The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-04-11
PICC IS IN Tolls.
Proprietor Observation-Disclosures
Club Is Convicted.
Testimony of Little Girl Made
Drunk in Resort Convincing.

Robert Pigg has four months Jail
sentence and a four hundred dollar fine
staring him in the face. He was found
guilty by a jury in the district court
yesterday afternoon in the case brought
against him by J. J. Schenck, the coun-
ty attorney charging him with selling
liquor in defiance of the law and haV-
ing maintained a nuisance at what is
known as The Canadian Club" at No.
313 Kansas avenue. The jury found him
guilty on four of the eighteen counts
brought against him, three of them for
selling liquor Illegally and the other for
maintaining a nuisance.
1t is the intention of Pigg'S attorneys
to appeal the case to the supreme court
in the event that Judge Dana denies
motion they will make for a new trial.
And Robert Pigg had the pleasure of
spending last night in Jail. 1t is the
first time that he has had this priv
ilege's during his career here in Topeka,
though he has many times been near
the portals. While the jury was out
yesterday afternoon Pigg was hunted
up by H C. Lindsey, who was on his
bond to the extent of $780, Lindsey
turned him over to the Sheriff and ask
ed to be released from the bond. His
request was acceded to and Pigg was
jailed. He was kept in the Jail for a
short time during the afternoon and
was then taken to the district court
room in the custody of an officer to
await the verdict of the jury In the
meantime his relatives and friends
were scurrying around looking for a
new bondsman. They did not find one
locked up. It is likely that a bondsman
will be found today and Pigg will then
have his liberty until the case is finally
disposed of by the supreme court.
The illegal sales counts on which
the jury found Pigg guilty were chose
hi n7 tU on
the testimony of Leona Larsen, the
hfteen-year-old girl, who was brought
from the girls industrial school at
Beioit for the purpose of testifying
at the trial. She testified to several
occasions when she and a friend by
the name of Kittie Edi had become
intoxicated in the place and that Pigg
had served them with drinks, includ-
ing cocktails. There was plenty of
other testimony from officers and
Spoilers of the State Temperance
union and of members of the Minis !
terial union that they had purchased |
around the premises. None of them |
testified as to buying the liquor from |
Pigg personally. The jury did not |
convict on a single count based on the |
testimony of this class of witnesses.
1t was Pigg's defense that he had |
nothing to do with the management |
Or proprietorship of the place, al |
hougn it was admitted that he was /
making negotiations 10 purchase II |
shortly before it was raided and put |
out of business. The defense claimed
hat the place was owned and run by
Nick Lonergan, whose present where /
lbouts are located all the way from
Florida to Canada.
The county officers feel rather
ubilant over the conviction of Pfgg
md believe that it will have a good
ieal of weight in making ''jointists"
backward about opening up any such
places as the Canadian club several |
If which flourished before Mr.
schenck and Sheriff Wilkerson be-
anne active in their successful cru
ade against the violators of the pro-
law in this city.