The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-10-01
LEST he FORGET.
Frank Stahl Finds His Memory
Is Bad.
Ii. Kicker Appears as Defend
ant in District Court.
ECHO OF ROAD HOUSES
Witness C. M. B0zart Knew a
Few Things.
Story of Mayor Hughes Battle
With Bull Dogs Comes Out.

It looked like old times in the district
court today. Frank Stahl, the erstwhile
terror of the jointists, was there as the
star witness in a joint case. Said joint
case was scratched on the arm of the
law on June 49, 1901, but it didn't seem
to take very well, so the court, the jury,
the lawyers and the defendant appeared
before his honor this morning to see
how things stood by this time.
In the course of the testimony it was.
revealed that Stahl, as chief of police,
had visited H. Kicker place, which was
between Tyler, Polk, Twenty third and
Twenty fourth streets, and inspected
the premises. He wished to have a lit
tie side talk with the jointist He had
it. Kicker promised that he would be
good. Stahl heard that he wasn't good,
and took a patrol wagon load of officers
and Mayor j. White F. Hughes out to
investigate.
Stahl got into the center of the fort
ress all right but Mayor- Hughes WIS
attacked by four ferocious bulldogs
Policeman Hendricks and officer Both
am were called on by the brigadier gen.
eral to defend him from the CANNES. &.
NJ. Bozart was on the stand for the
prosecution and he told his story with
out webbing. He had heard a piano
maltreated every night at the Kicker
place. He heard people swear and
carry on there all times of night.
But what did you see?'' asked w. I.
Jamison, who is deputy county attorney
but who appeared for the defense in this
particular joint case, which is being
prosecuted by City Attorney Spencer
and part of his legal force Two Of his
assistants were behind him in the light.
I saw men and women in the yard
at night with their arms around each
others necks, singing and hollering and
dancing" replied Bozart.
This staggered Jamison, and caused
a laugh in the jury box Mr.. Bozart
did not seem to understand that the
proper way for witnesses in liquor cases
tn I'm e N
But more than this. Mr. Bozart said
that there were game chickens on the
place, and that Kicker was the special
hostler OF said chickens. Game chick
ems seem to be prina facie evidence that
something might possibly be amiss.
Then Mr.. Stahl took the stand, and it
was surprising how many things he
had forgotten about the case. 1t was OF
course an honest forget, but in times
gone by Mr.. Stahl has criticised others
for forgetting, so it was a deadly par
alle..
Mr.. Stahl said that when he arrived
at the Kicker game chicken farm he
found a LADY lying on the floor suffer-
ing with touch of heart trouble. He
said that just as he arrived she laid
down on the floor and the heart trouble
commenced. The records show. that she
is not the first person who has had a
touch of heart trouble when the police
raided a place. There have been 9TH
erS.
NIL Roldii IIlelltlOl0Q Two OtQ women
with their hats on and a colored man
who was pecking the worries of a piano.
Mr.. Jamison wished any reference to the
piano player stricken from the records
as it was not shown that he was guilty
of the serious charge. Mr.. Stahl said
he found five or six barrels of wine
and five or six cases of beer. He said
he found Kicker had not stayed good as
he had promised to.
Mr.. Stahl was asked several direct
questions but "he supposed" but could
not say surely and didn't like to say"
He was certain, however, that two olo
women were there and that one had
heart trouble and the other had gone
there with her after some herbs which,
1t was supposed might quiet her organic
heart trouble. This was at 10 o'clock
at night. Heart trouble, it is we'll known,
is liable to happen any time of the day
or night. The woman, it seems, could
not regulate it to happen in the day
time.
Officer Lucas, who assisted in the raid,
testified that the men found there were
little bit sporty and the women were
a little bit shady" He said the place
was known as a road house
Several witnesses were examined to
enlighten the court as to exactly what
road house is but none could tell ex-
cept that piano players and game chick
ems and liquor seemed to be part of the
things necessary to a well established
road house
tlt last lcSllillO4y LOT the prosecution
was the fact that Hendricks and
Botham were having a serious time
fighting the bull dogs which seemed 10
have a spiteful way of trying to eat
Mayor Hughes. Later it was determin-
ed by expert testimony that all the bull
dogs were chained to the house anS
that Colonel Hughes was unduly fright
ened. It will be left TO the jury to un-
tangle Colonel Hughes. the bull dogs
the woman with heart trouble, the piano
PLAYER and the road house.