The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-08-14

hopkins n6afQ OF L1O case ana COin-
menced working on 1t.
Hopkins secured a description Of
Johnson and started a search for him.
He found another slot machine with
the same kind of type metal nickels in
it. Hopkins awakened United States
Marshal Sterne at midnight and told
him of the circumstances Sterne in
Structed Hopkins to continue on the
case and arrest the man if he could be
Hopkins continued the search all
night without finding any trace of
johnson. At seven o'clock this morning,
while on his way home, he met man
going north on the east side of Kansas
avenue at Ninth street He suspected
that he was the man he wanted and
followed him with his son, Win Hop
Al Eighth and Kansas avenue the
man was overtaken- Al Hopkins step
ped to one side of him and VIII Hop
You are my prisoner" said Al Hop
kins.
what for?" said Johnson
For passing counterfeit money re-
you are mistaken said johnson.
You will have to go with u.s., re-
piled the officer.
johnson made no resistance and walk
ed along with the officers He at first
said that it must be a joke and when
Hopkins told him it was not he said :.
You will be the one to hire lawyer
resting me-" said oJhnson.s
johnson was taken to The Office OF
United States Marshal Sterne where he
at first denied any knowledge of the
counterfeit nickels but finally admitted
that he had passed them and he gave
the officers an order on his lanolady,
Mrs Zellers, for the moulds in which
the metal had been run. he was
anxious to shield the woman and said
that she was not cognizant of what he
had been doing He said he did not
want her name to be dragged into the
case and the officers consequently nave
refused to give out any informa ton
concerning the woman except to say
that no woman is implicated in the
counterfeiting charge
A State Journal reporter who called
at the home of Mrs. Zellers, was met
by a pretty black-eyed woman of medi-
um height. She appeared greatly agi-
tated when asked about Johnson and
said excftedIy, What are they going to
do to him2"
She refused to say anything about
johnson or herself or about the charge
against the man.
Merchants Policeman Will Hopkins
and another officer went to Mrs. Eel
lers home at III East Twelfth street
this morning and secured the dies. The
officers carried with them a. written or
der from Johnson to Mrs. Zellers ask
ing her to deliver to the officers the dies
he had used in making the counterfeit
money. Mrs. Zellers and her daughter
met the officers. The note from john
son was handed to Mrs. Zellers. She
read it and sank trembling into a. chair.
s'I don't know anything about them, >
said Mrs Zellers. She became hysterl-
cal and broke down and cried.
The daughter was not frightened.
Hopkins says she made a step toward a
side table on which was a revolver
Hopkins stepped forward between her
and the table and picked up the revol-
YER
Mrs. -Zellers stoutly denied that she
knew anything about the dies Finally
she said she would help the officers to
hunt for them. In few minutes she
found the dies on the top of a cupboa&d
in the kitchen. There We're no other
counterfeiting implements to be found.
The officers think the dies were used for
running the counterfeit coins on Sun
day night