers 10 the Place Be
fore DayIiEht-PrcpcFty Valued at
$I,"o0 Destroyed ia Less Than
Half IN Hour The Crusader
Bruised During the Struggle

Half IN Hour The Crusader
Bruised During the Struggle
TOPEKA. Kans.. Feb 5-Mrs. Nation
made an early morning raid today while
most people were sleeping
With five men and three women backing
her, she visited the Senate saloon in Kan
sas Avenue. and demolished ii Probably
$3.50 worth of property, mostly made up
of . cherry bar and handsome. fixtures,
was destroyed in less than half an hour.
About $50 O'Clock this morning Mr.. Ma
tion and her plueky followers assembled
and went 20 $50 Kansas Avenue. Il was
evidently their intention TO begin opera
tions at this place. but they found them
seIves IN q printing Office instead CT
joint 50 they went on down the avenue
in quest CT the real article
The little band turned east on Fifth
Street, where there are supposed TO be
joints galore. They went TO the corner
where the Fifth Avenue Hotel stands
Here they held council of war under the
electric light. They concluded to retraee
their steps. and so started back to the
avenue. followed by crowd of about 800
persons, mostly newsboys and printers
1t appeared to be the intention OF the
women to get away from the following
crowd if possible. but then this was out OF
the question
Reaching the aveHue between Third and
Fourth Streets. Mrs. Nation and her
friends walked to the street car tracks in
Tho middle Of +Ia e. .,ra-,,a ~ =ror+ Of ,ra
old Metropolitan Building. No. 500. This
building contains the Senate saloon. one
Of the haGdsomest and most complete in
its equipments OF any In the city. It was
fitted no with handsome cherry bar and
the great mirror which hung on the north
side was valued at fully $500.
The band OF women, with their protec-
tors, paused in the street in front of the
building 4 short consultation was held
and they made a bee line for the Senate
door Just as they got in front of the en-
trance each woman drew her Ratchet from
under her cloak and nourtshed it aloft
Come On, girls" shouted Mrs. Nation
10 her followers, and, like band Of Com
anchs Indians. hourishing their toma-
the saloon. The front part of the place is
used as billiard hall. Here man was
sweeping Mrs. Nation started for the
back room, but the man interposed and
at the same time shouted TO someone IN
the back room to lock the door
Mrs Nation grappIed with the man In
The scufIe her uplifted hatchet was
brought down. inficting an ugly bruise on
hep forehead. The man then drew re-
vcIver and fred two shots into the air
Then he made for the back door as fast
- ne could
FOLLOW. girls said Mrs. Nation
Don yoU see what a coward he is The
sznashers crowded into the back oom.
where the other nan offered little resist
ance Walking straight TO the great mir
ror, Mrs Nation drew up her hatchet and
smashed it into thousand pieces Call
ing all the time for the others to 90 10
work, Mrs Nation kept up her demoIish-
ing with vigor
The cherry bar was next attacked All
the women took q hand in this, and the
bar was badly injured when they got
there. The big cash register came next.
and 1t was broken into bits. Two slot
machines Of the latest pattern stood over
against the wall, but they were not miss
&c The women rained blow after blow
On the machines until the mechanism
gave way and fell in pieces. The floor
was soon covered with small change and
nickeIs, and beverages ran everywhere
One OF the women knocked out the spigot
from two kegs of beer. AID the contents
ran out on the floor.
big refrigerator was smashed and its
contents broken and scattered Mrs. Ma
ton dashed behind the half-demolished
bar and made a sweep with her hatchet
among the bottles and demijohns. When
she got through they we're total wreck.
At this stage Of the proceedings officer
Graham appeared.
Mrs. Nation and the others were placed
under arrest and taken TO the station.
Mrs Nation only was booked as Joint
smashcr.' The others we're released
The owners Of the Senate Joint are Mike
Kelly and Sheep" LytIe Lytle's step
son is the bartender who fred the shots
in the scrimmage at the front door. The
case against Mrs. Nation for attempting
to smash the Globe saloon Monday after
noon was dismissed this morning and that
for demolishing the-senate saloon this
morning was continued until THURSDAY
without bail.