Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-02-21
The JOINT CRUSADE.
Mrs. Nation Causes an Exciting
Sunday in Topeka.
Ed IURrHY'S SALOON DEMOLISHED.
a Cold Storage Plant Also Broken into
The Doughty Woman Arrested and
Taken to jail In Patrol Wagon, but
Released on Bond.

Released on bOnd.
Topeka, Kan, Feb. lS.-Yesterday
morning at six O'Clock Mrs. Nation
sailed forth from the statehouse
grounds at the head Of 800 men and
women, all armed with hatchets and
axes, and moved ON the joints of the
city. The company marched silently
out of the statehouse grounds, down
Kansas avenue, TO the fashionable bar
on East Seventh street, kept by Ed
Murphy. Four policemen stood at
the door to guard the entrance. They
commanded the people in very digni-
fed tones to stand back. Smash!
Smash. Smash" called orr Mrs
Nation. Don't pay any attention to
them" Six Washburn college boys
with battering ram came forward,
and in less time than IL takes to tell
it the big plate glass windows were
shattered into thousands of frag-
ments. Dozens Of men then rushed on
the building with their axes and soon
had the doors and window frames cut
entirely away. Then with an exult-
ant cheer the crowd burst into the
building. praise God, women. Smash
the bottles and the windows called
out Mrs. Nation again, and raising
her famous Ratchet she SEM it
through window glass that had yet
been left.
The policemen managed TO recover
from their scare by this time and
grabbed Mrs. Nation. They started
off with her to the police station as
rapidly as possible, She waved her
arms and frantically called out to her
co-workers; "Oh, keep it up. You
can do ii without me. Praise God,
keep it up; keep on smashing, You
don't need me-
For q moment the crusaders were
thrown into confusion by the removal
OF their leader, but the crowd surgcd
forward into the building, and soon
all the front part of the room had
given way, and all could enter at will.
A case Of beer was found in the room
and 1t was soon smashed. Slot ma
chimes, cigar cases, billiard tables,
chairs, counters and even the stoves
were smashed to smithereens. After
being satisfied that there was nothing
else to destroy the crusaders left the
building.
While this was going on tho
doughty Mrs. Nation had been re-
leased from the city prison as soon
as she was gotten there and she
again started out on her work and
led the way to livery stable, where
some bars were stored. She was met
at the door by the proprietor, who
assured her thal there was nothing
OF the kind in the building, but she
io'lId IN a room back Of the office the
me bars that had been ordered for
the use of the .ointsts of the city and
never used Picking up n leg of
chalr that was lying near by, she
Immediately smashed the mirrors and
otherwise injured the bars.
Mrs. Nation then led the way 10 thc
cold storage plant, where the Joint.
lists OF the city have been in the habit
of storing their extra stock. Mrs Ma.
''oh managed 10 enter the cold stor-
age plah'' put oherlll COOK and Chief
OF romeo e'aNl came upon the scene
ana paced her under arrest This
'''i'e sue maze quite a scene and was
taken 10 the county la'l IN the patrol
wagon.
In the afternoon Mrs Nation went
Ia all. 4