The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-02-02
RAID THE JOINTS.
Sheriff Lucas SwOOps Down on
Three Of Them.
COPELAND Hotel Bar Was Includ-
ed in the Visit.
HE TOOK IT ALL.
Bars Carried Out and Liquors
COn1seated.
Men Who We're on Duty We're
Arrested.
INOUIsITION RESULT.
Action Taken on Evidence Sc
cured by County Attorney.
All the Men Arrested Give Bond
and Are Released.

Three Joints were raided at noon to-
day by Sheriff Lucas acting on war
rants issued by County Attorney Galen
Nichols as result of his 'inQuisition.'
The three places raided were The
Palms. the bar connected with the
Copeland hotel by door way, the bar
in the rear of RumssumF cigar store at
$50 Kansas avenue.
All warrants were alias and read
for John Doe" but at each place Sheriff
Lucas took whoever he found behind
the bar.
At the Copeland bar Fred Simmons
was behind the bar and was arrested
He is charged with two counts for sell
ing liquor and one count for maintain
ing q nuisance
AT The Palms Lewis DeLude was
found serving drinks and he was ar
rested on three counts, one being
nuisance count.
At the joint at $50 Kansas avenue Al
Heck was taken into custody on three
counts, one being for maintaining a
nuisance.
The beer being sold at the Copeland
and $50" bar was Schlitz and the beer
ct The Palms was Imperial. This puts
at zest the rumor that Schlitz bars
wouldn't be raided
AT each place the bars, fixtures and
wet goods were seized. The Copeland
bar was the longest of all and was
well worn where wei filled Wristbands
bad rubbed against it. 1t was a pine
bar, well made. and had in connection
an ice chest flied with bottled beer
and a work bench.
The bar from The Palms was a pine
affair, rs good as "a store counter, and
it was also supplied with a work bench.
The bar at 500 was cheap affair,
fit for kindling but work bench and
plenty Of beverages were found.
The result is that Sheriff Lucas has
an ice chest Of beer three tapped kegs.
three picnic pumps, three bars, three
work benches and few bottles of
whisky, wine and gin stored in the
basement of the court house
Each of the bar tenders was admit
ted to $500 bond which was furnished.
The smallest stock of liquors was found
last
Ut was known this morning several
hours beforehand that warrants were
out for somebody but whom they We're
cihected against was not known. The
utmost secrecy was kept.
lit was a short time ago that the fine
bars and large nfirrOTed sidebOards which
adorned these three joints were removed
ana the cheaper pine bars were installed.
The bars which were removed were Of
hard wood, highly finished and orna-
mented and would have left Il loss
for someone had they been seized and
destroyed The bars found by the sher-
in could all be replaced for S25 The
lolutists have expected something for
some time for the fine bars were re-
moved before County Attorney Nichols
began his inQuisition
county Attorney Nichols issued the
complaints under the state law a part
or which is the tHurrel search and sefz-
ure clause. The cases are brought di-
rect IN the district court and can be
tried at any time Judge Hazen sees fit
10 set them for trial. The witnesses to
the separate counts for selling LIQUOR
VIII be the witnesses who gave the
county attorney the testimony against
the Joints in the inQuisition hearings.
AS many witnesses as the county attor-
ney may wish to summon can testffv
as to the nuisance counts.
More arrests will be made
BACK TO BU USINESS
At z;3O o'clock a new bar as good as
tne one seized by the sheriff had been
taken lnLo tEe Joint next to the COPELAND
ana was set tn place ready for business
Ten minutes later a man finished driving
the last nail to the braces which held tho
bar. BE looked up and said I'VE are
ready for business Quite d crowd a., a
Standing around watching the operation
A keg or beer with pump attached was
IN working order ready to ser-a +be
behind the bar and it was we'll stocked
with bottles and glasses. The bar had
been urdoubteoN kept in readiness for lust
Such an emergency. ard the raid only
stopped business for couple of hours.