The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-09-11
KANSAS NEWS.
The Churches and Jointists in
. Fierce War.
Trouble in Kansas City, Kas., Is
Growing More Bitter.
A BIG MASS MEETING.
Would Rather Have a Thousand
Jointists Shot,
Than See One Church Raider
Injured, Said Speaker.
One Pastor Proud ofsHis Flock
Who Raided Saloons.

Kansas City, Kas., Sept IA mass
meeting was held last night at the Peo-
pies M. p. church. result of the sen
timent against the joints which culni-
mated last Saturday night in a raid on
the place of Andy Mathney, at Tenth
and Reynolds avenue. by deputy con-
The meeting was presided over by ]. D.
M. Crockett. chairman of the Wyan-
dotte County Prohibition alliance, an
organization which was formed several
months ago for the suppression OF the
liquor traffic in Wyandotte county.
MIR. Crockett stated that the purpose OF
the meeting was to protest against the
maintenance Of hell holes" in Kansas
City. Kas.. and to denounce the treat
ment given by the police to the deputy
constables Of the Taylor NJ. e. church.
who attempted to abolish one of these
joints Saturday night.
The Rev. Clarence NJ. Williams, pas
tor of the Taylor NJ. E. church, was In
troduced as the first speaker. He said
the boys who made the raid on the
joint last Saturday night were all
members of his church. He was pres
ent at the raid himself and saw the
work enacted there. ct am proud Of
my boys" he declared, land was sur
prised to know that tEey had SO much
backbone. | am glad none of them
were hurt 1 would rather one thousand
Redmachers be shot than that one OF
those Christian boys be hurt.
The Rev. J. A. Notter followed the
Rev. Mr.. Williams. and he too declared
he was glad that it was the saloonist
place for these JOINTS" said he. 'and
that is in hell Friends. let us make it
our business to send them there
The Rev. Mr.. Motter stated that in
order to carry on the defense of the
deputy constables who were arrested for
their recent raid. and to prosecute the
war on the joints, it would be necessary
to. raise some 500. Subscriptions We're
r. lion, md nj mt dad RI,
the fund which was started last Sun
dav.
The saloon people have money to
fight their case WITH said he, land we
must also have it to fight ours
The speaker who followed Mr.. Motter
was the Rev. Frank Fox. He spoke of
the protection given the jointists by the
police The joints support the police: :"
he said, why shouldn't they shield their
supporters?"
The Rev. r. T. Tyson. pastor of the
Peoples M. p. church. was the last
speaker and he scored the joints and the
porting these joints he said, land yet
I have to do SO. for the bad bills which
the merchants get from these fellows
have to be paid equally by myself and
necessities of life. There would be a re-
duction Of 10 per cent in the price Of
everything If we had no joints" Speak
ing of the police, Mr.. Tyson said:
w lSucVeE / see d QO1lceIldu ne Is
either going in or coming out of sa-
loon or standing in front of one.
never expect to see him anywhere else. 4"
At the close of the meeting dodgers
were distributed to the audience which
charged the mayor and the county at
torney with laxity In enforcing the pro-
hibitory law. The dodger stated that
the mayor would not allow state war
rant to be served on a jointist in the
city limits, and that the county attor-
ney had refused to issue warrants for
jointists for fear that it is some one
who wants revenge that asks the war
rant"
Yesterday 1t was stated that. the
friends of Redmacher. who was shot
and stabbed in the joint Saturday
night, were raising a fund with which
to employ special counsel for the prose-
cution of the raiders. One more of the
raiding party. deputized by Constable
Cav. is yet to be apprehended His
name is Stanley Catch, and he lives at
707 Tenny avenue. He is superintend-
ent of the Sunday school at the Taylor
church. It is understood that he has
employed counsel County Attorney E
A. Enright stated yesterday that war
rant would be issued for the arrest of
Catch.