The Topeka state journal., 1908-10-13
POLICE JOTTINCS
Clean Up Of Ben Jordan's Place
Is Made.
Large Quantity of Liquor Is
Confiscated.
THEY RIDE In AHACK.
Women Objected to Transporta-
tion in Patrol Wagon.
Solution of Horse Blanket
Thefts Is Secured.

And still another raid to the credit
of the police force. Sensations are ap-
pearing daily at the police station and
when the patrol wagon draws up filed
with beer, opium outfits. and crilni-,
nails the happening is passed up as a
regular routine of work. Last night
Chief Eaton's blue coated braves and
'fiy cops made a little pleasure trip to
North Topeka, 121 West Railroad street,
where they cleaned out one of the
worst places in the city.
The raid was on the home of old Ben
Jordan who has occupied space in the
newspapers for 20 years. He was sick
in bed at the time of the capture but
his wife, Mrs. Bennie Jordan, and
daughter, May Belle. were having the
time of their lives entertaining gentle
men friends and passing over the beer
and whisky.
The police force composed of officers
Sauls, Hutton, Hopkins and Fribance
(an fly cops'O surrounded the house
and kept a close watch on every door.
Then Hopkins who was at the front
door started in the house. The crowd
stampeded to the rear door at once and
met Hutton and Sauls. Screaming they
made for the side door but here they
met Fribance, the blue-eyed English
man, who is getting to be a terror in
the bottoms AS last chance they
made for the front door again and Al
Hopkins, who is known from the Rock
Island roundhouse to the Three
Bridges, caught May Belle in his arms
and held her tight-for the sake of the
law. Hutton and Sauls. whose names
are always connected together in raids
and clever detective work, broke in the
back door and took possession of the
liquors and searched the house.
Old Ben Jordan was found up stairs
sick in bed and his wife insisted that
the beer and whisky was kept for the
purpose of curing the husband of his
awful sickness. Jordon must have had
long sick spell before him because
there was enough liquor in the mouse TO
cure or kill hundred men.
When the officers had gathered the
booty together and piled it in the
wagon they attempted to pile the two
women in after their possessions but
they fought like wildcats, saying that
they would pay their fare in a hack and
ride UP in that manner. Officer Fri
bance was given the honor of riding in
the glass buggy with the two women
and the patrol wagon came along be-
hind carrying the whisky and the SOL
diers.
The house has been held in suspic-
ion for a long time and an injunction
was brought against it yesterday. May
see Mrs. Thorpe before. A big bail
was placed on them and they will re-
ceive a severe trial
wandering derelict on the sea of
society was washed up on the shores
of Eaton last night during terrible
storm from the Fifth and Jackson
channel and today he is high and dry
perched upon rock pile, George
Campbell was arrested last night for
vagrancy and he paid out his fine by
working on the rock pile.
The Horse Blanket Thief associa-
| ton organized for the systematic
stealing of horse blankets, buggy
| whips, and any articles happening to
| be in a standing carriage, sometimes
| for the purpose of stealing the horse
| and buggies themselves. is growing in
strength and today the police re-
| ceived more complaints from people
who have left their carriages standing
| near the curbing for but a few min
1 utes at time. 1t will soon be neces-
| sary for people to not only take their
| Bible in church with them but carry
| in their buggy whips, lap robes, horse
blankets and oil stoves. All of the
| ornaments and detachable parts of an
automobile will have to be taken in
| the vestibule and then the thieves
would jump in the machine and drive
| it away.
The police have solved the prob
| lem. They say that the stealing is
not for the getting of money at the
1 pawn shops or second hand stores for
| the material but for comfort, in the
/ homes of the poor and desolate. Not
| long ago the police made raid on a
| house in the bottoms and every bed
! in the house was covered with a thick
| horse blanket or lap robe. The
| poor have economical on the use of
| blankets and quilts in the winter and
] they make a raid on carriages as