The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-09-02
REPULSE RAIDERS.
Home Defenders Start Out to
Smash Road House.
Use Cannon Firecrackers to
Start the Trouble.
ARE MET BY BULLETS.
Inmate of Place Fires a ReEOI-
yer at Assailants.
They Then Retreat and Return
to the City.
DEFENDERS DISGUISED
Went to South Topeka Resort
as Straw Ride Party.
Were Followed and Watched by
Two Men With ShOtguns.
Rev. Charles NJ. Sheldon Scores
the Officers.
They Then Retreat and Return
to the City.
DEFENDERS DISGUISED
Went to South Topeka Resort
as Straw Ride Party.
Were Followed and Watched by
Two Men With Shotguns.
Rev. Charles NJ. Sheldon Scores
the Officers.

The Home Defenders made a raid on
the South Topeka road house at 11:30
Saturday night which was not COM
plete success. There was a hitch in the
carefully arranged programme and the
force was small Neither was it COM
plete failure, as the Home Defenders at
least gave the inmates of the south side
institution some food for thought They
gave a serenade Of frecrackerss and
We're encored with sixshooter. but are
not disheartened and will soon try it
again.
Saturday night was the time set to
eliminate the roadhouse nuisance. but
few Of their best plans miscarried and
the "dens Of iniquity'' continue to -four
lsh.
For several days prior to the fateful
evening the advocates of destruction
were preparing to do business. They
secured. among other weapons four Of
the large cannon frecrackers which
We're left over from the Fourth It had
been arranged at a secret meeting held
the night before. for three divisions Of
the invading army to meet at the cor
ner Of Ninth and Madison streets at 10
O'Clock sharp. Through some misunder-
ters n1et the appointments There were
five women and I'VE men.
What the party lacked in numbers
was made up I'm determination however.
and they proceeded to make start for
the Infested district heavily disguised
as party Of jewellers out for straw
ride. eight OF them riding on hay
rack secured for the purpose, and the
remaining two IN a buggy.
Choosing the south side place as the
objective pOint they drove south on
Kansas avenue to the end and when
they turned west, discovered that two
men in buggy were following them
Wishing to know something more about
the trailerE they stopped their teams
and waited to be Overtaken, but tie fol-
lowers evidently had no intentions of
Joining the party, and stopped also The
invaders then sent back spy to inves-
ugate- he came back to the wagon ana
reported that the pair were armed with
shotguns, and had expressed the opinion
that they were not trespassing on any
thing belonging 10 the raiders and
would follow as long as they saw ft to
do 50
The party then drove on by the house
and turned around The followers also
turned and stopped Ia front of the
mouse, presumably to warn the inmates
OF danger, as the lights were immed-
lately extinguished all over the house
At this the lady who was driving the
buggy whipped up and overlook the
pair, and asked them who they were
and why they were tagging" They
stated that they were reporters and
just came along to see the fun They
further advised the party to give it up
Tor bad job and go home as there
were no goings on" at the place and
that the inmate were armed and would
resist an invasion
While they were stating the case
however. delegation of the ladies'
sneaked into corn field near the house
and hred a volley OF fireworks into the
yard return volley of six shots
was fired from the darkened house and
the raiders hastily decamped while the
nylng bullets tore UP the corn stalks in
their vicinity. The pseudo reporters
also decamped during the excften,ent
The invaders then drove home vov-ins
to wipe the place on the map at some
future date
The West Sixth street house run nv
Lou Arnold is the most popular resort
at present, but the "Southsiderss' stin
DO large business, and the defenders
considered them worthy OF a few min
utes close attention
party of citizens We're also sched-
uled TO remove Lou ArnoId's s.staf lish-
ment from the landscape on the same
night. but failed TO do so. although sev-
ersl parties secuted around the prem
1ses during the evening. The festivities
and piano commenced about the same
time, between II and II O'clock Mariv
Of the visitors stayed all night ana ~,
into the next day