The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-10
POLICE JOTTINCS.
Lively Time at the Session of
Court Today.
Chief Golf Is Once More on
Duty.
GET NEW PATROL TEAM
They Drove Them Overland
From Nebraska.
JaAer Miller Is Suffering From
Collision.
GET NEW PATROL TEAM


For two days the members of the po-
lice force have been compelled to earn
their salaries on account Of the un-
usually fragrant outburst Of sin that has
been manifested among the people who
nave transactions with the police head
quarters. The apartments in the rear
OF the city Jail are well filed and police
court at this mornings session was well
occupied Several cases have been laid
over to subsequent sessions. Chief of
Police Con- and Patrol Driver viii
White returned Sunday morning from
Nebraska with team of fine sorrell
horses for the patrol wagon They had
been gone four days, having driven
overland 10 Topeka. The horses are
five years old. full Of mettle and well
matched. White harnessed them and
drove them about town for while this
morning to get them in practice. They
appear TO be well broken.
Among Saturdays collections by the
police force were w. Z. Spry and John
McCrow who were drunk. AlcCrow had
been in a fight with someone who in
fiicted two small cuts, one over and
one under his left eye. He didn't re-
member the name of his bruiser. He got
a five dollar fine while Spry came in
for ten.
local jeweler and a newspaper car
rier fell into an alteration over the
amount of the newspaper bill Saturday
afternoon. The carrier accused the
Jeweler Of prevaricatio and was knock
ed down for his temerity. The jeweler
was subsequently fined So on an assault
charge and In retaliation had the car
rier arrested for disturbing the peace.
That part of the difficulty hasn't been
closed up yet.
A. NJ. Drake was Dusenberried Sat
urday for riding a wheel on the side
walk. Next.
Three small coIored lads have a diff
Guilty to dispose of in police court. The
boys are Ed Roberts and Carl and
Willie Douglass. They are alleged to
have thrown rocks at one William
Thompson. who is blind. The boys are
between ten and fourteen years old.
When temporarily released from other
duties Saturday night three large po-
licemen dropped into Otto Andersons
place at 222 Kansas avenue They aft
erwards dropped out, taking with them
Mr.. Anderson anu one depleted key
of booze. William Woods the barkeep-
er, was taken also. On or about the
same time r. d. Perry was "pinchad"
at Frank Raynor's place at Third and
Kansas avenue on the nuisance charge
Jailer Bob Miller is wearing the i'm
print of the dainty worries of Mrs. Jose
phtne Giles upon one of his ears. At
the time he received the impression Mrs.
Giles was wearing some thing that look
ed like large incorrigible cocaine jag
o She had been gathered up at the corner
of Second and Quincy streets Sunday
night on the complaint of some of the
neighbOrs whose peace she was dis
turbing materially. Mrs. Giles, who is
a small black lady, proved that she was
able to keep more than one police off
Ger busy at a time and she continued
the demonstration until she was safely
placed in a cage upstairs in the wo-
mans ward. When she arrived at the
police station in the patrol wagon she
demonstrated against being unloaded
and Jailer Miller was called upon tc
assist her into the building. While
descending from the wagon she coyly
leaned over and bit his ear. Miler's cal
is doing nicely. Mrs. Giles will hear
her fate in police court this afternoon
The atmosphere in and about Little Rus
eia in North Topeka was seriously dis
tions Of Russian language which could b'
seen and heard hurting through the *,
for blocks around. In the language OF I'M
'perfesh." the domicile Of one of the re
spected residents Of that locality had beer
chocolate complexion. The name of tn,
loser I'm Russian looks much like line o
"pi'' and not be transmitted Foul
dollars We're missing The burglar IS al
legged to have been Frank Weatherly
COlOred lad of sixteen 1rOStS. He was PICK
cd up later on Kansas avenue by OfI1cer
Reed and Henderson and charged with va
granCy in order to hold him. Weather.!
is said to have entered the house SOM
time Sunday morning. When the thief
was discovered the neighbors were called
in for an indignation meeting, which wa
successfully held. The police were after
ward notified
Sam Hayden. formerly husband of tn
late frankie Hayden, black. and of un
savory reputation commenced this morn
ing the discharge Of fine of s25 for va
grancy The police have il in for MIR
Hayden. He wasn't doing anything whe,
he was arrested. That was Just why the,
arrested him. Hayden was gathered III
near the Kansas avenue bridge. He wa
in possession Of a l-lndle Of clothing,
chatelaine bag and a silver spoon. which
he claimed were part of his househOl,
effects. the two latter articles having beel
the property of his late spouse The DO
lice thought maybe Sam wasn't telling tn
truth but they couldn't prove 1t. He viii
be permitted to shovel SIS worth of nut
for the city.
William Bryan and Robert Henderson
were arrested Sunday evening by Polio
OFFICERS Asher and Miller upon complain
of one Jacob Ruiz, an agriculturist
who alleges that the two men stole hi
watch Bryan and Henderson are tw
Young white men. Rutze claims they en-
deavOred to get him into a card game il
which he declined TO Join. He says the
afterward got him drunk and took hi
watch away from him. The two me-
have been transferred to the county jail
Henderson secured his release on BON
this morning. They are charged with lar
ceny from the person
William Hooton. a Santa Fe section han
off duty. and one J. Jones, were arreste
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