The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-11-12

ing the girl and concealing her from
lle oIHcerS for number of weeks and
since her extended freedom she has
Deen too bold in her trips through the
51oneycombs and was caught by the POI
nee. Ohcer Mead first saw her early
IN the afternoon enter a house just
adjacent to a little store at the cor
ner of First and Madison He waited
around the vicinity for her but soon the
people realized his presence and warned
the girl Then the officer hid and about
O'Clock she entered the store. Mead
Jumped from his hiding place and
grabbed the girl, telling her that she
was wanted at the police station. Mabel
Forter is but 16 years old but she has
learned to cope with the police and
thinking her friends who gathered at
once, would help her she began to bite
and scratch the policeman. She bit the
ofncer's right arm and scratched up his
face, arms and hands. However Mead
did not use his club or fists and tried
TO hold the girl until he Scould get a
phone call to the station for help. No.
one would telephone for him and for
80 minutes the fight ragged. Mead
knew that if the girl once got away
she could never be caught as she can
run like deer and the many passages
and hiding places in the Bottoms would
make her further discovery impossi-
BILE. At last Mrs. Kate Hoffman
came to the rescue and turned in the
call while Caleb Jackson gave the Off
girl quiet. When the wagon arrived
full of officers the girl was lifted into
the wagon and taken to the station.
She gave no trouble after that. 1t
was the most strenuous resistance an
officer has received for a long time
but it was only through the kindness
of the officer that the girl was not
beaten on the head with a club and
made to submit.
Mabel Porter is the girl who escaped
from Mrs. Thorpe, the police matron,
corner of Fifth and Van Buren,, few
weeks ago while she was being taken
from the court house to the city jail
She was either doomed to work or go
to the industrial school by the juvenile
court but she received the sign of es-
cape SO well known in the Bottoms
by the residents and broke away from
Mrs. Thorpe and running to the sands
she hid out of sight of the officers.
From the fight she put up with officer
Mead she undoubtedly was receiving
the sign of escape from every one or
the 200 negroes who were watching the
fight.
If anyone is doomed to be arrested
in the next few days he had better
get busy at once because the prosecut-
ing attorney at the police court is to
be married and he is as happy as a
lark 1t is doubtful if there Will be
least as Mr.. Philip c. Wilson, is wear
ing a broad deep smile while sfttlng
beside Judge Urmy at the police court
Miss Phoebe Emma Jenkins, daughter
of Maurice jenkins, late of the topeka
police force, is the girl. The officers
at the police station say they are smok-
ing their pipes for the last time Tor
few days at least.
The police believe they have picked
up a man who is wanted in the middle
part of the state. A man giving ms
name as w o. Barnhill was arrested
last night at a pawn shop on Kansas
avenue trying to pawn a lot OF new
boots shoes and underwear. When |
he was taken to the station with his
goods it was found that ne had one
suit case filed with all kinds OF new
material of the masculine attire. In
another grip that he carried were his |
personal belonging, among which was
a letter from his brother who lives at
Dorena, Mo. In this letter the brother
said that w. o. should come to Mis- |
souri, for Christmas and that he
would be safe there, as no one knew |
of what he had been doing. The let |
ter was of a very suspicious nature
and looked as though 9the young man |
had been in some kind of trouble. The |
letter was received at Latimer, kan, |
by the prisoner and in his suit case |
were coupons from dry goods flrm
(Perkins) at Latimer. Also little |
advertising notebook from this store. |
A rather questionable little booklet |
from a quack doctor in Kansas City |
was found in the personal grip Inc
young man has undoubtedly been |
working at Latimer. Latimer is a lit
tie town of about 100 inhabitants just |
this side of Harrington on the Rock |
Island When found Barnhill was |
drunk and was trying to sell his pos |
sessions. He will be kept for inyesti-
cation. officer Summer performed !
the capture.
A runaway couple from Emporia
were just missed by the police last |
night. They had been staying at the
Adams hotel but left on the Santa Fe |
before they could be caught. The boy |
was but Is years old and the girl 16.
They ran away from Emporia yester-
day and were headed for Topeka. 1t
was thought that theyswould get mar I
ried in this city but no couples an
swering to their descriptions We're
married in Topeka. The boys name |
was Charles Davis and the girl Mabel
Wright. They were opposed by their
parents in an attempted marriage and
decided that they would start out in
life without any advice. They stayed
at the Adams house and registered as
man and wife. They sI<1 they were
on their way to California.