The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-27
POLICE JOTTINGS
Judge Urniy Objects to Court
Being a Collection Agency.
John Mccoy Settled His Case
"Out of Court"
HOWARD'S TROUBLE.
Father Refuses to Pay His Crap
Shooting Fine.
Fred L. JeltZ Arrested and Lee
tured by Judge.


case was released and the merchant
who tried to collect damages by swear
ing out a warrant for the prisoner re-
ceived a good sized lemon.
Night before last John Mccoy. who
lives out West Tenth, became over
loaded with whisky and became the
chief attraction on Kansas avenue. 1t
was necessary for his wife to come
down town and accompany the unruly
husband to his home. During their trip
up Kansas avenue Mccoy become
frightened at the glare of lights and
jewelry in the show case in front of
the Swearingen jewelry store and he
made a rush for the said case with
fists doubled. Before his wife could
make any interference at all the angry
husband had smashed the beautiful
case in a thousand pieces. He did not
attempt to take any of the articles in
the case or stop and take an invoice
Of his actions but proceeded up the
street perfectly satisfied with his job.
However, Frank Swearingen, the
jeweler, was displeased with the dis
orderly conduct of the tipsy gentleman
and Monday he went to the home of
Judge Urmy and swore out warrant
for the arrest of Mccoy. Mccoy was
arrested by the police and made to APP
pear in court at last evenings session.
This is when the trouble arose be-
tween the court and the should-be COM
planning witness. OF course the jewel
er was made to appear before the court
and without an explanation of any kind
he refused to testify against the man
who broke his show case and for whom
he had sworn out a warrant.
Judge Urmy made the case stronger
but still the Topeka merchant refused
to make any complaint. Naturally the
Arr1c lem sad h. n0c at
Mccoy was released. Mccoy had plead
guilty to disorderly conduct but he re-
fused to plead guilty to the show case
charge.
1t was at this time that Judge Urmy
realized that the court was being fool
ed with a regular collection agency dis
guised in the form of a Topeka police
court. The jeweler had seen Mccoy
before the trial and at that time the
prisoner had agred to pay the damages.
AS a payment for this favor the jeweler
was to back down on the complaint
and the case would be dropped.
The court has decided that the war
rant was issued simply to get the man
under arrest and scare him out of the
damages.
c. NJ Howard, the young man who
was arrested for being caught with the
crap shooting gang Sunday night, is
having troubles of his own. But the
trouble has grown so technical 1t has
been necessary for a lawyer to settle
it. 1t seems that Howard presented
one of his fathers checks for his bond
when he was arrested that night. At
last nights session of the court Judge
Urmy fined the young man SIS for his
shooting business and the bond was
simply turned over to the fine and paid
to the jailer. Now the father of the
young man comes on the stage and de-
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paid the bond but not the fine and that
his son should either pay the fine him
self or work it out on the rock pile.
The fight is growing intense and the
whole station is wrought up over the
affair.
Fred L. Jeltz, the old editor of the
Topeka Ledger and the foremost col
ored editor in the state with any num-
Der of exceptions, was arrested on
Kansas avenue this morning for beg
ging. He had been stopping every per-
son he met and asking them according
to the manner in which they were
dressed. If he approached a man with d
diamond stud and n ten cent cigar he
would ask him for fifty cents but the
common every day man he would only
ask a quarter. The police watched him
for over an hour trying to decide
whether he was getting subscriptions
for his paper Che is editing a paper in
Wichita at presently or whether he was
plain beggar. However, Chief Eaton
settled the problem by walking down
Kansas avenue and being approached
by the colored man with a demand for
a quarter (the chief did not have on
his diamond stud and he doesn't
SMOKEY. OF course it was to the station
for Jeltz then and he was taken before
court and given a personal lecture by
the judge. Judge Urmy reminded him
the street he should not forget to men,
tion the fact that he would send the
paper a year to the person who handed
over the coin. Yes sub Mr. Judge
I'll member that. Yes, sub, sure
will Yes, sub, yes, sub, yes. sub"
and the editor went into a spasm over
his affirmative remarks. He actually
kept up this line of conversation for
five minutes until the Judge became
disguised with him and told him tn get
out of the station while he was re-
leased or he would be fined for too
much escape from the mouth regions.
The police department have endur-
ed their last winter in worn ont cans
and helmets. Today Chief Eaton re-
ceived the police caps to be used bv
the force this winter Thev are Iilre
those used by the police department
OF New York city and are provided
with the warmest and most cornfort~
able apparatus. The caps are of the
customary blue and resemble in some
respects the caps used by the fire de-
partment. The patrolmen. sergeante
and iailers will use the cans The
heavy uniforms wor nby the police TO-
gether with the overcoats of uniform
style are in good condition and are
of standard make. They will not he
changed. To tell the truth the police
wear the same uniforms in summer IS
they do in the winter and a cbarro
would cause too much of a shock for,
the health of the men. Imagine a
patrolman walking through the hot
streets in the summer time with his
heavy winter clothes on, buttoned IN
tight around his neck. But they have
to do it.
The crap shooters arrested Sunday
night have been tried and found guilty
and fined and paid and released. All
this happened at the last session OF