The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-07-16
POLICE. JOTTINCS.
VIM. Spendl0ve Runs into a
Room Full of Trouble.
Borrowed Watch But Gets a
Fine Of. $25.
TOO SLOW ABOUT 1T.
Didn't Return the Timepiecs as
Soon as He Should.
The Usual InstaIIment of Joint
Raids Is Credited.

Inc next time William Spendlove is
the author of a story he will take
more care of the logical sequence.
Things don't happen haphazard and
without real cause. The fact that the
memory wheels of Spendlove in this
present instance didn't work with the
smoothness which they should caused
big bunch of trouble.
| SpendIoves works at livery stables in
the capacity of roustabout He lives
| at 1924 Jackson street, and stole a
watch from c. H. Black of los Lyn-
don street. Black had been engaged
on some repairs of the livery stable
on East Tenth between Kansas ave-
nue. and Quincy streets while Spend
love was employed there. Black lost
a watch While working on the livery
stable and Spendlove made it mem
Der OF his collection of personal be-
long1ngs- The owner of the time
piece had suspected the man had
taken it and the officers We're notified
Ihey kept a lookout and Officer Hart
Identified the watch yesterday when
Spendlove had it in his possession He
took the man under arrest. SPEND
love claimed he had no watch with
him but said he had one at home. At
the same time he handed some money
over to his employer, Newell. of the
livery stable at 922 Kansas avenue
together with the much wanted watch
SDendlove secured a fine of $25 for
u.
He proved his failure both as a petty
thief and author of plausible
stories meant to deceive the police
judge of his possession of another's
property. The claim set up was that
he purchased it.
Friday afternoon was hot one for
the ordinarily citizen as well as those
who engage in shaking the thirst of
those who have cultivated palate
for beer. George L. Klauer, SIG Kan
sas avenue, William Lawless, SO
Quincy street. and John Miller of the !
Mckinley club on East Seventh were
the recipients of the unwelcome atten- |
tions of StahI and his blue coated adj
herents. KIauer. and Lawless each |
lost case of Rochester and Schlitz |
respectively to the northwest corner |
of Fifth and jackson streets, while |
the Mckinley club found that the
operate was not sufficient to protect |
them from arrest Two kegs of beer, |
two pumps and a pine bar made the |
entry in this last case.
One of the most dfsgraceful cases
to come before the police judge was
that in which Ray Miller, an 1S-year-l
old youth was the guilty party
the extent of the crime in which he
is involved Miller approached the
small daughter of William Hebb, a
grocer living at the corner of Fourth |
posals to her. The child. who was
riding on her wheel. became alarmedI
and told her parents of what Miller
had done. His arrest imme diately I
took place and he was tried this
morning, receiving a fine of $50 and
costs. The young man had no excuse
to offer for his act The fact that the
young man has been guilty of similar
actions in the past makes his last act
appear the more serious. The parents
of the boy are eminently respectable
and the boy is of bright appearance.
He has been employed at the Santa
Fe offices. but is now a machinists
apprentice. Judge Hamilton desired
that the penalty of the boys act might
be suffered by him Immediately and
not upon his parents
man by the name of Edmonds
bound for Kansas City applied at the
police station Friday night for trans
portation to that place. Edmonds was
a cocaine fiend of the most pronounced
type. He was Quivering like a person
suffering from the St. VituS dance and
would take recourse to the drug every
few minutes.
Chas Humbert of varied fame andrep-
utation was arrested late Friday after
noon for disturbing the peace at 211
East Fourth street where he resides
Humbert was drunk. So much so that
ne had to be propelled with the aid of |
TWO policemen. The occupants of the
rooms nearby to 211 East Fourth were
Kept at a settler like condition by the
Jacket and threats which Humbert was {
Joe McCord a coIored boy for being
ourteen years old has well developed |
md widely differing tastes. He did the "
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