The Topeka state journal., 1902-12-13
POLICE JOTTINCS.
Judge Magaw Dispensed a Few
Fines This Morning.
Little Willie Smith Is Given an
Award of $50.
SHE CHASED HER MAN.
For This a "DntifuI'' Wife Is
Fined $40.
Events of a Day With Topeka
Peace Guardians.


u attended the services this
Y ~ morning. Mr.. Magaw was
eoA} reasonably lenient, too. He
s;$:s $s :a i 3, Is As :s; ss;;s $;s
an ak. the small fine of fifty dollars.
Willie is not heavily laden with cash
so he will have the pleasure of contem-
plating Colonel Boyd's new overcoat for
quite awhile. His judgeshiD then do
mated a little item of S25, or an equal
number Of days, TO Samuel Hayden, col
ored, who was convicted of initiating
the lilies of the field. He was not guilty
of assuming their color, but he toiled
not. Therefore it was assumed by the
court that as such was his chronic cons
dition, he was a vagrant, guilty of high
way mopery, frequent hoppery and
other minor crimes.
! Burnett Cluster, a negro woman, was
arrested Friday on the charge of dis
4 turbing the peace. A complaint was
made by the proprietor of the Chester
field hotel who explained in police court
last evening that she was in the habit Of
coming to the hotel and making it lively
for her husband. who was employed
there Thursday she made her last ap-
pearance before the Chesterfield audi
ence in the role of Nemesis. Instead Of
a flaming sworn she carried a razor of
large dimensions. and she was looking
for her man. 1t was not long before he
was looking for a place to get out. He
wandered aimlessly around the hotel,
through tranSOmS and down fire escapes
Close in his wake followed his devoted
spouse. 1t looked to the spectators like
a dark brown cyclone. She was gaining
on him in the last quarter when she
stubbed her toe and fell upon herself.
also the razor, cutting a small cash i'll
her person. Her spouse made use of
the temporary interruption to make
clean getaway. Madame Cluster has
given her lesser half some strenuous ex-
ercise on several occasions of late, but
the only excuse she raised when in the
presence of the court was that her hus-
band preferred the company of other
women. This is not remarkable, con-
s1derlng the strenuous nature Of his
helpmeet- Madame Cluster was fined
cluster of coin, to wit, ten and costs.
Another dusky damsel May Davis.
was fined five this morning for raising
up her voice at an unseemly hour of the
night. She lifted up her voice and it
fell on the ear of a policeman.
Asa Prendergraft, the youth recently
collected by the police for disturbing
the Salvation army and otherwise inter-
fering with the free distribution of glad
ness, had a hearing in city court this
morning on the charge of destroying
property. 1t was said that the wicked
youth fractured a window in the front
of Salvation hall. For want of prosecu-
Bradfield, another youth who was al
legged to have assisted in the disturbance
had his case continued to December II.
The police received circulars this
morning announcing that reward of
800 would be paid for the location of
John Hull, an 18-year-old boy who left
his home in Marblehead, o., November
ID. The boy was despondent because he
failed to pass an examination, and it
was thought for a while that he had
committed suicide, but it is now be-
lieved that he came west to escape what
he considered a, disgrace.
Chief Donovan was handed $40 this
morning to pay to the person who
brought in a telescope grip taken from
in front of the National hotel Thursday
night. The grip contained nothing of
value to any one but the owner the
contents consisting of cloth samples
pasted on cards.
Mrs. Thorpe has recently discovered
several sad cases of destitution in the
city. and yesterday she personally at
! tended to one case at Fifteenth and
Washington streets. where family was
without food of any description. An
/ other case needing attention is that of
a poor old woman living near Shorey,
whose only support. flock of hens, was
stolen Thursday night
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