The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-11-08

whom and when was more than. Ihs
assistant attorney general could eell-l
Every precaution had been taken to
make the raid secret one The m
formation was not filed with the coun-
ty clerk until 4:3Q and Judge Carver
Immediately started for the sheriff,s
once and secured a portion OF his
force from that Office From there the
party went to the county Jail where
the services Of Jailer Lawson were Sc
cured and a hot foot march made for
the places to be raideds The gallant
little force could not fly. The tele
phone seems to be the mode of con-
veyfng information Of the proposed
raids and they could not beat the
message. The sherifIs force as Wen
as the county clerks and Jaller Law
son are sure that the Information came
from outside sources. It IS fmnaterlal
where the information came from: the
iointists received it as they nave SO
many times in the past and mad plenty
of time in which to save their goods
When seen this morning Assistant
Attorney Carver was very much dis
gusted with affairs in general and
particularly those Of the sheriff and
noIice departments. said: 1T have
tried to keep the proposed raids
secret for the reason that I find that
they are always tipped off from some
source or other. / wanted TO make
these raids last Saturday and had
everything IN Readiness anu W Git u
the office. of the sheriff to secure the
co-operation of that Office. I was in
formed that I would have to wait IN
I'll Monday. as the Office was very busy
with other matters ana could not
spare the men, I was there MONDAY
but was compelled to wait until nearly
night before I could get some Of the
force to go with me. I then went
upstairs to the county clerks Office
and filed my complaints and was as
secret about the matter as it was pos
sible to be Not over an hour elapsed
between the time that I secured the
warrants and the time that I served
them on the first place, but in the
meantime information or my plans
had preceded me and everything had
been removed from the Joint except
the odor Of liquor. I am handicapped
by the fact that the sheriff's force
and the police refuse to cooperate
with me, and they do not make any
vigorous denials of the fact. I asked
Chief of Police Goodwin for Informal
asked him to have his men get It for
me This he declined to do and said
that it is necessary for the police
force to visit these places in search
of criminals and if it becomes known
that they were turning in information
relative to the joints that they would
be refused admfttance. He said that
the criminals and crooks congregate
at these places and there is about the
only place that the police can ind
them, and they are almost a necessity
in the detection Of criminals.
I have been unable to get papers
served promptly and it seems to me
that both the sheriff's force and the po-
lice department are not only refusing
to aid me but they are doing what they
can to handicap me and nike my ef-
forts futile. I have tried repeatedly to
get papers served only to be put of
on some pretext or other I have not
made up my mind as yet what I will
do in the matter but something Of a
radical move may be expected if the
present conditions continue to exist
Some time ago 7 had number of IN