The Topeka state journal., 1901-08-27

ed off the worst OF
M&{ the savage blows
N>S delivered by the
Or infuriated aVenger
l--s = When Attorney f.
J Lynch for the
defense got at Mr.
Archer he tried TO get him to say that
he had in days gone by invited MISS
Henderson to Dartake of the foamlng
stein of ice cream soda and kindred
devices of the "masher," but Mr.
Archer would admit nothing of the sort.
Mr.. Lynch then intimated that he could
produce some hair raising evidence
were he so disposed, but he didn't think
1t advisable at the present II appeared
during the talk INDUCED in by Attor-
uey Lynch that Miss Henderson had
applied TO the law firm OF Case < Case
TO sue Mr. Archer for damage. MI
Archer admitted that such was the
case about year ago but that Mrs.
Case who came to see him about 1T,
decided that the woman had no case
against him 1t was along in this part
of the show that the court ventured
to voice a belief that the slander bust
ness had no great bearing IN the case
at hand. and so Attorney LYnchS $ at
tempted innuendO was failure A
CLEAN of satisfaction lit up the features
of the defendant when the savage
looking whip was introduced as evi-
denoe. and the audience shuddered- The
defense also alleged that Mr. Archer
had used his cane freely on the person
of Miss Henderson but didn't show evi-
the circus Judge Lindsay announced
that public whipping should be sup
pressed i'm Topeka before it became a
fad and he therefore fined Miss Hen
dersou $40 and said there would be
no costs attached Her attorney said
he would stand good for the defendant
while he thought about it. and maybe
ne would appeal the case so as TO nave
a chance to spring his hidden shaft.
"A wedding is the latest event Of po-
Tins of last weeks raid in North To-
peka were united in matrimCny. and
were let out of S25 fine They We're
Jesse London, 65-year-old gallant,
and Isabel Young, who is no longer
young, but is ~ years of age Jafler
Jester was best man. and Mrs. Thorpe
gave away the hlushing bride After
Judge W. II. Eagan of the probate
court had pronounced them one the
happy better half stated that she had
been Wantin' Jess fur a long time but
law he was dat slow he couldn't catch
cold"
Mathew Arterbridge, a colored indi-
vidual from California. figured as de-
fendant and defendants attorney when
Policeman Kent Raub faced him this
morning. and accused him of jumping
on and OF street cars and then COM
mitting .1ese majestic" by shifting an Off
Ger who attempted to catch him. The
gentleman from the far west put up a
good defense He evidently knew how
it was done in police court He ques-
toned the witnesses, and led to the
fact that Raub was not i'm uniform and
had no star in sight. Then he followed
with the story that he thought Raub
was a meddlesOme passenger trying to /
''swipe" his hat. and was only trying
to protect his head piece when he ac-
cidentally hit him in the eve. In spite
OF the able manner in which he con- /
Quoted his case, the court gave him is
days to think up a defense for some fu-
ture case For jumping his fare on the /
street railway, he was assessed IS TO /
which ten spot was added for shifting /
the officer.
The boys who extracted wheat from
a Union Pacific car, John Kaberle, |
white and John Jordan. colored. We're !
assessed SIS and $40 respectively Ka-
berle got s. extra for lying about it,
while Jordan told the straight tale, and
got or with ten. They broke the seals
on the car and removed three sacks of /
grain, two of which they sold A great
deal OF complaint has been made about
these petty rObberies, and the court is
desirous Of making an example Of the
pair on hand.
Milie Lewis, a small colored denfzen
Of the Bottoms was arrested Monday
evening for biting the olfactory organ I
on the face of a white woman of the
same neighborhood. This badly demoi-
ASArA LGAAa4Et WHO wears the COEnOmpn
Of Hattie Maybee. failed to bring her
face for evidence this morning. and thu
merits Of the case win be looked into
Wednesday at 3 o'clock sharp.
George Dupree. who is 'it' once !
again. says he viii plead guilty this
time to selling butter milk He don't [
like it. because the police persist in raid j
ing his lunch counter and removing his /
private rations Of cold "Schlitz" Ha
has been taken in so often that he has +
lost track Of his cases. and the prose- {
cutting attorney is in a like quandary
George Smith. a colored dog owner /
who was arrested for keeping a disor-
derly and vicious canine. was on hand
to plead not guilty but the prosecut-
ing witness, whose fine flock of fowls
were killed by Smiths dog was not
present so the case was set for Wed
nesday-
NJ Z. Younkin. the surviving dog dis
patcher. continues to do business al
though he is working over territory dis
charged as cured by his predecessors.
Monday was his busy day He killed
S63 worth Of dogs. and collected SAL as
tax. He has run out of tags and will
give receipts. until the 500 ordered from
Kansas City arrive Up to date nearly
$1,000 has been collected by the city for
the current years dog taxes.