The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-10-21

the Golfers. There are, very few back
fines as the jailer has made extra ef-
forts to collect them. 1t is practically
decided that no more of these promised
payments will be accepted. If you can't
pay your fine at once 1t is a trip to the
rock pile and a temporary sojourn
there. 49,
Andy Dupree. who was not caught
IN rhe big gamoIing gang arrested Mon
day night at 317 Kansas avenue, but
VINO is the leader OF the gang and
the financial end of their releases and
be tried as the chief crap shooter of
the Thirteen. Dupree was out rushing
the can when the raid was made and
he failed 10 get the patrol ride. How
ever evidence was strong enough
against him and he is in the lookup. He
owns the building in which the business
was run.
Patroiman Wyatt was the main at
traction at che handcuff stunt at the
Majestic yesterday afternoon. Wyatt
was the stage onlooker and he furnish
ed the locks, seals, etc. He said the
crowd bothered him so much that he
failed to make close observation of
the proceedings and he does not know
how the trick was performed The
crowd at the theater took more inter-
est IN Wyatt's continual grin than IT
the actors themselves.
Chief of Police Eaton again makes
friends with the boys OF the city.
When he was truancy. officer many
years ago, every school child IN the
city knew him and his little black
pony. Then he went TO the juvenile
court and again he made friends with
the younger generations. Now he has
come to the aid OF the young Ameri-
cans by persuading the council to re-
fine from five dollars to
dollar for riding on the state house
grounds. Many a boy has saved up his
nickeis and dimes for months in order
to pay a five dollar fine al the police
station. but he will do so no more The
chew of police has realized the fool
ishness and cruelty of charging such
"a fine on account of such minor Of
Tense man can get drunk, swear at
the pedestrians, reel from one Side or
the street to the other, make pass al
any one who attempts to quiet him and
eat his meals at the city Jail together
with a wear and tear on the horses
and the hoodlum wagon. When he is
brought before court the next day his
fine is five dollars. When little boy
rides on the very pavement that car
riages. wagons and horses drive and
when he is not bothering or insulting
a soul he is fined five dollars. But this
will happenno more. A dollar Will
cover it all and ChiefEaton will claim
another corner in the hearts of young
America.
The late bicycle scare is having its
effects and isn't having its effect. A
man came to the station this morning
and said he had left his bicycle stand
ing 10 on Kansas avenue all night long
and when he came down town in the
morning it was still there He is happy.
Another man reported that his bicycle
fnln a
street but a few minutes. He is sad
And still the station Is crowded with
people claiming parts of the bicycles
One man came In this morning and
claimed an inner tube on one of the
wheels Contrary to expectations he
failed to claim the air inside.
Not a thing has been heard from the
horse blanket thieves and Sunday night
no robberies of this character were re-
ported to the police. The larger
churches around the city were watched
closely by the fly cops" and not even
a suspect was found. To tell the truth
many of the church goers were afraid
of the robberies and they did not carry
blankets with them. Some of the. more
cautious carried their belongings in
side the church vestibules and left
them there during the services. In the
late raids the police have failed to find
any of the blankets on the beds of the
captives 1t is thought that this evil
will be shut down for awhile.
Bus Cross. who was arrested yes
terday for being caught with a gam
bling gang, and who holds the record
for Jail breaking in Topeka, is the pos
SCISSOR of chains and handouts this
morning and heis scheduled for thirty
days days in the Eaton castle. The
meats around the castle walls have
bridge has been locked. Sentinels are
everywhere and if BUS" Cross escapes
from the land of Topeka this time he
will have to be a good one. When he
finishes his term in the Castle he will
be taken to the Wilkerson Tower and
again he will be guarded with archers.
If the attorneys and the court do not
whistle three times again, Cross will
receive his just reward-state pen"
John Thomas and Ovanna Sims were
arrested last night because they dis
turbed the peaceful slumber of lower
Kansas avenue. They We're naturally
drunk and unnaturally boisterous. Ten
dollars apiece will make them right
with the world again.
Every time man or woman is ar
rested in the Bottoms he is followed
by a gang of residents. The excuse of
this gang of faithful followers may be
based on natural curiosity but there is
an inside" to the whole business.
The undercrust In the so-called Bot
toms district is ruled over by a gang
of drunkards and thieves. They are
supported ny the sinful women and the
agents of the crimes. Every move that
policeman makes in this district is
watched like n hawk and even though
the police have given new plain clothes
men this Leaf" the residents soon fir1
it out The most dangerous sign among
the Bottom toughs" is the sign of
escape" This sign is always given by
a number of the Curious who never
fat to follow up an arrest and attend
to the prisoners wants at the city Jail
The sign OF escape is little wave OF
the right hand and the movement of
the hand toward the north. The move
is a quick one and can hardly be de-