The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-12

sockets. Several little articles that have
happened to be in the buggies have |
been stolen and the police will watch /,
the churches after this. Many people |
are suspected. Not long ago a gang |
of boys was found with a bunch of
whips. A case is also brought up where |
drunken teamsters have driven by these
carriages and, reaching over, they have
stolen everything they could get their
hands on. The police are making
tour of the secondhand stores and liv-
cry barns this afternoon, hunting for
the stolen property.
The trial against DR.. Lindsey for
maintaining an insane asylum within
500 feet of a house in the city limits
has been postponed until Monday after
noon, Oct. g. This is the third time
| the case has been postponed and it is
| thought that it will never be carried
through. 1t was to have been tried Sat
urday afternoon but nobody except In
| terested spectators appeared.
| Cleo Bennett failed to go to Leaven-
4 worth to visit the jails in that city
/ Sunday. She said that after she had
planned to go so many cases came 10
her from the Topeka jails that she de-
cided to save souls in her nome town
/ bfeore taking up foreign missions. Cleo
| is doing a good work among the pr1s-
| oners and her efforts are greatly appre-
ciated by Mrs. Thorpe, the police ma
iron, and the police. The girls are no
longer unruly at the station and tha
county jail.
Burglars are reported to have
| broken in the house at the corner OF
Lincoln and Twenty-third streets and
Sheriff Wilkerson and his trusty blood
hounds went to the scene. To the
surprise of the occupants of the home
and the neighbors the dogs started on
a trail to the neighbors homes at
| once. No other trail could be round
and it put the neighbors in hard
situation. The situation became SO
alarming that the compliments told
the sheriff to take the dogs back down
town. The matter will be settled by
another means.
4 The gang of kids who have been
disturbing the church services of the
Seward Avenue Baptist church were
nowhere to be found Sunday night
and all was peaceful and quiet. The
minister had his congregation to him
self The boys were undoubtedly
next to the fact that policeman
was lettering around the place and
they remained hidden
NJ Blueback who has been ar
rested once a week for the last year
by the police and who is fined the
customary five dollars by Judge Urmy
1
this time. The last time Judge Urmy
| turned him loose on his bond he
promised never to drink again and the
Judge gave him many warnings. How
ever he could not leave whisky alone
and he is in on. a twenty dollar fine
this time The Judge says he will in
crease the fine until the man becomes
decent which may be in thousand
years.
l ~ cifV has
hard tale to tell the police. Not long
| ago he thought he would show the
country round about" good time
and he took up his carpets, moved out
the furniture and waxing the hoors
| he had one of the SWEETEST dances in
that part of the country. Everyone
left telling him of the good time they
enjoyed and Mr.. Farmer invited them
all to come again. But he has
changed his mind. On looking over
the house after the guests had gone
he found that they had stolen his
solid gold watch from his room up
| stairs and several other articles were
| missing Now he will arrest every
man who comes to the house until ne
gets his gold watch.
Fritz Durein who is being tried for
selling booze and other Intoxicating
liquors has the reputation of being one
| of the busiest men ever entertained at
the police station. Not long ago he
was arrested by the police and he had
i. a schedule which had him booked for
| one trial at the police court, two at
the district court one at the Kansas
supreme court, and one at the United
States supreme court. He had a
schedule from the lowest to the high
. est court in Kansas
Charlie Boyer white horse fiend'
came back to the city Jail Saturday
and gave himself up after few days
freedom. He was arrested for being
l badly filled and after he had gained
3 his normal condition he was put on
the auditorium cleaning gang. He
ran away from the gang and before
: the police could find him he gave him
z self up at the station. Boyer is g
good man to work around the station
and when he is sober he is a rea
: genius. He can do almost everything
! and is we'll educated. But drink holds
him down and his career is fast com
, ing to an end.
, The stranded show company com
pany composed of William Davis
, Mary Davis and a colored woman who
were expelled from Topeka and TOLD
. never to come back again by Judge
: Urmy walked to Granville Saturday
and then spent the day there waiting
for William North the villain of tht
play who was still cooped up. 1t wal
thought for a while that the eompan,
intended to leave North in the Jail bu
after arriving in Granville the her,
l. lot,