The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-03
POLICE STATION NOTES.

Somebody is making a fairly good Mv-
ing selling bicycles picked up along the
street. Three wheels of various makes
were reported to the police this morning
as having been stolen Tuesday evening"
In addition two other thefts of like ma
ture. were reported as having taken
place of late. The parties reporting are
Arthur Gray Crescent, stolen on the 2d
of August J. p. Coleman, Columbia Pc
moved from in front of the Y. NJ. c. A.
building, a Sharpless wheel owned by
DIR. w. l. Warmer taken last evening
from the public library and a Rambler
make, owner not stated, likewise taken
from the public library Tuesday even
ing between 5 and 6 o'clock.
new method for disposing of stolen
wheels has come to light. The piece Of
infOrma ton was revealed to the police
last night in the case of A. j. Hayden,
an employee of the Santa Fe offices who
lost wheel last Monday evening. Tues
day evening Mr.. Hayden went down to
the station towing along a small mes
senger boy from one of the local tele-
graph companies. The boy had a por-
ton of the wheel, belonging to Hayden
The wheel which the boy had been rid
ing had the frame, handle bars, sprOck-
ct wheel and chain belonging to the
stolen wheel. The seat and wheels were
the possessions of the boy who had
bought the other portion of the anatO-
my of the wheel from man who was
a stranger to him. The new scheme OF
disposing OF stolen wheel piece meal
is a new trick and one that will aid
effectually i'll hiding the Identification
of the property stolen.
George Youngman, an ever present
source of the vintage de trouble, at
tempted to indulge in little knight err
rantry Tuesday afternoon. George was
mad because he had been fined s. I'm
police court for assaulting Joe Mccoy,
15-year-old colored youth hired by
Youngman to sweep out the joint which
the latter runs at First and Madison.
George insisted that he had not hit the
boy when the Mccoy youth had asked
him for pay. Therefore when the court
held against Youngman his wrath bub-
bled to the surface ana broke out In
great waves. He went out into the Jail
office previous to being locked up and
when the officers searched him accused
them of stealing SO. He was hauled of
to the cell room resisting and attempt
ing to fight back.
Mrs. Julia Flansburg swore out n
charging V. r. Helms, 20
years old, with disturbing her peace.
Helms was placed under arrest Tuesday
evening. The Helms, mother and son,
roomed at the Temperance and Faith
home which Mrs. Flansburg has lately
esta blished at 213 East Fourth street.
The home is in the nature of a board
ing house and Mrs F'lansburg, who is
to establish an "uplift'
the dlOuB Last
street has had considerable diff
fculty with the people among whom
she has established herself. This last
trouble came when Mrs. Flansburg
turned out Mrs. Helms from the
Home" without previous notice. The
son, V. r. Helms, interfered in his
mothers behalf. -
Bessie Lanes attempted conversation
with four different men on the North
side late Monday evening cost her SO
in police court Tuesday afternoon.
cleaning out the Auditorium, completed
their labors yesterday afternoon and
were returned to the city Jail by Officer
Younkin.
Patrol Driver Will White, who is en-
Toying his ten days vacation, will leave
for a farm near Phillipsburg, Kan.
Oscar Brown is long on quick recov-
cry. He was picked up limped drunk
1t noon Tuesday but was sufficiently
to be tried 4hours afterwards.
Brown was very pleasant, he smiled
breaths and before and after
each breath. When he didn't smile he
;mirked. Though Brown is so pleasant
lis wife can't stay with him. He lives
Alone He was fined $50 not long since
,or the pleasant habit of threatening to
kill his wife.
Brown got a fine of SO.