The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-04-13
Two Jointists Who Find Things
Rather Warm.
They Are Roy Daniels and Rob-
ert Pigg.
RUMOR THEY WILLQUIT
Finding Things Altogether Too
Lively Here.
Woman Made Insane by the Use
Of Liquor.

Roy Daniels. keeper of the "Owl
joint, and Robert Pigg, keeper of the
.'7Night-blooming Cereus, were con-
victed in police court last night Of
keeping nuisances- This makes two
each for these keepers, and another
case against them is pending. They
were fined the customary 500 and 80
days in jail and filed the customary
appeal. This time. however, the APP
peal bond was hard 10 procure. Judge
Urmy refused to take Col. H. c. Lind
say on the bonds. on the grounds that
the colonel was on too many bonds.
The victims, Daniels and Pigg, spent
several hours in Jail before their at
torneys could procure a bond accept
able to the court.
1t is rumored that Pigg and Daniels
will give it up for bad job and close
their respective places.
S. NJ. McColvin, who is held at the
city jail on a charge of being drunk,
was arrested Thursday afternoon, after
making two unsuccessful attempts to
commit suicide. His performance took
place at the home of Fred Stevens,
! 333 Lyn street. He first tried to cut
/ his throat with a very dull case knife,
| and failing in the attempt, tried a
/ pair of scissors. He was disarmed by
friends. and turned over to the police.
who consider his case not one of in
sanity. but of "remorseful jag"
H. Grace, formerly farmer living
north of Rochester school house was
/ arrested last evening by Deputy
/ Sheriff Carl Lawson for assaulting his
| divorced wife. Grace, VINO had been
i boarding at the German hotel walked
1 out to- the farm where his wife is liv-
| ing, and knocked her down. Neigh
/ bors telephoned the sheriffs Office,
\ and Lawson, who went out to investi-
| gate, met Grace walking into town. He
was under the influence of liquor hut
made no resistance. The officer did
not go on to the farm, but returned to
| the county Jail with his prisoner. An
| attempt was made to find out some
| thing about the case by telephone, but
| the storm prevented the use of the
line. and no details could be learned.
| A rumor that no assault had been
! committed. led Sheriff Lucas to re-
lease the man, but this morning. when
telephone connections had been re-
stored. he learned that Grace had
actually assaulted Mrs. Grace, and left
her in an unconscious condition.
Sheriff Lucas at once went to the Ger
man hotel and rearEestsd Grace. Mrs.
/ Grace will be IN town some time today
to make complain t-against him.
Mrs. Anna. Anderson. wife of Santa
Fe shop employee, was arrested last
woman is said to be a habitual drunk
ard, and it is presumed that insanity is
a result.
Both Mrs. Anderson and her husband
Gus Anderson, have been the cause OF
frequent police court trouble. The Of
hcers have been called out to quel
riots in the Anderson home on several
occasions, and invariably found both
husband and wife in an intoxicated
condition.
For several months the parents OF
Gus Anderson have been keeping the
Anderson children, as the mother was
frequently unit to care for them. Re
Gently complaints have been made that
Mrs. Anderson would go out and throw
stones at passing school children and
break up the furniture in her house
: She had been away from home three
days when arrested. and had been beg
. ging food from house to house Will,
on this tour she stopped at the home
of Police Matron Mrs. Thorpe and ask
ed for something to eat.
Jacob Weinmaster was arrested las
i. night for assaultfng Adam Simon. Boil
defendant and prosecuting witness art
Russians from Little Russia" in Nortl
l Topeka. Weinmaster got out on bone
l this morning and will have a hearing
tomorrow.