The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-05-02

the grave while the fakir was being dis
inferred.
Thursday evening Sergeant Owen, of
the police force. called on the watcher
by the grave and said You whisper
down that hole and tell Mr.. Peanuts
his show license expires at midnight
and if he doesn't cough up, a shovel brl-
gade will call IN the morning and dig
up his remains
But" said the keeper of the corpse.
"Beno is due to snooze until Saturday
night. and he works with a time lock-
so what are you going to DO ABOUT II
We will make a strenuous effort to
revive him. anyway" answered the
sergeant, and went away.
This conversation may, or may not
have had anything to do with the fact
that the watcher yelled for help about 10
o'clock, and said that his charge was
waking up, and evidently sInotherlng TO
death A crowd gathered and the dis
interment of Mr. Beno began, two men
working in the hole at a time. and
throwing dirt into the shoes of the mui-
titude of 'srubbers'' who crowded around
and interfered with the work The
manager Of the seance showed pole
down the tube and broke the glass in
the box to give the imprisoned snOozer
more air, and the diggers worked ike
dogs after a gopher
The crowd was in the way, and some
officers arrived and advised the rub
bers" to back up. After an hour or
hard digging the box containing the
star actor was iliGA anu AdUASu Jul
of the hole. The top was hastily re-
moved and the remains rose from his
nest of dirty pillows and coughed
violently for some minutes Gee, come
close to cashin' me checks dat time,
he spluttered as soon as he got Whit
of fresh air. He then produced dirty
handkerchief marked 'BF', and init
mated that it had been saturated with
iodoform or some other drug which in
terfered with his slumbers. He also IN
timated that some evil minded person
who had it in for him., had planted the
rag with his remains, thinking to cause
his bona fide demise. His theory was
not heartily seconded by the multitude,
and such vile words as fake were
heard as the crowd dispersed.
Beno got out of his box, after citi-
zen had created a diversion by falling
into the open grave and been dragged
out by a policeman, who Jocuiarly re-
marked that he had more than one
foot in the grave. and went to the
| Midland hotel It seems that his sleep"
/ had disarranged his system, as he had
/ a spell at the hotel, and was hauled
to the Rock Island depot about O'Clock
/ in an ambulance. He caught an early
train and departed for parts unknown
Beno did not reap a harvest in Topeka,
/ as only the morbidly curious stragglers
from the merry-go-round mad VISITED
/ his resting place since his interment,
and very few flowers had been scat
tered on his grave.
s'The next time I plant Beno he will
J De 2OOQ ana plenty 4HdLy 0cd0 4Oi IAN
said the master of ceremonies as the
/ incident was closed.
Police business Is exceedingly sparse,
and the force get busy at times in
1 grabbing certain manifestations per
/ sons and writing the obnoxious word
'.vag" opposite their names. If man
1 is not working himself, he is eligible
to this list. The fact that he is work
] ing others does not seem to let him out.
| A young negro named Clarence Brown
was arrested this morning for owning
three brand new pocket knives and not
being able to tell where he got them.
/ having portable property, proving that
| such property is stolen, find out the
| where and Whenness of the theft. and
then proving to the owner that he has
been robbed. In most cities it is Gus
tomary to wait until the looser informs
| the police of his loss, and make him as
sist in the detection of the thief. Not
4 so in Topeka, where the police are up
to date in their methods.
A large bunch of officers strolled into
city court this morning and held serv-
ices over saToots'' Youngman and
! Brownie Hughes. the negroes who
tried to rob. and incidentally kill. one
| Freeman Sardou on the night of April
p. Mr.. Sardou was present and assist
ed in the festivities. AS result Messrs.
Youngman and Hughes were presented
/ with the 33d degree and bond of s., 000
each. The police force seems to take
| great delight in these city court per-
fOrnances