The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-11-21
TWO MUST GO
Action to Gust Kansas Mayors
Is Begun
KirkwOod of Pittsburg and
O'Donnell Of Junction City.
LIKE THE ROSE CASE.
Charged With Permitting La"
to BE Violated.
Names Of Liquor Sellers Given
i'll Suits.
Thirty-One in Pittsburg and
Sixteen in Junction.
LIKE THE ROSE CASE.
Names Of Liquor Sellers Given
i'll Suits.

Late Tuesday afternoon, Attorney
. General G. G. Coleman fled four more
r'prohibition'' custer suits in the KAN
sas supreme court. directed against
the following persons and corpora
tions:
A. B. Kirkwood, mayor OF Pitts
burg. Republican.
F. W. ODonneu, mayor of Junction
CITY of Pittsburg. city Of first class
City of Junction City. city Of second
class.
All the suits are similar to those
filed by Attorney General Coleman
against Mayor W. w Rose OF Kansas
The suits against the mayors are to
oust them from Office for failure to
enforce the prohibitory law ln thelr
cities.
The suits against the municipalities
themselves are to prohibit and oust
them and all their officers from the
Illegal practice OF collecting licenses
from joints and houses Of illfame
The suits are signed BY r. > Jack
son. as assistant attorney general, as
we'll as by General Coleman MT
Jackson said this morning:
You can attach whatever slgnlH-
canoe to the fact that my name ap-
pears that you like 1t IS sa1e 70 say
that these cases will not be dismissed
after I get into office.
Mavor Fred O'Donnell, of Junction
City, is a brother of Harry O'Donneil
of Ellsworth. who was formerly
member of the legislature Fred
O'DonneN Is also a doctor, and IS one
of the most popular citizens OF juno
ton City.
Each of the suits gives a long list OF
D.. names of owners of joints The pro
prietors of disorderly houses are also
listed in the suits directed against the
municipalities themselves.
The list OF keepers Of joints IN
Junction city is set forth as follows:
James K. Bergin, Brooks & Black.
Black & Gist; Henry Bros; George
HUM, William Miller. Anthony King.
Lancaster Bros. E. @. Malley, Nc
Keever & Bell Geo. Schmoldt. NJ. J.
lawson. a. J. Taylor. W. G. Williams,
Thos York J. f. Nixon
The list of keepers of disorderly
houses in Junction City follows;
Stella Burke. Ida DeLair, Gail Ed
ington, Lille Elbis. Alice Elmore,
Minnie Livingstone. Bessie Martin,
Alice Powell, Rufus Richardson,
Maud Saddlin. Belle Scott
The list OF joint keepers in Pitts
burg is given as follows:
Peter Asch. alias Esch; John James.
James Jepson. Adam Kremerski. J.
ROpeli. Jules Kline John Linski. Jno.
Valentine. Frank Morton, Walter
Hodges. Louis LontkoWski Jack
Kaemmerling. Hugh Gallagher. Ralph
Moore, Simon Wirnsberger, Joe Val
entine, Charley Cropper. Jake Welsh
Chas. Schrier. w. II. Conlon, w s
Stroud. Will Scheifel bein. Ed Tangve
3. w. Brown, VIM. Kaemmerlin9
Nose Wright, T. s. Jones. Mack Muir
ply. EpD Love, Chas. Scurier, Chas
Valentine.
Those accused Of keeping disorderlv
houses in Pittsburg are as follows:
Annie King, Blanch Brown Mag
Fleming. Elna Courtney. Sophia Bar
Der, Lee Ithelheld. Vergic Leland.
Charge Against the Mayors.
The charge made against the two
mayors. kirkwood Of Pittsburg and
O'Donnell of Junction City, are almost
Identical. The following is coDiad
from the petition against Kirkwood:
he tAirkwood) has during his term
Of office and still does cooperate and
act with the other officers Of the said
city of Ptttsburg to license and author
fze the keeping and maintaining of tip
pling houses. saloons dram shops and
places within said city wherein are
sold and kept for sale habituaIly as a
business. brandy. whisky run gin. ale
beer, wine and other Intoxicating
liquors to be sold as beverages and not
for mechanical. medicinal or scientific
purposes, and without any permit hav-
~ ing been issued by the probate Judge
sof said county.
In that connection and co-operat-
ing with other officers of said city. the
said defendant has purposely and know
ingly assisted and engaged in the i'm
posing and collecting of license tax
upon the business of selling and keen
ing for sale intoxicating liquors within
such city, to be used as bexsra. "a
in consideration and with t6a
understanding that such persons
should and viii at stated intervals nv
to the said city a stipulated fine IL he
imposed by the police court Of the
said city as pretended fine or nv
depositing the amount of said stiplllo-
ted amount as cash bail in said sir91ila-
ted and pretended prosecutions. ws+h
the understanding and agreement thar
paid to the city"
The petition goes on to saw that The
mayor has been personally cognizant of
the fact that saloons were running ar,
enly in the principal streets of the f@xvr
and has failed to notify the county a4.
tOrney. or take any steps whatever to
suppress such places and enforce the
Law
Ehe prayer Of the petition is as fol-
lows:
Wherefore. in the name and IN he
half of the authority of the sta+a oe
kansas, the said relator pravs that the
said defendant be required bv the co,,rr
70 answer Of and concerning his acrs
failure and neglect Of duty. SO as afora,
said set forth and that it be adi,,de1ad
by the court that by reason of the sefd
acts. failure and refusal of the defend
ant to perform his duty. that the SAID
defendant has forfeited the office of
mayor Of the said city of PfttsbIre
and that he be ousted therefrom and for
the whole remainder Of his term Of two
years. and the said Office be declared