The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-31
City Attorney Spencer Considers
the Liquor Cases.
More Pending Than He Knows
What to Do With.
SOME TO BE DROPPED.
Thinks He Stands Good
Chance for Convictions.
Great Deal of Wet Goods Held
as Evidence.


gress which will determine the fate of
a number of Topeka jointists. The city
attorney, chief of police and police
judge are meeting at the office of the
city attorney to decide which of the 46
liquor cases set for trial at the coming
term of the district court will be dis
missed, and which ones will be prose-
cuted.
City Attorney Spencer believes that
the city is in better shape to secure
convictions at this term of court for
liquor selling than ever before. He
thinks that the character of the prose-
cutions makes convictions easier than
heretofore.
Instead of trying to prosecute liquor
sellers on a large number of counts for
separate sales, the policy of Chief of
Police Golf has been to prosecute on
nuisance counts only. 1t is not hard to
secure evidence to convict on the nuis-
ance charge.
Judge Hazen this morning announced.
that he would devote the third week of
the September term beginning Septem-
Der 81 to the hearing of the city liquor
cases c. A. Magaw, attorney for the
jointists, made the request that the city
be required to take up the trial of the
liquor cases in the order in which they
appear on the docket, instead of taking
them up in whatever order happened to
i city would put on five or six of It's
strongest cases first, and thus start a
sort of stampede of convictions which
he could not stop. Judge Hazen did
not state whether or not he would
grant Magaws request.
In most of the 46 city liquor cases
which appear on the September docket
of the district court, the city will pro
ducs in evidence the wet goods which
were confiscated at the joints Alto
1 NJ |
cases of the same. 1872 kegs of beer. -
bottles and IL jugs of whisky, one bottle,
| one jug and one keg of wine, one Jug OF
gin, one jug of blackberry brandy. 10
| beer pumps, 221 wine. beer and whisky
| glasses and a miscellaneous assortment
of cocktail strainers. beer mallets, cork
screws, tubs, pals and empt1es.
WAS 1T THEFT?
City Attorney Spencer has discovered
/ that the papers in the Charles kohl IL
! uuor case are missing. They have been
surreptitiously removed from the files of
the clerk of the district court. No rec
ord is in the hands of the clerk showing
who took the papers out.
| Included in the papers are the original
| complaint and warrant, and 1t is the
loss OF these documents which may
make trouble for the city.
| The Kohl case is one of the most inn
portant OF the entire lot Kohl and
! colored man named Archie Bailey were
4 arrested at Kohls drug store at Z26
| Kansas avenue A large amount of IL
uuor was confiscated. and the DEFEND
ants were convicted and sentenced to
pay a fine of 500 each and serve 30 days
in the county jail.
| CITY Attorney Spencer will have
new transcript of the evidence maze
out, end win ask the district court TO
| hear the case on this transcript, with
out the original papers. 1t is doubtful
whether Judge Hazen will permit this
arrangement.
A complete list of the As cases which
have been appealed in time to appear
on the docket of the district court this
term is as follows:
| Fritz Durein and Peter Burrell, ar
rested May s, Midland hotel building.
NJ Durein. surety. $1,000.
J. /. Bowen, arrested May Is, Ches-
terfield hotel. Theo. Schneider, surety,
$500.
Jennie Hall, arrested May 10. 42e JEFF
ferson H. c. Lindsay. surety, $500.
Chas Kohl and Archie Bailey, arrest
ed May 23. 226 Kansas avenue. VIM
Mrs r. J. Stewart, arrested May II,
1903 Kansas avenue. H. c. Lindsey,
surety. $500.
Otto Anderson, arrested May Is. 222
Kansas avenue, V. Kaczynski, surety,
$500.
Lucy Stevens, June 20. 314 East First,
VIM. Moser, surety, $780,
VIM. Lawless and Ike Kicker, Sly
Quincy street.
]. ]. Artzer, 524 and 526 Kansas ave-
nue., A. A Klauer. surety, $50.
Andy Dupree. JIG Kansas avenue, H.
c. Lindsey, surety, $500
Kansas avenue Vim. Moeser, surety,
$500.
Geo. Dupree. 1907 Kansas avenue, H.
c. Lindsey. surety, $500.
Sherman Burns. S27 North Kansas
avenue, c. T. MARBLE, surety, $500.
c. H. Curl $40 East Fourth, H. c.
Lindsey, surety, $500.
E. c. Russian. 724 Kansas avenue,
w. T. Lawless. surety, $500.
Henry Schnoor, 610 Kansas avenue,
Carl Jockheck. surety, $500.
Nick Lonergan. lis East Sixth. V.
! Kaczynski, surety, $780,
Joseph Allen, 500 Kansas avenue.
Thos. Voiland, surety, $500.
Bud White. SIS North Kansas avenue.
H. c. Lindsey, surety,
E. R. Barber. 610 Kansas avenue. H.
G. Lindsey. surety $500.
Chas. Hines. 610 Kansas avenue. H.
G. Lindsey, surety.
Harve Wheeler, s27 North Kansas
| avenue. C. T. Marble, surety. $500.
Jas. Sheasley, arrested July 8, 70S
Kansas avenue. VIM. Moeser. surety.
Porter Patterson. 141s King street.
Porter Patterson. 1913 King street,
arrested Iune 27.
Clarence woods. 500 North Kansas
avenue
VIII Curry, ia West Norris street.
Tony Kerch. 70S Kansas avenue VIM
Moeser, surety, $500.
Rachael Brown, 91S-920 Kansas ave-
nue.
H. Fletcher, S27 North Kansas avenue.
Fred Bremen. 612 Kansas avenue north
"A Colvin, surety. $500.
c. w. Mann, 612 Kansas avenue J. A.
Colvin. surety. $500.
Andy Dupree. 116 Kansas avenue. H. c.
Lindsey. surety, $500.
Charles Fletcher. 610 Kansas avenue
Gilbert Slucher. surety. $500
William LaWless and Ike Kicker sig
Quincy street. H. c. Lindsey. surety, 81
Charles Hoffman: 512 East First. Kate
Hoffman, surety. $500.
Frank Raynor -so1 Kansas avenue. r.
T. Kreipe, surety. $500