The Topeka state journal., 1908-10-15

surviving but 1 am not proud and
never was" The reporter had sew
eral other questions up his sleeve but
he lost his nerve. Mr.. Gordon is hard
to beat.
When a man does not want to have
MS Wife or relatives hear him order
whisky over the phone he takes
the drug store says:
Please send me up a photograph
or Yellowstone park. 1 want to orna-
ment my actions
Yellowstone" is one of the most
popular whiskys and is ordered in a
variety of ways. In speaking of it
this morning we'll known police
character said: at would lots rather
stay on the outside of Yellowstone.
Scenery is much better
The Chesterfield authorities called up
the police reporter this morning and
claimed very emphatically that the Will
liam Lewis who was found unconscious
on Kansas avenue and who claimed he
was barber in the Chesterfield hotel
was myth as far as they were con-
cerned and they have never heard of
the man.
The police reporter is not supposed to
get the family history of every prison.
er and then have him swear to it before
a notary. The police docket gives the
name, occupation and age of every pris-
oner and when a man gives this infor-
nation to the jailer it is supposed to
be true-S20 fine If it isn't William
Lewis may not be a barber at the Ches-
terf1eld but the police have said so and
we are to take their word Maybe the
William Lewis was never found uncon-
scious. Maybe he was never seen at
the police station. Maybe there never
was such a man. Maybe there is no
Chesterfield barber shop. Whatever
hqnnAnS-fha State Datc itS in
formation from the place where all the
information is known and it prints it
this way. If it will help the Chester
field, We will give them the benefit of
the doubt.
Humane Officer King was called to
307 East Twelfth street last night to
investigate a case of supposed cruelty
to human beings. Some unknown wo-
man has been calling up the police
station every day for the last week
complaining of the terrible slaughter
going on near her home. She said that
a young woman living at the above ad-
dress was abusing her baby because it
cried and screamed continually. Mr.
King asked all of the other neighbors
testified that the young mother was
kind to her baby and there was no
cause for complaint. The police have
figured that some old maid is having
Il6I OOlHcI6Q ny the cries VI
a healthy child and they will pay no
more attention to the matter.
The Humane officer together with the
help of the Topeka police force will
keep a sharp lookout for all half starv-
ed and sickly horses and the owners
will be given warning to take better
care of their animals or they (the ami
mals) will be killed. Many of the col
ored people of the city are driving
some of the worst dilapidated horses
ever seen on a city street and they are
in a half dead condition. They never
get feed and they are continually
abused and beaten. Humane Officer
King has had several calls to the col
ored portions of the city to put a stop
to cruelty to animals and he will make
a wholesale tour of the districts in the
near future. The police have noticed
a number of such horses lately and
they will be reported and dealt with in
quick order. Cold weather is coming
on and the cruelty will increase as the
weather grows more dangerous. This
should be a warning to all owners of
horses which have seen better days.
The police picked up a brown pony
on North Forest avenue this morning
and 1t was kept at the station until
While trying to pawn property sup
posed to be stolen, Dennis Bergen,
'.turnip tinker" at Lawrence was ar
rested in Topeka Tuesday night by De- |
tective Hutton of the police fore.
Bergen has been in the employ of the |
R. L. Kirby Drug & Jewelry company |
for a number of years and the other |
day he grew tired of Lawrence and the |
rah-rah boys and decided that he |
would journey to other lands. Before
leaving, it is charged. he filled his |
empty pockets with all the yaluables |
he could get his hands upon and jump
ing on a Santa Fe train he made for |
Topeka.
Before he could dispose of his ar
-icles in the local pawn shops the po-
ice had received notice from Lawrence
20 the effect that Dennis had left that |
,ity and had purchased a ticket for To-
1eka The detective force was sent out |
1t once and Hutton found him. Mr..
Bergen was detained at t.e police sta
arrived from Lawrence and then he
with them.
The employer stated that Bergen was
good workman and had never been
Known to be dishonest in any of his
iealings or in his work at the store.
He was naturally trusted as watch
makers are supposed to be trusty men,
,ut when the firm missed the 1ewelry
md the matchmaker at the same time
hey gave him chase. He Is a young
nan and has no family.
A little boy named Louis Ross was
brought to police court Wednesday for
iding his. bicycle on the state house
and. being a very poor kid and
his being his first offense, he was
urned loose after an hours lecture
rom the judge. The boys little heart
vas broken on being taken to the sta
ion and he claimed that he did nos
1now of the law against riding on the
driveway, although he knew of the
,ath rule.
A Washburn student named F. B.
sheldon was also arrested today for do
ng the same stunt on the state house