The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-12

Helm wholesale establishment, which 1
is clear across the river in North To-
peka- Perhaps it is easier to spot
beer which is not in the combine.
That Sunday Meeting.
A man who attended the Sunday aft
ernoOn meeting of the committee of
Two Hundred said today:
The sentiment of the meeting was
undoubtedly very friendly to Wolf and
McCollum. Both of these gentlemen
were present at the meeting, and both
were given a chance to defend them
selves.
Wolf made a bad mess of it, in my
opinion. He acted like a whipped dog,
and to my mind, gave evidence of be-
ing guilty of the offenses charged
against him McCollurn on the other
hand, made a much better impression.
He told a better story, and told it
straight. He was asked to explain how
it was that the joints which he raids
always get wind of his coming ahead a,
time. He practically admitted that the
joints were getting advance informa-
ton of raids. But he said they were
getting it through spoilers of their
own employment He said that he be-
lieved the joints had spoilers station
ed around the police station, and at
various points along the avenue, whose
business it was to notify the joints
just as soon as they saw any susplc-
ious movement on the part of the po-
lice.
"iThe meeting was all very harmon
ious, and it seemed pretty evident TO
me that the committee expects to back
up McCoIlum and Wolf to the last
ditch
It is claimed that Mayor Bergund-
thai has appointed a police committee
retaining Chief McCollun at the head
/ of the police department
Samuel T. Howe and S. A. Swendson.
while they both are in favor OF a grand
I IaEa In =
1 of allowing NcCollum to stay at the
head of the department a while longer.
/ William Green is probably in favor II
/ a change in police affairs. There is not
much doubt that the majority OF the
new council will stand by Green ana
oppose Bergundthal in this ISSUE
When Mayor Bergundthal was asked
4 today whether or not he had appointed
/ the police committee with reference to
its attitude to Chief McColluIn, he
said:
4 think it is a very strong commit
It is likely that Chief McCollum, act
/ ing under direct@on of the mayor, vii
make considerable of demonstration
/ against the joints for a while, but II
will not fool people much The past
record of the department can not be
erased.
Replies to Mcfarland.
Frank J. Lynch. attorney for Frank
/ Bates, was asked today whether ne
4 had read Rev. J. D. Mcfarland pul-
pit editorial, in which Mr. Lynch was
| ridiculed and roasted without much
mercy. He said:
Yes, 1 read DR.. McFarland's 'edi-
toriaI / very frequently attend his
( church. He is the best pulpit orator TO
whom I have ever listened. His rare
+ scholarship, his splendid delivery ana
lsbOve all his command OF beautllul
/ English make him the peer or any
man In the Methodist church. True ne
| is a fanatic but fanatics are needed
and the good they eventually accom-
pIish often makes reparation for the
error into which they are always snse
The doctor seems to be a man OF
such strong prejudices that he falls. to
keep control of himself. He goes OH
half cooked Probably ne canlot
help it as natural religious tendencies,
coupled with his position and educa-
ton produce just such characteristics
as he seems to possess. 1t is dlf1eult
to convince such a man tnat ne Is u u
boring under a delusion but when he
becomes convinced he will probably
IF the doctor will just hold himself
for a little time he will see the sa-
looms of Topeka closed. He will SUI
denly discover that Tor some time he
with a number of other good citizens
have been laboring unwittingly with
Topekas liquor league. 1t was pup
ucly announced by a half drunken
iointist on the occasion of the last cry
election that for once he and Dr. NC
Farland were preaching from the
same pulpit The doctor should tenn
porarily curb himself.
Bates Makes Denial.
Frank Bates is still in his fighting
clothes against the Schlitz beer COM
bine which he firmly believes is un-
der the direct protection OF Ch1et Nc
Collum, or perhaps c. V Wolf, VINO
toI5 Bates that "he would still be
head Of the police department as long
as McCollum was chief" Mr. Bates
said today:
that 1 called upon him month or
two prior to the Republican primaries
and offered to pay him money for
nrotection That statement / de-
pa1,nce as a lie. 1 never talked to
McColIum in my life until the night
I was arrested. L barely had a speak
ing acquaintance with MIN, as we
passed on the street. When ne was
appointed chief I did not know who
he was, until a fellow pointed him out
to me one day when he went into
Wolf's hardware store men l re re-
r17elnbered that had seen him before
when he was collecting for some con
cern. 1 never exchanged word with
McCollurn until the night I was pull
ed. Then I took him off into cor
ner and told him what / thought Of
him. 1 accused him to his face OF
taking money from me, ana ne dlo
not deny it had not peen IN ne te
fbis fbis,' time I was invited to start in by
C. " Woh.'
Women Paid S125.
If a grand jury is called to investi-
gafe the Doodle charges in this city,
sonoA of the women who run sin pal
aces on Kansas avenue would make
excellent witnesses. Their testimony
would be of the unwilling variety, but
what evidence could be squeezed out
| of them would be very interesting and
edifying-
A. E- McCollum took charge of the
nolice department as chic fon Novem-