The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-06-14

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SW the request of City
~R-II ~ License Collector
SIN VI p. H. Forbes for
III NN the non-payment
Ill " u of license on slot
M- machines, not gam
~ bling devices" Mr..
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him arrested because he did not come
up and pay the yearly rake off on one
chewing gum and one weighing ma
chine, of the penny in variety, which
adorned the Santa F'e depot building.
OF course Mr. King has nothing to do
with the machines, but it was all the
same to Forbes Why did he pick out
Tom King and the depot machines when
there were plenty nearer to his Office
with which to make the experin ent?
IN the words Of the sad and painful
song there are things which can not
De explained. Mr.. King entered a
plea OF not guilty and elOQuently con-
Quoted his own case in police court
this morning, with the result that the
court saw plainly that he was not the
man MI Forbes was looking for, and
ne was discharged. The idea of Tom
King as defendant in police court is
enough to bring on commissions of mirth.
Ihe village of Topeka is loaded with
slot hnachlnes OF every variety Every
! JOINT cigar store, drug store, hotel.
news stand and most of the barber
shops contain slot machines of some
kind. The collectors conscience ana
! the ordinances of the city will not al
( low the real gambling money machines
I 10 be taken, because they are contra
4 Dand, and are not supposed to exist
/ Renee these devices which collect alike
/ the hard earned nickel of the boot
/ black and the wage of the mechanic
| nave the field to themselves while the
honest, hardWOrking penny machine
| Which hands out value received in the
! ING l1cz
! down the attention of the vigfIant coll
I lector. Some one should take a large
meat axe and revise some of the or
/ d1nances and prune some others until
they looked like a yearling cherry tree.
The police brought large shop lift
ing case to a sudden termination this
morning when they arrested Percy NJ
/ Grass and his wife Myrtle Grail For
several days Detectives Lucas. Pavey
and Con, under the direction Of Chief
Donovan, who gave his personal atten-
/ ton to the case, have been trying to
I md out who stole two rings from the
! Morehouse jewelry store, and another
/ from +. c. Fagercrans It was evident
to the detectives that both robberies
| were committed by the same person or
persons, and it was on this theory that
they worked Grail is paperhanger,
ana incidentally something of a dude
/ He wears good clothes and works very
| little. 1t seems that he became too mus
| cular to work, and began using his wife
as shop lifting assistant About two
weeks ago the pair went into More
houses store, and asked to see some
good rings A tray was set out for
their inspection, and they examined
them but did not buy. After they were
gone the JeWeler thought he missed a
couple of rings from the tray but re-
fused to swear out warrant for the
thieves, and the detectives had to
bluI Grail and his wife into a con-
Iesslon before they were arrested They
were roOnfng at 314 Van Buren, street
where they were captured this morning.
After they were booked and locked up
at the station the woman made a con-
fession in full, and said that she stole
the rings, but that Percy told her to-
She also admitted stealing a valuable
ring worth about $50 from the home Of
Dr. F. H Martin, at SOB Harrison
street, three weeks ago, while assisting
her husband to paper the residence.
Her admission was not necessary to
establish her guilt, as she sold the rings
to S. Freidenberg for 81 so and endorsed
his check for that amount when she
cashed it at the bank The painful part
OF the business is that these people have
a little girl about six years of age The
child is at present in the care Of Mrs.
Thorpe.
Officer Downie made a good haul in
North Topeka about IL o'clock last
night when he captured two youna
negroes, Arthur Rush and Millard
Ihomas IN the act of "burgling" Mr.
had entered the building by breaking a
pane of glass in a rear window. and re-
moved eight pairs of shoes, when Dow
ME came into the alley and caught them
with the goods. Both the boys are hard
nuts, and are liable to be returned &c
their Alma Mater, the large boys semi
nary northwest of the city from whence
they graduated some time ago.
Topeka seems to be an unluclrv place
Tor foreign officers with prisoners er
transit. Constable Dave Gardiner. OF
Wabaunsee county came in yesterday
} with Orville Cantren, a young Wabaun-
see county farmer who was CHARGED
} with statutory crime. Gardiner captur.
} ed bis man at Bazar. Kan. and wa
, taking him back to Wabaunsee county
} to a restaurant to get a lunch about
O'Clock, where the prisoner escaped, and
has not been seen since. This was pro
badly due to the balefu1 influence of tn,
? Friday 18th" combination.
Y William Woods. booze distributor
was picked yesterday for keeping ope-
on Sunday. He left his fifty with thl
remark, ''Whatever's customary
Old Martin Dolan, who has not beer
out Of Jail for two davs in 10. thes
many moons, was gathered for tn
y steenteenth time last night, and the Pc
lice viii endeavor to quit being both
4 cred with him by preferring a efarg
OF crazy against him.
Andy Redmond was considerable,
D tanked at a late hour last night an,
was fined SO this morning
A drunken Indian Topped down in tn
corridor Of the Dostohice this morning
and, being a child Of the government
evidently. felt much at home in q gov
eminent building. The postoffice EN-
e ployes objected to his presence however
/ and he was transferred to the keep
The police were ealIed out to the cor