The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-01-25

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fine assessed by ''hizzoner' this morn
ing was a little three dollar fixture for
]. r. Coulter, one of the two hackmen
who started a free show at the Santa
F'e depot night before last. The evil
dence handed in leo the court to be-
lieve that the other party, E. H Travis,
was not to blame for the occurrence.
and he was discharged.
A neat game of fiim-fam in which
Mr. l. NJ. Pennwen was loser, came to
light last night, when a delegation of
friends called at the police station and
stated the case to Night Sergeant
Jenkins They said that smooth
young man giving the name of Charley
known, but who was frequenter of SIG
Kansas avenue, had started an alleged
rattle with a buggy as capital prize. He
sold numbers to the extent ofsomething
like 800. and then called meeting of
the stockholders and the drawing took
place. Mr.. Pennwel held the lucky
number and rejoiced. After the re-
joicings Mr.. Pennwell looked for the
moving spirit of the show, with a view
of viewing his winnings, but Mr.. john
son had strangely disappeared. A care
full search of his haunts failed to dis
close him, and the assembly began to
realize that it was not their friend
Pennwell who was the winner, but the
mysterious Mr. Johnson. 1t was in fact,
a case of "Too much Johnson" as he
was clearly too many for the policy
holders. An indignation meeting was
held. The delegation then visited the
police and the sergeant proceeded to
look for johnson. but that individual
it,
1t is quite dangerous to steal things
in Topeka Amateur thieves should go
to Chicago or Kansas City to learn the
trade. Thursday night eight sacks of
sugar were stolen from a freight car
standing on the track in the rear of
the Symms grocery. BY 10 o'clock Fri
day morning two negroes, shine"
Smith and Will Arnold. had been ar
rested, and half the sugar, Shines
share, recovered. The thieves were then
'sweated" until they told where the
balance of the stolen goods were hid
den. Shine" agreed to act as guide,
and piloted a posse of officers way out
in Tennesseetown to a little barn in an
alley between Twelfth and King on
Lincoln street, and the other four sacks
We're found covered over with buggy
cushions and oilcloth. The barn be-
longed to Jack Jordan, who runs a
small grocery, but he denied any hand
in the theft, and declared that he had
lent his horse and wagon to Arnold
without knowing what he was going to
do with it. He failed to explain, how
ever, why he did not notify the police
when he found four sacks of sugar in
his stable, and the officers failed to be-
that amount of sugar to crawl into
barn for protection from the weather.
Jordan was not arrested, but was told
to come down and explain to the court.
This is quick work. All the plumber
recovered and the thieves captured
within a day of the robbery.
Patrolnan Voiles. who was instru-
mental in the capture of the gang who
robbed Raffeloch's store and the recov-
cry of the greater portion of the goods,
called on the proprietor for the $25 re-
ward offered. Raffeloch blandly in
formed him that the reward was for
the return of the goods, and not a
portion thereof. He then submitted to
Officer Voiles a list which read like
this: Shirt, So P. Pant, Up Shoes, 10
hat Is shirts 1 doz chains s coats IA
charems l lot silk hanfs & mufkrs''
When Voiles saw this list of stuff he
nearly tainted. 1t is evident that he
will not get the reward until he I'M
earths the missing goods, even to the
'.mufkrs."
Thieves cut through the back door of
the Coughlin-Martin hardware store
last night. They were frightened
away by Patrolman Summers before
they secured any booty.
Ice Firm Sells to Mutual Company.
Owing to well known reasons we
have been forced out of the ice BUSH
and have all