The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-15

right as to my surmise that something
else was being sold in the place of hop
tea His analysis shows that the sam
pies contained $40 per cent of alcohol
Dy weight and $40 per cent by volume.
had these samples analysed be-
cause L had been threatened with
damage suits and I wanted to be sure
that was in the right. Hop tea must
SO you see that I was right in my sur
mise.
Puts Detective to Work.
'On Wednesday notice was served
on me that the law relative to gam
bling and liquor selling was being vio-
lated on all sides. 1t was then that I
asked the executive council to pass an
order that no refreshments could be
sold on the grounds excepting pop,
lemonade and ginger ale and the Or
der was passed without dissenting
vote. AT this time I offered a reward
of $50 individually and unknown to
the executive committee for evidence
that the law against the sale of liquor
or the law against gambling was being
broken. 1 even went farther than
that: employed young Dusenberry,
whose first name l do not know, as
detective to investigate these charges
and though no one knew anything
about this appointment but DuSen-
berry and myself at the time the APP
pointment was made, it was not an
hour until every jointist and gambler
ing and he could not secure evidence
against the violators of the law.
If the business methods of the Of
nee of the secretary of the association
manner we would not have had this
trouble to contend with. The stubs
of the privilege blanks do not show
for what purpose that the concessions
were sold, and that has been a great
handicap to me.
1--WE have had force of city police
on the grounds and I have instructed
Mr.. Ed Pavey to report any and all
and have depended on him for in
formation to assist Mr.. Steele and my
SELF
Steele Says He Tried.
Henry Steele, who is in charge of
the force on the grounds. said: 81
took this job to accommodate my
friend John Wilkerson, who was called
away on business, and I have tried my
best to do my duty as an officer: did
not solicit it and I don't want it now.
1 am ready to quit. I have been
abused and my business injured for
doing my duty as I have seen it.'-But
the trouble with Mr.. Steele was he
didn't see it.
Why Samson Did It.
Gene Jewell, one of the most con-
sentative of the executive board, said:
There have been some bad mistakes
made by the management of the asso-
citation, and that must be admitted.
If a little more care had been taken in
letting the privileges we would not
have been up against these conditions.
The truth of the matter is that the
association was needing money badly
at the time that these privileges were
being sold, and I think that the sec
retary took the money for the priv
ileges without questioning the purpose
that they we're to be used for. 1 know
very well that it would be a very poor
piece of business to sell the hop tea
privilege for the same price as any
other. for I know of dozen men in
the city who would gladly pay $1,000
for exclusive privilege to sell hop tea
on the grounds the week of the fair,
for when they are selling hop tea it
is nearly impossible to keep them
from selling beer as well. for beer can
be bought under a hop tea label and
it will take a chemists analysis to tell
the difference unless man is an ha-
bitual beer drinker, and we cannot
afford to make tasters out of our
police force"
Mr.. Pavey Replies.
When told that the blame for the
open condition at the fair grounds was
being laid at his door, Detective Pa
Vey said: MY instructions were to
look after thieves and other dfsrep-
utable characters who always follow
these shows. And Wednesday when
1 called the attention Of Mr.. Lee to
the fact that there were gambling
games running on the grounds, and
even pointed two of them out to him,
he said: We'll, don't arrest them
now, but see me at 2 O'Clock, as they
have not paid their license yet I do
not like this idea of being made a
scapegoat for the association, and 1
will not stand for it. If I had been
instructed to close the joints and gam |
bling games 1 would have done so, as
they were run in the open, but that |
was not what my duties were to be-