The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-12-28
Prepares to Give Back Contra
band Wet Goods.
1T is A BIG TASK.
Invoice OF Jugs, Bottles and
Beer Pumps Under Way.
Judge Hazen's Ruling RespOn-
sfble for the Action.

Official Notice-All ye who have
booze, beer-pumps, and other similar
paraphernalia at the police station
which was taken from you when you
were raided on the idea that liquor
was being dispensed illegally at your
place, call at Chief StahIs private Of
fee on Thursday afternoon and get
your stuff The favor will be free
and no questions asked
Thursday will be field day at the city
bastile- a list compiled by Chief Stahl
this morning shows that forty differ
ent people have booze, and the neces-
sary fixtures pertaining to its dis
pensing, at the station. Under Judge
Hazen's ruling on the seizure" law,
this must all be given back Mr.. Stahl
will comply on Thursday afternoon.
1t will take him until then to get
ready.
He started on his invoicing job this
morning. His office looked like a
brewery sample room. Stacked up
against the walls were a motley array
of beer pumps, fully fifty in number.
On the floor, leaving scarcely enough
space over which to safely navigate,
were arrayed a tangled wilderness of
jugs, bottles, glasses. boxes, mallets, ct
cetera. The little room off the chiefs
office was full of unassorted stuff on
which he was working.
The "Old Man" was perspiring. His
coat was on, his shirt sleeves were
furled up, and he was buster than a
bird dog mixed up between a half
dozen hocks of quail He is a con-
scientious chief. and wanted every fell
low to get back everything that was
coming to him.
''Oh. it is a hard job" he muttered
between his imprecations upon Judge
Hazen and the district court for MAX
ing the ruling which compels him to
return the stuff. 1T would be easy to
close the joints if I had the proper sym
pathy of the county officials. But a
lawyer told me-" and he Strengthened
himself up out of an avalanche of jugs,
''one of the best lawyers in town. that
Hazen,s ruling won't hold. I know it
won't"
Doesn't it worry you to give back
Yes. it worries me-" was the reply.
But then I have the evidence anyway.
1t takes away some of my fighting ma
terial and makes it bad in some re-
CARDS"
You won't have any booze left in
here at all after you make the proper
returns?"
Yes I will" was the answer. "Quite |
bit of it belongs to me. had men /
go out and buy it, And he pointed to
a bunch of jugs and bottles under his
desk
evidence?"
THAT is all mere bosh," said the /
chief getting half way mad. IF man
uses some side means to capture d 1
criminal outside of illegal liquor SELL
ers. he is rated a hero, is called shrewd, I
and a fine detective. But if he is a
Fpotter he is tabOoed all over the state. 1
Hazen'S idea won't stand
Then the chief got busy again with /
his asserting. 1t will take him most X
of today and a good share of tomor- +
row morning.
He gave out this list this morning. |.
containing the names of persons who Ii
have liquor or kindred paraphernalia J,
at the station. 1t contains total of
40 names. They follow: Hutch Cave, II
Bill Gay. Andy Dupree. Ruth Bailey. |,
Harve Wheeler, Bee Adams, George
Anderson, Aunt Jane Davis, Nick
Chiles, John Imbler, Bette Mccoy.
Cash Curtis, George Dupree, Frank
Raynor. Jim Miller. ]. r. Douglas, Bob
Dick Johnson. Democratic FTambeau
club, Fred Collins, Louis Grey, Porter
Patterson. Frank Murphy, Matte
johnson, Dick Hoffman, Dan Finney.
Martina Bailey. Gran Mougin, Charles
Humbert. Ben Jordan. Homer Gregg.
Otto Anderson. Jack Bradshaw Frank
Zimmerman, Skat club. Bill Lawless,
Lucy Stevenson, George Klauer. Il
Because Eugene Crith is said to have
tried to take willie Smiths girl away :
from her after the services were over +
at the Asbury Methodist church in ;
North Topeka on Sunday night, and ,
because Crith is accused of soaking Z
Smith with the assistance of one AL
exander Garrett. both Crith and Gar r
rett had to pay three dollar fines in ,
the police court this morning. The !
boys made a lot of counter charges,
end Judge Hamilton sized it up as fol-
lows: Guess you were all trying to :
get even with one another. 1t will cost
you three dollars apiece
Police Judge Hamilton concluded this
session, which was very I
short and lacking in enough excitement
10 keep even the interested awake, by
giving Jim Wilson, a vag, a free pass
1ut of town. Wilson GOT