The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-04-01
Vide Open Joint FlOurisheg
Next to VOLTS Store.
Proprietor Is One Of Well
known Liquor Sellers.
KEEP HANDS OFF.
POiicsmar who Reaerted It
Sent to " Bottoms"
A Few Things for Voters TO
Think About.

It may be OF interest TO G. V. WOiLs
who says that under his administration
Of the police department there are no
joints. to know that at 116 East Sixth
street, next door to his hardware store.
is one OF the thriving booze dispen-
saries OF the city. and it is running
wide oDen.
or course Wolf does not know this.
Wolf never goes into such places.
Ths proprietor OF the wide open
- - at 11s East Sixth Is Frank Bates.
, The leading ''barr1sters'' Of the
one = Bates has been at the bar
Guy -- IRA bar on and on for a
number OK years. = soes=-t,,ts
The Frank Bates ), -. --ch tr,ei7.
to all who desire to e.. 49,
spring-time thirst by drinAS
heuser-Busch beer or c!.eaD whishys.sta
Here are some instructions for ths
Committee Of Two Hundred II fhsy
want to investigate" one OF wolra
private protection joints. Go in at the
front door Of the place one door east
of the Wolf Bros. & Cole hardware
store. Pass through the restaurant
around a narT oW screen directly oppo-
site the front door, go IN one step
through a door into the rear room,
and there you are. On the west side OF
the low room, the side nearest to Mr..
Wolf. and separated from his place OF
business by a single wall, you win find
/ = Ds'F reaching @ls7sGzt ts=s es.sars
length Of the room. There are no pot
ties on the bar. II there are any they
are under the bar on shelf A desk
shaped ice chest one Of the kind made
to hold two kegs, stands against the
wall about the center Of the bar in N
position where the squeak of the du-
pick pump should be audible in the
Wolf establishment If you have the
price with you, the bartender will Jerk
the pump handle q time or two and
draw you glass Of Anheuser- Busch
beer Ii you prefer whisky, he can
also furnish that. but the beer trade
IS the best during this warm spell For
Wolf or McCOllum to say they do not
know this. joint is running wide open
ana unTnolested would be Dreposterous
They will not deny st. Dlt simply asJ1
the public the old, old question, What
are you going to do about ft?''
POLICEMAN HENDRICKS INTER-
FERED-
Policeman Frank Hendricks has
| been punished for trying to have this
Bates joint suppressed. It seems to be
in high favor with Councilman Wolf
and his chief of police.
The new list of beats, which is hung
up the first of every month, shows me
location of patrOImen for the month
For a long time Frank Hendricks, one
Of the old time policemen. has been on
duty on what is known as the Quincy
beat, including two blocks around the
corner Of Sixth and Quincy. TIE new
location card shows Hendricks in the
Bottoms" a beat taking in The terri
tory between Kansas avenue and tie
Santa Fe shops, and north OF Fourth
street.
The Quincy beat includes the block
where VOLTS hardware store and the
Bates joint. the next door east, are To-
Gated The joint was started UP in the
old rear room, back Of the restaurant,
about March Is. Hendricks knew that
the joint was in operation. as everyone
else having any business in that vicju-
ity knew. OF course Hendricks knows
better than to tell the public why he
was transferred-it would cost him his
job. He says he don't know why they
put him in the Bottoms probably
because they want a good man there.
At the same time he knows that he
was removed i6'om that particular To-
cality because he was becoming a
nuisance to those who were protecting
that particular joint
Hendricks does not dare to tell that
he repOrted the Bates Joint every day
for two weeks, but it is q known fact
that he did. In this manner he became
such an aggravation to McCollum and
cided to put him where he could not
enterfere. This should serve as a
warning to other policemen not TO
meddle with joints. They are the pri-
vate snap of others, and must not be
disturbed without special orders.
TOWNSEND AND THOMPSON.
Two of the prominent citizens of tie
Third war, Lon Townsend and Mike
supporters Of c. v. Wolf.
Lon Townsend lives at 3O1 West
Thirteenth. HS is put down in the de
rectory as A. c. Townsend, capitalist.
He is the prosperous Topeka agent for
Schlitz beer, and makes big money. He
is for Wolf because SchIitz is in the
combine and it would be very disas-
trOus thing to the combine to have
Wolf removed from the city council
and replaced by a staunch prohibition
ist like William Green.
Mike Thompson lives at 500 Monroe
street, and is general manager Of the
poker, craps and roulette rooms which
are running full blast over the Royal
not molest this place. It is exempt
Why?
When Mike Thompson, Lon Town
send, DR.. ". S Lindsay Mrs. Margaret
Hill AcCarter and few other Third
ward political workers all pull togeth-
| er they ought to elect the man of their
choice without much difficulty.
The friends of William Green saw
that Townsend and Thompson are
smooth enough not to take an active
part in the campaign. Their influence
1 in the Third ward is somewhat limited
But it makes no difference what they
may say, people who are conversant
with the situation assert that what
work they can do will be done for
Wolf
WHIPPING INTO LINE
Wolf is now devoting his energies to
oiling the wheels Of his political ma
chine, or rather Of his two machines.
He is much encouraged by his success
in lining up the politicians.
c. v. Wolf is after all the help he